Our Favorite Books for Kids and Teens
Favorite Read Aloud Books
Little House on the Prairie series
Any Newberry medal winner (Bud Not Buddy, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry)
Red Fern and Summer of the Monkeys
A Wrinkle in Time (Hard to get into...don't give up!)
Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
Long Way From Chicago series
Beatrix Potter stories
Miss Spitfire
Thomas and Friend (Original stories by the Reverend Rev. W. Awdry)
Raggedy Ann and Andy stories by Johnny Gruelle
Winnie the Pooh stories by AA Milne (illustrated by Ernest Shepherd)
Hans Christian Anderson series
Hey Listen to This by Jim Trelease
Toddler-Pre-K
Sandra Boynton books
Bruce Degen books
Don and Audrey Wood books
Eric Carle books (I cant stand reading them, but kids love them)
Shel Silverstein books (Especially Runny Babbit, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and The Missing Piece)
Kevin Henkes books
The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas
New Reader
Nate the Great stories
Amelia Bedelia stories
The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
Geronimo Stilton series
Flat Stanley series by Jeff Brown and Macky Pamintuan
Franny K Stein series by Jim Benton
Bunnicula books by James Howe
The World According to Humphrey series by Betty G. Birney
Grades 2-5
The Lemonade Wars books by Jacqueline Davies
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
How to Eat Fried Worms
Tuck Everlasting
El Deafo
Wonder
The False Prince series
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Frindle
Wayside School series
39 Clues Series
The Indian in the Cupcoard
Chocolate Fever
Chocolate Touch
Holes by Louis Sachar
Rick Riordan books (Percy Jackson and other series)
Middle Grade
Al Capone Does My Shirts series (Historical fiction)
Any Newberry Award Winner books
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (based on a true story. Has some language.)
High School
We're not there yet, but I hope my kids are reading classics and anything else under the sun by this point. If you have suggestions for this category, please share!
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Favorite Read Aloud Books
Little House on the Prairie series
Any Newberry medal winner (Bud Not Buddy, Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry)
Red Fern and Summer of the Monkeys
A Wrinkle in Time (Hard to get into...don't give up!)
Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
Long Way From Chicago series
Beatrix Potter stories
Miss Spitfire
Thomas and Friend (Original stories by the Reverend Rev. W. Awdry)
Raggedy Ann and Andy stories by Johnny Gruelle
Winnie the Pooh stories by AA Milne (illustrated by Ernest Shepherd)
Hans Christian Anderson series
Hey Listen to This by Jim Trelease
Toddler-Pre-K
Sandra Boynton books
Bruce Degen books
Don and Audrey Wood books
Eric Carle books (I cant stand reading them, but kids love them)
Shel Silverstein books (Especially Runny Babbit, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, and The Missing Piece)
Kevin Henkes books
The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas
New Reader
Nate the Great stories
Amelia Bedelia stories
The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
Geronimo Stilton series
Flat Stanley series by Jeff Brown and Macky Pamintuan
Franny K Stein series by Jim Benton
Bunnicula books by James Howe
The World According to Humphrey series by Betty G. Birney
Grades 2-5
The Lemonade Wars books by Jacqueline Davies
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
How to Eat Fried Worms
Tuck Everlasting
El Deafo
Wonder
The False Prince series
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Frindle
Wayside School series
39 Clues Series
The Indian in the Cupcoard
Chocolate Fever
Chocolate Touch
Holes by Louis Sachar
Rick Riordan books (Percy Jackson and other series)
Middle Grade
Al Capone Does My Shirts series (Historical fiction)
Any Newberry Award Winner books
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (based on a true story. Has some language.)
High School
We're not there yet, but I hope my kids are reading classics and anything else under the sun by this point. If you have suggestions for this category, please share!
Peace Like a River by