Brent Bounds, Director of Family Ministries at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, recommends the following books for children and teens:
Children:
1. Summer of the Monkeys – Wilson Rawls
2. The Mixed File of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – E.L. Konigsburg
3. The Cricket in Times Square – George Selden
4. Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis (obviously)
5. Twenty and Ten – Claire Huchet Bishop
6. The Cay – Theodore Taylor
7. Treasure in an Oatmeal Box – Ken Gire
8. Stone Fox – John Reynolds Gardiner
9. The Day of the Blizzard – Marietta D. Moskin
10. Blue Willow – Doris Gates
11. Treasures of the Snow – Patricia St. John
Teens:
1. The Robe – Lloyd C. Douglas
2. Captain Courageous – Rudyard Kipling
3. Anne of Green Gables (series) – Lucy Maud Montgomery
4. The Bronze Bow – Elizabeth George Speare
5. The Hiding Place – Corrie Ten Boom
6. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
7. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor
Note: Honey for Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt is a great resource of books for different age groups.
, by Judith Kerr
