GOOD BOOKS FOR KIDS:
A GOOD PLACE TO START
Ages 6-8
Allard,
Harry and James Marshall - MISS NELSON IS MISSING
Cameron,
Ann - STORIES JULIAN TELLS
Cleary,
Beverly - RAMONA books
Cole,
Joanna and Bruce Degen - MAGIC SCHOOL BUS series
Cooney,
Barbara - MISS RUMPHIUS
Flournoy,
Valerie and Jerry Pinkney - THE PATCHWORK QUILT
Fox,
Mem - WILFRID GORDON Mc DONALD PARTRIDGE
Gardiner,
John R. - STONE FOX
Hoffman,
Mary and Caroline Binch - AMAZING GRACE
Lobel,
Arnold - FROG AND TOAD series
Parish,
Peggy - AMELIA BEDELIA
Steptoe,
John - MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS
Van
Allsburg, Chris - JUMANJI
White,
E.B. and Garth Williams - CHARLOTTE'S WEB
Wilder,
Laura Ingalls - LITTLE HOUSE series
Alexander,
Lloyd - PRYDAIN CHRONICLES
Atwater,
Richard - MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS
Babbitt,
Natalie - TUCK EVERLASTING
Banks,
Lynne Reid - THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
Blume,
Judy - ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET
Burnett,
Frances Hodgson - THE SECRET GARDEN
Coerr,
Eleanor - SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES
Cooper,
Susan - THE DARK IS RISING
Freedman,
Russell - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
George,
Jean Craighead - JULIE OF THE WOLVES
Juster,
Norton - THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
L'Engle,
Madeleine - A WRINKLE IN TIME
Lowry,
Lois - NUMBER THE STARS
MacLachlan,
Patricia - SARAH PLAIN AND TALL
Paterson,
Katherine - BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Taylor,
Mildred - ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY
Taylor,
Theodore - THE CAY
Avi
- NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
Avi
- THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE
Cole,
Brock - THE GOATS
Cormier,
Robert - THE CHOCOLATE WAR
Frank,
Anne - THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Jacques,
Brian - REDWALL series
Lee,
Harper - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Magorian,
Michelle - GOODNIGHT, MR. TOM
Myers,
Walter Dean - FALLEN ANGELS
Paterson,
Katherine - JACOB HAVE I LOVED
Paulsen,
Gary - HATCHET
Salinger,
J.D. - THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Staples,
Suzanne - SHABANU
Tolkien,
J.R.R. - THE HOBBIT
Voight,
Cynthia - DICEY'S SONG
Zindel,
Paul - THE PIGMAN
Aesop
- AESOP'S FABLES
Andersen,
Hans Christian - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Anno,
Mitsumasa - ANNO'S JOURNEY
Cohn,
Amy, ed. - FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: A TREASURY FOLKLORE
AND FOLK SONGS
D'Aulaire,
Ingri and Edgar P. - D'AULAIRES' BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS
Durell,
Ann, ed. - THE DIANE GOODE BOOK OF AMERICAN FOLK
TALES & SONGS
Hamilton,
Virginia - THE PEOPLE COULD FLY
Kennedy,
X.J. - TALKING LIKE THE RAIN
Macaulay,
David - THE WAY THINGS WORK
Milne,
A.A. - WINNIE THE POOH
Prelutsky,
Jack - THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Prelutsky,
Jack - RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN
Robinson,
Barbara - THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
Silverstein,
Shel - WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
Singer,
Isaac Bashevis - ZLATEH THE GOAT AND OTHER STORIES
Van
Allsburg, Chris - THE POLAR EXPRESS
From: '101
Books for Children: A Good Place to Start'
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