Children's Books

For my Children's Literature and Literacy class, I had to read a lot of children's books, so that's what I spent the majority of my semester doing. At first we only had to read books suitable for children in grades K-3. The best one by far was Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. I was hysterically laughing throughout the book, and couldn't wait to show it to my roommates, that's how funny it was. I've been told that the author has a whole series of books about the pigeon, and they're definitely worth buying and giving to your kids. 

Afterwards we had to read more advanced books for children in grades 4-6. I read a lot of books, all of them had to be Newberry Honor or Winners.  It's hard to pick a few favorites, since all of them had qualities that I loved in a book. The Giver by Lois Lowry was definitely one that I would recommend to anyone, regardless of age. I was unfortunate enough not to read this book when I was in grade school, but it was one that had been on my list for awhile, and I was glad for an excuse to read it. It is a story that stayed with me for awhile, and made me think about the things that I appreciate in my life; things that are always there that we never usually give a second thought to. Like colors, or music. Not having those things would make life boring. Even just the simple yet beautiful act of feeling love is something that many of us take for granted. But not in this book.

Some other wonderful titles that I read were The Underneath, The Higher Power of Lucky, Savvy, The Princess Academy, A Corner of the Universe, and A View from Saturday. All wonderful young adult literature that anyone could pick up and enjoy.