Check out this list of 52 picture books kids should read before they turn 10!
52 Picture Books Kids Should Read Before They Turn 10
Growing up, I always loved to read. There are so many different amazing books out there for kids. Use this list to start building your kiddo’s bookshelves or read one a week to finish this list in a whole year!
Which ones have you read?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Eric Carle and Bill Martin
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
If You Take a Mouse to School Laura Numeroff
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Julius, Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
McDuff Moves In by Rosemary Wells
McDuff Comes Home by Rosemary Wells
Max’s Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells
Max’s Dragon Shirt by Rosemary Wells
Timothy Goes to School By Rosemary Wells
Yoko’s Paper Cranes by Rosemary Wells
Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Vorst
I’ll Fix Anthony by Judith Vorst
The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Berenstain Bears Go to School by Jan Berenstain
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale by Margot Zemach
Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola
Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie DePaola
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie DePaola