Top Shelf Books

How do you organize your personal collection of books? 

Do you leave them all at school or at home?

What are your all time favorite books?

For me, I set aside all of my all time favorites, classics and most cherished books on the top shelf of my bookcase.

I absolutely love children's books (and wooden toys, stationery and puppets) and can never stop hunting for them.  I often find them on sale, on eBay or at second-hand shops or yard sales.

Where do you find your books?

I purchase a classic book based on a basic set of criteria.

1. It has to be attached to memory. A memory of reading it to children and their responses. It may be also a childhood memory of mine, like the Peter Rabbit books by Beatrix Potter.

2. The children and I must love the story. 

3. The book has to have a a memorable storyline.

4. I adore books with captivating illustrations like, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

This list of books would be ideal for any time of the year including:

Summer break
Bedtime stories
Independent reading
Shared reading
Listening centers
Guided Reading
Reading to teddy bears
and so much more.

Search the titles below on YouTube as many of them are listed as videos. You could also search eBooks on Kindle for the book titles.

I recently began looking out for audio books. There are loads of books that also have a CD with the story narrated. I think it is important for children to be read to by other readers. 

I especially love fairytales and you can find many of these with an audio CD these days.

Here's a list (in no particular order) of my top shelf books.

Which ones would you put on your top shelf?

Click on any of the book images to go to the Amazon link to read more. 

Scroll down further for your free list of my top shelf book list. 

 

 

Click on any of the book images to go to the Amazon link to read more. 

 

 

What books do you have on your top shelf? Let us know by leaving a comment below. 

 

My favorite book of all time is The Little Red Hen. I have a few different version as you would expect. 

Here is the link to the audio CD version and a few book only version.

 

 

Click on the image below to download a list of all of the books seen above.

If you are looking to source more books, you might like to follow our Pinterest board; 

Best Children's Books. 

I hope this list of books goes a long way to developing a love of books and reading for your student or children.

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