Best Books Ever

Every kid at  school and library shows gets their own Leapin’ Louie’s Best Books Ever flyer!

Leapin’ Louie’s Best Books Ever!

I’ve been reading kid’s books for 50 years– yes I still read them.  And these are the best of the best.  Read them all!

Best Chapter Books Ever! 

Bone (series)

Charlotte’s Web
D’Aulaires’ book of Greek Myths (and other D’Aulaire)
Donald Duk
Frindle
Harry Potter (series)
Holes
Hoot (and other Hiaasen)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (series)
Maniac Mcgee
Matilda (and other Roald Dahl)
Momo
Persepolis
Pippi Longstocking
Ramona the Pest (series)
Rocket Boys
Roller Girl
Stargirl
Stuart Little
The Circuit
The Golden compass (series)
The Graveyard Book (and other Gaiman)
The Thief Lord
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963
The World in 1492
Walk Two Moons
Where the Sidewalk Ends (and other Shel Silverstein)
Wildwood

Wonder  (by Palacio)

Best Easy Chapter Books Ever!

My Father’s Dragon

Junie B. Jones (series)

Captain Underpants (series)

Frog and Toad (series)

Best Picture Books Ever! 

A Dream of Freedom
Book With No Picutres
Chuck Close Up Close
Clown (by Quinton Blake)
Dr. DeSoto (and other Steig)
Ferdinand the Bull
Grandfather’s Journey (and other Alan Say)
Julian is a Mermaid
Jumanji (and other Van Allsburg)
Koko’s Kitten
Madeline (series)
Mean Soup
Miss Nelson is Missing (series)
Miss Rumphius
Oregon’s Journey (by Rascal)
Paper Bag Princess
Piggie Pie
Please Get the Moon For Me
Red Land, Yellow River- A Story
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (and similar)

Rosie Revere, Engineer
Stellaluna
Tar Beach
Thank You Mr. Falkner
The Clown of God
The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, If I Ran the Circus (and many great Dr. Seuss!)
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups
The Stinky Cheese Man (and other Sciezka/Smith)
The Story of Babar
Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book
Where the Wild Things Are
Winnie the Pooh

 

Best Science Books Ever!

A Drop of Water
Basher Sciece books (series)
DK Smithsonian Animals (and other DK Smithsonian)
How to Make a Universe With 92 Ingredients
If the World Were a Village
Material World (by Menzel)
Moonbird
Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space
Seymour Simon science books (series)
Snowflake Bentley
The Frog Scientist (and other Scientists in the Field series)
The Way We Work and The Way Things Work (Macaulay)
There’s a Hair in My Dirt!