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As a former public school teacher and librarian, First Lady Laura Bush has a special fondness for books and the role they play in learning. Here is her list of recommended reading.
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Family Reading
Books to Read to and with Young Children
- Babar (series), Laurent de Brunhoff
- Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
- Carlo Likes Reading, Jessica Spanyol
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (series), Norman Bridwell
- Corduroy, Don Freeman
- Frances the Badger (series), Russell Hoban
- Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss (and more)
- Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey
- Mother Goose Rhymes
- Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, Tomie De Paola
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Simms Taback
- Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Verna Aardema
- Cars and Trucks and Things that GO, Richard Scarry
- Cuadros de familia/Family Pictures, Carmen Lomas Garza
- Curious George, H.A. Rey
- Frog and Toad (series), Arnold Lobel
- George and Martha (series), James Marshall
- If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Laura Joffee Numeroff
- Little Bear (series), Else Holmelund Minarik
- Magda's Tortillas, Becky Chavarria-Chairez
- Officer Buckle and Gloria, Peggy Rathmann
- Sarah's Flag for Texas, Jane Alexander Knapik
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, William Steig
- The Snowy Day, Jack Keats
- The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
- Tomas and the Library Lady, Pat Mora
- Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman
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Books for Intermediate and Independent Readers
- Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan
- Love That Dog, Sharon Creech
- A Year Down Yonder, Richard Peck
- Because of Winn Dixie, Kate Dicamillo
- Adaline Falling Star, Mary Pope Osborne
- Joey Pigza Loses Control, Jack Gantos
- Journey to the River Sea, Eva Ibbotson
- Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
- Miracle's Boys, Jacqueline Woodson
- Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein
- Homeless Bird, Gloria Whelan
- James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
- Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia Maclachlan
- Ramona (series), Beverly Cleary
- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
- My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
- Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
For Adults
- Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter
- The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Beloved, Toni Morrison
- Music for Chameleons, Truman Capote
- Goodbye to a River, John Graves
- Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough
- Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo A. Anaya
- My Antonia and Death Comes to the Archbishop, Willa Cather
- All the Pretty Horses , Cormac McCarthy
Special Comfort Books
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