One of the joys of childhood is reading time with Mom and Dad.
Each of us would recite a different list of favorite titles, but the experience would be the same: reliving moments when sparks of imagination and curiosity were struck, igniting our young souls.
Below are my top 50 favorite books and series for youngsters:
A Child's Garden of Verses
Alice in Wonderland
Robin Hood
On the Night You Were Born
Goodnight Moon
Curious George
Dr. Seuss
The Three Investigators
A Christmas Carol
Harry Potter
The Chronicles of Narnia
Charlotte's Web
Winnie the Pooh
The Adventures of the Muddle-Headed Wombat
Where the Wild Things Are
The Hobbit
Corduroy
Are You My Mother?
The Wizard of Oz
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Gingerbread Man
Madeline
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Stuart Little
Make Way for Ducklings
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
Frog and Toad
Phantom Tollbooth
Huckleberry Finn
A Bear Called Paddington
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
Go Dog Go!
Love You Forever
The Runaway Bunny
Pippi Longstocking
The Little Engine that Could
The Story of Babar
Aesop's Fables
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Original Edition)
The Little Red Hen
Children of the Lamp
Where's Spot?
Nancy Drew
Mother Goose
Little Golden Books
Caps for Sale
The Story about Ping
Stone Soup
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