Celebrating Children’s Book Week – Children’s Books You’ll Fall in Love with Again
May 4-10, 2015 is Children’s Book Week, how are you celebrating it? Celebrate the joy of reading! I love reading children’s books because they help me tap into my inner child, but many of them teach very important lessons that are appropriate for adults.
There are many must-read children’s books that I haven’t yet read because they were not available when I was a child. Whenever I come across lists of must-read children’s books, I clip them to Evernote. I went through my Evernote Clippings and below is what I found.
Originally when I decided that I was going to celebrate Children’s Book Week, I intended to curate my own content, but there are so many great blog posts that lists of must-read children’s books, so I am promoting them instead.
Related Posts
Review of the Little Engine That Could
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, Book Review
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Book Review
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Review
The 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time: This list was compiled by Time Magazine and you’ll find many books you loved reading and some you have never heard of, but there is something for everyone.
12 Empowering Children's Books to Add to Little Girls' Bookshelves: This list was compiled by Evelyn Chapman of Bust, and I must say that the only books on the list that I am familiar with are Matilda
and Harriet the Spy
.
23 children's books you need to read again as an adult: This is a list of books compiled by Melissa Stanger of Business Insider Australia . The list has favorites like The Cat in the Hat
, The Giver (The Giver (Giver Quartet)
), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)
, and Harriet the Spy, but there are many that are unfamiliar to me like Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
, The Great Gilly Hopkins
and The Snowy Day
.
Six great kid-lit books and comics that helped inspire Alien Invasion in My Backyard: I thought this was an interesting list with comics like Dennis the Menace that I loved as a kid. The Great Brain
, by John Dennis Fitzgerald is unfamiliar to me.
12 Children’s Books That Taught You Everything You Needed to Know: This list was compiled by Molly Griffin of BRIT+CO. In the last six months, I find that I have been tweeting BRIT+CO’s posts. The books on the list include the The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
, Matilda and A Chair for My Mother 25th Anniversary Edition (Reading Rainbow Books)
.
Ultimate List of Book Lists: Rachel Kent’s blog is a resource for teachers and students. She groups the books so that the reader does not get overwhelmed. Groupings include – Picture Books, Chapter Books, Books by Subject and Books by Grade. It’s a list of book lists, so you will have to click on the links to see which books are on a particular list. This is the kind of post that you bookmark.
Five children’s books with the best leadership lessons for adults: This list was compiled by Quartz and one of the five books is The Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy, which I reviewed here.
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: This list was compiled by Amazon, and there are several children’s books on the list. I have used this list to decide which children’s books to buy.
Required Reading for Kids and Teen: This list was compiled by Common Sense Media and is grouped by grade level. There is something for everyone on this list.
50 Books For An 11-Year-Old: This book was compiled by Richard Davies of Abe Books. It’s a great list!
100 Best Children’s Chapter Books of All-Time: This list was compiled by Children’s Books Guide, and the list has something for everyone. The list includes many of the favorites and some lesser known books.
The Giving Tree
Goodnight MoonWhere the Wild Things AreArtemis FowlMatildaPippi LongstockingHarriet the SpyHarriet Spies Again
