Reading List

Reading is so good for you and for your children. Here is a list of some of our favorites in case you are running out of ideas for your own family! This is not a comprehensive list (there are so many good books out there) but a good start!   

Favorite Baby/Toddler Books:
Goodnight Moon!
The Big Red Barn
Any book by Sandra Boynton
Guess How Much I love You
Curious George board books
5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Love is a Handful of Honey
Daddy Kisses
Mommy Hugs
Corduroy Books
We're going on a Bear Hunt
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Who is Coming to our House?

Favorite Preschool-Kindergarten Books:
When Stars Come Out
A Light on the Path
Happy Birthday Moon!
The Three Trees
Waddle!
Toes are to Tickle
Just in Case You ever Wonder
Baby Bear's Big Dreams
You are Special
Blueberries for Sal
A Color of his Own
My First Little House books
My Great Aunt Arizona
Bear wants More
Bedtime for Frances (any Frances books)
Granite
Dr. Seuss books

Reading Alone or Aloud:
Treasures of the Snow
Little House on the Prairie
Swiss Family Robinson
American Girl series
Caddie Woodlawn
Black Beauty
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
Anne of Green Gables
Peter Pan
Pilgrim's Progress (for kids)
Grandma's Attic (series)
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Ramona Quimby books
Charlotte's Web
All of a Kind Family
Little Women/Little Men
The Mandie Books
Betsy-Tacy books
Encyclopedia Brown
The Chronicles of Narnia
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
White Fang
The Girl of the Limberlost
The Book of Virtues, by William Bennett
Where the Sidewalk Ends


Audio/Music:
Mr. Henry, Wild and Wacky Stories from the Bible (audio stories on CD)
Slugs and Bugs  (kids music)
Adventures in Odyssey (audio stories, for school-age children)