20 Great Books to Read with Your Child

20 Great Books to Read with Your Child

With every book, you connect with your kid through new words, characters, and plots. Here is a list of 20 great books to read with your child.

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

This series by Lemony Snicket follows the unfortunate lives of three immensely ill-fated Baudelaire orphans.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

This story is a blend of fantasy, science, and theology. It is the story of travel through time and space to battle a cosmic evil. Young Meg Murry is a teenager.

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Opal battles with her loneliness and tries to overcome the distance that she and her father had between them.

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Jess Aarons has been practicing hard to be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. He almost is the winner until the new girl, Leslie Burke outpaces Jess.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Charlie loves chocolate. One day the owner of the biggest chocolate factory, Willy Wonka makes a contest for 5 golden tickets in the entire world.

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

During one morning of spring a little girl named Fern saved a pig and named him Wilbur. After that, Wilbur is sent to live on a farm where he meets a smart and stunning large grey spider called Charlotte.

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

This story is the first adventure of Jack and Annie in the popular series of the Magic Tree House. In this story, Jack and Annie are trying to figure out where the tree house came from.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

Twelve-year-old suburban girl Claudia Kincaid wants to run away. She believes her parents do not appreciate her.

Holes by Louis Sachar

Holes by Louis Sachar

The book focuses on Stanley Yelnats who is sent to Camp Green Lake. It is a correctional boot camp in a desert present in Texas.

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The plot of James and the Giant Peach revolves around a young English orphan boy who enters an enigmatic and gigantic peach.

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

This story is autobiographical. It is a tale of Laura Wilder’s early childhood and her pioneer family.

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda is a girl almost too good to be true. At the age of just five and a half, she is doing multiplications of two digits and reading Charles Dickens.

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The story focuses on a nine-year-old pigtailed redhead girl named Pippi Langstrump. Her mother died when she was a baby and her sea captain father has disappeared at sea.

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Boxcar Children series conveys a message that is important in today’s world. This series shows how important teamwork and empathy are.

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver by Lois Lowry

It is a morally driven story about a young lad named Jonas. He lives in a society where there is no crime and sadness.

The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

The Harry Potter Series is best for children read as it not only talks about adventure; it also talks about several other things.

The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (Sixth Novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia)

The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis (Sixth Novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia)

Uncle Andre is off to Digory and one day they stumble upon his office. With the help of magical rings, they are transported to the world between worlds.

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Phantom Tollbooth is about Milo, a young boy who unexpectedly gets a magic tollbooth. This magical thing helped him to the once affluent and now distressed Kingdom of Wisdom.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Even if you are into this genre, this book will touch your heart because of the friendship between Mary and Colin. Mary gets familiar with this garden by accident.

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

In this collection of poems, the readers will meet a girl who eats a whale, and a boy who transforms into a TV set.