Believe it or not, librarians used to be kids too! 
These are some of our favorite kids' books.

Favorite Authors:

• Jan Brett
• Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Beverly Cleary
• Doreen Cronin
• Marguerite Henry
• Lois Lenski
• Cynthia Rylant

Favorite Books:

• A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
• Edward the Emu and Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles
• Horace the Horrible by Jackie French Koller
• The Dog Who Had Kittens by Polly M. Robertus
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Tuesday by David Wiesner

Favorite Series:

• Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson
• Redwall by Brian Jacques
• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
• Childhood of Famous Americans biographies

Heroes:

• Dickon from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Herman the Helper by Robert Kraus
• Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner

Heroines:

• Judy Bolton from the series by Margaret Sutton

Favorite Families:

• The Beaudelaire family from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• The Ingalls family from the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Rabbit family from The Bear on the Doorstep by Jane Flory

If you like...	Try...
The Bobbsey Twins The Boxcar Children	The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West
Little House on the Prairie	The Grandma's Attic series by Arleta Richardson
Nancy Drew	The Judy Bolton series by Margaret Sutton
Redwall	The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
A Series of Unfortunate Events	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

Favorite Illustrators:

• Jan Brett
• K.Y. Craft (The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer)
• Lynn Munsinger (Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester, etc.)