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The Best List of Children's Books

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One of the best ways for parents and other adults to promote school success is to read to their children.  An individual book or series makes the perfect gift for any child from a newborn to the pre-college teenager.  It is a gift of lasting value,  enriching vocabularies, opening up new places, and enlarging imaginations.  A classic book can be like an old friend, revisited at different stages; for example, the words read to a child as an infant can later become the first story read independently.

The Best List of Children's Books

Book Title

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Overall Rating

Reviews

Harold and the Purple Crayon:

Hardcover

Paperback

9.5 Crocket Johnson.  A book which lasts through many stages.  Imaginative story about a boy who draws his own adventure with purple crayon.

Time for Bed:

Hardcover

Paperback

9.2 Mem Fox. "Time for bed, little mouse, little mouse, darkness is falling all over the house."...and on it goes.   Fine illustrations and relaxing rhyming passages children will learn to recite on their own, even before they can read.
Dr. Suess:
The Sneetches and Other Stories
Fox in Socks
Oh, The Places You'll Go
Bartholomew and the Oobleck
9.2 Timeless favorites often teaching  interpersonal interactions in Dr. Suess's inimitable rhyming style.  Fox in Socks is an unparalleled tongue-twister.  Can be enjoyed over and over.  

Madeline:

Mad About Madeline

8.9 Ludwig Bemelmans. The adventures of a French girl in a boarding school told in rhyming passages. 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar:

Board Book

Hardcover

Another Eric Carle: Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me

8.5 Eric Carle. A caterpillar eats its way through all kinds of food until it becomes a .....  A classic story for a large span of ages.

Curious George:

Complete Adventures

8.5 Margret Rey, H.A. Rey. The monkey and the man with the yellow hat.  

Goodnight Moon:

Board Book

Hardcover

8.4 Margaret Wise Brown. Night after night, this will be the bedtime book for that pre
Milo and the Magical Stones 8.4 Marcus Pfister, illustrator.  Unique among books in that the child can chose to read either of 2 different endings!

The Little Engine That Could

Hardcover

60th Anniversary Edition

8.0 Watty Piper. The well-known success story to plant an optimistic seed.
Strega Nona 8.0 Tomie De Paola. A common, but important, life lesson taught here.