Children’s Literature Recommendations from Book Club in January 2011
Baby/Toddler +
Pajama Time (and all of her books) by Sandra Boynton.
-- Melani, Lori, and others
How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight? by Varsha Bajaj
--Lori
I Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
--Rebecca W, Raelene, and others
Princess Party by Joy Allen
--Jillinda
If Animals Kissed Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul
--Jillinda
The Jolly Postman by Allan & Janet Ahlberg
--Raelene
Little Miss Bossy by Roger Hargreaves
--Becky M.
--Becky M.
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
--Becky M.
--Becky M.
Preschool/Kindergarten+
I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato by Lauren Child
I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato by Lauren Child
--Lori
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
--Lori, Rebecca W, Raelene, and others
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
--Lori and others
Who Is the Beast? by Keith Baker
--Lori
The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
--Lori
Watch Out Big Brother is Coming by Jez Alborough
--Annie
Skippy Jon Jones (series) by Judy Schachner
--Rebecca W.
King Bidgoods in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
--Rebecca W.
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
--Rebecca W.
What Are You So Grumpy About? by Tom Lichtenheld
--Rebecca W.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
--Lori and others
I Used to be Rich, Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
--Melani
Cars, Trucks, and Things That Go and Busiest People Ever by Richard Scarry
--Paula E.
The Racketty-Packetty House by Frances Hodgson Burnett
--Becky M.
--Becky M.
Children reading on their own/7-9 years
The Gecko and Sticky (series) by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Gecko and Sticky (series) by Wendelin Van Draanen
--Michelle C.
7-12 years
Match Curse by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
--Rebecca W.
Count Karlstein by Phillip Pullman
--Melani
Septimus Heap (Magyk Series) by Angie Sage
--Melani
Anne of Green Gables (series), Emily (series), and Jane (series) by L.M. Montgomery
--Becky M. and others
Older Youth
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
--Melani
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
--Jillinda and several others
The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
--Becky M.
The Dark is Rising (Sequence) by Susan Cooper
--Becky M.
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
--Becky M.
--Becky M.
