I want her baby to have the coolest book collection of some of my favorites that helped me grow up! I don’t want it to be too school syllabus or Top 100 list or whatever. I think I edited down to something basic. Help me with my list!
I will also include a note and reading prompts.
Age 1
Colors for Kids
Age 2
A Snowy Day — Ezra Jack Keats
Age 3
The Legend of the Doozer Who Didn’t — Louise Gikow
Age 4
Where the Wild Things Are — Maurice Sendak
Age 5
Junie B. Jones — Barbara Park
Age 6
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 — Beverly Cleary
Age 7
Sideways Stories from Wayside School — Louis Sachar
Age 8
Coraline — Neil Gaiman
Age 9
Esperanza Rising — Pam Muñoz Ryan
Age 10
Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock — Carolyn Keene
Age 11
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – By E.L. Konigsburg
Age 12
Elsewhere — Gabrielle Zevin
Age 13
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging — Louise Rennison
Age 14
The Importance of Being Earnest — Oscar Wilde
Age 15
Persepolis — Marjane Satrapi
Age 16
Brontë Sisters Collection
Age 17
The Artificial Silk Girl — Irmgard Keun
Age 18
Orlando — Virginia Woolf
Come As You Are — Emily Nagoski
by Melkit1027
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This is a good list!
Id also add, for the early years, you can send a board book or little golden book for less than the cost of a fast food meal.