After sharing her method to learn English, Maria Kihlstedt offers you a list of books in English, essential to accompany your child towards bilingualism.
Method for learning English: the list of books in English from 18 months to 4 years old.
- The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
- Mother Goose illustrated by Scott Gustafson (or other illustrators)
- Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (Look for the mouse on the pages)
- Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann(Look for the balloon on the pages)
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Are you my Mother? By P.E. Eastman
- More Spaghetti, I Say! By Rita Golden Gelman
Method for learning English: the list of books in English from 2 to 5 years old.
- There is a Mouse about the House by Richard Fowler
- The Egg by M.P. Robertson
- Blackboard Bear by Martha Alexander (also You are a Genius Blackboard Bear ...)
- A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock
- The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (There are many different books by illustrators such as Donald Mills, Jan Brett,...)
- The Penguin that Hated the Cold (Disney's world of reading) by Barbara Brenner
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (also One Morning in Maine)
- Zack's Alligator by Shirley Mozelle
- The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
Method for learning English: the list of books in English from 4 to 9 years old.
- Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris Burn
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton (also The Little House, Katy and the Big Snow, ChooChoo, Maybelle the Cablecar...)
- Milo and the Magical Stones by Marcus Pfister
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- One Teddy Bear Is Enough by GinnieHofman (also The Runaway Teddy Bear)
- Liang and the Magic Paint Brush by Demi
- The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet (also Buford the Little Long Horn, Fly Homer Fly ...)
- The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
- Arthur by Marc Brown (Pet Business, Reading Race, New Puppy, Tooth, …)
Method for learning English: the list of books in English from 7 to 11 years old.
- Where the Sidewalk Ends byShel Silverstein (also his other books)
- Red Ranger Came Calling by Berkeley Breathed
- The Castle in the Attic Poems by Elizabeth Winthrop
- The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
- The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters by Janet and Allen Ahlberg
- Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Lad, a Dog by Terhune (also The Heart of a Dog, LochinvarLuck, ...)
- The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White (also Charlotte's Web...)
- Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
- My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (also Frightful's Mountain, The Far Side of the Mountain ...)
- The Fledgling by Jane Langton
- Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs
- Curious George by H. A. Rey (also C.G. goes to the hospital, C.G. Rides a Bike, C.G. Flies a Kite, C.G. Gets a Medal...)
You can also sing in English with your kids. Check out our list of English songs for children.
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