Recommended books for kids

With all four of my kids being in school and having reading homework requirements every night, we go through a lot of children’s books.

The twins are in fifth grade and have to read 30 minutes a night. My son is a third grader and he reads for 20 minutes each night. Even my four year old in pre-k is required to read (or listen to) one book each night.

Some we’ve read recently are No Talking by Andrew Clements and We’re Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen.

One of the twins is reading No Talking and she’s been raving on it since the first chapter. It’s about a class of fifth-graders who have contest to see who talks more; girls or boys. They have to go a whole day without talking at school. They can’t talk in the classroom, hallways, bathrooms, playground, anywhere. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? I bet their teachers loved it!

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is my four year olds favorite book right now. We’ve read it so many times, she has it memorized word-for-word and “reads” it to me almost every day. When I was a teacher’s aide a few years back, I loved reading this book to my class of 2 & 3 year olds. I made up a whole routine for the story complete with voice-changes and hand motions. They loved it too! I highly recommend this book for kids of all ages. I’ve found that my older kids still enjoy listening to me read this book.