Monday
Jul052004
BOOKS: Top 15+ Kid-Recommended Titles, Ages 0 - 8
Monday, July 5, 2004 at 10:40PM
Top 15+ Kid-Recommended Titles, Ages 0 - 8
by the Caldwell Book Review Team:
TS, boy, age 2:
1. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
2. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
3. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins (Dr. Seuss series)
4. Boynton's Greatest Hits Board Books by Sandra Boynton
(especially Moo, Baa, La, La, La!)
5. Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland
HK, girl, age 5, Kindergarden:
6. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
7. Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day / Jamie Lee Curtis
8. Disney 5-Minute Princess Stories
9. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
10. Magic Treehouse Books (a.k.a. "Jack & Annie") by Mary Pope Osborne
ZAC, boy, age almost-8, 2nd grade:
11. Beware of Dog (McGrowl, No. 1) by Bob Balaban
12. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
13. The Grapes of Math/Math For All Seasons by Greg Tang
14. The Zack Files Series (any and all!) by Dan Greenburg
15. The Harry Potter books (ditto above) by J.K. Rowling
(Z and I have read them all together--LOVED them all!)
16.*Stop, Train, Stop! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story
*Z wishes to note that this was his favorite book when he was a "baby" and not one of his current favorites, although he still likes to read it to TS-- ;-)
by the Caldwell Book Review Team:
TS, boy, age 2:
1. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
2. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
3. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins (Dr. Seuss series)
4. Boynton's Greatest Hits Board Books by Sandra Boynton
(especially Moo, Baa, La, La, La!)
5. Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland
HK, girl, age 5, Kindergarden:
6. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
7. Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day / Jamie Lee Curtis
8. Disney 5-Minute Princess Stories
9. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
10. Magic Treehouse Books (a.k.a. "Jack & Annie") by Mary Pope Osborne
ZAC, boy, age almost-8, 2nd grade:
11. Beware of Dog (McGrowl, No. 1) by Bob Balaban
12. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
13. The Grapes of Math/Math For All Seasons by Greg Tang
14. The Zack Files Series (any and all!) by Dan Greenburg
15. The Harry Potter books (ditto above) by J.K. Rowling
(Z and I have read them all together--LOVED them all!)
16.*Stop, Train, Stop! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story
*Z wishes to note that this was his favorite book when he was a "baby" and not one of his current favorites, although he still likes to read it to TS-- ;-)