Recommended Reading for Children

Subscribe to Potpourri now to receive ACD's monthly newsletter, which includes recommended children's books and other resources for parents and providers. The following links open to seperate Amazon.com windows. Many of the children's books on this page were recommended by Lisa Crandall, a former Children and Teen’s librarian turned stay-at-home mom.

For All Ages

Mommy Poems - by John Micklos & Lori McElrath-Eslick

The Wall - by Eve Bunting & Ronald Himler (for Memorial Day)

Baby-Preschool

Autumn Walk - by Ann Burg & Kelly Asbury	My Halloween Sound Book - by the Editors of Kingfisher
Orange Pear Apple Bear - by Emily Gravette*	Touch and Feel Halloween - by DK Publishing
D Is for Dreidel - by Tanya Lee Stone & Dawn Apperley	Who Is Coming to Our House? - by Joseph Slate & Ashley Wolff

Ages 4-8

Apples and Pumpkins - by Anne & Lizzy Rockwell	The Winter Solstice - by Ellen Jackson
Growing Vegetable Soup - by Louis Ehlert	Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf - by Louis Ehlert*
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me - by Eric Carle	Too Many Pears! - by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley*
Harvest Year - by Cris Peterson	Los Gatos Black on Halloween - by Marisa Montes & Yuyi Morales
Olivia Helps with Christmas - by Ian Falconer	Snowmen at Christmas - by Caralyn & Mark Buehner
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona - by Tomie dePaola	The Legend of the Poinsettia - by Tomie dePaola
A Kwanzaa Celebration Pop-Up Book - by Nancy Williams & Robert Sabuda	Happy Halloween, Biscuit! - by Alyssa Satin Capucilli & Pat Schories*
Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegtables from A to Z - by Louis Ehlert*	The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice - by Wendy Pfeffer & Jesse Reisch
Hanukkah: A Counting Book in English, Hebrew and Yiddish - by Emily Sper

Ages 9-12

Lights of Winter: Winter Celebrations Around the World - by Heather Conrad & deForest Walker	Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes - by Rosalind Creasy & Ruth Heller
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story - by Angela Shelf Medearis & Daniel Minter	A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky - by Michael Driscoll & Meredith Hamilton

Chapter Books / Older Readers

Attaboy, Sam! - by Louis Lowry and Diane de Goat	All New Crafts for Mother's Day and Father's Day - by Kathy Ross and Sharon Lane Holm
A Seed Is Sleepy - by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long	Who Stole Uncle Sam? - by Martha Freeman
Weaver's Daughter - by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley1	Kid's Container Gardening: Year-round Projects for Inside and Out - by Cindy Krezel and Photography by Bruce Curtis

Easy Readers

Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch - by Cynthia Rylant & Carolyn Bracken

Mostly Monty - by Johanna Hurwitz & Anik McGrory1

Picture Books

Mother's Day - by Anne Rockwell	A Present for Mom - by Vivian French
Babar: a Gift for Mother - by Ellen Weiss & Judith Gray	The Carrot Seed - by Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson
So Happy! - by Kevin Henkes & Anita Lobel	Planting a Rainbow - by Louis Ehlert
The Tiny Seed - by Eric Carle

* - Recommended by ACD Staff
1 - Books about Asthma

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