Our Favorite Children's Books

We're avid readers around here, and while we read a wide variety of books (the library is one of our favorite places!), in this post I've compiled a list of books we return to over and over again– whether for a great storyline, awesome illustrations, funny verse, or all of the above.

DISCLAIMER

The following links are affiliate links to these books on Amazon. You are in no way required to purchase these books through my links, this is just the easy way for me to share the books we love. That being said, if you do choose to use my links, I will be most grateful.

Picture Books

• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
• Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdny
• The Brave Cowboy by Joan Walsh Anglund
• Mr. Pine's Purple House by Leonard Kessler
• Andrew Drew and Drew by Barney Saltzberg
• Keep the the Lights Burning, Abbie by Connie Roop
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
• The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker
• The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
• Saving the Countryside by Linda Marshall
• A little More Beautiful by Sarah Mackenzie
• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
• Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
• Anatole by Eve Titus
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
• Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
• The Mr. Putter & Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant

Middle Grade

• The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Ralph Moody series by Ralph Moody
• The Green Ember series by S.D. Smith
• The Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
• Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• The Lake Shore series by Oliver Optic
• Rascal by Sterling North
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
• The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart
• Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster