Good Books For Kids: A Good Place To Start
Every child's life should be filled with books—at home, at school, in the
library—to share with a parent or caregiver, to read, to learn from,
and to enjoy. The following list, prepared by the Association for Library
Service to Children(ALSC)/Association of Booksellers for Children
(ABC) Joint Committee lists some of the best, most fun and most inspiring books
available today for children.
Ask your librarian or bookseller for more good books like these.
For more good books, videotapes, recordings and other children's resources
contact the Association for Library Service to
Children.
Ages 6-8
Allard, Harry and James Marshall
MISS NELSON IS MISSING
Cameron, Ann
STORIES JULIAN TELLS
Cleary, Beverly
RAMONA books
Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen
MAGIC SCHOOL BUS series
Cooney, Barbara
MISS RUMPHIUS
Flournoy, Valerie and Jerry Pinkney
THE PATCHWORK QUILT
Fox, Mem
WILFRID GORDON McDONALD PARTRIDGE
Gardiner, John R.
STONE FOX
Hoffman, Mary and Caroline Binch
AMAZING GRACE
Lobel, Arnold
FROG AND TOAD series
Parish, Peggy
AMELIA BEDELIA
Steptoe, John
MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS
Van Allsburg, Chris
JUMANJI
White, E.B. and Garth Williams
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
LITTLE HOUSE series
Ages 9-12
Alexander, Lloyd
PRYDAIN CHRONICLES
Atwater, Richard
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS
Babbitt, Natalie
TUCK EVERLASTING
Banks, Lynne Reid
THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
Blume, Judy
ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
THE SECRET GARDEN
Coerr, Eleanor
SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES
Cooper, Susan
THE DARK IS RISING
Freedman, Russell
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
George, Jean Craighead
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
Juster, Norton
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
L'Engle, Madeleine
A WRINKLE IN TIME
Lowry, Lois
NUMBER THE STARS
MacLachlan, Patricia
SARAH PLAIN AND TALL
Paterson, Katherine
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Taylor, Mildred
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY
Taylor, Theodore
THE CAY
Ages 12-14
Avi
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
Avi
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE
Cole, Brock
THE GOATS
Cormier, Robert
THE CHOCOLATE WAR
Frank, Anne
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Jacques, Brian
REDWALL series
Lee, Harper
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Magorian, Michelle
GOODNIGHT, MR. TOM
Myers, Walter Dean
FALLEN ANGELS
Paterson, Katherine
JACOB HAVE I LOVED
Paulsen, Gary
HATCHET
Salinger, J.D.
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Staples, Suzanne
SHABANU
Tolkien, J.R.R.
THE HOBBIT
Voight, Cynthia
DICEY'S SONG
Zindel, Paul
THE PIGMAN
All Ages
Aesop
AESOP'S FABLES
Andersen, Hans Christian
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Anno, Mitsumasa
ANNO'S JOURNEY
Cohn, Amy,ed.
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: A TREASURY OF FOLKLORE AND FOLK SONGS
D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar P.
D'AULAIRES' BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS
Durell, Ann, ed.
THE DIANE GOODE BOOK OF AMERICAN FOLK TALES & SONGS
Hamilton, Virginia
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY
Kennedy, X.J.
TALKING LIKE THE RAIN
Macaulay, David
THE WAY THINGS WORK
Milne, A.A.
WINNIE THE POOH
Prelutsky, Jack
THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Prelutsky, Jack
RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN
Robinson, Barbara
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
Silverstein, Shel
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
Singer, Isaac Bashevis
ZLATEH THE GOAT AND OTHER STORIES
Van Allsburg, Chris
THE POLAR EXPRESS
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From: 101 Books for Children: A Good Place to Start
Prepared by ALSC/ABC Joint Committee, Association for Library Service to
Children, a division of the American Library Association.
