Must Read Children's Books

Gracie and I are on a mission this summer, to read (or re-read) this list of the 50 must read children's books. Our library sponsors a reading incentive plan for the summer and we take part every year, but this summer, I thought we would challenge ourselves to venture beyond the books that mommy picks out because of the pretty pictures. I found this list on a christian mom's site and I am quite excited to get started. I thought since many other mothers read my blog as well, they may want to take a glance.

Have you read any of these? Were they your favorites? We would love to get comments about our list, and maybe you can help spark more discussion after we finish reading it!!!

I'll change them to red when we have read/re-read them.

Birth–3 Years Best Word Book Ever, Richard Scarry Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr., Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina Chicken Soup with Rice, Maurice Sendak Good Dog, Carl, Alexandra Day Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown The Lost Sheep Nick Butterworth "More More More" Said the Baby, Vera B. Williams Noisy Nora Rosemary Wells On Mother’s Lap, Ann Herbert Scott, Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt Read-Aloud Bible Stories, Volumes 1-4, Ella K. Lindvall, The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown Shoes, Elizabeth Winthrop The Toddler’s Bible, V. Gilbert Beers The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle

3–5 Years Bedtime for Frances, Russell Hoban The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss Corduroy, Don Freeman Giant Steps for Little People, Kenneth N. Taylor Go, Dog, Go, Philip D. Eastman Ira Sleeps Over, Bernard Waber Just in Case You Ever Wonder, Max Lucado The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper The Little Red Hen, various authors since 1942 Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans Make Way for the Ducklings, Robert McCloskey Millions of Cats, Wanda Gág Noah’s Ark, Peter Spier Peter’s Chair, Ezra Jack Keats The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy, Jane Thayer The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister Stone Soup, Ann McGovern Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

5–7 Years Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst Blueberries for Sal, Robert McCloskey A Chair for My Mother, Vera B. Williams Frog and Toad Are Friends, Arnold Lobel George Shrinks, William Joyce Goops and How to Be Them, Gelett Burgess Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson The Hole in the Dike, retold by Norma Green Least of All, Carol Purdy The Little House, Virginia Lee Burton Little People in Tough Spots: Bible Answers for Young Children, V. Gilbert Beers Ox-Cart Man, Donald Hall People, Peter Spier The Story about Ping, Marjorie Flack The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf The Year at Maple Hill Farm, Alice and Martin Provensen

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