
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. – Henry David Thoreau
My two boys love their books. But there are some books that they love more than others. So we share them here… If your children have not read them yet, we hope they enjoy them as much as ours have.
Picture Books
- The Skull Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
- Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watts
- The Giant Mouse Mystery by Lisa Alderson and Nicola Baxter
- Help Me Be Good by Joy Berry
- Animalia and The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base
- Hari Child Safety Awareness by Tristan McGee
- How Do Dinosaurs… by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
- Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Wilems
- The Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Chapter Books
- Geronimo Stilton – this was a hands-down winner for getting the boys excited about reading
- The Magic Tree House – okay, G1 wasn’t exactly crazy about this series, but he did read every book in the collection up to Book 28 and he picked up lots of general knowledge trivia from it.
Classics for Children
- Peter Pan by JM Barrie – Junior Classics for Young Readers
Novels
- Escape from Shangri-La by Michael Morpurgo
- Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling – requires parental discussion on some of the darker issues in the later books but G1 handled them fine at age 7
These are books that G1 has read over until the books are so worn, I’ve had to patch some of the pages with tape:
- How to Train Your Dragon Series – Cressida Cowell
- The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka – Roald Dahl
- Matilda – Roald Dahl
- Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl
- The Brer Rabbit Collection – Enid Blyton
- The Wishing Chair Collection – Enid Blyton
- The O’Clock Tales Collection – Enid Blyton
- Amelia Jane Series – Enid Blyton
- Astrosaurs – Steve Cole
See Also:
- Figur8 Resources – Books for Children
- G1’s Reading List
- G1’s AR Reader List
- G2’s Reading List
- Recommended reading for middle school