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Recommended Booklist from Idaho PIRC
Are you asking "What should I read to my kids?"
Check our list sorted by age/topic.

Books for All Parents

The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp, MD.
Setting Limits by Robert J. MacKenzie, Ed.D
Raising Self-Reliant Children by H. Stephen Glenn & Jane Nelson
Raising Kids Without Raising Cane, by Gary Direnfeld, MSW  
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Especially for Dad

The Birth of a Father, by Martin Greenberg
The Book of Fathers' Wisdom, by Edward Hoffman
The Common Sense No-Frills Plain English Guide to Being a Successful Dad, by R.L. & G. Klinger
The Daddy Guide, by Kevin Nelson
Fatherhood, by Bill Cosby
Fathering: Old game, New Rules: A Look at the Changing Roles of Fathers, by Lowell Streiker
Fathers: A Collection of Poems, by Judy and David Ray
The 5ive Key Habits of Smart Dads, by Paul Lewis
The Gift of Fatherhood, by Aaron Hass
The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, by Herb Goldberg
Hopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato and Ha Ha Ha: Rulebook of Children's Games, by Jack Maguire
Life As We Know It: A Father, A Family, and Exceptional Child, by Michael Berube
Like Father, Like Son, by Hunter Fulghum
The Measure of a Man: Becoming the Father you Wish Your Father had Been, by Jerrold Lee Shapiro
Messages from my Father, by Calvin Trillin
The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year, by Armin Brott
Not Now Honey, I'm Watching the Game, by Kevin Quirk
The Nurturing Father: Journey Toward the Complete Man, by Kyle Pruett
Papa, My Father: A Celebration of Dads, by Leo Buscaglia
The Passions of Fatherhood, by Samuel Osherson
Pickle Pepper and Tip-In, Too: Over 250 Sports Games and Activities for Children, by Kevin Nelson
When Men are Pregnant: Needs and Concerns of Expectant Fathers, by Jerrold Lee Shapiro
Working Fathers: New Strategies for Balancing Work and Family, by James Levine and Todd Pittinsky  
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Sixth and Seventh Grade

Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rollings
Chronicles of Narnia Series, C.S. Lewis  
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Fourth and Fifth Grade

Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
James and the Giant Peach, by Ronald Dahl
Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan  
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Second and Third Grade

A Chair for My Mother, by Vera B. Williams
Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White
Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, by John Steptoe
Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen  
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Preschool to First Grade

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by J. Viorst
Each Peach Pear Plum, by Janet and Allari Ahlberg
A, My Name is Alice, by Jane Bayer
Anno's Counting Book, by Mitsumasa Anno
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin
Frog and Toad Are Friends, by Arnold Lobel
Owen, by Kevin Henkes
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judith Barrett
Mouse Messi, by Linnea Asplind Riley
Yoko, by Rosemary Wells
If you Give a Moose a Muffin, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Good Night Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann
Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! By Mem Fox
I Love You The Purplest, by Barbara M. Joosse  
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Birth to 3 years:

Baby Faces, by Margaret Miller
In My Room, by Margaret Miller
The Bear Went Over the Mountain, By Rosemary Wells
Touch and Feel Kitten, -a DK Publishing Book
Peek-a-Moo, by Marie Torres Cimarusti
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
Come Along, Daisy, by Jane Simmons
Dinasaur?s Binkit, by Sandra Boynton
Philadelphia Chickens, by Sandra Boynton
Count and See, by Tana Hoban
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? By Dr. Suess
Good Night, Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown  
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