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WHY READ?
Because books make you laugh…make you smart…and take you places you’d never get to otherwise. Remember… |
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| Hector Fuller says, “Get a good book, find a cozy spot, and READ!”
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| For parents, librarians, and teachers… |
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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading,
by Esme Raji Codell
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| The all-time favorite book at our house is… |
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| Bestiary: An Illuminated Alphabet of Medieval Beasts, by Jonathan Hunt |
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| And the all-time weirdest food photograph is… |
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| What is that stuff, anyway? |
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| Here is a list of favorite books at our house. |
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There are plenty more—graphic novels, fairy tales, myths, ghost stories, silly poems…not to mention Calvin and Hobbes! Don’t get me started! But I can promise that every book on this list is…
- Fun to read aloud (use silly voices!)
- A favorite with my KIDS (not just me)
- WORTH CHECKING OUT!
Favorite Picture Books
(* our extra-favorites…ok, they’re all favorites)
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*Mike Mulligan and His Stream Shovel (and others), by Virginia Lee Burton
*Truck Song, by Diane Siebert
*The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
*Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judith Barrett
*Brave Irene, Amos & Boris, and all the others, by William Steig
The Adventures of Curious George, by Margaret and H.A. Reys
East of the Sun & West of the Moon, by Mercer Mayer
Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion
Farewell to Shady Glade, Pamela Camel, and others, by Bill Peet
Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina
Nicholas Pipe, by Robert San Souci
Wilfred the Rat, by James Stevenson
The Five Chinese Brothers, by Clair Bishop and Kurt Wiese
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, by Bernard Waber
Millions of Cats, by Wanda Gag
The Salamander Room, by Ann Mazer
Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon
The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down, by Paul Brett Johnson
The Funny Little Woman, by Lafcadio Hearn
Hey, Al, by Arthur Yorinks
The Rainbow Goblins, by Ul de Rico
Pigsty, by Mark Teague
The Happy Hockey Family, by Lane Smith
Miss Spider’s Tea Party, by David Kirk
The Red Carpet, by Rex Parkin
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| Favorite Chapter Books (* our current extra-favorites) |
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*The BFG, The Twits, and all the others, by Roald Dahl
*The Hoboken Chicken Emergency and others, by Daniel Pinkwater
*Holes, by Louis Sachar
*My Father’s Dragon (series), by Ruth Stiles Gannett
*The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norman Juster
Akiko on the Planet Smoo (series), by Mark Crilley
The Real Thief, by William Steig
Mr. Ape, by Dick King-Smith
The Search for Delicious and Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
Knights of the Kitchen Table (Time Warp Trio series), by Jon Scieszka
Harry the Poisonous Centipede (series), by Lynn Reid Banks
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter and others, by Philip Pullman
The Whipping Boy and the McBroom series, by Sid Fleischman
Mr. Popper’s Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater
Catherine, Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman
Finn Family Moomintroll (series), by Tove Jansson
Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales (series), by Robert San Souci
The Mysterious Tales of Japan, by Rafe Martin
D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths
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| Favorite Kid’s Novels (* more current extra-favorites) |
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*Artemis Fowl (series), by Eoin Colfer
*Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
*The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Trilogy), by Philip Pullman
*The House of the Scorpion and the Sea of Trolls, by Nancy Farmer
Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
The Samurai’s Tale (series), by Erik Christian Haugaard
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn (series), by Dorthy and Thomas Hoobler
Ella Enchanted and The Princess Tales, by Gail Carson Levine
Ender's Game (series), by Orson Scott Card
Redwall (series), by Brian Jacques
The Folk Keeper, by Franny Billingsley
Wrinkle in Time (series), by Madeleine L'Engle
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
The Shadow Spinner, by Susan Fletcher
Homeless Bird, by Gloria Whelan
Favorite Nature and Science Books
G is for Googol, Q is for Quark, and others, by David M. Schwartz
Rolypolyology, Ladybugology, and others, by Michael Elsohn Ross
The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book and others, by Jerry Pallotta
How Do Flies Walk Upside Down? (series), by Melvin and Gilda Berger
The Magic School Bus (series), by Joanna Cole
(For more science books, see the lesson plan on the "School Visits" page)
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| My Favorite Books from Childhood (*my sons’ favorites, too) |
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*The Big Wave, by Pearl Buck
*Grimm’s Fairy Tales
*A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
*The Rescuers, by Marjery Sharp
*Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (series), by Betty MacDonald
*The Little Prince, by Antoine du Saint-Exupery
*Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey
The Wizard of Oz (series), by L. Frank Baum.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (series), by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings (series), by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mary Poppins (series), by P.L. Travers
Doctor Dolittle (series), by Hugh Lofting
The Secret Garden, by Frances Burnett
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web, by E.B. White
The Little House in the Big Woods (series), by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Rootabaga Stories, by Carl Sandburg
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