Books for Boys

Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin, Jr.

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff

Elmer by David McKee

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley

The Book Ate My Dog by Richard Byrne

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

Press Here by Herve Tullet

any Pete the Cat book by Eric Litwin

any Pigeon book by Mo Willems

Freight Train by Donald Crews

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (plus many other books by this author)

Dinotrux by Chris Gall

Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton

Will You Be My Friend by Peter Brown

Go, Dog, Go by P.D. Eastman

Kindergarten Rocks by Katie Davis

David Goes to School by David Shannon

Bravest of the Brave by Shutta Crum

Escape of Marvin the Ape by Caralyn and Mark Brehner

Pete's a Pizza by William Steig

Alphabet Adventure by Audrey Wood

Naughty Little Monkeys by Jim Ayelsworth

If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen

Me and My Dragon by David Biedrzycki

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

any Curious George book by H.A. Rey

Frederick by Leo Lionni

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Fly Guy series by Tedd Arnold

The Last Firehawk series by Katrina Charman

Dragon Masters series by Tracey West

Magic School Bus chapter books by Mary Pope Osborne

Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt

Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel

Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant

How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long

Young Cam Jansen series by David Adler

Diary of a Worm/Spider/Fly by Doreen Cronin

The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Narwhal and Jelly series by Ben Clanton

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

The Book with No Pictures by Ben Novak

Skippyjon Jones series by Judy Schachner

Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne

Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo

Fox and Friends by James Marshall

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

Ready, Freddy! series by Abby Klein

Science Verse by Jon Scieszka

The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey

Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Eerie Elementary by Jack Chabert

Ballpark Mysteries by David A. Kelly

Notebooks of Doom series by Troy Cummings

My Weird School series by Dan Gutman

Ricky Ricotta series by Dav Pilkey

Bad Kitty chapter books by Nick Bruel

Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald Sobol

Soccer Cats series by Matt Christopher

Hardy Boys Secret Files series by Franklin W. Dixon

Black Lagoon Adventures series by Mike Thaler

Pokemon Readers by various authors

Fudge books by Judy Blume

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin

The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Geronimo Stilton series by Geronimo Stilton

Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey

How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell

Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott

Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Spiderwick Chronicles series by Tony DiTerlizzi

How to Be Cool in Third Grade by Betsy Duffey

Star Wars Jedi Academy series by Jeffrey Brown

Third Grade Detectives series by George E. Stanley

I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch

Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary

Who Was/Is?...series by various authors

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater

Stink series by Megan McDonald

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

Everest trilogy by Gordon Korman

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Diary of a Wimpy Kids series by Jeff Kinney

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George

Lunch Money by Andrew Clements

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

I Survived...series by Lauren Tarshis

Guys Read series by Jon Scieszka

Mr. Lemoncello's Library books by Chris Grabenstein

Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Frindle by Andrew Clements

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett

The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brillier

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

MIddle School, the Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Kit's Wilderness by David Almond

Peak by Roland Smith

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet

The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

A View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

The Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter

The Fabled Fifth Grades of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

The City of Ember trilogy by Jeanne DuPrau

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Skellig by David Almond

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Restart by Gordon Korman

Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

The Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

Refugee by Alan Gratz

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

Ranger's Apprentice series by John A. Flanagan

Goblin Secrets by William Alexander

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The False Prince trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien