250+ Children’s Book Recommendations From Book-Loving Moms!

Welcome! We recently hosted a virtual book party where we invited other book-loving moms to share with us some of their favorite children’s books! We were delighted when the list of book recommendations grew and grew and covered a broad span of ages, interests, and authors! We hope you enjoy this comprehensive list, with links, of all of the books that were recommended during the party! And feel free to drop us a comment with your favorite children’s book! Blessings and Happy Reading!

Categories:

• Family Favorites
• Lessons and Morals
• Loss of a Family Member or Pet
• Emotions and/or the Body
• Weird Book Obsessions & Common Interests
• Books About Family or Books Involved in Family Traditions (Holidays)
• Books About God
• Activity Books
• Heroes and Aspirations
• School and School Subjects

Special Note: Each book has a link to the product and the age recommendation for that book from the product site. *Keep in mind that the age range may not reflect the opinion of the mom making the recommendation. For example, we love reading Aesop’s Fables to our son, who is four, but the product site recommends age 8+, so we recommend that you use your own judgement to make the best decisions for your family! Also, we have included links to the books, but don’t forget to check other sites! We often purchase books second-hand on Amazon, Ebay, and more! #thinkthrifty

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Family Favorites

1. Aesop’s Fables (8+ years)
2. Goodnight Moon (1-4 years)
3. Pout, Pout Fish (1-4 years)
4. Little Blue Truck (1-3 years)
5. Dear Zoo (1-4 years)
6. Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night (2-5 years)
7. The Thingumajig Book of Manner (5-6 years)
8. The Wonderful Things You Will Be (3-7 years)
9. Press Here (3-5 years)
10. Beautiful Oops (3-8 years)
11. The Prince Warriors (8-12 years)
12. Amulet (8-12 years)
13. The Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book (2-5 years)
14. Dr. Seuss’s ABC (2-3 years)
15. Chicken Lips (4-6 years)
16. The Little Engine That Could (3-7 years)
17. Austin Plays Fair (6-9 years)
18. I Stink (4+ years)
19. Wishbone Classic, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (10+ years)
20. Can I Be Your Dog? (3-7 years)
21. I Am Invited to a Party! (3-5 years)
22. The Princess in Disguise (8-12 years)
23. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (2-5 years)
24. Skippyjon Jones (3-5 years)
25. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie (4-8 years)
26. Madeline Activity Book with Stickers (5-8 years)
27. Pendragon Series (10-14 years)
28. Magic Tree House Series (8-9 years)
29. Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes (4-8 years)
30. Clifford the Big Red Dog (3-5 years)
31. Baby Touch and Feel Puppies (0-4 years)
32. I’m a Dirty Dinosaur (5-6 years)
33. Usborne Farmyard Tales Animal Noises (1-2 years)
34. Usborne Complete Book of Farmyard Tales (2+ years)
35. Anne of Green Gables, A Graphic Novel (7-12 years)
36. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 5-Book Box Set (4-8 years)
37. The Logan Family Saga (10+ years)
38. The Great Battles For Boys series (8-12 years)
39. The Book of Secrets series (9-14 years)
40. The Adventures of King Arthur Graphic Stories (10+ years)
41. The Diary of Anne Frank (10-13 years)
42. Night by Elie Wiesel (13+ years)
43. I Never Had it Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
44. The Kissing Hand (3-7 years)

Lessons and Morals

1. Aesop’s Fables (8+ years)
2. Austin Plays Fair (6-9 years)
3. What Do You Do With a Problem? (5-6 years)
4. The Paper Bag Princess (4-7 years)
5. The King’s Way of Life (8-12 years)
6. Bully on the Bus (7+ years)
7. How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? (3-5 years)
8. I’m NOT Just a Scribble: A Story About Kindness & Inclusion
9. What Should Danny Do? (3+ years)
10. What Should Danny Do? School Day (4-8 years)
11. Jonathon James and the What if Monster? (3-7 years)
12. Scribble Stones (Spread Kindness)
13. Splatter (Compromise/Teamwork)
14. Snippets (Kindness)
15. If You Give a Pig a Pancake (4-8 years)
16. The Marvelous Mud House (4-8 years)
17. Guess How Much I Love You (2+ years)
18. Kindness Starts With You – At School

Loss of a Family Member or Pet

1. The Goodbye Book (3-6 years)
2. Here in the Garden (4-8 years)
3. Love From Alfie McPoonst, The Best Dog Ever (4+ years)
4. Saying Goodbye to Lulu (4-8 years)
5. Night Catch *Military/Deployment
6. What’s Heaven? (5-8 years)
7. I Have A Brother – My Brother Is In Heaven
8. Drums, Girls + Dangerous Pie (12-15 years)
9. Ida, Always (4-8 years)
10. I’ll Always Love You (3-7 years)
11. The Invisible String (4-8 years)
12. Missing Mommy: A Book About Bereavement (5-8 years)
13. The Memory Book, A Grief Journal for Children & Families (8-12 years)
14. The Memory Box: A Book About Grief (4-8 years)
15. God Gave Us Heaven (3-8 years)
16. When I’m With Jesus, For Any Child With a Loved One in Heaven

Emotions and/or the Body

1. The Miracle of the Human Body 
2. How Full is Your Bucket? (3-8 years)
3. The Human Body, an Illustrated Guide to Your Body and How It Works
4. How Do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad? (3-5 years)
5. Curious George Discovers Germs (4-7 years)
6. See Inside Your Body (Book with Flaps) (7+ years)
7. The Complete Book of the Human Body (8+ years)
8. Big Book of the Body (4+ years)
9. Look Inside Your Body (Book with Flaps) (3+ years)
10. The Human Body Reference Book (8+ years)
11. Inside Your Outside (Cat in the Hat) (4-8 years)
12. The Color Monster (4-8 years)
13. Questions and Answers About Your Body (Book with Flaps) (4+ years)
14. The Way I Feel  (3-8 years)
15. In My Heart (2-4 years)
16. All About Feelings (3+ years)
17. What Are Feelings? (Book with Flaps) (3+ years)
18. My First Human Body Book (Coloring Book/Body) (6-10 years)
19. Human Anatomy Coloring book (8-11 years)
20. The Fantastic Body: What Makes You Tick & How You Get Sick (8-12 years)
21. Biggest Book of the Human Body
22. Jack’s New Smile – Having a Baby With Cleft Lip and Palate (4-8 years)
23. Glasses for D.W. (5-8 years)
24. Human Body Activity Book for Kids (4-8 years)
25. Are My Bones Bendy?
26. No Matter What (0-3 years)
27. Llama Llama Misses Mama (2-5 years)

Weird Book Obsessions & Common Interests

1. Bear Grylis: Survivor Skills Handbook, Volume 1 (8-13 years)
2. Foofa’s Happy Book (3-6 years)
3. No, David! (4-8 years)
4. Grumpy Bird (3+ years)
5. Maybe a Bear Ate It! (3-5 years)
6. Because a Little Bug went Ka-Choo! (Cat in the Hat) (3-7 years)
7. What is Poop? (2+ years)
8. What are Germs? (2+ years)
9. Everyone Poops (0-3 years)
10. Dog Man, A Tale of Two Kitties (7+ years)
11. Code Your Own Games! (6-11 years)
12. Coding For Beginners Using Python (9+ years)
13. Coding for Beginners Using Scratch (9+ years)
14. Erin Hunter’s Warriors (8-12 years)
15. Jurassic Poop (8-12 years)
16. Look Inside Your Body (3+ years)
17. The Human Body Shine-a-Light Book (4-8 years)
18. The Ultimate Bug-Opedia (7-10 years)
19. On Beyond Bugs: All About Insects (Cat in the Hat) (4-8 years)
20. Big Book of Bugs (4+ years)
21. Bugs, Discover an Amazing World
22. Microsculpture: Portraits of Insects
23. Big Book of Dinosaurs (3+ years)
24. Lifesize Dinosaurs (3+ years)
25. 101 Dinosaurs (3+ years)
26. A Treasury of Curious George (4-7 years)
27. Curious George 4-Board Books Box Set (5+ years)
28. Big Book of Trucks (4+ years)
29. What Shall we Do with the Boo-Hoo Baby?
30. The Magic School Bus, Inside the Human Body (4-8 years)
31. Big Book Little Kittens (4-8 years)
32. Good Night, Little Blue Truck (4-7 years)
33. No Matter What (0-3 years)
34. Jo MacDonald Saw A Pond (2-4 years)
35. Tikki Tikki Tembo (4-8 years)
36. My Magical Unicorn (0-3 years)
37. Glasses for D.W. (5-8 years)
38. The Day the Crayons Quit (3-7 years)
39. Harold and the Purple Crayon (4-8 years)
40. Beautiful Oops! (3-8 years)
41. First Book of Colors
42. Jingle, Jingle Reindeer Finger Puppet Book (1-4 years)
43. Giant Squid (6-10 years) *
44. A Trip to the Firehouse

Books About Family, or Books Involved in Family Traditions (Holidays)

1. God Gave Us You (3-7 years)
2. I Wished For You: An Adoption Story (2-5 years)
3. Babies Come From Airports (Topic: Adoption) (3-8 years)
4. Untraditional You: An IVF Story
5. Miracle (0-6 years)
6. Wish (3-5 years)
7. Spectacular You: An IVF Love Story
8. The Pea That Was Me: An Egg Donation Story (5-6 years)
9. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
10. Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook (6+ years)
11. I Love You Forever (4+ years)
12. The Best Nest (Cat in the Hat) (3-7 years)
13. Just Go To Bed (3-7 years)
14. Daniel Tiger’s Welcome to the Neighborhood (4-6 years)
15. All The Families
16. No Matter What (0-3 years)
17. Nana’s Bible Stories
18. Santa is Coming to Savannah (4-8 years)
19. Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks (3-5 years)
20. Pete the Cat, The First Thanksgiving (4-8 years)
21. This is America, Charlie Brown DVD
22. The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks
23. The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving (4-7 years)
24. Origami Tear Off Pad (7+ years)

Side Note – This is not a children’s book, but I recommend Memory Making Mom: Building Traditions That Breathe Life Into Your Home by Jessica Smartt

Books About God

1. God is Really Good, Author: Bill Johnson (4-8 years)
2. Indescribable (6-10 years)
3. The Tale of Three Trees (4-18 years)
4. Everywhere I Go, God is With Me (1-3 years)
5. How Great is Our God (6-10 years)
6. If I Could Ask God Anything (7-10 years)
7. You Are Special, Author: Max Lucado (4-7 years)
8. You Are Mine, Author: Max Lucado (4-7 years)
9. Because I Love You, Author: Max Lucado (3-6 years)
10. The Oak Inside the Acorn, Author: Max Lucado (6-10 years)
11. Notes From Jesus (6+ years)
12. Nana’s Bible Stories
13. Christy
14. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (8+ years)
15. The Magician’s Nephew (8+ years)
16. The Prince Warriors (8-12 years)
17. The Action Bible (Graphic-Novel Style) (9-12 years)
18. The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name (4-8 years)
19. VeggieTales: God is Bigger Than the Boogie Man (4-7 years)
20. An Easter Egg Hunt For Jesus (4-6 years)
21. The Beginner’s Bible The Very First Easter (6-8 years)
22. The Story of Easter (2-5 years)
23. The Prayer Who Searched For God
24. The Candy Maker’s Gift: The Legend of the Candy Cane (6-8 years)
25. Precious Moments Little Book of Prayers (2-4 years)
26. My First Handy Bible (5-6 years)
27. A Child’s First Bible (4-8 years)
28. My First Book about Jesus

Activity Books

1. 200 Paper Planes to Fold & Fly (6+ years)
2. Origami Tear Off Pad (7+ years)
3. Biblical Activity Books
4. Highlights
5. Creative Writing Book (10+ years)
6. Highlights Preschool Big Fun Workbook (3-5 years)
7. Around the World Mazes (6+ years)
8. Dollar Tree Sticker Books
9. Melissa & Doug Reusable Sticker Books (4-8 years)
10. Get Ready for School Wipe-Clean Activity Pack (4+ years)
11. Wipe-Clean Starting Spelling (4+ years)
12. Wipe-Clean First Math (4+ years)
13. Wipe-Clean Telling the Time (5+ years)
14. Tracing for Toddlers
15. Disney Princess Sticker Art Puzzles
16. Sticker Mosaics, Rainbow Unicorns (7-9 years)
17. 365 Science Activities (6+ years)
18. Big Mazes & More (6-8 years)
19. Chalkboard Dinosaurs (5-6 years)
20. Madeline Activity Book with Stickers (5-8 years)
21. 100 Paper Spaceships to Fold (6+ years)
22. 50 Science Things to Make & Do (6+ years)

Heroes & Aspirations

1. All Better! (3-5 years)
2. Different Like Me: My Book of Autism Heroes (8-12 years)
3. Even Superheroes Have Bad Days (3-9 years)
4. Kid Presidents (9-12 years)
5. Will, God’s Mighty Warrior (4-7 years)
6. I Never Had it Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
7. Coder Academy (7+ years)
8. Astronaut Academy (7+ years)
9. Architect Academy (7+ years)
10. Vet Academy (7+ years)
11. Engineer Academy (7+ years)
12. Scientist Academy (7+ years)
13. Pilot Academy (7+ years)
14. Doctor Academy (7+ years)
15. Chef Academy (7+ years)
16. Entrepreneur Academy (7+ years)
17. The Extraordinary Life of Anne Frank (7-11 years)
18. The Extraordinary Life of Rosa Parks (7-11 years)
19. The Extraordinary Life of Neil Armstrong (7-11 years)
20. The Extraordinary Life of Stephen Hawking (7-11 years)
21. The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Johnson (7-11 years)
22. The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai (7-11 years)

School & School Subjects

1. Ultimate Skill Builder Preschool (3+ years)
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar (3+ years)
3. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (1-4 years)
4. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
5. The Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature (4-8 years)
6. A Treasury of Mother Goose (4-8 years)
7. Science Activities Volume I (6+ years)
8. 100 Science Experiments (9+ years)
9. 50 Science Things To Make & Do (6+ years)
10. 365 Science Activities (6+ years)
11. Adding and Subtracting Activity Book (6+ years)
12. Fractions and Decimals Activity Book (8+ years)
13. Children’s Encyclopedia (8+ years)
14. Learning Without Tears – Letters & Numbers for Me (5-6 years)
15. Learning Without Tears – My Printing Book (6-7 years)
16. RainbowResource.com
17. Times Table Activity Book (7+ years)
18. Times Table Practice Pad (8+ years)
19. Measuring Things Activity Book (7+ years)
20. Encyclopedia of World History (8+ years)
21. First Encyclopedia of Science (8+ years)
22. First Encyclopedia of the Human Body (8+ years)
23. 180 days of…
24. Explode the Code (Phonics)
25. Spelling You See Level A: Listen & Write
26. Bob Books: Beginning Readers (4-6 years)
27. Osmo Genius Starter Kit (6-10 years)
28. Abeka History, Science & Health
29. Abeka God’s World K5 Science Student Textbook (5-6 years)
30. Get Ready For School Wipe-Clean Activity Pack (4+ years)
31. Saxon Math
32. Illustrated Dictionary of Chemistry (12-16 years)
33. Illustrated Dictionary of Physics (12+ years)
34. Illustrated Dictionary of Biology (12+ years)
35. Bob Jones
36. Math U See Primer Introduction to Math
37. Usborne Illustrated Dictionary (6+ years)
38. Illustrated Grammar & Punctuation (8+ years)
39. Graphs and Charts Activity Book (7+ years)
40. Horizons
41. Get Ready for School Wipe-Clean Activity Pack (4+ years)
42. Wipe-Clean Starting Spelling (4+ years)
43. Wipe-Clean First Math (4+ years)
44. Llama Llama Misses Mama (2-5 years)

*One of our book party participants recommended that we take a look at the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal winners. This medal is “awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year.” If you would like to check out the list of current or past winners, you can CLICK HERE to be taken to the appropriate website for that information! (Great suggestion! Thank you!)