Reading to your child in the years before going to school is of primary importance. It is our responsibility as adults to choose the most engaging books to get them hooked and with the enormous variety of picture books available today, choosing the best reads can be a challenging task. Children’s book experts including children’s editor of The Guardian Review Julia Eccleshare recommend the following tried and trusted titles for babies through to teenagers in The Guardian 12th May 2010 .0 to 2 year olds:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
The Baby’s Catalogue by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Where’s Spot? By Eric Carle
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
The odd egg by Emily Gravett
Hug by Jez Alborough
Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
2 to 4 year olds:
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd
The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
My Friend Harry by Kim Lewis
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
Not Now Bernard by David McKee
Gorilla by Anthony Browne
Once There Were Giants by Martin Waddell and Penny Dale
5 to 7 year olds:
The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth by Eoin Colfer
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Mr. Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire by Andy Stanton
Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age by Raymond Briggs
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson
8 to 12 year olds:
Stig of the Dump by Clive King
Charlotte’s Web by EB White
The family from One End Street by Eve Garnett
The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Narnia Books by CS Lewis
Harry Potter Books by JK Rowling
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror by Chris Priestly
The Lionboy Trilogy by Zizou Corder
Skellig by David Almond
12 years old and over:
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
A Little History of the World by EH Gombrich
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Witch Child by Celia Rees
Exposure by Mal Peet
The Sterkarm Handshake/The Sterkarm Kiss by Susan Price
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
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