67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids Before Age 10."

The GeekDad community at Wired.com is committed to helping you raise geek generation 2.0. We believe few things that you do are more important than reading to your kids early and often. Reading to them is a great way to get them using the language centers of their brain. Plus, reading aloud to your kids can be a blast. In March of 2012 we put out a post of our favorite books to read aloud to our kids before the age of ten. Well, the post turned out to be a bit of a crowd-pleaser. Many educators and parents asked us to put together a printed version of "67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids Before Age 10." While we never intended this to be a comprehensive list of what you should read to your kids, we certainly missed some obvious choices. After we published our list, we received a huge number of wonderful suggestions from readers. Their suggestions were placed into a second post, "Books Geeks Should Read to Their Kids: Your Additions to Our List." They are also included here. Enjoy and happy Reading! 67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids Before Age 10 Recommended by Erik Wecks, Matt Blum, Kevin Makice, Nathan Berry, Jonathan Liu, Dave Banks, Roy Wood, Kathy Ceceri, Jenny Williams, Ethan Gilsdorf, Corrina Lawson, Michael Venables, and GeekDad Z: Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4) Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing on It J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone William Goldman, The Princess Bride Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Neil Gaiman, Coraline Edward Eager, Half Magic and Magic by the Lake Joan Aiken, Arabel's Raven Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Mary Norton, The Borrowers Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book Walter Moers, The 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe Irene Miller, Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Crockett Johnson, The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon Bertrand Brinley, The Mad Scientists Club Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians Ingrid Law, Savvy Wendelin Van Draanen, Shredderman C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, Far Flung Adventures Russell Hoban, The Mouse and His Child Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth Emily Jenkins, Toys Go Out Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Tony DiTerlizzi, The Search for WondLa Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach John Bellairs, The House With a Clock in Its Walls Judy Bloom, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing E. B. White, Charlotte's Web Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree Robert C. O'Brien, The Silver Crown Louis Sachar, Holes Daniel Pinkwater, The Big Orange Splot Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House books E. B. White, Stuart Little Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children E. L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Angie Sage, Septimus Heap series Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society Dr. Cuthbert Soup, A Whole Nother Story and Another Whole Nother Story Virginia Hamilton, The House of Dies Drear Dr. Seuss, The Lorax Arlene Mosel, Tikki Tikki Tembo A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Else Holmelund Minarik, Little Bear Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham Peggy Parish, Amelia Bedelia Maurice Sendak, In the Night Kitchen H. A. Ray, Curious George Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel, Owl at Home Cynthia Rylant, Henry and Mudge Norman Bridwell, Clifford Marc Brown, Arthur Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are Books Geeks Should Read to Their Kids: Your Additions to Our List Linda Sue Park, A Single Shard Christopher Paul Curtis, Bud, Not Buddy Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins Deborah Ellis, The Breadwinner Pam Munoz Ryan, The Dreamer Laurance Yep, The Star Fisher David Shannon, A Bad Case of Stripes David Macaulay, Castle and The Way Things Work Lloyd Alexander, Chronicles of Prydain Eoin Colfer, The Legend of Spud Murphy, The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World, and The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Susan Cooper, The Dark Is Rising Betty McDonald, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle John Christopher, The Tripods Trilogy Jack Prelutsky, The Dragons are Singing Tonight Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain Nowen N. Particular, Boomtown Tom Angleberger, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Bac k Sam Riddleburger, The Qwikpick Adventure Society Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons L. Frank Baum, Oz series Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas the Tank Engine Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events Brian Jacques, Redwall Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials Robert Heinlein, Have Space Suit Will Travel Virginia Lee Burton, The Little House and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Doris Burn, Andrew Henry's Meadow Bill Peet, Farewell to Shady Glade Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince Richard Adams, Watership Down Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi L. M. Boston, The Children of Green Knowe Babette Cole, Princess Smartypants Kathleen V. Kundlinski, Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon Roald Dahl, The BFG Daniel Pinkwater, Once Upon a Blue Moose Robert Munsch, The Paper Bag Princess Richard Evan Schwartz, You Can Count on Monsters Mercer Mayer, One Monster After Another Jon Stone, The Monster at the End of This Book Suzanne Collins, The Gregor Serie s Tomie de Paola, Strega Nona Sesyle Joslin, What Do You Say, Dear?.

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