Mad About Books

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Mad About Books: Raising a Child Who Loves to Read

Book List for Parents

 

1) Babies and Toddlers – age 4 months +

(Board Books)

Yummy Yucky and Quiet Loud both by Leslie Patricelli

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

Where’s Spot by Eric Hill

2) Older Babies and Toddlers

Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Hug by Jez Alborough

 

3) Toddlers and younger children

Oliver Jeffers – Lost and Found and How to Catch a Star

Lauren Child – Clarice Bean, That’s Me

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Emily Gravett – Meercat Mail and Monkey and Me

 

4) Early Readers

Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon

Roddy Doyle’s The Giggler Treatment and Rover Saves Christmas

Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald

Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child

 

5) Great Books to Read Aloud – Age 3+

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy – 3+

My Naughty Little Sister by Dorothy Edwards – 3+

Love that Dog by Sharon Creech - 7+

Charlotte’s Web – 5+

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild – 6+

Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearse – 7+

Harriet the Spy – 7+

 

6) Fluent readers of 9+ -

Fantasy and Adventure books –

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Eoin Colfer

SAS books – Andy McNab and Chris Ryan

Anthony Horowitz

Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Family and relationship books –

Cathy Cassidy

Jacqueline Wilson

Sharon Creech – Walk Two Moons

Hilary McKay – Saffy’s Angel, Casson Family stories

Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

Older Jackie Wilson titles – eg The Illustrated Mum

 

And finally – Short Bedtime Books for Tired Parents

That’s Not My Dinosaur etc – published by Usborne

Hug by Jez Alborough

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Silly Mummy, Silly Daddy by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

Books for Parents who want to know more –

The Ultimate Teen Guide

The Ultimate Book Guide Both published by A and C Black

Babies Need Books by Dorothy Butler

The Reading Bug by Paul Jennings

Great Books to Read Aloud by Jacqueline Wilson