We’re not sure why, but it seems like – more than any other genre – there are a select few children’s books that are guaranteed to stand the test of time. Ones that we’ve read to our children (or maybe even had read to us as children) that we know they’ll be reading to their own kids in a few decades.
Read when your kids are little…
The Cat in the Hat
Dr Seuss
The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Don’t miss ‘The Gruffalo’ live on stage, when it returns to Australia after sell-out seasons all over the world. Join Mouse on his adventure through the deep, dark wood in the musical adaption of the children’s classic. Catch him at HOTA on Friday March 8 thru to Saturday March 9 – head to www.hota.com.au for all of the deets.
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister
Possum Magic
Mem Fox
Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney
Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wilson
Read when they’re a little older…
Charlotte’s Web
B. White
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
S. Lewis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Or anything else by Roald Dahl
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Harry Potter series
K. Rowling
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Or anything else by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson
