When my kids were little I was obsessed with reading to them. And not JUST reading, but reading the right books. I have since learned that whatever book interests them IS WHAT MATTERS! Because it keeps them interested and grows there vocabulary.
67 Books to Read Before your Kids turn 10 Years Old
and some insights.
So now, we still read everyday, including - to my horror - Diary of A Wimpy Kid. And I am surprised the second time around when my now younger son is reading the series (which we brought down from the attic). He is informing me as I type that he wants to re-read old school, something about Greg's dad shoving him into a hole on accident.
We rotate "what mom likes" and what the kids like. Good night gorilla for baby girl, 101 things to know about the NFL for older son and everything Abraham Lincoln for younger son.
This book list was recommended to me long ago - thanks wired.
And while very valuable, just remember - - - Keep Reading!
- Recommended by Erik Wecks, Matt Blum, Kevin Makice, Nathan Berry, Jonathan Liu, Dave Banks, Roy Wood, Kathy Ceceri, Jenny Williams, Ethan Gilsdorf, Corrina Lawson, Michael Venables, and GeekDad Z:
- Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4)
- Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing on It J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- William Goldman, The Princess Bride
- Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
- Neil Gaiman, Coraline
- Edward Eager, Half Magic and Magic by the Lake
- Joan Aiken, Arabel's Raven
- Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers
- Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- Mary Norton, The Borrowers
- Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
- Walter Moers, The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
- Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe
- Irene Miller, Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
- Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Crockett Johnson, The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon Bertrand Brinley, The Mad Scientists Club
- Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- Ingrid Law, Savvy
- Wendelin Van Draanen, Shredderman
- C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
- Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux
- Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, Far Flung Adventures
- Russell Hoban, The Mouse and His Child
- Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks
- Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
- Emily Jenkins, Toys Go Out
- Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
- Tony DiTerlizzi, The Search for WondLa
- Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach
- John Bellairs, The House With a Clock in Its Walls
- Judy Bloom, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
- E. B. White, Charlotte's Web
- Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
- Robert C. O'Brien, The Silver Crown
- Louis Sachar, Holes
- Daniel Pinkwater, The Big Orange Splot
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House books
- E. B. White, Stuart Little
- Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children
- E. L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Angie Sage, Septimus Heap series
- Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society
- Dr. Cuthbert Soup, A Whole Nother Story and Another Whole Nother Story Virginia Hamilton, The House of Dies Drear
- Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
- Arlene Mosel, Tikki Tikki Tembo
- A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
- Else Holmelund Minarik, Little Bear
- Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
- Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham
- Peggy Parish, Amelia Bedelia
- Maurice Sendak, In the Night Kitchen
- H. A. Ray, Curious George
- Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Are Friends
- Arnold Lobel, Owl at Home
- Cynthia Rylant, Henry and Mudge
- Norman Bridwell, Clifford
- Marc Brown, Arthur
- Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
- Linda Sue Park, A Single Shard
- Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy
- Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner
- Pam Munoz Ryan, The Dreamer
- Laurance Yep, The Star Fisher
- David Shannon, A Bad Case of Stripes
- David Macaulay, Castle and The Way Things Work
- Lloyd Alexander, Chronicles of Prydain
- Eoin Colfer, The Legend of Spud Murphy, The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World, and The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth
- Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking
- L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
- Susan Cooper, The Dark Is Rising
- Betty McDonald, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
- John Christopher, The Tripods Trilogy
- Jack Prelutsky, The Dragons are Singing Tonight
- Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain
- Nowen N. Particular, Boomtown
- Tom Angleberger, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Back
- Sam Riddleburger, The Qwikpick Adventure Society
- Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons
- L. Frank Baum, Oz series
- Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas the Tank Engine
- Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Brian Jacques, Redwall
- Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials
- Robert Heinlein, Have Space Suit Will Travel
- Virginia Lee Burton, The Little House and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
- Doris Burn, Andrew Henry's Meadow
- Bill Peet, Farewell to Shady Glade
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
- Richard Adams, Watership Down
- Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
- L. M. Boston, The Children of Green Knowe
- Babette Cole, Princess Smartypants
- Kathleen V. Kundlinski, Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs
- Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon
- Roald Dahl, The BFG
- Daniel Pinkwater, Once Upon a Blue Moose
- Robert Munsch, The Paper Bag Princess
- Richard Evan Schwartz, You Can Count on Monsters
- Mercer Mayer, One Monster After Another
- Jon Stone, The Monster at the End of This Book
- Suzanne Collins, The Gregor Series
- Tomie de Paola, Strega Nona
- Sesyle Joslin, What Do You Say, Dear?
Make mistakes, breathe, reflect and KEEP READING!