books we’ve read (and loved!) with the kids:
(in no way comprehensive)
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
The Ranger’s Apprentice series, books 1-3 by John Flanagan (reading #4 now)
James And The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede
Searching for Dragons by Patricia Wrede
The Guardians of Childhood series by William Joyce
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Juniper by Monica Furlong
Wise Child by Monica Furlong
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (reading now)
picture books:
Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems (& anything else by him)
Lost And Found by Oliver Jeffers (& anything else by him)
The Rainbow Goblins by Ul De Rico
Possum Magic by Mem Fox (& anything else by her)
Tico And The Golden Wings by Leo Lionni
The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
When Owen’s Mom Breathed Fire by Pija Lindenbaum
Fox in Socks by Dr. Suess (& anything else by him)
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
books I hope to read with the kids:
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Cotton In My Sack by Lois Lenski
Prairie Schoolhouse by Lois Lenski
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
the Dark Is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper
The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander
A Wrinkle In Time series by Madeleine L’engle
Holes by Louis Sachar
Naya Nuki: Shoshoni Girl Who Ran by Kenneth Thomasma
The Princess Bride by William Golding
anything by Anne McCaffrey
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
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I’ll add to these lists as we read and discover or remember more books we’d like to explore!