I'm a big believer in reading to your children, and it's been on my mind lately. Just think: what would the world be like if every mother read to their child? I have many fond memories of my mother reading to me before tucking my brother and I into bed.
I thought I would share some of my favorite books growing up. What are some of your favorite children's books? I would love to hear from you!
-Pippi Bluestocking
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
- The Stinky Cheeseman: and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
- Dr. Seuss’s books
- Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
- What Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry
- A Little Princess; The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Shrek; and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater
- The King’s Equal by Katherine Paterson
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Goose Girl; Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelman
- Winnie-The-Pooh by A.A. Milne
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
- The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
- Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
- Harriet and the Roller Coaster by Nancy Carlson
- Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Curious George by H. A. Rey
- The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
- The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
- You are Special by Max Lucado
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
- The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
- Beauty by Robin McKinley
- Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt
- Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- Calico Girl by Rachel Field
- Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
- Books by Roald Dahl
- Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- The Berenstain Bears books by Stan Berenstain
- Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Wide-Awake Princess by Katherine Paterson
- The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker
- Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- Books by Beatrix Potter
- The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
- The Stupids by Harry Allard
- The Cut-Ups by James Marshall
- Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
- The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- Cam Jensen Mystery books
