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Do you have a young child who’s ready to start the wonderful adventure of reading? Here is a list of books that will introduce nascent readers to the boundless realms of imagination that only books can provide.
We highly recommend purchasing the Audible edition as well so that your child can hear a professional voice actor bring the book to life.
Good Picture Books
Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey
One Morning in Maine, by Robert McCloskey
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton
Katy and the Big Snow, by Virginia Lee Burton
The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton
Frog and Toad series, by Arnold Lobel
Chapter Books
Ivy and Bean, by Annie Barrows
Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary (plus the rest of the series)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl