Yesterday I wrote about Daddy’s Super Summer Reading List and how much our boys look forward to receiving it every summer. I also posted their reading lists from when they were 5-years-old, 8-years-old, and 10-years-old.
As promised, here are some reading list ideas for 4, 7, and 9-year-olds.
Reading Suggestions for 9-year-old boys (avid readers):
- The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson
- Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnet
- The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
- The Island by Gary Paulsen
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Redwall by Brian Jacques
- The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
- King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Reading Suggestions for 7-year-old boys:
- The Chameleon Wore Chartruese by Bruce Hale
- The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
- The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden (We read this one aloud.)
- The Adventures of Taxi Dog byDebra Barracca
- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
- The Not-So-Jolly Roger by Jon Scieszka
- D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
- Horrible Harry in Room 2B by Suzy Kline
- Owen Foote, Soccer Star by Stephanie Greene
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
- And then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
- Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Reading Suggestions for 4-year-old boys:
- Fix-It Duck by Jez Albourough
- Mr. Wolf and the Three Bears by Jan Fearnley
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- The Chicken Sisters by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
- Mole Music by David McPhail
- Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
- Absolutely, Positively Alexander by Judith Viorst
- Pigs Ahoy! by David McPhail
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- Freight Train by Donald Crews
- Good Dog Carl by Alexandra Day
- The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
- George Shrinks by William Joyce
- The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Tinka Hakes Noble
As a reminder, when my husband gives the boys their lists, some books come with special instructions, such as Tell The Family About It or Make A Drawing or, even, Book Report. But most are simply to be read and enjoyed, and they end up telling us about the great stories anyway.
Happy Reading!
Thank you for the lists! My son is four, and I'm familiar with only four of these books.