Recommended: Books for the Y-Chromosomed

A while back, I shared with you the big news that Baby #3 is a BOY! His name is Jack, by the way. I also asked for your help picking out some books for him, because my house isn't overcrowded with books already (ha..ha..ha). Thanks to everyone for your ideas! There were so many great suggestions that I'm going to post them all here. Fantastic Christmas gifting ideas for any boys or young men on your list. Clicking the book title will take you to the Amazon page for that book. The name in parentheses after each entry is the person who recommended that book- check them out!

Picture books:

The Voyage of the Basset by James Christiansen
Grumpy Bird or Me Hungry by Jeremy Tankard
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen (Andrea)
Gallop! by Rufus Butler Seder ( Andrea)
Anything by Sandra Boynton (claire)
Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt (claire)
Chester by Melanie Watt (claire)
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein(JG)
SkippyJon Jones by Judy Schachner (JG)
Ugly Fish by Kara LeReau (book pusher)



Young Readers (6-9):

Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon ( Cindy)
Geranimo Stilton books (Cindy)
Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo ( Andrea)
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (Susan Helene Gottfried)
Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne (Susan Helene Gottfried)
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol (GMR)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Emilee)
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (JG)
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (JG)



Middle Grade (9-12):

Holes - Louis Sachar

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin

Malice by Chris Wooding

The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan (Andrea)

Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage ( GMR)

The Hardy Boys series by Frank W. Dixon (GMR)

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (GMR)

The Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye (GMR)

The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis (claire)

The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander ( Angiegirl)

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (Angiegirl)

The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson (Emilee)

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle (Emilee)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Anna)

Peter Pan by JM Barrie (Anna)

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Heather Zundel)

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black (melissa)

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins ( Sue Jackson)

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson (thekams)

Erec Rex by Kaza Kingsley (Samantha LeAnne)

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein (JG)

Redwall by Brian Jacques (JG)

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (JG)

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (JG)

Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli (Rachel)

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (Rachel)

YA (12-17):

Ranger's Apprentice Series - John Flanagan
The Inheritance Series (Eragon) - Christopher Paolini
Alex Rider Series - Anthony Horowitz
The Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Percy Jackson Series - Rick Riordan
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (Jo)
Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (Jo)
The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix (Heather Zundel)
The Sea of Trolls trilogy by Nancy Farmer (Heather Zundel)
The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Wilowraven)
House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (Heather Zundel)
Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan (thekams)
The Outsiders by SE Hinton ( Amy)
Paper Towns by John Green (Linda Ellen)
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Kay)
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein (JG)