Children’s Classic Literature

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