The Little House + The Dot + The Little Engine That Could
Whistle for Willie + The Diary of a Worm + Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Not A Box + The Jolly Postman +The Popcorn Book
The Rainbow Fish + The Giving Tree + Love You Forever
The Lion and The Mouse + Olivia + Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild!
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type + Skippyjon Jones + Miss Nelson is Missing
The Tale of Peter Rabbit + Koala Lou + Library Lion
Goodnight Gorilla + Stone Soup + Goodnight Moon
The Stinky Cheese Man + Where the Sidewalk Ends + Strega Nona
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse + Zen Shorts + The Story of Ferdinand
The Runaway Bunny + The Story About Ping + Art and Max
The Kissing Hand + Fancy Nancy + Harold and the Purple Crayon
Bear Snores On + The Mitten + The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Green Eggs and Ham + Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs + Curious George
Tikki Tikki Tembo + If You Give A Mouse A Cookie + Make Way For Ducklings
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The teacher in me needed to do SOMETHING to recognize Read Across America Day.
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday (yesterday!), and since my Monday-Fridays are filled with books and reading, I thought it might be nice to add to my list of what (I think) are some of the best books around. Lots of these are old classics, many you may recognize or be nodding your head, “Yes, I remember that one!”, and some are newer, and just as fun and/or lovely as the ones written many years ago.
As a teacher and lover of stories for young children, I could go on all day about why these are so wonderful, but next time you’re in a book store, I urge you to stop in the children’s section for a bit to find one of these and see for yourself. I guarantee it’ll make you smile.
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For more favorites:
My Favorite Children’s Books: Picture Book Edition // v. 1
{I hope to post a favorite children’s chapter book edition in this lifetime, too.}
HAPPY READING!
