Books for Kids-101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up!

Do your kids just love to read? Mine do and seem to be reading every free second they get. Reading is a great thing for your kids to do in their spare time or get in the habit of. These books are tried and true and loved by kids. With everything from adventures, to fantasy, and beloved characters you will remember from your childhood, these books are stories that you and your kids will love to read together at bedtime or any other time you get a chance. 

 

101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up!

Watching movies is always fun but reading books is so much better because you can actually put yourself in the stories and make up what the characters look like. My kids have loved reading books together ever since they are little. It is one of our favorite things to do before bed. 

This list contains a “Bucket List” of books every kids should read.  We are using this as a kind of checklist of sorts, so feel free to do the same.  If I missed any of your kids favorites PLEASE let me know in the comments so I can add it to our list too!

 Books for Toddlers

1. Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres
2. Have You Seen my Dinosaur? by Jon Surgal
3. Ten Magic Butterflies by Danica Mckellar 
4. Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell 
5. There’s a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins
6. If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul
7. World of Eric Carle, Around the Farm by Mark Rader
8. Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
9. Help! My Dinosaurs are Lost in the City! by Webber Books
10. Ten Little Night Stars by Deb Gruelle 
11. Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
12. The Goodnight Train by June Sobel
13. Little Green Frog by Ginger Swift
14. Slide and Find Trucks by Priddy
15. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Sight by Sherri Duskey Rinker
16. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
17. Llama Llama Nighty-night by Anna Dewdney
18. I Love You to the Moon and Back by Amelia Hepworth 
19. Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo by Rosetta Stone
20. Elmo’s Lift and Look Book by Anna Ross
21. Open the Barn Door by Christopher Santoro
22. Baby Einstein Backyard All Year Touch and Feel Board Book by Minnie Birdsong
23. Do Cows Meow? by Salina Yoon
24. Pop-up Peekabo! Things that Go by Dorling Kindersley
25. My Very Hungry Caterpillar 
26. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Carmen Crowe
27. Pop-up Peekabo Under the Sea by DK
28. Hand Hand Fingers Thumb by Al Perkins
29. Where’s Ellie by Salina Yoon
30. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
31. ABC Book of Fruits & Vegetables by Sachin Sachdeva 

 Books for Preschool Aged Kids

1. The Wonderful Things You will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
2. Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
3. Don’t Let Them Disappear by Chelsea Clinton
4. Just a Little Critter Collection by Mercer Mayer
5. The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
6. Big Franks Fire Truck by Leslie McGuire 
7. Wheels of the Bus by Jerry Smath
8. Hide and Seek Harry at the Beach by Kenny Harrison
9. Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
10. There’s No Place Like Space by Tish Rabe
11. The Little Seahorse by Sheri Fink
12. In the Garden by Redd Byrd
13. The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
14. The Hiccupotomus by Aaron Zenz
15. Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev
16. All by Myself by Mercer Mayer
17. My Book About Me by Dr.Seuss 
18. Three Little Mermaids by Mara Van Fleet
19. The Angry Dragon by Michael Gordon
20. The Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Stan Berenstain 
21. Me and My Dragon by David Biedrzycki
22. I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer
23. A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock 
24. Jack & The Beanstock by Carmen Crowe
25. Little Miss Birthday by Roger Hargreaves
26. Go to School Little Monsters by Helen Ketterman 
27. The Magic School Bus By Joanna Cole
28. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
29. May I Please Have a Cookie by Jennifer Morris
30. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Stephen Carpenter 
31. Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
32. The Pajama Zoo Parade by Agnes Green
33. The Night Before Preschool by Natasha Wing
34. The Magic of Sharing by Ruben Lora
35. Pete’s Dragon by RH Disney
36. The Jungle Book by RH Disney

 Books for School Aged Kids

1. Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows
2. Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 
3. Flower Fairies Magical Doors by Cicely Mary Barker 
4. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
5. The Never Girls Collection by Kiki Thorpe
6. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
7. Mystery of the Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
8. What Should Danny Do? by Adir Levy
9. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
10. Stink: The Super-Incredible Collection by Megan McDonald 
11. Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish
12. Marry Poppins by Dr. P.L. Travers
13. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
14. Matilda by Roald Dahl
15. The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe
16. Stuart Little by E.B. White
17. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
18. Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland
19. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
20. The Judy Moody Uber-Awesome Collection by Megan McDonald
21. Nate the Great by Majorie Weinman Sharmat
22. Warriors by Erin Hunter
23. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
24. Upside Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski
25. The Lost Grilled Cheese by Nick E. Naro
26. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 
27. Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott
28. Magic School Bus Presents: The Human Body by Tom Jackson
29. Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
30. Rainbow Magic by Daisy Meadows
31. Unicorn Academy by Julie Sykes
32. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
33. Holes by Louis Sachar
34. The Trumpet and the Swan by E.B. White

I hope you have found some inspiration in these Books for Kids to read. If you have any additional ideas to add to these lists please comment below, I love to hear from my readers. 

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