Books to Read with Your Children
One of the ways to raise a reader is to read with your child often. We recommend:
Stepping Stone School Classic Children’s Literature
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
- Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- The Complete Adventures of Curious George by H.A. and Margret Rey
- Freight Train by Donald Crews
- The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
- Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
- Ten, Nine, Eight, by Molly Bang
- Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff
Additional Suggestions for Infants:
- Baby Faces, by DK Books
- Belly Button Book! by Sandra Boynton
- Big Red Barn, by Margaret Wise Brown
- Everywhere Babies, by Susan Myers
- Go, Dog, Go! P.D. Eastman’s Book of Things That Go, by P.D. Eastman
- Good Night, Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann
- Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You? Dr. Seuss’s Book of Wonderful Noises, by Dr. Seuss
- Mrs. Mustard’s Baby Faces, by Jane Wattenberg
- Pat the Bunny, by Edith Kunhardt Davis
- Sounds on the Farm, by Gail Donovan
- Ten Tiny Babies, by Karen Katz
- Toes, Ears, & Nose! by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Karen Katz
- White on Black, by Tana Hoban
Additional Suggestions for Toddlers:
- Baby HAPPY, Baby SAD, by Leslie Patricelli
- Bear Snores On, by Karma Wilson
- Counting Kisses, by Karen Katz
- Fast Food, by Saxton Freymann
- Napping House, by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
- Sheep in a Jeep, by Nancy E. Shaw and Margot Apple
- The Happy Egg, by Ruth Krauss
- This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
- Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
- Yummy Yucky, by Leslie Patricelli
Additional Suggestions for Preschoolers:
- Beautiful Oops, by Barney Saltzberg
- Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, by Richard Scarry
- Charlie and Lola’s Opposites, by Lauren Child
- Chickens to the Rescue, by John Himmelman
- George and Martha, by James Marshall
- Happy Birthday, Moon, by Frank Asch
- Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
- I Stink! by Kate and Jim McMullan
- Jamberry, by Bruce Degen
- Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, by Mo Willems
- Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minarik
- The Incredible Book Eating Boy, by Oliver Jeffers
- The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper
- The Neighborhood Mother Goose, by Nina Crews
Additional Suggestions for School Age (K-3)
- Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White
- Chocolatina, by Erik Kraft
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett
- Elizabeti’s Doll, by Stephani Stuve-Bodeen
- Fireman Small, by Wong Herbert Yee
- Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
- Mr. Grumpy’s Outing, by John Burningham
- Nate the Great, by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
- Olivia, by Ian Falconer
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig
- Tea with Milk, by Allen Say
- Thank You, Amelia Bedelia, by Peggy Parish
- The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
- The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks
- The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
- The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams
Additional Suggestions for Tweens (8-12 yrs)
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
- Anna Hibiscus, by Atinuke
- Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
- Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
- Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
- Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
- Matilda, by Roald Dahl
- Secrets Letters from 0 to 10, by Susie Hoch Morgenstern
- Shipwrecked, by Rhoda Blumberg
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume
- The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1), by Lemony Snicket
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
- The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
- The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, by Nancy McArthur
- The Time Warp Trio: Summer Reading Is Killing Me! by Jon Scieszka
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham, by Paul Curtis