While my little man was napping I decided to look around on Pinterest. I know. I should have been reading, but oh well, that ship has sailed. BUT I found another great reading list! This time for my little man! I was so excited!
Growing up, I loved sitting in my room and reading. I had this grate on the floor that the hot air would come out of in the winter. I would wedge myself in that corner, feet on the grate, and wait for that wonderful, warm air to turn on and make my little reading nook all toasty.
I read everything in that corner. I was introduced to both Narnia and Hogwarts. I fought crimes with Alex Cross, Lindsay Boxer and Kay Scarpetta. There were so many stories devoured in that corner, that I can't even remember half of the books I read. (So now I have a list on my computer. It is just easier to keep track that way.) And ever since I found out I was pregnant, I was hoped that my son would have the same love of reading that I have always had. That is why I am hoping that this amazing list will help little Beau grow in his love of reading.
This list is courtesy of chasingsupermom.com. Let me know what you think about it. Are there any books that you loved as a child that are missing?
1. Matilda by Roald Dahl
2. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
3. Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
4. Holes by Louis Sachar
5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
6. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
7. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
8. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
9. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards
10. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
11. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
12. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
13. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
14. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
15. 5 Children and It by E. Nesbit
16. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
17. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
18. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
19. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
20. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Patterson
21. Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
22. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
23. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
24. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
25. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
26. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
27. Stuart Little by E.B. White
28. Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
29. The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain
30. Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
31. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
32. The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth
33. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
34. Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
35. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
36. Ramona and her Mother by Beverly Cleary
37. George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
38. Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
39. Frindle by Andrew Clements
40. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
41. Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
42. Mandy by Julie Edwards
43. Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
44. All-of-aKind Family by Sydney Taylor
45. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
46. Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand
47. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
48. Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
49. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
50. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
51. The Field Guide: Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
52. The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
53. How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Crowell
54. The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
55. Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
56. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
57. Loser by Jerry Spinelli
58. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
59. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
60. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
61. The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
62. The BFG by Roald Dahl
63. Stuart’s Cape by Sara Pennypacker
64. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
65. The Worst Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
66. The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
67. Bud Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
68. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
69. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
70. Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
71. The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit
72. The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
73. The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
74. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
75. Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
76. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming
77. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
78. Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
79. Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
80. The Great Brain by John Dennis Fitzgerald
81. Peter Nimble and his Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
82. The Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Sciezska
83. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
84. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
85. Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White
86. Sounder by William H. Armstrong
87. The Littles by John Peterson
88. Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
89. The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick
90. A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
91. No Flying in the House by Betty Brock
92. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
93. Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies
94. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
95. The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
96. Henry Reed Inc. by Keith Robertson
97. Tornado by Betsy Byars
98. Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
99. The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
100. My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
I have highlighted the books on the list that I remember reading. Turns out I did not read that many children's books as a child. Murder mysteries were just a lot more interesting I guess.
