The best kids' books, age-by-age

Ages 4-8

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Ramona by Beverly Cleary

Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo

Bread and Jam for Francis by Russell Hoban

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norman Juster

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann

Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor

Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama

Paula Deen’sMy First Cookbook

Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish

Chicken Butt by Erica Perl

Duck! Rabbit! By Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst