Great Books for Kids

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Below is a list of our recommended great books for kids with links to reviews which we feature each week on our blog. We cover picture books for kids, books for preschoolers, classic books and other great books for kids. Feel free to bookmark this page, as we update it frequently.

• Children's Classics

• A Bear Called Paddington
  
• A Wrinkle in Time
  
• Are You My Mother?
  
• Ben and Me
  
• Blueberries for Sal
  
• The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh
  
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
  
• Go, Dog. Go!
  
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
  
• Island of the Blue Dolphins
  
• James and the Giant Peach
  
• Little House in the Big Woods
  
• My Father's Dragon
  
• Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever
  
• Rosie's Walk
  
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
  
• The Cricket in Times Square
  
• The Giver
  
• The Phantom Tollbooth
  
• The Snowy Day
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  
• The Wind in the Willows
  
• Where the Wild Things Are
  

• Children's Literature

• Bridge to Terabithia
  
• Cam Jansen Case #1: The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
  
• Can You Make Them Behave, King George?
  
• Dinosaur Hunters
  
• Holes
  
• Lily's Crossing
  
• Masterpiece
  
• My Life as a Book
  
• Ragweed
  
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8
  
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  
• Roscoe Riley Rules #3: Don't Swap Your sweater for a Dog
  
• Shiloh
• The Bridge to Neverland
  
• The Candymakers
  
• The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
  
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret
  
• The Kneebone Boy
  
• The Lightning Thief
  
• The Magician's Elephant
  
• The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, Book 1)
  
• The Penderwicks
  
• The Sign of the Beaver
  
• The Super Hungry Dinosaur
  
• The Winter of Red Snow
  
• To the Top! Climbing the World's Highest Mountain/
  
• Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
  

• Children's Humor

• A boy, a Dog, and a Frog
  
• Bedtime for Mommy
  
• Clementine
  
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  
• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
  
• How Oliver Olson Changed the World
  
• It's Raining Pigs & Noodles
  
• Pancakes for Breakfast
  
• The Missing Locket (Cynthia's Attic Book One)
  
• The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang
  
• The Talented Clementine
  

• Children's Activity Books

• Explore Ancient Egypt! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
  
• Explore Ancient Greece! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
  
• Explore Ancient Rome! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
  
• Explore Colonial America! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
  
• Explore Life Cycles! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
  
• Explore Rocks and Minerals! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
  
• Explore Simple Machines! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
  
• Explore Spring! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
  
• Explore the Solar System! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
  
• Explore Transportation! 25 Projects, Activities, Experiments
  
• Explore Water! 25 Projects, Activities, and Experiments
  
• Explore Winter! 25 Great Ways to Learn About Winter
  
• How the Weather Works
  
• How the World Works
  
• The World Champion of Staying Awake
  
• Soccer World Mexico: Explore the World through Soccer
  
• Soccer World South Africa: Explore the World through Soccer
  
• Soccer World Spain: Explore the World through Soccer
  

• Children's Books Ages 4-8

• Can I Play Too? (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
  
• Can We Save the Tiger?
  
• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
  
• Dinosaur Cousins?
  
• Even Monsters Need Haircuts
  
• Flotsam
  
• Little Owl Lost
  
• Meet Einstein
  
• Shampoodle
  
• Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep!
  
• Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You
  
• Woolbur
  

• Children's Books Ages Baby-3

• Greek Myths
  
• Kitten's First Full Moon
  
• The Hello, Goodbye Window
  

• Children’s Nonfiction

• Stick Up For Yourself! Every Kids Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem