Develop Your Youngster's Interests on Reading

If you have growing children, it is suggested that you guide them in creating their interests on reading. According to some studies, children aging 9-12 is a crucial stage as they are already entering their teenage years. This is also the years wherein they can get together with various individuals who can influence their interests.

As parents, you must remember that everything starts at home. If you desire to develop their interests in reading, then you have to start collecting these books:

• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
• The BFG by Roald Dahl
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
• Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
• The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
• Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder - Laura Ingalls Wilder Webquest
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
• Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
• My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
• Stuart Little by E. B. White

Source: teachersfirst.com