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Reading To My Kids

As I blogged about, I love reading to my kids. When I found the list of 67 books every geek should read to their kids before age 10 I knew I had found a challenge I could get behind. Here is how I am doing on my list so far:

  • Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
  • Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
  • Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
  • Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones’s First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4)
  • Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing on It
  • J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • William Goldman, The Princess Bride
  • Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game
  • J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
  • Neil Gaiman, Coraline
  • Edward Eager, Half Magic and Magic by the Lake
  • Joan Aiken, Arabel’s Raven
  • Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers
  • Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
  • Mary Norton, The Borrowers
  • Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
  • Walter Moers, The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
  • Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe
  • Irene Miller, Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
  • Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  • Crockett Johnson, The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon
  • Bertrand Brinley, The Mad Scientists Club
  • Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians
  • Ingrid Law, Savvy
  • Wendelin Van Draanen, Shredderman
  • C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
  • Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux
  • Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, Far Flung Adventures
  • Russell Hoban, The Mouse and His Child
  • Robert C. O’Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
  • Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks
  • Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
  • Emily Jenkins, Toys Go Out
  • Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
  • Tony DiTerlizzi, The Search for WondLa
  • Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach
  • John Bellairs, The House With a Clock in Its Walls
  • Judy Bloom, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
  • E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web
  • Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
  • Robert C. O’Brien, The Silver Crown
  • Louis Sachar, Holes
  • Daniel Pinkwater, The Big Orange Splot
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House books
  • E. B. White, Stuart Little
  • Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children
  • E. L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
  • Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Angie Sage, Septimus Heap series
  • Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society
  • Dr. Cuthbert Soup, A Whole Nother Story and Another Whole Nother Story
  • Virginia Hamilton, The House of Dies Drear
  • Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
  • Arlene Mosel, Tikki Tikki Tembo
  • A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Else Holmelund Minarik, Little Bear
  • Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time
  • Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham
  • Peggy Parish, Amelia Bedelia
  • Maurice Sendak, In the Night Kitchen
  • H. A. Ray, Curious George
  • Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Are Friends
  • Arnold Lobel, Owl at Home
  • Cynthia Rylant, Henry and Mudge
  • Norman Bridwell, Clifford
  • Marc Brown, Arthur
  • Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

Am I missing any key books from my list? Let me know.

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