Favorite Children’s Books

My children are 8, 6, and 3 1/2 and we are constantly venturing into book land.  At times, I’ve found books I’ve loved and at others, books I haven’t enjoyed quite so much.

Here is a list of some of our favorites…

 

Picture Books

How do Dinosaurs… series by Jane Yolen

Picture books written and illustrated by Steven Kellogg.  Library Lil’ is especially fun.

Lucy Cousins’ Maisy Series and Hooray for Fish

Any book by these authors:

Denise Fleming (the art in these books is wonderful)

Byron Barton

Richard Scarry

* For more suggestions, I’d read the updated edition of Honey for a Child’s Heart.

 

Early Readers

Go Dog Go 

I Can Read books/Early Short Chapter books:

Biscuit books by Alyssa Capuccilli

Henry and Mudge Books

Hopscotch Hill School series by American Girl (yes, this surprised me, too, but I really do like them)–very wholesome without a feminist agenda

 

Chapter Books:

Mercy Watson Series by Kate DiCamillo

Adventures in Odyssey Imagination Station series by Mariane Hering and Paul McCusker

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

The Lighthouse Family Series by Cynthia Rylant

The Golden Goose by Dick King-Smith

Lady Lollipop and Clever Lollipop by Dick King-Smith

The Buddy Files Series by Dori Hillestad Butler  (these books are a great transition into chapter books without pictures because the language is easy to read and comprehend)

Magic Treehouse Books, #1-27 After #28, the books incorporate a lot more magic

Cobblestone Cousins Series by Cynthia Rylant

The Lighthouse Family Series by Cynthia Rylant (the first book is titled The Storm)

Other Dick King-Smith Books, including Babe the Gallant Pig (it is very different than the movie)

 

For Ages 8-12

Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt

The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Books by Betty MacDonald

Carolyn Haywood’s Betsy Books

 

For Ages 11-14

The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson

The Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Messenger by Lois Lowry

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer