Listen up, fellow children’s book lovers! Here are some handy resources for chosing books to read to your kids or to give them to read.

I may have already posted some of these links when I posted about preschool at home, so please forgive me if I repeat myself. 

1. Choosing the Best Books for Our Children
2. Children’s Book Mondays
3. Reading is for Girls
4. Girls of Character: Teaching Biblical Femininity to the Next Generation through Literature: Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV
5. Reading is for Boys: Part I and Part II
6. Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
7. Books Children Love: A Guide to the Best Children’s Literature
8. Best Books for Girls: 20 Books She Has Loved
9. List of Best Picture Books: Some Key Titles to Build a Home Library

And since I know how much you love reading about reading — or maybe you don’t — I have to add just a handful of my own favorite children’s books for the record!

Board Books

• Jesus Loves Me by Debby Anderson
• God Lives in My House by Melody Carlson
• God Goes with Me by Melody Carlson
• God Made Them All by Melody Carlson
• I Can Count on God by Melody Carlson
• The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle
• Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
• Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton
• Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton
• Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
• Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

Picture Books

• Brave Irene by William Steig
• A Parable about the King by Beth Moore
• Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson, illustrated by Dan Andreasen
• A Picture of God: 3 in 1 by Joanne Marxhausen
• My First Little House Books (adapted) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Renee Graef
• The Little Girl and the Big Bear retold by Joanna Galdone, illustrated by Paul Galdone
• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
• A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
• Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
• Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin
• A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman and Betty Fraser
• The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado, illustrated by George Angelini
• The Way Home: A Princess Story by Max Lucado, illustrated by Tristen Elwell

Early Readers

• Little Bear series by Else Holmelund Minarik
• Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
• Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
• Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
• Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

Chapter Books

•  The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
• Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery
• Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series by Betty MacDonald
• The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
• Sarah Whitcher’s Story by Elizabeth Yates

Children’s Bibles

• Lift-the-Flap Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
• Lift-the-Flap Bible Adventures by Allia Zobel Nolan
• My Good Night Bible: 45 Bedtime Bible Stories for Little Ones by Susan L. Lingo
• The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
• NIrV Discoverer’s Bible for Young Readers

Well, perhaps that was slightly more than a handful. But really I did it for you, my dear readers!

Quick side note: If you read this post earlier this week, you already know that I am undecided on what to use and what to do with regard to the Bible and history in our homeschool this fall. And now I have another item to add to the confusion: Through the Bible with Your Child . Sigh.

But enough about that. Grab one of these books, plop down in a comfy chair — inside or out — and then snuggle up with your favorite little people. Happy reading, friends!