Laura Bush: Books to Read to and with Young Children

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Books to Read to and with Young Children

These titles are also good for early independent readers and those children just learning to read.

Bedtime favorites and Lap-time reading:

1. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
   
   
   (baby books (Ages 0-3), children books)
   
   


2. Bonjour, Babar!: The Six Unabridged Classics by Jean De Brunhoff
   
   
   (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, adventure)
   
   


3. Carlo Likes Reading by Jessica Spanyol
   
   
   (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
   
   


4. Clifford the Big Red Dog: Grouchy Neighbors, Good Deeds, Takes a Trip, to the Rescue, Tricks, We Love You (Box Set) by Norman Bridwell
   
   
   (baby books (Ages 0-3), children books, adventure)
   
   


5. Corduroy by Don Freeman
   
   
   (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
   
   


6. Frances (Series) by Russell Hoban by Russell Hoban
   
   
   (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
   
   


7. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
   
   
   (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
   
   


8. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
   
   
   (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, literature and fiction)
   
   


9. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie De Paola
   
   
   (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, parenting)
   
   


10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
    
    
    (baby books (Ages 0-3), children books, children books (Ages 4-8))
    
    


11. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
    
    
    (baby books (Ages 0-3), children books, children books (Ages 4-8))
    
    


12. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
    
    
    (baby books (Ages 0-3), children books, children books (Ages 4-8), adventure, sci-fi)
    
    


13. Why Mosquitoes Buzz In Peoples Ears by Verna Aardema
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
    
    


14. Cars and Trucks and Things that Go by Richard Scarry
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
    
    


15. Family Pictures by Carmen Lomas Garza
    
    
    (children books, literature and fiction, nonfiction)
    
    


16. Curious George by H.A. Rey
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, adventure)
    
    


17. Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, children books series)
    
    


18. George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends Collector's Edition by James Marshall
    
    
    (children books (Ages 9-12), children books, adventure, children books series)
    
    


19. If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffee Numeroff
    
    
    (business books, children books, IT books, food and cooking, health, history, literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers, nonfiction, parenting, religion and spirituality, romance, science, teens)
    
    


20. Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, children books series)
    
    


21. Magdas Tortillas by Becky Chavarria-Chairez
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
    
    


22. Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
    
    


23. Sarah's Flag for Texas by Jane Alexander Knapik
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, children books (Ages 9-12))
    
    


24. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, sci-fi)
    
    


25. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
    
    
    (baby books (Ages 0-3), children books)
    
    


26. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
    
    
    (children books (Ages 9-12), children books)
    
    


27. Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books, teens)
    
    


28. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
    
    
    (children books (Ages 4-8), children books)
    
    



Source:
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov

More book recommendations from Laura Bush:

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Recommended Reading for Adults

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