Get to know the top 10 books parents should read to their children

Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC News

EMC Lifestyle - What To Do With The Kids (WTDWTK) has released its latest special report entitled Top 10 Classic Books Parents Should Read to Their Kids./

The organization contacted parents from around the world through Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook, as well as its regular consultants, and asked them to submit their list of 10 classic children's books that they feel parents should be reading to their children.//

Many of these suggestions also included stories of how they enjoyed the books as kids and how their own kids are enjoying them today.

The most common response submitted was "anything by Dr. Seuss," but quite a few of Theodor's titles were submitted.

TOP 10 LIST

WTDWTK Top 10 Classic Books Parents Should Read to Their Kids:

1. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown,

2. Stone Soup by Marcia Brown,

3. The Giving Tree by Shel Siverstein,

4. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams,

5. Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak,

6. Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey,

7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle,

8. Charlotte's Web by Elwyn Brooks White,

9. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archabault,

10. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.

With over 300 different book suggestions, the top 15 choices were so close that those that finished in the 11th to 15th spots as well./ They are:

11. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson,

12. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney,

13. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch,

14. Go Dog Go by P.D. Eastman,

15. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton.