Favorite Authors for Boys

Picture Books (0 – 6 yrs)

Barton, Byron
Brown, Marc (“Arthur” – originals)
Henkes, Kevin (“Owen”)
Hoban, Russell
Hoff, Syd (“Danny and the Dinosaur”)
Johnson, Crockett (“Harold and the Purple Crayon”)
Kellogg, Stephen
Lee Burton, Virginia Lee (“Mike Mulligan”)
Lobel, Arnold (“Frog and Toad”)
Marshall, James (“George and Martha”)
Mayer, Mercer (“Little Critter” -- originals)
Minarik, Else Homilund (“Little Bear”)
Potter, Beatrix (“Peter Rabbit”)
Rey, Margaret and H.A. (“Curious George ”-- originals)
Scarry, Richard (originals)
Stevenson, James (“Could Be Worse”)
Viorst, Judith (“Alexander”)
Wick, Walter (“I Spy”)

Chapter Books (7 - 12 yrs)

Alexander, Lloyd (“Black Cauldron”)
Banks, Lynne Reid (“Indian in the Cupboard”)
Cleary, Beverly (“Mouse and the Motorcycle”)
Dahl, Roald (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”)
Fitzgerald, John (“Great Brain”)
Fleischman, Sid (“McBroom”)
George, Jean Craighead (“My Side of the Mountain”)
Jaques, Brian (“Redwall”)
Lewis, C.S. (“Narnia” books)
McClosky, Robert (“Homer Price”)
Sachar, Louis (“Wayside School” and “Holes”)
Sharmat, Marjorie (“Nate the Great”)
Snicket, Lemony (“Series of Unfortunate Events”)
Sobol, Donald (“Encyclopedia Brown”)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls (“Little House”)

Young Adult Books (12 and up)

Asimov, Isaac (earlier works)
Bradbury, Ray
Card, Orson Scott (“Enders’ Game”)
Herriot, James (“All Things Bright and Beautiful”)
Kipling, Rudyard (“Jungle Book”)
Lewis, C.S. (space trilogy)
Tolkien, J.R.R. (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings)
Wells, H.G. (War of the Worlds)