S4: E95 Books for all ages with Angie Wood

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S4: E95
Books for All Ages with Angie Wood

Angie Wood is a lecturer in the English department at Southern Methodist University and the mother of two young readers.

Book Ideas

Favorite Books for very Young Readers

* Edwina, the Dinosaur that didn't know she was Extinct - Mo Willems
* The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morriss Lessmore - William Joyce
*The Garden of Abdul Gasazi - Chris Van Allsburg
*God Bless the Gargoyles - Dave Pilkey
*This is Not my Hat - Jon Klassen
*Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake

Ages 6-8

*Critter Club
*Magic Treehouse
*Never Girls series

Ages 8-Tween

Eager readers:
*Harry Potter
*Narnia
*Penderwicks
*The Vanderbeekers
*The Kicks
*Trixie Belden
*Roald Dahl

Reluctant readers:
*Creature in my closet
*I Funny (and other James Patterson middle school books)
*Diary of a Wimpy Kid
*Dogman
*Stuart Gibbs
*Shel Silverstein

Other books:
*Grandpa's Great Adventure, Billionaitre Boy, Demon Dentist - David Williams
*The Doll People
*The Graveyard People - Neil Gaiman
*Wonder

Read-a-louds:
*Anne of Green Gables
*Phantom Tollbooth
*The Giver
*Book Scavenger - Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
*Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Chris Gravenstein

Teens - Adult

*A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman
*Educated - Tara Westover
*Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls
*The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
*The Dutch House - Ann Patchett
*The Messy Middle - Scott Belsky
*Clifton Chronicles or any other books by Jeffrey Archer
*The Wilder Girls - Rory Power

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