PRINTABLE
Book Lists for Kids
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In this pack are printable book
lists for 10 of my most popular
book lists for kids, from babies
to 5th grade!
Take it to the library or the
store, as you grab books for
kids.
Find the link and a QR code at
the bottom right corner of
each list, which takes you to
my blog post for each book
list. This list has snippets
about each book to help you as
your browse for books.
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Easy Readers
Kids WANT to Read
• Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka
• I Went Walking by Sue Williams
• Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas (and other books by this
author)
• Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
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Not a Box or Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
• Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward
• You Are {Not} Small or That’s Not Mine by Anna Kang
• What this Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig by Emma J. Virjan (and
other books by this author)
• Can I Play, Too? and A Big Guy Took My Ball by Mo Willems
• Go, Dogs, Go! and The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL> http://bit.ly/2hw0jEp
Books for Young,
Advanced Readers – Part 1
• Poetry – anything by Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky, A Child’s Book of
Poems, 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury, Poems to Learn by Heart by
Caroline Kennedy
• Magic Tree House {series} by Mary Pope Osborne (240L-400L)
• Nate the Great {series} by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (around 300L)
• Young Cam Jansen {series} by David Adler (around 370L)
• The Littles {series} by John Peterson (460L-620L)
• A-Z Mysteries {series} by Ron Roy (420L-600L)
• Cam Jansen {series} by David Adler (420L-500L)
• The Boxcar Children {series} by Gertrude Chandler Warner (around 490L)
• Imagination Station {series} by Marianne Hering (2nd grade)
• Fudge Books by Judy Blume (470L-590L)
• Geronimo Stilton {series} by Geronimo Stilton (450L-630L)
• Judy Moody {series} by Megan McDonald (around 530L)
• Flat Stanley {series} by Jeff Brown (around 580L)
• Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (around 580L)
• Encyclopedia Brown {series} by Donald J. Sobol (around 600L)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (around 600L)
• Ranger In Time {series} by Kate Messner (610L-730L)
• The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes (620L)
• The Magic Faraway Tree {series} by Enid Blyton (around 630L)
• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (680L)
• The Hardy Boys {mystery series} by Franklin W. Dixon (650L-750L)
• The BFG by Roald Dahl (720L)
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2hq8JYW
Books for Young, Advanced Readers – Part 2
• Henry Huggins {series} by Beverly Cleary (670L-820L)
• The Magic Treehouse Nonfiction Books {series} by Mary Pope Osborne (690L830L)
• Who Was…? / Who Is…? {nonfiction series} by various authors (620L-900L)
• A Bear Called Paddington {series} by Michael Bond (750L)
• Secret Agent Jack Stalwart {series} by Elizabeth Singer Hunt (760L)
• The Moffats {series} by Eleanor Estes (650L-800L)
• The Indian in the Cupboard {series} by Lynne Reid Banks (780L)
• The Adventures of Max and Liz by Jenny L. Cote (770L)
• The Cricket in Times Square {series} by George Selden (780L)
• Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant (780L)
• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (790L)
• Nancy Drew Mystery Series by Carolyn Keene (710L-780L)
• Ramona {series} by Beverly Cleary (730L-860L)
• Charlie and Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (810L)
• Tales of Magic {series} by Edward Eager (830L)
• Frindle by Andrew Clements (830L)
• The Mouse and Motorcycle {trilogy} by Beverly Cleary (860L)
• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (870L)
• Harry Potter {books 1-3} by J.K. Rowling (around 880L)
• My Father’s Dragon {series} by Ruth Stiles Gannett (910L-990L)
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater (910L)
• Little House in the Big Woods {series} by Laura Ingalls Wilder (930L)
• The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (940L)
• Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes (990L)
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2hq8JYW
High Interest, Low Readability
Texts for Struggling Readers
• Nonfiction – Find what the reader is interested in and find books
about that!
• Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Nonfiction Books by Will Osborne &
Mary Pope Osborne
• Other chapter books on my 2nd – 3rd grade book list
(http://bit.ly/2iPjoh9)
• Magazines – such as National Geographic, Muse, or Ask
• I Survived Chapter Book Series by Lauren Tarshis
• Picture Books by Eve Bunting or Patricia Palacco are good as they
tend to write about topics that appeal to older readers
• Poetry by Shel Silverstein, Brod Bagert or Jack Prelutsky (see my
poetry list here-> http://bit.ly/2iAO0Dw)
• Graphic Novels by Sports Illustrated and other authors
• Stink or Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
• Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL -> http://bit.ly/1PMBY29
Rhyming Books You can SING!
• 5 Green and Speckled Frogs by Priscilla Burris
• Cat Goes Fiddle-i-Fee by Paul Galdone
• Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? adapted by Rozanne
Lanczak Williams
• Five Little Ducks by Annie Kubler
• Down by the Bay from Raffi
• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
• The Lady with the Alligator Purse adapted by Nadine Bernard
Westcott
• Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth
• Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
• You Are My Sunshine by Caroline Jayne Church
• Rain, Rain, Go Away by Caroline Jayne Church
• On Top of Spaghetti by Gene Barretta
• Miss Mary Mack by Mary Ann Hoberman
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2hP1b2Q
Favorites for Babies and Toddlers
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Big Dog and Little Dog series by Dav Pilkey
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Touch and Feel Books from Discovery Kids
What Do you Say? by Mandy Stanley
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Big, Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Cheerios Play Book by Lee Wade
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2hCK72I
Favorite Books for Pre-K and K
Elephant and Piggie books series by Mo Willems
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
The Pigeon books by Mo Willems
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Rhyming Dust Bunnies books by Jan Thomas
I Stink by Kate & Jim McMullan
Down by the Bay by Raffi
Naughty Little Monkeys by Jim Aylesworth
Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
Mix it Up! by Herve Tullet
The Little Mouse, The Red, Ripe Strawberry, and the Big, Hungry
Bear by Don Wood
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
• The Napping House (also look for Full Moon at the Napping House)
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by Don and Audrey Wood
• The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2iiq2iD
Favorite Books
for K-2nd Grade
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Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros by Shel Silverstein
The Empty Pot by Demi
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
You Are Special by Max Lucado
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott (we also love the Anansi
books by Eric A. Kimmel)
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by
Judith Viorst
• A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
• My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
• Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
• More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
• The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants
by Priscilla Turner
• Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2iPmSzU
Favorite Chapter Books
for 2nd – 3rd Grades
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Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Fox on the Job by James Marshall
Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant
Cam Jansen by David A. Adler (also check out the Young Cam
Jansen series)
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew by Carolyn Keene
A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Ready, Freddy series by Abby Klein
Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
Stink by Megan McDonald
Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2iPjoh9
Favorite Chapter Books
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Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce
I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Hank Zipzer series by Henry Winkler
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Fudge series by Judy Blume
Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Hatchet series by Gary Paulsen
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL-> http://bit.ly/2iA99xL
Nonfiction Series Books
for grades K-5
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Rookie Readers by various authors
I Can Read! series by various authors
Gail Gibbons books (by Gail Gibbons)
Seymour Simon books (by Seymour Simon)
National Geographic Kids Readers
National Geographic Books – examples: A Tree for All Seasons,
Pilgrims of Plymouth, Winter Wonderland, & Everything Spring
• Let’s Read and Find Out series – two levels of learning
• Magic Tree House Nonfiction Companions (Fact Tracker) by Will
Osborne & Mary Pope Osborne
• True Book series by various authors
• Scholastic True or False books by various authors
• If You Were There When... series (history)
• Who Was? or Who Is? series (history)
a book list from
www.thisreadingmama.com
Scan QR Code to find more
information for each book.
URL> http://bit.ly/2hCM9Qm
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