Kid’s Life By Christi McGuire

QWhat Is Your Favorite Book?

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DR. SEUSS, LAURA INGALLS wILDER, Shel Silverstein, C.S. Lewis ... perhaps these authors sound familiar, either because you loved their books as a child or your own child loves them now. These “experts” (ages 3 to 12) shared their favorite books.

• Perfect by Natasha Friend (Milkweed Editions, 2004)

• Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene (various publishers)

• Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (Yearling, 2006)

• Holes by Louis Sachar (various publishers)

• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (Square Fish, 2007)

Preschoolers Love ...

• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn ( Tangle-wood Press, 2007)

• Eric Carle books (various publishers)

• Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann (HarperCollins, 2006)

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First Graders Love ...

• The Gingerbread Man retold by Jim Ayselworth (Book Wholesalers, Inc., 2002)

• Just In Case You Ever Wonder by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson, 2007)

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins, 2007)

• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins, 1981)

• Valentine’s Day Disaster by Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic, 2006)

• Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith (Puffin, 2006)

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (various publishers)

• Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (HarperCollins, 2006)

Fifth Graders Love ...

• Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner ( Houghton Mifflin, 1995)

• Letters from Rapunzel by Sara Lewis Holmes (HarperCollins, 2007)

• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (HarperCollins, 2007)

• The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney (Puffin, 2005)

• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (Penguin Classics, 2007)

Christi McGuire is a freelance writer from Parrish, Florida. She and her husband, Matt, enjoy raising their two young children. They attend Sarasota Baptist Church in Sarasota, Florida.

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Second Graders Love ...

• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder ( HarperCollins, 2007)

• Ribsy by Beverly Cleary ( HarperCollins, 1996)

• Ramona books by Beverly Cleary (HarperCollins)

• Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park (Scholastic)

Third Graders Love ...

• Dr. Seuss books (various publishers)

• Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCammillo (Candlewick Press, 2004)

• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (Laurel Leaf, 2004)

• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Aladdin, 2000)

• Not-So-Weird Emma by Sally Warner (Puffin, 2007)

Fourth Graders Love ...

• Frindle by Andrew Clements (Aladdin, 1998)

• The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss (Penguin, 2007)

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