Favorite Read Alouds

A few months ago one of Maurice's friends in Maryland asked me if I could make a list of our favorite chapter books since the list of chapter books I have read to the kids (or we've listened to on CD or Audible) has grown rather long over the years (we're working on #444 right now). These are some of our favorites (in no particular order). Enjoy!

1. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
2. Ramona the Pest series by Beverly Cleary (as well as others by the same author such as Socks, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, etc.)
3. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series by Betty Macdonald
4. Secret Garden and A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
6. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
7. Paddington Bear series by Michael Bond
8. Anne of Green Gables series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
9. Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter
10. Five Children and It by Nesbit
11. Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt by Janet and Geoff Benge (and many other biographies by the same authors)
12. Half Magic by Edward Eager
13. Cat of Bubastes by Henty
14. Green Ember series by Smith
15. Wingfeather Saga series by Andrew Peterson
16. Wilderking trilogy by Jonathan Rogers
17. Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
18. Pippi Longstocking books by Astrid Lindgren
19. Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and Trumpet of the Swan by EB White
20. Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
21. Mr. Lemoncello's Library series by Chris Grabenstein
22. Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
23. Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood
24. Crispin series by Avi (as well as others by the same author such as Poppy)
25. Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John (and other books by the same author)
26. The BFG and Matilda by Roald Dahl
27. The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Because of Winn Dixie, and Flora and Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo
28. Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
29. A Single Shard by Linda Park
30. Imagination Station series (most are by either Marianne Hering or Paul McCusker)
31. Jotham's Journey and other books in the series by Arnold Ytreeide
32. Doctor Dolittle series by Hugh Lofting

I could add SO many more to the list, but I was trying to keep it as short as I could, so I shall stop there!