If you’re looking for curriculum advice, check out my 4 favorite curriculums. Here, I’m going to share some of my favorite kids books.
I love books. I love a good fiction. Right now I’m working on The Water Witch by James Fenmore Cooper. (which is free on Kindle right now). I don’t have a ton of time for reading these days, but I still manage to read a fun book now and then. It’s a great way for me to escape, relax, and grab a few minutes of “me time”.
Reading is something I want my children to enjoy as well so I try to collect my favorite childhood books and find some new ones for them as well.
This is a classic. I read and re-read this entire set many many times as a child. This is next on my list of books to buy my 2nd grader. I can’t wait to see what she thinks of them!
I never can decide if Little House in the Big Woods or Farmer Boy is my favorite. Maybe I’ll have to read them again!
I just discovered this set. There’s four books in this series and a craft book. They’re super cute and all about a little girl who loves to bake. My 2nd grader loves these – they’re a 3rd to 5th grade reading level so right at the upper edge of her reading ability. Perfect for her to enjoy while learning some new words!
A Series of Unfortunate Events
There’s 13 books in this series. The author truly thought of everything! I love this series. It’s fun to read because it’s just funny. There’s no way 3 kids end up in all of these situations. And the author loves to use and define rarely used words like Ersatz in Ersatz Elevator. These books are fun to read and great for improving vocabulary.
This is a book of short stories. Perfect for a bedtime stories. These stores are fun, funny, and have a good morale at the end. Themes like “Pride comes before a fall”, and “beauty is as beauty does”. These stories are fun to read as a family and after you’ve read all these in this book. There’s a whole bunch of other Grandma’s Attic books available.
It all started with Llama Llama Red Pajama. After we read this one, we were hooked! This is a favorite with my 2yr old and since the older kids still love it he gets it read to him as often as he wants. There’s a whole set of Llama Llama books and we love every one of them.
Tell me in the comments, what’s your favorite children’s book?
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Who doesn’t love Little House? Llama Llama is a great choice for younger readers, too! Thanks for sharing. Found you at What To Read Wednesday.
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Great list, thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for sharing! I’m definitely going to check out the Finley Flowers Series. I think my girls would really like that one. Grandma’s Attic were some of my favorite books as a kid. I had totally forgotten about them until I saw this! Thanks for the memory jolt! Good reads!
I don’t have kids but this is a great gift idea for friends kids.
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The Series of Unfortunate Events is a fantastic series! I can’t wait for the new series 🙂
I love love loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder books growing up and I’ve recently found Llama Llama and it’s too cute. Thanks for sharing.
Great recommendations! I used to read to 2 year old children through United Way, and I know they would love that Llama book!
I love Little House on the Prairie!
I’m really interested in the Unfortunate Events series. I need to check these out.
Oh gosh I haven’t read Little House on the Prairie in years!!
I love love Lemony Snicket!! I only have three of the series though…
I loved the series of unfortunate events and little house on the prairie growing up 🙂
I love reading! I started to get more into it the past few months and am glad.
I don’t have kids but I remember reading as a child as a huge escape. It’s part f the reason I still love reading and writing now.
I read a ton as a child and still love reading.
I love books too! I loved that you called out the Little House on the Prairie series! It is still one of my favorite to this day. In fact, we were just discussing going back and reading some of out favorite childhood series. For me that would have to be Little House on the Prairie, Boxcar Children, and The Babysitters Club.
I’ve never read the Boxcar Children or Babysitters Club. I’ve heard that they’re both great series though! I loved Nancy Drew and there were so many of them at my local library I never made it through them all.
The older books in these series are good. Once the ghostwriters take over, the quality decreases. The Babysitters Club deals with Type 1 Diabetes. Even though some of the medical treatment is now outdated, I appreciate Ann M. Martin dealing with this topic as I am the parent of a diabetic child.
So glad I found this !! I’m excited my daughter will be to thanks !! Laci