MOMYS Recommended Reading for Children.
(by title)
Series.
Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery ages 9/10+
Billy and Betsy Carloine Haywood ages ages 7+
Billy and Blaze books ages 5+
Bob Books Bobby Lynn Maslen ages 3-6
Boxcar Children* Gertrude Warner ages 7+
*This author wrote only books #1 - 19.
Caroline Years, The Maria D. Wilkes ages 8+
Charlotte Years, The Melissa Wiley ages 8+
Dotty Dimple Sophie May
Five Little Peppers Margaret Sidney ages 8+
Grandma's Attic Arleta Richardson ages 8+
Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder ages 8+
Little Jewel books (Rod & Staff) ages 6+
Mandie
Martha Years, The Melissa Wiley ages 8+
Mr. Pipes and the British Hymn Writers Douglas Bond ages 7+
Oliver Optic
Outdoor Girls Laura Lee Hope
Peabody series Jeri Massi ages 8+
Redwall Brian Jacques
Ruth Fielding Alice B. Emerson
Tanglewood's Secret Patricia St. John ages 8/9+
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk, Reddy Fox,.....
(and other tales by**.....) Thorton W. Burgess ages 6+
**At least one MOMY suggests that those books who's titles include, "Mother Nature" place too much emphasis on
Mother Nature and not enough on God.
The Chronicles of Narnia*** C. S. Lewis ages
***It's recommended that if you choose to read this book it should be read with the parent(s).
The Pony Rider Boys
The Rover Boys Arthur M. Winfred
The Sugar Creek Gang
The Three Cousins' Detective Club**** Elspeth Campbell Murphy ages 8-10
****The Attic Lion, a book in this series, may not be suitable. It seems to condone breaking and entering.
The Treasure Seekers E. Nesbit ages 8+
Trailblazers
Individual Books
Addie McCormick and the Computer Pirate Leanne Lucas ages 8-12
A Hive of Busy Bees Effie Williams ages 5-10
Another Hive of Busy Bees Effie Williams ages 5-10+
Aunt Jane's Hero Elizabeth Prentiss
Bobbsey Twins
Captive Treasure (B.J.U. Press)
Caroline's Courage (B.J.U. Press)
Choice Adventures -The Smithsonian Connection Daryl Lucas ages 8-12
Dinosaurs by Design Duane T. Gish, Phd.
D is for Dinosaur Ken & Mally Ham
Dry Bones and Other Fossils Gary E. & Mary M. Parker
Eight Cousins Louisa May Alcott ages 9+
Elsie Dinsmore (original version) Martha Finley
Ginger Pye Eleanor Estes ages 7-10
Heidi Johanna Spyri ages 9+
Homer Price Robert McCloskey ages 7-10
Horseman of the King Cyril Davey ages 8-12
In His Steps
It Couldn't Just Happen Lawrence Richards ages 13+
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte ages 13/14+
Jo's Boys Louisa May Alcott ages 9+
Little Men Louisa May Alcott ages 9+
Little Women Louisa May Alcott ages 9+
Least of All Carol Purdy ages 5-8
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard & Florence Atwater ages 8+
Old Yeller Fred Gibson ages 8+
One Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes ages 7-10
Only a Servant (Rod & Staff)
Pollyanna Eleanor Porter ages 9+
Pollyanna Grows Up Eleanor Porter ages 9+
Rod & Staff Fiction - All
Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott ages 9+
Sarah Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan ages 9+
Scarlet Runners Elizabeth Batt ages 8-12
Slave Ship Captain (biography of John Newton) ages 8-12
Stepping Heavenward Elizabeth Prentiss ages 14+
Stories Worth Rereading
Story Time With the Millers & Others ages 7-10
The Bible Smuggler Louise A. Vernon
The Courage of Sarah Noble ages 7-10
The Door in the Wall Marguerite de Angeli ages 8+
The Double Dabble Surprise Beverly Lewis ages 8-12
The Dragon of Blueland Ruth Gannett
The Happy Hollisters Jerry West ages 7-10
The King's Daughter
The Moffets Eleanor Estes ages 7-10
The New Coat for Anna
The Oxcart Man
The Railway Children E. Nesbit ages 9-12
The Real 12 Days of Christmas Helen Haidle
The Secret Church Louise A. Vernon
The Swiss Family Robinson* Johann Wyss ages 9-10
The Wheel on the School Meidart DeJong ages 8-12
Understood Betsy Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Up and Down Spring Johanna Hurwitz
Who Gets the Drumstick? Helen Beardsly
Willow in the Attic Farralla
MOMYS Recommended Reading for Children
(by Author)
Alcott, Louisa May (Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Men,
Rose in Bloom, Eight Cousins)
Alger, Horatio (adventure - series)
Atwater, Richard & Florence (Mr. Popper's Penguins)
Batt, Elizabeth (Scarlet Runners)
Beardsly, Helen (Who Gets the Drumstick?)
Bond, Douglas (Mr. Pipes and the British Hymn Writters)
Bronte, Charlotte (Jane Eyre)
Burgess, Thorton W. (Peter Rabbit - series)
Davey, Cyril (Horseman and the King)
DeJong, Meidart (The Wheel on the School)
Emerson, Alice B. (Ruth Fielding - series)
Estes, Eleanor (Ginger Pye, One hundren Dresses, The Moffets)
Farralla (Willow in the Attic)
Finley, Martha (Elsie Dinsmore)
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield (Understood Betsy)
Gannett, Ruth (The Dragons of Blueland)
Gibson, Fred (Old Yeller)
Haidle, Helen (The Real 12 Days of Christamas)
Ham, Ken (co-wrote: D is for Dinosaur, What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?)
Ham, Mally (co-wrote: D is for Dinosaur)
Haywood, Caroline (Billy and Betsy- series)
Henry, Marguerite (horse stories)
Henty, G. A.
Hope, Laura Lee (Outdoor Girls - series)
Hurwitz, Johanna (The Up and Down Spring)
Jacques, Brian (The Redwall - series)
Lewis, Beverly* (The Double Dabble Surprise)
*not all Beverly Lewis books are MOMYS Recommended
Lewis, C. S.** (The Chronicles of Narnia)
**Not Recommended by all MOMYS. Most who do recommend reading it with one or more parents.
Lucas, Daryl (Choice Adventures - The Smithsonian Connection)
Lucas, Luanne (Addie McCormick and the Computer Pirate)
MacLachlan, Patricia (Sarah Plain and Tall)
Maslen, Bobby Lynn (Bob Books)
Massi, Jeri (The Peabody - series)
May, Sophie (Dotty Dimple - series)
McCloskey, Robert (Homer Price )
Montgomery, L. M. (Anne of Green Gables)
Morris, John (co-wrote: What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?)
Murphy, Elspeth Campbell (The Three Cousins' Detective - series)
Nesbit, E. (The Treasure Seekers - series, The Railway Children)
Parker, Gary E. & Mary M. (Dry Bones and Other Fossils)
Patchen, Frank Gee (The Pony Rider Boys -series)
Pollard, Josephine
Porter, Eleanor (Pollyanna, Pollyanna Grows Up)
Prentiss, Elizabeth (Stepping Heavenward & Aunt Jane's Hero)
Purdy, Carol (Least of All)
Richards, Lawrence (It Couldn't Just Happen)
Richardson, Arleta (Grandma's Attic)
Sidney, Margaret (Five Little Peppers - series)
Spyri, Johanna (Heidi)
St. John, Patricia (Tanglewood's Secret - series)
Vernon, Louise A. (The Bible Smuggler, The Secret Garden)
Warner, Gertrude (Boxcar Children # 1-19)
West, Jerry (The Happy Hollisters)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie - series)
Wiley, Melissa (The Martha Years, The Charlotte Years)
Wilkes, Maria D. (The Caroline Years)
Williams, Effie (A Hive of Busy Bees, Another Hive of Busy Bees)
Winfred, Arthur M. (The Rover Boys - series)
Wyss, Johann (The Swiss Family Robinson)
