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    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children’s Bookshelf

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    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children's Bookshelf. A Jessie Wilcox Smith painting of two adorable children snuggled in a chair reading together.

    There is a great need in our homes for a enriching, exciting children’s bookshelf. If you place a high value on a healthy imagination and inner strength of character, here’s a fabulous list of books for younger children through middle grades. 

    Treasured Old Books
    Print this booklist before going to the library!

     

    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children's Bookshelf. C.S. Lewis quote

    The main reason today that children aren’t finding enjoyment and excitement in reading is the fact that they are not being exposed to truly great books starting when they are young. We don’t live in a culture that is filled with very much excellence. While we may not be able to control the media of our generation, we must take on the responsibility of exposing our children to excellent books that will inspire, encourage, and help them flourish into adults who have a love of literature.

    Mediocrity is the natural state of man. There are lots of time-wasters out there. However, as mothers, God has called us to something better – something higher. We must rise above what our culture views as normal activity and cultivate minds and hearts in our children that are full of wonder, hopeful expectation and excellence.

    As parents, God has entrusted us with a very important job. We are not here only be mothers, but to be instructors and teachers of all that is good, noble and beautiful in the world.

    The content our children’s minds feed upon will in many ways determine what comes out of their mouths and hearts when they are adults and wanting wisdom.

    “Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” ~C.S. Lewis

    Recommended Titles For the Children’s Bookshelf

    I don’t want to leave you frustrated by talking about exposing your children to engaging, wholesome reading without sharing what books to implement it. Many are 5-star books for your children’s bookshelf. I encourage you to read the Amazon reviews for more detailed content.

    Picture Books

    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children's Bookshelf. Fritz and the Beautiful Horses, by Jan Brett

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    Fritz and the Beautiful Horses – Jan Brett

    Tuesday – David Weisner
    Time of Wonder – Robert McCloskey
    Song And Dance Man – Karen Ackerman

    St. George and the Dragon – Margaret Hodges

    The Brambly Hedge Series – Jill Barklem
    When the Relatives Came – Cynthia Rylant

    Bunny Bungalow – Cynthia Rylant
    The Boy Who Held Back the Sea – Thomas Locker
    Roxaboxen – Barbara Cooney
    Only Opal – Barbara Cooney

    The Young Artist – Thomas Locker

    The Bear Who Heard Crying – Natalie Kinsey Warnock
    All the Places to Love – Patricia MacLachlan
    A Song for Lena – Hilary Horder Hippely

    Make Way For the Ducklings – Robert McCloskey

    When I Was Young In the Mountains – Cynthia Rylant

    Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney

    Children’s Classics For the Bookshelf

    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children's Bookshelf. Heidi, Kidnapped, and Around the World in 80 Days

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    Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – Pyle

    Around the World in 80 Days – Jules Verne

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne

    The Treasure Seekers – E. Nesbit

    The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams

    The Anne Series – L.M. Montgomery

    Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie
    The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
    The Little Princess – Frances Hodgson Burnett
    The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
    The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh  – A.A. Milne
    The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter

    Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
    Little Men – Louisa May Alcott

    Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
    The Water Babies – Charles Kingsley
    The Railway Children – E. Nesbit

    Heidi – Johanna Spyri

    Children’s Fiction and True Stories For the Bookshelf

    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children's Bookshelf. Because of Winn-Dixie, Trumpeter of Krakow, The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy

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    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children's Bookshelf. Winnie, Simeon's Gift, All of a Kind Family

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    The Little Britches (Series) – Ralph Moody
    All-of-A-Kind Family – Sydney Taylor

    Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney

    Paddle-to-the-Sea – Holling C. Holling

    Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh – Sally M. Walker

    The Town that Fooled the British – Lisa Papp

    The Scarlet Stockings Spy – Trinka Hakes Noble

    Simeon’s Gift – Julie Andrews Edwards

    The Reluctant Dragon – Kenneth Grahame

    The Raft – Jim LaMarche
    Baby Island – Carol Ryrie Brink
    Johnny Tremain – Esther Forbes
    The Chestry Oak – Kate Seredy

    The Tale of Despereaux – Kate DiCamillo

    A Home for Virginia – Patricia St. John

    The Door In the Wall – Marguerite De Angeli

    Carry On Mr. Bowditch – Jean Lee Latham
    Ellen – E.M. Almedingen
    Across Five Aprils – Irene Hunt
    I, Juan de Pareja – Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
    The Journeyman – Elizabeth Yates
    The Trumpeter of Krakow – Eric Kelly
    The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken
    Because of Winn Dixie – Kate DiCamillo

    Fairy Tale/Fantasy For the Bookshelf

    60 Titles For the Well-Rounded Children's Bookshelf.

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    The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis
    The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
    The Princess and the Goblins – George MacDonald
    The Princess and Curdie – George MacDonald
    At the Back of the North Wind – George MacDonald
    Tales of Hans Christian Andersen – H.C. Anderson
    The Redwall Series – Brian Jacques  (so excellent for the child hard to interest)
    Dangerous Journey – John Bunyan

    Little Pilgrim’s Progress – Helen L. Taylor

    Tales of the Resistance – David R. Mains

    Tales of the Kingdom – David R. Mains

    Some other booklists here at Deep Roots with completely different content.

    100 Wholehearted Books to Help Fight Back the Culture
    Print this booklist before going to the library!

    (FYI: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

     

    What are your favorite wholesome and engaging books? What books are on your young children’s bookshelf?

    I know many of you homeschool moms are avid readers. Please share with us!!

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