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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.

  Picture Books for Kids & Books for Preschoolers     Great books for older kids
(ages 6 +)
    A Boy, A Dog and a Frog
Are You My Mother?
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night
Flotsam
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Kitten’s First Full Moon
Pancakes for Breakfast
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever
Rosie’s Walk
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh
The Hello, Goodbye Window
The Snowy Day
The Very Hungry Caterpiller
The Wind in the Willows
Where the Wild Things Are

      A Bear Called Paddington
A Wrinkle in Time
Ben and Me
Bridge to Terabithia
Can You Make Them Behave, King George?
Dinosaur Hunters
Island of the Blue Dolphins
James and the Giant Peach
Lily’s Crossing
Little House in the Big Woods
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Shiloh
Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing
The Cricket in Times Square
The Giver
The Phantom Toll Booth
The Sign of the Beaver
The Winter of Red Snow
To the Top! Climbing the World's Highest Mountain



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