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Top 10 Developmentally Appropriate Children's Books for Each Stage

Updated: May 16, 2020


Toddlers & Preschool:


1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle

2. Brown Bear Brown Bear by: Eric Carle

3. Red is Best by: Kathy Stinson

4. Where the Wild Things Are by: Maurice Sendak

5. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by: Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault

6. The Napping House by: Audrey Wood

7. The Way Back Home by: Oliver Jeffers

8. Good Night Moon by: Margaret Wise Brown

9. The Mitten by: Jan Brett

10. The Pout-Pout Fish by: Deborah Diesen

Fun resources to accompany these books:

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Early School-Age:


1. Have you Filled a Bucket Today? By: Carol McCloud

2. The Gruffalo by: Julia Donaldson

3. I Want My Hat Back by:Jon Klassen

4. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by: Mo Willems

5. Fox in Socks by: Dr.Suess

6. The Book With No Pictures by: B.J. Novak

7. I’m a Shark by: Bob Shea

8. The Day the Crayons Quit By: Drew Daywalt

9. Duck! Rabbit! By: Amy Krouse Rosenthal Illistrated by:Tom Lichtenheld

10. Harry the Dirty Dog: By: Gene Zion Illistrated by: Margaret Bloy Graham


Fun resources to accompany these books:

(Just click on the one you want to check out)


Middle School-Age:



1. Captain Underpants By: Dav Pilkey

2. Bad Guys By: Aaron Blabey

3. Bad Kitty By: Nick Bruel

4. Rabbit and Bear By: Julian Gough

5. Lulu and the Brontosaurus By: Judith Viorst & Lane Smith

6. The one and Only Ivan By: Katherine Applegate

7. The Babysitters Club

8. Sideways Stories

9. Crenshaw By: Katherine Applegate

10. Series of unfortunate evens

Fun resources to accompany these books:

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Early Teens:



1. Harry Potter by: J.K. Rowling

2. Unwanteds by: Lisa McMann

3. Land of Stories by: Chris Colfer

4. Wonder by: R.J. Palacio

5. The Endling: The Last by: Katherine Applegate

6. I am Malalaby: Malala yousafzai

7. Fish in a Tree by: Lynda Mullaly Hunt

8. Out of My Mind by: Sharon M. Draper

9. Counting By 7’s by: Holly Goldberg Sloan

10. Diary of a Wimpy kid by: Jeff Kinney


Fun resources to accompany these books:

(Just click on the one you want to check out)


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