The Ultimate Gift Guide to the Best Children’s Books
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Every child should have a library of books that they read and look at again and again. We have many favorites, but for our holiday gift guide, my kids and I narrowed our list down to the books we feel are the best of the best. When you do your holiday shopping this year, add a few children’s books to your list to help a child start building a treasure trove of adventure, wonder, and imagination.
If you have any suggestions to add to our list, leave a comment below and share with us.
Here’s to a wonderful holiday season and happy reading!
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Our Favorite Children’s Books Gift Ideas
- Goodnight Moon
- Big Red Barn
- The Eric Carle Mini Library: A Storybook Gift Set (The World of Eric Carle)
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- A Family Treasury of Little Golden Books: 46 Best-Loved Stories by Ellen Lewis Buell (2001) Hardcover
- Beatrix Potter the Complete Tales (Peter Rabbit)
- HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Book Classics: A Child’s First Collection
- Make Way for McCloskey: A Robert McCloskey Treasury
- The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh
- Keats’s Neighborhood: An Ezra Jack Keats Treasury
- Corduroy
- A Pocket for Corduroy
- Mike Mulligan and More: Four Classic Stories by Virginia Lee Burton
- The Alfie Treasury
- Eloise: The Ultimate Edition
- Olivia
- The Complete Adventures of Curious George: 70th Anniversary Edition
- Mouse Cookies & More: A Treasury (If You Give…)
- Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
- Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever (Giant Golden Book)
- Tuesday
- Flotsam
- Dr. Seuss’s Beginner Book Collection (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on
- The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set (I Can Read Level 2)
- Favorite Series Starters Collection
- Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (4 Books)
- The 20th-Century Children’s Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud
- The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury
- Eloise Wilkin Stories (Little Golden Book Treasury)
- A Child’s Book of Poems
- The Giving Tree
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Toot & Puddle
- The Gift of Nothing
- James Herriot’s Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small
- Billy And Blaze
- The Brave Cowboy
- Polar Express 30th anniversary edition
- All for the Newborn Baby
- Life of Fred Beginning Reader Series Set 1 (6-Book Set)
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Hobbit (Lord of the Rings)
- The Annotated Wizard of Oz (Centennial Edition)
- The Annotated Peter Pan (The Centennial Edition) (The Annotated Books)
- The Little House (9 Volumes Set)
- E. B. White Box Set
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 2)
- The Adventures of Tintin: Collector’s Gift Set
- An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
The most popular post from last week was:
- Children’s Christmas Book List from Our Unschooling Journey
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Thanks for the feature! It’s always so flattering to be “most popular.” Thanks for hosting too. I always look forward to seeing what books you all recommend.
Thanks so much, Mother of 3. I love checking out your posts each week. Thanks for joining in the fun! Happy Holidays!
I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving!
We did, Lisa–with a couple of glitches, but still wonderful. I hope yours was wonderful, too. Happy Holidays!
Books for Christmas!
Yes!
We’re collecting Robert McClosky books for our grandson, so looking forward to adding to his pile!
Make Way for Ducklings is one of our favorites. Happy Holidays, Michele!