Favorite Books

 

These are some of my favorite books.  And this list keeps growing!  If I have more favorite books by the same author, I list only one.  Many of these books are like old friends -- I enjoy visiting them time and again.  I hope you will enjoy these books too.
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Fables and Folktakes
bulletAesop's Fables
bulletGrimm's Fairy Tales
bulletThe Arabian Nights

Picture Books

bulletSnowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin & Mary Azarian
bulletWhat's Smaller than a Pygmy Shrew by Robert E. Wells
bulletAn Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston & Sylvia Long
bulletSunflower House by Eve Bunting & Kathryn Hewitt
bulletCactus Hotel by Brenda Guiberson & Megan Lloyd
bulletThe Upstairs Cat by Karla Kuskin & Howard Fine
bulletWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
bulletGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
bulletThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
bulletMax and Ruby books by Rosemary Wells
bulletFarfallina and Marcel by Holly Keller
bulletBrer Rabbit books by Enid Blyton
bulletFish is Fish by Leo Lionni

Easy Readers and Chapter Books

bulletCat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
bulletRobert books by Barbara Seuling
bulletFrog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel
bulletWayside School stories by Louis Sachar
bulletThe Garden That We Grew by Joan Holub
bulletHenry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant
bulletYoko and Friends books by Rosemary Wells
bulletOliver and Amanda Pig books by Jean Van Leeuwen

Middle Grade Books

bulletWhen Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
bulletThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
bulletGuinea Pig Scientists by Mel Boring & Leslie Dendy
bulletThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
bulletThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
bulletThe Great Brain books by John D. Fitzgerald
bulletLittle House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
bulletA Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
bulletIsland of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O'Dell
bulletA View from Saturday by E.L.Konigsberg
bulletThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
bulletA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
bulletThe Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
bulletGrossology books by Sylvia Branzei
bulletHarry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
bulletOut of the Dust by Karen Hesse
bulletWingwalker by Rosemary Wells
bulletCharlotte's Web by E.B. White
bulletClockwork by Philip Pullman
bulletStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
bulletThe Giver by Lois Lowry

Young Adult

bulletSold by Patricia McCormick
bulletDay of Tears by Julius Lester
bulletThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
bulletRules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
bulletBorn Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
bulletBlue Skin of the Sea by Graham Salisbury
bulletA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
bulletShabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
bulletThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
bulletThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
bulletThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
Adult Books
 
bulletLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
bulletAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
bulletLes Miserables by Victor Hugo
bulletA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
bulletThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
bulletUncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks
bulletThe Iliad and Odyssey by Homer
bulletSnake Charmer by Sanjay Nigam
bulletComplications by Atul Gawande
bulletAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
bulletA Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
bulletThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
bulletMicrobe Hunters by Paul de Kruiff
bulletA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
bulletGriffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock
bulletJitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
bulletJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
bulletClan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
bulletMagnificent Obsession by L.C.Douglas
bulletThe Language of Cells by Spencer Nadler
bulletThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
bulletAdventures in Two Worlds by A.J. Cronin
bulletThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
bulletA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
bulletThe Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
bulletLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Márquez

Basic Books About Children's Writing

bulletThe Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children by Nancy Lamb
bulletHow to Write a Children's Book and Get It Published by Barbara Seuling
bulletWriting for Children & Teenagers by Lee Wyndham

Must-Have Books About Writing

bulletBird by Bird by Anne Lamott
bulletStein On Writing by Sol Stein
bulletElements of Style by E.B. White
bulletA Creative Writer's Kit by Judy Reeves
bulletThe Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler
bulletWhat If? by Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter
bulletWriting the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass
bulletGates of Excellence: On Reading and Writing for Children by Katherine Paterson

 

Magazines
 
bullet Smithsonian
bulletThe Economist
bullet Children's Writer
bullet Scientific American
bullet National Geographic
bullet Highlights for Children
bullet Cricket and family (Ladybug, Spider, Odyssey, etc.)

 

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