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It’s National Drop Everything and Read Day, So Here’s a Great Book List

April 12, 2017
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It’s National Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Day, which is celebrated on legendary children’s book author Beverly Cleary’s birthday.

Cleary, who turns 102 this year, has sold more than 90 million copies of her dozens of published books.

In honor of Cleary and D.E.A.R. Day, the Journal has put together this great list of great books to read.

  • Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
  • Freckle Juice & Superfudge by Judy Blume
  • The Mitten by Jan Brett
  • Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
  • The Very Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  • My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
  • Half Magic by Edward Eager
  • Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
  • Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
  • In a Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
  • The Chicken or the Egg? By Allan Fowler
  • Spiders by Gail Gibbons
  • Alaska’s Three Bears by Shelley Gill
  • Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub by Jamie Gilson
  • King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
  • Heart of the Attic by Deborah Howland
  • Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
  • Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty Mac Donald
  • There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
  • Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
  • Henry and Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant
  • What Lives in the Sea? By Peter Seymour
  • How Much is a Million by Davi Schwartz
  • Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

 

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