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In honor of Read Across America, we asked some of your kids’ fave TV characters to give us their reading suggestions. Take a look at their picks below and plan some reading time with your little characters today!
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
“I just love this book! It reads like a song with all the patterns and silly rhymes. It’s super-duper swell!”
—Jack from Jack’s Big Music Show
Curious George Takes a Trip
by H.A. and Margret Rey
“I’m curious about my own book… Curious George Takes A Trip. I recently took a trip on an airplane and had unexpected surprises along the way. Read about my travel adventure.”
—Curious George, Curious George
The Great Cape Rescue (The Society of Super Secret Heroes, Book 1)
by Phyllis Shalant
“I love this book because Finch and his three friends are regular kids who turn into super heroes and solve big problems, just like me and my friends! And guess what? They solve their problems with thinking instead of fighting! Smart Super Heroes…like the Super Readers!”
—Whyatt (Super Why) from Super WHY!
The Picture History of Great Inventors
by Gillian Clements
“I love to read about the history of inventions and the people who invented them. It inspires me to come up with great ideas of my own. I also like How Things Work, by Claire Llywellyn. There’s nothing more important than knowing how something works, if you’re going to try to fix it, and this book is filled with great information I can use on the job.”
—Manny from Handy Manny
Dark is Rising (series)
by Susan Cooper
“I love the five books in this series. You’ll get caught up in a thrilling, magical adventure which takes you throughout England and Wales in a coming-of-age tale filled with spellbinding old-world lore. Fans of muggles, hobbits, and rodents of unusual size owe it to themselves to check out these books.”
—Matt Wilson, who portrays Harry in the “For Real” segments of Cyberchase
Martha Speaks
by Susan Meddaugh
“Everyone loves alphabet soup… even dogs! My favorite book is about a young girl named Helen who feeds alphabet soup to her dog Martha. Suddenly, Martha can speak and that’s when the story starts to get interesting.”
—Curious George, Curious George
Goodnight, Moon
by Margaret Wiseman Brown
“After a hard day of chasing Li’l Bad Bunny around Bunnytown, this book relaxes me and gets me all comfy and cozy and ready for nighty-night. And if you haven’t noticed, there are bunnies in this one. Pretty groovy, huh?”
—Super Bunny, Bunnytown
The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
“I love books about trees! ‘The Giving Tree’ is my favorite book. It’s about a really nice tree who shares with his friend. I have many tree friends where I live, and I love them all! I love to read books.”
—Brobee, Yo Gabba Gabba!
The House at Pooh Corner
by A.A. Milne
“It’s got great stories about all my friends, plus some really pretty pictures of them. And Pooh likes it because it has his name in it.”
—Darby, My Friends Tigger and Pooh
The Bells
by Edgar Allen Poe
“Our favorite reading matter? I think you can guess: the works of Edgar Allen Poe. If you held our footies to the fire, we’d say our favorite is “The Bells” because of the nimbleness of the rhythm and the cleverness of the rhymes. Like our world, it contains both cheery light and frightful dark.”
—Edgar and Ellen, Edgar and Ellen
Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom
by Bill Martin, Jr.
“I love to play with letters to build words, and the letters in this story are very playful indeed!”
—Dog, WordWorld
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
“I sooooo can relate to that fuzzy little guy and how much he loves to eat. Unfortunately, I can relate to the tummy ache he gets, too.”
—Pig, WordWorld
The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn and Hal Iggulden
The Daring Book for Girls
by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
“They tell you how to do almost everything that’s fun and cool!”
—Phineas and Ferb, Phineas and Ferb
Any Man’s Son
by Lisa Richardson and Derek Zemrak
“My current favorite book, it follows a strong friendship from adolescence to adulthood, through many emotional ups-and-downs. It’s a heartfelt and inspiring read that covers every human emotion so it hits deep and the reader can relate.”
—Alyson Stoner, the voice of Isabella in Phineas and Ferb
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