Kids Books

I try to read to my kids almost everyday. Most of the time we read a book and then forget about it, to maintain a trail of the books that we read, I decided to compile a list of books. I have put an asterisk against the books that my kids enjoyed the most.

Book List

* - Books we enjoyed the most
Age Group : PreSchool and Kindergarten

Eric Carle books:

• The very hungry caterpillar*
• The very lonely firefly*
• Hello, red fox*
• Today is Monday
• A house for hermit crab
• Draw me a star
• Dream snow
• Slowly, Slowly, Slowly said the Sloth
• The tiny seed*
• Polar bear, polar bear what do you hear
• The secret birthday message

Margaret Wise Brown books:

• Goodnight moon*
• Runaway Bunny*
• Christmas in the barn
• The Little Fir tree
• Bumble bugs and elephants
• Little fur family
• The fierce yellow pumpkin
• Nibble Nibble*

Tomie De Paola books:

• Tom
• Bill and Pete*
• The baby sister*
• Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs*
• The Knight and the dragon
• Strega Nona
• Stagestruck
• A new barker in the house
• Big Anthony and the Magic Ring
• Bill and Pete go down the Nile*
• Charlie needs a cloak
• Little Grunt and the Big Egg
• Strega Nona takes a vacation
• Marianna May and Nursey
• The legend of the Indian paintbrush
• Strega Nona's magic lessons
• Jamie O' Rourke and the pooka
• Bill and Pete to the rescue
• Country angel Christmas
• 26 Fairmont Avenue*
• Why*
• On my way*

Marc Brown books:

• D.W.'s Library card*
• Arthur's Family Treasury
• Arthur goes to camp
• Arthur writes a story
• Arthur's new puppy
• Arthur's tooth
• Arthur's TV trouble
• D.W. thinks big
• Arthur lost and found
• Arthur's teacher trouble
• Arthur's birthday
• Arthur's Halloween
• Arthur's computer disaster
• Arthur's Valentine 
• Arthur's Eyes

Spot (Eric Hill) books:

• Spot goes to school
• Spot says good night
• Where's Spot

Mercer Mayer books:

• Just for you
• Just me and my dad

Clifford books:

• Clifford's Pals
• Clifford, the firehouse dog
• Cliffords Halloween
• Clifford's good deeds
• Clifford takes a trip
• Clifford grows up

Grace Lin's books:

• Robert's snow
• Okie-Dokie Artichokie*
• The Ugly Vegetables*
• Fortune cookie fortunes
• The red thread*
• Olvina Swims

Beatrix Potter's books:

• The tale of Benjamin bunny
• The tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
• The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

Dora the Explorer books:

• Its Sharing Day!

Baby Duck Series:

• In the rain with Baby Duck
• Guess Who, Baby Duck

Jan Brett's books:

• On Noah's ark
• Daisy comes home
• Christmas trolls

Stan and Jan Berenstain books:

• Mama's New Job 
• The berenstain bears go to school
• Too much Junk Food 
• Too much TV 
• Papa's day surprise
• The missing dinosaur bone
• Safe and Sound
• The bear's vacation
• The trouble with chores
• The Bike Lesson
• The berenstain bears down on the farm

Curious George books:

• Curious George flies a kite
• Curious George takes a job
• Curious George at the parade
• Curious George - Storybook collection

Franklin books:

• Franklin goes to the hospital
• Franklin's bicycle helmet
• Franklin's neighborhood
• Franklin and the new teacher

Math Themed books:

• Lemonade for Sale - Stuart J. Murphy

Science Themed books:

• Growing like me* - Anne Rockwell
• Chicken's aren't the only ones* - Ruth Heller
• Dinosaur's Day - Ruth Thomson
• Beyond the Dinosaurs, Monster of the air and sea - Charlotte Brown
• The moon - Melanie Chrismer
• What do you see in a cloud? - Allan Fowler
• The biggest animal on land - Allan Fowler
• Before & after - Jan Thornhill
• All about turkeys - Jim Arnosky
• Why?* - Catherine Ripley
• Life-size zoo - Teruyuki Komiya
• Where does pepper come from?* - Brigitte Raab
• What's inside me? My Stomach - Dana Meachen Rau 
• Owls and other animals with amazing eyes - Susan Labella 
• The digestive system - Rebecca Olien
• My Eyes - Lloyd G. Douglas
• Living in a rain forest - Joanne Winne
• African Elephants up close - Carmen Bredeson
• What happens to a hamburger - Paul Showers
• Why I Sneeze, Shiver, hiccup  and yawn - Melvin Berger
• Seed, Soil, Sun - Cris Peterson
• From Tadpole to frog - Wendy Pfeffer
• Skeletal System - Sarah Tieck

Geography/History Themed books:

• Living on a mountain - Joanne Winne
• Imogene's last stand* - Candace Fleming
• Postcards from Mexico - Helen Arnold

Wordless books:

• Beaver is Lost - Elisha Cooper
• Flotsam* - David Wiesner
• Tuesday* - David Wiesner
• The red book* - Barbara Lehman  
• Chalk* - Bill Thomson

Early readers (Kids can read on their own or with help):

• Dog and Cat - Paul Fehlner
• The eye book - Dr. Seuss
• Green Eggs and Ham* - Dr. Seuss
• Sometimes I wish - Foster and Erickson
• Don't wake the baby - Wendy Cheyette Lewison
• Big Dog..Little Dog - P.D. Eastman
• Star baby - Margaret O'Hair
• Dunk Skunk - Michael Rex
• Mouse's hide and seek words - Kathryn Heling
• Arthur's reading race - Marc Brown
• We are in a book - Mo Willems
• Rosie's walk - Pat Hutchins
• Babar's little circus star - Laurent De Brunhoff
• Where's Lulu? - William Hooks
• Go, Dog. Go! - P.D. Eastman
• Its a good game, dear dragon - Margaret Hill
• The berenstain bears down on the farm - Stan and Jan Berenstain
• Little Red Riding hood - Harriet Ziefert

An I can read:

• A bargain for Frances - Russell Hoban
• Harley - Star Livingstone
• Inspector Hopper - Doug Cushman

Mr Putter & Tabby Series:

• Fly the plane
• Make a wish

Other books :

• I'm a Tiger Too! - Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
• Once a mouse...* - Marcia Brown
• The Cinnamon Hen's Autumn Day* - Sandra Dutton
• Mr. Gumpy's Outing* - John Burningham
• When Dinosaurs came with everything - Elise Broach
• The Story of little Babaji* - Helen Bannerman
• Tell me something happy before I go to sleep* - Joyce Dunbar
• Lara Ladybug - Christine Florie
• The story about Ping* - Marjorie Flack
• And here's to you - David Elliott
• Grandfather's wrinkles - Kathryn England
• Harold and the purple crayon* - Crockett Johnson
• Its Library day - Janet Stoeke
• I read signs - Tana Hoban
• I feel a foot! - Maranke Rinck
• Once upon a Saturday - Leslie Lammle
• The monkey and the mango* - Eknath Easwaran
• The people who hugged trhe trees* - Deborah Lee Rose
• Finders keepers - Will and Nicolas
• The snow day - Komako Sakai
• Prehistoric Pinkerton - Steven Kellog
• What Sadie Sang - Eve Rice
• Mrs. Fickle's Pickles - Lori Ries
• If you want to see a Caribou - Jim Meyer
• Barney is best - Nancy White CarlStrom
• Harriet and Walt - Nancy Carlson
• How groundhog's garden grew - Lynne Cherry
• A bird and his worm - James Kaczman
• One more egg - Sarah Emmanuelle Burg
• Curious George rides a bike - H.A.Rey
• If you give a cat a cupcake - Laura Numeroff 
• If you give a moose a muffin - Laura Numeroff
• Henry's amazing imagination - Nancy Carlson
• The little house* - Virginia Lee Burton
• The green gourd - C.W.Hunter
• Bark George - Jules Feiffer
• Hattie and the Fox - Mem Fox
• Only a witch can fly - Alison McGhee
• Priscilla and the pink planet - Nathaniel Hobbie
• Song of Middle C - Alison McGhee
• Lottie's new beach towel - Petra Mathers
• Little Donkey and the baby sitter - Rindert Kromhout
• Bye-Bye crib - Alison McGhee
• Alligators and Others all year long - Crescent Dragonwagon
• Dancing class - H.M. Ehrlich
• Bunnicula and friends - James Howe
• Marsupial Sue presents The Runaway Pancake * - John Lithglow
• Jake and Rosie - Patricia Lillie
• Guji Guji* - Chih Yuan Chen
• Eight animals on the Town - Susan Elya
• Oh no gotta go #2 - Susan Elya
• Something's coming - Richard edwards
• The story of noodles - Ying Chang Compestine
• Corduroy - Don Freeman
• Gregory's shadow - Don Freeman
• Sophie's window* - Holly Keller
• Cecil's garden* - Holly Keller
• A pocket for Corduroy - Don Freeman
• Chicken in the kitchen - Tony Johnston
• The secret Olivia told me* - N. Joy
• The shore beyond - Mary Joslin
• The three sillies - Steven Kellog
• Today was a terrible day* - Patricia Giff
• Tackylocks and the three bears - Helen Lester
• There's NO such thing as a dragon - Jack Kent
• A bag full of pups* - Dick Gackenbach
• Owl moon - Jane Yolen
• Farfallina and Marcel - Holly Keller
• The Library* - Sarah Stewart
• The Sea Serpent and Me - Dashka Slater
• The Squirrel's thanksgiving - Steven Kroll
• The Carrot seed* - Ruth Krauss
• Makayla cares about others - Virginia Kroll
• Tight Times* - Barbara Hazen
• Our class took a trip to the zoo - Shirley Neitzel
• Guess who - Margaret Miller
• A wish for elves - Mark Gonyea
• Dinosaur island - Max Haynes
• Mouse in the house - John and Ann Hassett
• Long ago yesterday - Anne Rockwell
• The best cat - Valeri Gorbachev
• Bedtime Stories* - The Random House Book
• Big Bad Bruce* - Bill Peet
• The magic fort* - Juanita Havill
• For Pete's sake - Ellen Wlash
• Help! - Holly Keller
• The farmer in the dell - John O'Brien 
• Pigs make me sneeze - Mo Willems
• Shoes from grandpa - Mem Fox
• Hero dad - Melinda Hardin
• The wolf who cried boy* - Bob Hartman
• Rumplestiltskin's daughter* -Diane Stanley
• Toby, who are you - William Steig
• Love you forever* - Robert Munsch
• The monkey and the crocodile* - Paul Galdone
• What teacher's can't do - Douglas wood
• What mom's can't do - Douglas wood
• Little Red's autumn adventure - Sarah Ferguson
• I love you, mister bear - Sylvie Wickstrom
• The amazing bone* - William Steig
• Wait! I want to tell you a story - Tom Willans
• The random house book of bedtime stories* - Jane Dyer 
• Sylvester and the magic pebble* - William Steig
• The Journey* - Sarah Stewart
• The Gardener -Sarah Stewart
• Mommy do you love me? - Jeanne Willis
• Eli - Bill Peet
• A weekend with Wendell* - Kevin Henkes
• 10-Step Guide to living with your monster - Laura Numeroff
• The giant and the beanstalk* - Diane Stanley
• What Grandpas/Grandmas do best - Laura Numeroff
• What Mommies/Daddies do best - Laura Numeroff
• What uncles/aunts do best - Laura Numeroff
• Little Bear's Valentine - Else Holmelund
• Kate and the beanstalk* - Mary Pope Osborne
• One* - Kathryn Otoshi
• The Jellybeans and the big dance* - Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans
• The enormous carrot - Vladimir Vagin
• Bones and the birthday mystery - David A. Adler
• Madeline at the White house* - John Bemelmans Marciano
• Wings, A tale of two chickens* - James Marshall
• Cat the Cat who is that? - Mo Willems
• Martha Speaks, Haunted House - Susan Meddaugh
• George and Martha - James Marshall
• Once upon a baby brother* - Sarah Sullivan
• We all sing with the same voice - J. Philip Miller
• Moses goes to the circus* - Isaac Millman
• Sherman crunchley* - Laura Numeroff
• Big Bear Ball - Joanne Ryder
• Moses goes to the circus - Isaac Millman
• Bing - Ted Dewan
• Yummers - James Marshall
• Little Red's Autumn Adventure - Sarah Ferguson
• Cock-a-doodle dudley* - Bill Peet
• Cat and Mouse, a delicious tale - Jiwon Oh
• My Friend Grandpa - Harriet Ziefert
• Willa, the wonderful - Susan Milord
• Mother Goose - Sylvia Long
• Ghostyshocks and the three scares - Laurence Anholt & Arthur Robins
• Subway ride - Heather Lynn Miller
• Cat the Cat who is that? - Mo Willems
• Rumor - Jan Thornhill
• Monkey with a tool belt and the noisy problem - Chris Monroe
• Cock-a-doodle-hoooooo - Mick Manning
• The hat - Holly Keller
• Monkey with a tool belt - Chris Monroe
• The secret science project that almost ate the school - Judy Sierra
• Long tail kitty - Lark Pien
• Dancing Larry - Daniel Pinkwater
• Madeline's rescue* - Ludwig Bemelmans
• What time is it, Mr. Crocodile? - Judy Sierra
• The boy who looked like Lincoln - Mike Reiss
• Splat the cat* - Rob Scotton
• Born to read* - Judy Sierra
• Nursery Rhymes - Debi Gliori
• Elizabite* - H.A.Rey
• Babar and the ghost - Laurent De Brunhoff
• Big Chickens go to the town - Leslie Helakoski 
• The wind blew - Pat Hutchins
• There was a bold lady who wanted a star - Charise Mericle Harper
• Train Trip - Cari Meister
• The Bug Cemetery - Frances Hill
• The circus surprise - Ralph Fletcher
• Alfred's nose - Vivienne Flesher
• Time to sleep - Denise Fleming
• Telling time with big mama cat - Dan Harper
• Sam and the firefly - P.D. Eastman
• Cork and Fuzz : Finders Keepers - Dori Chaconas
• Rip Van Winkle - Freya LittleDale
• Arthur's Camp-out - Lillian Hoban
• Worm gets a job - Kathy Caple
• Wagon Wheels* - Barbara Brenner
• Frog and Toad together - Arnold Lobel
• Buying, Training and caring for your Dinosaur - Laura Joy Rennert
• Gulliver's Travel - Rochelle Larkin
• Frog and Toad are friends - Arnold Lobel
• In a cabin in a wood - Darcie McNally
• Me...Jane* - Patrick McDonnell
• Lost!* - David McPhail
• Sam's Bust Journey - Sally Morgan & Ezekiel Kwaymullina
• Priarie school* - Avi
• Pizza Party - Grace Maccarone
• A bargain for Frances - Russel Hoban
• Flicka,Ricka,Dicka and the big red hen - Maj Lindman
• Elvis the Rooster and the magic words - Deny's Cazet
• Cookies* - Bite-size life lessons - Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Thumb Love - Elise Primavera
• 20th Century Children's book treasury* - selected by Janet Schulman

Magazines :

• Babybug
• Ladybug
• Click
• Calliope

Audio Books

• Rabbit ear's volumes

Age Group :Elementary School (1st - 2nd Grade)


Amelia Bedelia books:

• Amelia Bedelia's Family album
• Thank you, Amelia Bedelia
• Amelia Bedelia goes camping

Junie B. Jones books:

• Junie B., First Grader*
• Junie B. and the stupid smelly bus*
• Junie B., Dumb Bunny
• Junie B. Jones has a peep in her pocket

Judy Blume books:

• Freckle juice*
• Friend or Fiend?*
• The one in the middle is the green kangaroo*
• Tales of a Fourth grade nothing

Miscellaneous books:

• Buck-buck the chicken - Amy Ehrlich
• Mike's Mystery - Marcie Aboff
• Quimble wood - N.M. Bodecker
• School days - Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Monkeys and Dog days - Kate Banks
• Peter Pan *- J.M. Barrie
• Family Stories you can relate to - multiple stories
• One morning in Maine - Robert McCloskey
• Fancy - Kristin Earhart

Age Group :Elementary School (3rd - 5th Grade)


Fiction:

Judy Blume:

• Tales of a Fourth grade nothing

Oz Series:

• The lost princess of Oz
• Ozma of Oz
• The wizard of Oz

C.S.Lewis:

• The lion, the witch and the wardrobe*
• The magician's nephew*
  

Miscellaneous

• Jumanji* - Chris Van Allsburg
• Esio Trot* - Roald Dahl
• Indian in the cupboard* - Lynne Reid Banks
• The view from Saturday* - E.L. Konigsbury
• Mrs Frisby and the rats of Nimh* - Robert C. O'Brien

Non-fiction:

• Patty Reed's doll* - Rachel Laurgaard

Biographies:

• A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison - David A. Adler
• In their own words : Thomas Edison - George Sullivan

Science:

• Germs make me sick* - Melvin Berger

Geography:

• Living on the Ganges river - Louise and Richard Spilsbury

Audio Books

• Ramona Forever* - Beverly Cleary
• Ramona the pest* - Beverly Cleary