My little boy turned 9 months old earlier this month, and I can hardly believe it. When I look back at pictures of him when he was born, it blows my mind that the teeny baby in the pictures is the same adorably chunky kiddo currently zooming around the house on all fours with a floof of brown hair and a grin that’s equal parts charming and mischievous. He’s already an industrious little guy, packing as much activity into his day as possible (Crawling! Trying to chew computer cords! Dumping entire plates of rice on the floor when Mommy isn’t looking!).
He may seem like the sort of kid who’d never sit still to read a book, but story time is among his favorite activities. I tucked a few stacks of books around the house when I baby proofed, and we pull one out a few times a week for reading. And he loves to look at (and chew) them on his own.
I did a post before he was born about the books I wanted to read to him as a baby, but I recently got to thinking about the books I’d like to introduce him to in the years to come. Of course, he’ll have his own favorite books, but there are some I want to be sure to squeeze in there because they’re just too important to pass up. I figured it’s probably a reasonable goal to introduce one of these books each year, so I sat down and made a list! So here are the 10 books I want to read to my son before he’s 10!
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The 10 Books I Want to Read to My Son Before He’s 10
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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Nibbles the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett
The Lorax or Oh the Places You’ll Go (basically anything by Dr. Seuss)
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Waterson
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
What are YOUR favorite books for kids?
Some of these books made my list, too. I hope your son gets a chance to read them all. Great list!
Thanks! I love your list. I remember having a lot of fun with The Stinky Cheese Man book when I was younger.
I love this list! I remember reading Where the Wild Things Are, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Winnie the Pooh when I was young. And though I didn’t read the first Harry Potter book, The Hobbit, or The Chronicles of Narnia until I was an adult, I agree that those would be excellent choices.
Harry Potter was on my list this week too! My dad read at least the first and the second one to me and my sister when we were little, so definitely a great one to read with kids ๐
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I’m so excited to read it to him. And I love that Skulduggery Pleasant made your list! I read the first 2 and loved them. ๐
Ah it’s one of my favourite series, no way I could have left it out ๐
Charlotte’s Web is a wonderful book! It was my daughter’s favorite when she was growing up.
Ooo that’s a great suggestion! I remember reading that one as a kid too. I’ve actually been thinking of making a menu for it here on the blog! ๐
This is an awesome list! If I have kids I want to read just about every one of these to my kids!
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Thank you!! It was so hard to pick the top ten. There are SO MANY I want to read him. We actually “accidentally” started Narnia last week! He likes pulling grownup books from the shelf, so I decided to read aloud a little of whatever he pulled down until he got bored and crawled away. He’s pulled down The Magician’s Nephew so many times, we’re almost through Ch. 2!