Top 10 Developmentally Appropriate Children's Books for Each Stage
- Ashley Wynne
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: May 16, 2020
Toddlers & Preschool:
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle
2. Brown Bear Brown Bear by: Eric Carle
3. Red is Best by: Kathy Stinson
4. Where the Wild Things Are by: Maurice Sendak
5. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by: Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
6. The Napping House by: Audrey Wood
7. The Way Back Home by: Oliver Jeffers
8. Good Night Moon by: Margaret Wise Brown
9. The Mitten by: Jan Brett
10. The Pout-Pout Fish by: Deborah Diesen
Fun resources to accompany these books:
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Early School-Age:
1. Have you Filled a Bucket Today? By: Carol McCloud
2. The Gruffalo by: Julia Donaldson
3. I Want My Hat Back by:Jon Klassen
4. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by: Mo Willems
5. Fox in Socks by: Dr.Suess
6. The Book With No Pictures by: B.J. Novak
7. I’m a Shark by: Bob Shea
8. The Day the Crayons Quit By: Drew Daywalt
9. Duck! Rabbit! By: Amy Krouse Rosenthal Illistrated by:Tom Lichtenheld
10. Harry the Dirty Dog: By: Gene Zion Illistrated by: Margaret Bloy Graham
Fun resources to accompany these books:
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Middle School-Age:
1. Captain Underpants By: Dav Pilkey
2. Bad Guys By: Aaron Blabey
3. Bad Kitty By: Nick Bruel
4. Rabbit and Bear By: Julian Gough
5. Lulu and the Brontosaurus By: Judith Viorst & Lane Smith
6. The one and Only Ivan By: Katherine Applegate
7. The Babysitters Club
8. Sideways Stories
9. Crenshaw By: Katherine Applegate
10. Series of unfortunate evens
Fun resources to accompany these books:
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Early Teens:
1. Harry Potter by: J.K. Rowling
2. Unwanteds by: Lisa McMann
3. Land of Stories by: Chris Colfer
4. Wonder by: R.J. Palacio
5. The Endling: The Last by: Katherine Applegate
6. I am Malalaby: Malala yousafzai
7. Fish in a Tree by: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
8. Out of My Mind by: Sharon M. Draper
9. Counting By 7’s by: Holly Goldberg Sloan
10. Diary of a Wimpy kid by: Jeff Kinney
Fun resources to accompany these books:
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