Our 10 Favorite Children’s Books

Trying to pick out the perfect birthday gift? Refreshing your child’s home library? Whatever the reason, we’ve got the book for you! Scholastic, a household name in children’s literature, has created a fantastic list of children’s picture books that every family should own (www.scholastic.com). But how did they choose each book? They polled some of the most well read folks in the industry: teachers! So the next time you’re browsing the children’s book section, consider purchasing a few of these classic titles for children.

Where the Wild Things Are  

Grades Pre-K-3 

Max is the hero of this beloved children’s classic in which he makes mischief, sails away, tames the Wild Things, and returns home for supper.

Curious George Rides a Bike

Grades Pre-K – 3 

Fans of the ingenious little monkey will enjoy George’s wild series of adventures in a traveling circus

You Get What You Get

Grades Pre-K – 1

Melvin has to learn to control his behavior at school where the rule is, “you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit”

Corduroy

Grades K – 2

A children’s classic in which a bear leaves the safety of his department store shelf on a quest to be adopted by a little girl

The Snowy Day

Grades Pre-K – 1

Universal in its appeal, this story reveals a child’s wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever

Last Stop on Market Street

Grades K – 3

As a boy and his grandmother ride the bus home, she helps him see the beauty and fun in their routine and the world around them.

 Wimberley Worried

Grades Pre-K – 1

Wimberley is worried about her first day of school, but when she meets a fellow worrywart, she realizes that school is too much fun to waste time worrying

Stellaluna

Grades 1-3

A clever, original variation on the theme of The Ugly Duckling, this story follows the adventure of a lost baby fruit bat and her efforts to fit in

Brave Irene

Grades Pre-K – 4

Irene summons up all her courage in the face of a fear snow storm when her mother Falls ill and Irene must deliver a ball gown to the duchess

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Grades Pre-K – 1

In the original story that has sparked the imaginations of the young readers for generations, a little girl gets a tiny puppy who grows up to be the biggest dog in the whole world