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Adventures in Reading For Kids
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items Kids must learn to read from the very beginning, so they can learn how to learn and decifer the world around them. Here are some of my favorites that have been hits in the kids in my circles.
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My youngest picked this book out when he was 3 at the library. He still loves it 5 years later.
The Storybook Knight: A Rhyming Story About Dragons
Elementary Boys, am I right?
Captain Underpants
Because there's nothing like a pirate to teach the importance of reading a book.
Pirate Nell's Tale to Tell: A Storybook Adventure
Sometimes, we just need someone to read us a book, just like Eliza read books to the Snatchabook.
The Snatchabook: A Funny Rhyming Bedtime Story
Perfect for the best giggles
The Monster at the End of This Book
Despite being published in 1979 (and of course making it tricky to find now), my daycare students are obsessed and ask for it by name.
But No Elephants used book by Jerry Smath: 9780819310071
A classic favorite of my house, and we have also since watched the corresponding series on Amazon Prime Kids
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Numeroff
We discovered this book when the boys were in the older toddler years. It is still one that gets pulled when they want an easy read before they go to bed for the night.
Dragons Love Tacos: Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri
A popular classic that both my kids and students have loved and adored, to the point that they can basically quote it to me, before I can get the words out myself.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 9780805047905
It's fun to quote this book when I remember I am surrounded and am the only female in my house (and a lot of times I'm outnumbered in my daycare class too). The story is silly and a fun use of imagination as we watch Max work through his feelings aft...
Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak ...
Great read for later elementary and early middle school. The 3 Potter kids went on an adventure to rediscover the last of the Great Whangdoodles, and it was definitely a thrilling and emotional adventure to go on.
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
I grew up on The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, and absolutely adore Julie Andrews in The Princess Diaries movies and Julie's Green Room. Being able to see Julie Andrews' life in a kid friendly way, allows me to fall in love with her again, but als...
Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews
I am a fan of anything Robert Dahl. While I was introduced to Matilda with the 1996 version while it was in theaters, I loved going back and reading the book that it was based on.
Matilda by Roald Dahl
I grew up watching Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. My mom still tells the tale of how I was horrified by some of the scenes then. And in all fairness, Johnny Depp's version was just as crazy, and I completely understand why I felt the way I did. I have s...
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Books
I was introduced to Robert Dahl's books by reading James and the Giant Peach in elementary school (or early middle). I remember enjoying the book, and not knowing what to expect from James and his talking animal companions. When I realized he was the...
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
We like the Dog Man series in our house. It's right up there with Captain Underpants. Which is fitting, since they are written by the same author. It is a novel that alternates between telling the story in novel form and comic book form, which is per...
DogMan (2023)