A Book List of Popular Children's Books

Reading to a baby and watching how they interact listening, watching, and sometimes giggling is a wonderful and albeit fast event in the infants life.

Why not cherish those memories reading Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes, or Poetry to your little one? Babies love the bonding and the time spent with you. As they grow older babies like to participate reading with trying to hold the book, and sometimes eating the books! Board books are great for babies because the pages are easier to turn and they are long lasting! The board books will be enjoyed through the toddler years when young children enjoy being able to handle and "read" the books themselves.

The Very Busy Spider

There are quite a few popular children's books that your baby will enjoy. The Eric Carle books are memorable reading, especially the well known and loved "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". Other favorite titles by Eric Carle are "From Head to Toe" and "The Very Busy Spider".

Two favorites among generations are the Sesame Street books, and the Winnie the Pooh Books. With the Sesame Street characters children are surrounded by a community and real life learning of everyday activities. Reading about Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the 100 Acre Wood is enjoyable reading, especially about Pooh himself.

Preschoolers, kindergardners, and young elementary school age girls who love making life sparkle will enjoy reading about Fancy Nancy. Fancy Nancy is all about being special and well, fancy. Special fancy occasions, special accessories, special clothing. Fancy Nancy is dedicated to making her world fancy.Children learn from Fancy Nancy new words such as "fuschia" instead of "purple" in a fun, creative way. Fancy Nancy is a good girl with the ability to see the fancy side of most anything.

In Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas Fancy Nancy "Nancy proves once again that a little fancying up can go a long, festive way".

Additional popular chidlren's books for the four through eight year olds include Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" and books by Shel Silverstein including "The Giving Tree". Both authors address youngsters challenges growing up in loving, creative ways.

The Polar Express is a seasonal joy to read ..and "Believe". Together the illustrations and the story deliver holiday spirit at it's best.

It can be said that all children are exploring and inquisitive. With the natural curiosity of middle school age children, their confidence and skill improve with each chapter book they complete.

Children in grades four through six enjoy reading independently for pleasure. At this age children are learning how to broaden their interests to include several genres such as biographies, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Classic fiction books and more recent novels for the independent reader include Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien as well as current novels such as the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and Snow Dog (Bantam Skylark Book) by Jim Kjelgaard.

One thing is certain, Young Adult readers are passionate about their reading materials and their main characters. Today's most read characters are Vampires, or Vampyres if you are a House of Night novels fan.

Thrilling and intriguing describe some of today's young adult bestsellers.

Bestseller stories include futuristic environments like Catching Fire of the Hunger Games series, or books where events take place during past events like The Book Thief by Markus Zusak which takes place in Germany during World War II.

Classics such as Pride and Prejudice continue to be among the reading lists for Young Adult readers.