Books our children should read

Books for preschoolers, first graders and older children

What should we read to our children? What kind of books to offer our children to read? For smart parents, this is not an easy question. There are not many good, smart and at the same time interesting books. Here is a selection of books made by Tatyana Klinnikova, a student at the University of Practical Psychology, a school education methodologist in the LPR. Tatiana, as a librarian, has been working at the school for over 40 years. Here are her recommendations.

Age 6-7 years

• hare hut
• Wintering animals
• Chicken Ryaba
• Gingerbread Man
• Fox, hare and cock
• By pike command. Story
• Mansion
• Morozko
• Three Bears
• Repka
• Zarya-Zaryanica. Russian folk songs-rhymes and riddles
• Became literate (A. Barto)
• Conversation with the first class (S. Marshak)
• Friends are comrades (collection) (S. Marshak)
• From one to ten. Cheerful account (S. Marshak)
• Children in a cage (S. Marshak)
• Dog’s grief (B. Zakhoder)
• Hedgehog (M. Prishvin)
• A sip of milk (M. Prishvin)
• Kitten (L. Tolstoy)
• Fox and mouse (V. Bianchi)
• I offended my mother (E. Moshkovskaya)
• A book for a friend. Poems (E. Moshkovskaya)
• Entertainers (N. Nosov)
• Talkers (collection) (V. Golyavkin)
• The letter «You» (L. Panteleev)
• Your book (P. Voronko)
• The country where we live (S. Barzudin)
• Bad advice (G. Oster)
• Clever dog Sonya (collection) (A. Usachev)
• The ugly duckling (G.H. Andersen)
• King Thrushbeard (Brothers Grimm)
• Paper kite (E. Permyak)
• Bag of apples (E. Suteev)
• Ship (E. Suteev)
• Phone (K. Chukovsky)
• Moidodyr (K. Chukovsky)
• Fedorino grief (K. Chukovsky)

Age 7-8 years

• cat and fox
• Spikelet
• light bread
• IN AND. Dal. Old man-year-old
• IN AND. Dal. Girl Snow Maiden
• Wonderful box: Russian folk songs, fairy tales, games, riddles
• Riddles, proverbs, tongue twisters
• Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
• Brothers Grimm. Tom Thumb. Lady blizzard. Three brothers
• K. Ushinsky. Four wishes
• L.N. Tolstoy. Stories about children: Bone. Girl and mushrooms. Two comrades. Kitty
• K. Ushinsky. Bishka
• A.S. Pushkin. The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• I.A. Krylov. A Crow and a fox
• I.A. Krylov. dragonfly and ant
• D. Mamin-Sibiryak. Tale of a brave hare — long ears, slanting eyes, short tail
• D. Mamin-Sibiryak. gray neck
• Maksim Gorky. Vorobishko
• Evgeny Charushin. Tyupa and Tomka (compilation)
• Alexander Blok. Bunny
• Konstantin Paustovsky. tree frog
• Vitaly Bianchi. forest houses
• Vitaly Bianchi. Who sings what?
• Vitaly Bianchi. Arishka-Trusishka
• Mikhail Prishvin. Fox’s bread (collection)
• Nikolay Sladkov. Polite Jackdaw
• Georgy Skrebitsky. thief
• Arkady Gaidar. The tale of military secrets, of Malchish-Kibalchish and his firm word
• Arkady Gaidar. hot stone
• Viktor Dragunsky. “He is alive and glowing…” (compilation)
• Nikolay Nosov. How Dunno wrote poetry
• Nikolay Nosov. How Dunno was an artist
• Nikolay Nosov. Telephone
• Nikolay Nosov. Dreamers
• Nikolay Nosov. Mishkina porridge
• S. Marshak. Mustachioed — Striped
• S. Marshak. Here’s how scattered
• S. Marshak. Mail
• S. Marshak. The cat and the loafers
• Valentin Kataev. Pipe and jug
• Elena Blaginina. Let’s sit in silence
• Valentina Oseeva. Feather
• Viktor Golyavkin. Yaandreev
• Edward Uspensky. About Vera and Anfisa
• Irina Tokmakova. Grandma’s tale
• Edward Uspensky. Crocodile Gena and his friends. Little fairy tales
• Charles Perrot. Puss in Boots
• Brothers Grimm. Pot of porridge (compilation)
• G.H. Andersen. Thumbelina
• G.H. Andersen. Princess on the Pea
• Agniya Barto. How Vovka saved grandmothers
• L. Panteleev. Honestly
• V. Garshin. Frog traveler
• Valentin Berestov. Pictures in puddles
• Valentin Berestov. good news
• Charles Perrot. Cinderella
• Lillian Moore. Little Raccoon

Age 8-9 years

• A.S. Pushkin. The Tale of the Pope and his Worker Balda
• A.S. Pushkin. The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs. The tale of the priest and his worker Balda
• Ivan Krylov. Quartet
• V.F. Odoevsky. Town in a box
• P. Ershov. The Little Humpbacked Horse
• A.P. Chekhov. boys
• S. Aksakov. The Scarlet Flower. Tale of the housekeeper Pelageya
• Pavel Bazhov. silver hoof
• N. Garin-Mikhailovsky. Darkness and Bug
• L.N. Tolstoy. Stories for children
• Anthony Pogorelsky. Black chicken, or underground inhabitants
• D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak. Alenushkin fairy tales. Stories (compilation)
• Vsevolod Garshin. A tale of frogs and roses
• A.N. Tolstoy. Magpie’s tales (collection)
• Konstantin Paustovsky. hare paws
• E. Schwartz. Tale of Lost Time (compilation)
• V. Oseeva. Magic Word (compilation)
• Boris Zhitkov. How do I catch people. Stories (compilation)
• Vitaly Bianchi. Orange Neck
• Viktor Astafiev. Haircut Creak
• Leonid Andreev. Nipper
• Mikhail Zoshchenko. Christmas tree
• A.I. Kuprin. Yu-yu
• F. Tyutchev. First leaf
• Yu.V. Centurion. How I was independent
• Valentin Kataev. Flower-seven-flower. A fairy tale
• Nikolay Nosov. Adventures of Dunno and his friends. Dunno in Sunny City
• A. Gaidar. Chuk and Gek
• M. Prishvin. Fox’s bread
• E. Charushin. Bear cubs (compilation)
• Viktor Dragunsky. Denis’ stories. Illustrations by V. Kanivets
• E. Uspensky Uspensky. Uncle Fedor, dog and cat
• A.N. Tolstoy. The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio
• Vsevolod Nestaiko. In the land of sunbeams
• Afanasy Fet. Spring rain
• D. Swift. Gulliver’s Travels to the Land of the Lilliputians and the Giants (compilation)
• C. Perrault. Cinderella (compilation)
• G.H. Andersen. the little Mermaid
• Jan Grabovsky. Rexia and Pucek
• Veltistov Evgeny. New Adventures Electronics
• Vladimir Soloukhin. Knife with bone handle
• Maya Ganina. Tyapkin and Lyosha
• Lyman Frank Baum. Oz
• Astrid Lindgren the Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof
• Jack London. The Tale of the Rain. On the shores of Sacramento (collection)
• Tove Jansson. Tales of Moomintroll (collection)
• Oscar Wilde. Happy prince. Tales (collection)
• J. M. Barry. Peter Pan
• Victor Hugo. Gavrosh. Cosette
• Gianni Rodari. What do crafts smell like?
• Kir Bulychev. The Secret of the Black Stone
• E. Uspensky. All stories about Prostokvashino, or Uncle Fedor, a dog and a cat (compilation)

Age 9-10 years

• Sadko and other Russian epics
• Ilya Muromets
• A.S. Pushkin. The Tale of the Golden Cockerel
• Lev Tolstoy. Filipok. Stories for children (collection)
• A.P. Chekhov. «Kashtanka» and other stories (collection)
• A.P. Chekhov. Vanka
• A. I. Kuprin. white poodle
• A. I. Kuprin. Barbos and Zhulka (compilation)
• D. Grigorovich. Gutta-percha boy
• F. Tyutchev. December morning
• A. Fet. september rose
• I. Nikitin. Morning on the lake
• ON THE. Nekrasov. green noise
• Vladimir Dahl. About a toothy mouse and about a rich sparrow
• Vladimir Dahl. War of mushrooms with berries
• K.D. Ushinsky. Postman’s bag
• K. Ushinsky. blind horse
• E. Schwartz. Tale of Lost Time (compilation)
• Pavel Bazhov. Ural tales
• Pavel Bazhov. Malachite Box
• M. Gorky. About Ivanushka the Fool
• Peter Ershov. The Little Humpbacked Horse
• K. Paustovsky. The adventures of the rhinoceros beetle
• K. Paustovsky. thief cat
• K. Paustovsky. Warm bread and other stories
• Mikhail Zoshchenko. stupid story
• Viktor Dragunsky. Big traffic on Sadovaya
• Viktor Dragunsky. Main rivers
• Andrey Platonov. Magic Ring (compilation)
• Viktor Golyavkin. Notebooks in the rain
• Boris Zhitkov. Circle under the Christmas tree
• D. Mamin-Sibiryak. Adopted
• D. Mamin-Sibiryak. Emelya the hunter
• Mikhail Prishvin. Chicken on poles
• Evgeny Charushin. Stories about animals and birds
• Arkady Gaidar. Timur and his team
• Kir Bulychev. Girl from Earth (compilation)
• Alexander Volkov. The Wizard of Oz
• Alexander Volkov. Oorfene Deuce and his wooden soldiers
• Hans Christian Andersen. ugly duck
• Hans Christian Andersen. Snail and rose bush
• Sergei Georgiev. sun hare house
• Mark Twain Dick. Baker and his cat
• Selma Lagerlöf. Nils’ wonderful journey with wild geese
• Tove Jansson. When the comet arrives
• Pamela Travers. Mary Poppins and the house next door
• Otfried Preusler. Little Witch. Little Ghost. Little Water (compilation)
• Uspensky Edward. Nikolaevich Crocodile Gena and his friends. fairy tales
• R. Kipling. Why the Camel has a hump (compilation)
• Astrid Lindgren. Three stories about the Kid and Carlson (collection)
• A. Miln. Winnie the Pooh and everything-everything-everything
• Nikolay Nosov. Dunno on the Moon
• A. Kumma, S. Runge. The second secret of the Golden Key
• A. Ishimova. Russian history. In stories for children
• Nikolay Leskov. Lion of Elder Gerasim. The Tale of the Pious Woodchopper. Unchangeable c.u.e. Conscientious Danila (compilation)
• Nikolay Nosov. Vitya Maleev at school and at home
• Nikolay Nosov. Happy family
• L. Geraskina. In the land of unlearned lessons (compilation)
• E. Uspensky. Crocodile Gena — police lieutenant

Age 11 years

• Vasilisa the Beautiful. Russian folk tales (collection)
• Finist Yasny Sokol. Russian folk tales (collection)
• V.A. Zhukovsky. sleeping princess
• A.S. Pushkin. Ruslan and Ludmila
• N.V. Gogol. May Night, or the Drowned Woman
• V. Korolenko. Children of the Underground
• A. Kuprin. Miraculous doctor
• I.S. Turgenev. Mu Mu
• L.N. Tolstoy. Prisoner of the Caucasus
• A.P. Chekhov. Chestnut. stories
• Y. Yakovlev. A man must have a dog
• A. Aleksin. In the land of perpetual holidays
• V.P. Astafiev. Vasyutkino lake. Collection
• V. Belov. Starlings
• A. Gaidar. Timur and his team. The fate of the drummer.
• M. Zoshchenko. Great Travelers
• E. Ilyina. fourth height
• V. Kataev. son of the regiment
• V. Krapivin. Magic carpet
• V. Krapivin. The side where the wind
• Y. Koval. Adventures of Vasya Kurolesov.
• L.I. Lagin. Old Man Hottabych
• V. Medvedev. Barankin, be a man!
• S.Ya. Marshak. Twelve months
• N. Nosov. Vitya Maleev at school and at home
• V. Nestaiko. The Adventures of Robinson Corn
• V. Oseeva. Vasek Tu.e.chev and his comrades
• K. Paustovsky. thief cat
• M. Prishvin. pantry of the sun
• A. Platonov. magic ring
• Y. Tomin. A magician walked through the city
• E. Uspensky. Warranty men: a fairy tale
• H.K. Andersen. Nightingale
• V. Gauf. Little Longnose
• V. Gauf. Cold heart
• Ernest D’Herville. Adventures of a prehistoric boy
• Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland
• R. Kipling. The cat that walked by itself
• Astrid Lindgren. Kid and Carlson, who lives on the roof
• Astrid Lindgren. Adventures of Kalle Blumkvist
• Jan Larry. Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali
• Gianni Rodari. Gelsomino in the Land of Liars
• Gianni Rodari. Tales on the phone
• Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• E. Seton-Thompson. Stories about animals
• J. R. R. Tolkien. hobbit
• Oscar Wilde. Nightingale and Rose
• N. Kuhn Legends. And the myths of ancient Greece
• M. Mathieu. Egyptian Boy’s Day. Kari is an artist’s apprentice. clay envelope
• S. Pokrovsky. mammoth hunters
• The life of famous children

Age 12 years

• E. Temkin, V. Erman. Myths of Ancient India
• A.N. Afanasiev. Myths of the ancient Slavs
• Bible in paraphrase for children
• N.V. Gogol. Christmas Eve
• V. Korolenko. blind musician
• N. Leskov. The man on the clock. stories
• N. Leskov. Lefty
• N. Nekrasov. Railway
• A.S. Pushkin. Dubrovsky
• A.S. Pushkin. Tales of Belkin
• L. Tolstoy. Hadji Murad
• I. Turgenev. Bezhin meadow
• A.P. Chekhov. Thick and thin
• A.P. Chekhov. intruder
• V. Astafiev. Horse with pink mane
• V. Astafiev. A photo that doesn’t include me.
• A. Aleksin. Call and come!
• A. Aleksin. Sasha and Shura
• K. Bulychev. A million adventures
• A. Green. Scarlet Sails
• V. Zheleznikov. Scarecrow
• V. Zheleznikov. Freak from the sixth «B»
• M. Zoshchenko. Stories for children
• Fazil Iskander. The thirteenth labor of Hercules
• V. Kataev. Lonely sail whitens
• V. Krapivin. Boy with a sword
• V. Krapivin. Brother who is seven
• A.S. Nekrasov. Adventures of Captain Vrungel
• Y. Nagibin. old turtle
• Y. Olesha. three fat men
• K. Paustovsky. Meshcherskaya side
• G. Pocheptsov. golden ball
• V. Rasputin. French lessons
• A. Rybakov. Dirk
• A. Rybakov. bronze bird
• G.N. Troepolsky. White Bim Black Ear. Tale
• V. Tychinin. Holidays on wheels
• V. Shukshin. cut off
• 1000 and one night
• The legend of Robin Hood
• Ray Bradbury. All summer in one day
• Jules Verne. Mysterious Island
• O.Henry. The leader of the Redskins. stories
• D. Defoe. Robinson Crusoe
• Gerald Durrell. My family and other animals
• Arthur Conan Doyle. blue carbuncle
• Arthur Conan Doyle. Hunchback
• Jack London. stories
• Prosper Merimee. Matteo Falcone
• J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
• Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island
• M. Twain. Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• M. Twain. Prince and the Pauper

Age 13 years

• L. Kassil. Conduit and Shvambrania
• L. Kassil. Great Confrontation
• V. Kaverin. Two captains.
• V. Krapivin. Poplar cu
• V. Krapivin. blue flamingo babies
• Y. Nagibin. Echo
• V. Obruchev. Sannikov’s land
• R. Pogodin. How much is the debt
• G. Belykh, L. Panteleev. Republic of SHKID
• Yu. Tynyanov. Pushkin
• R. Fraerman. Wild Dog Dingo, or The Tale of First Love
• N. Chukovsky. Frigate drivers
• Ray Bradbury. Rust
• Jules Verne. twenty thousand leagues under the sea
• Charles Dickens. The Adventures of Oliver Twist
• Alexandr Duma. Three Musketeers
• James Fenimore Cooper. St. John’s wort, or the First Warpath
• James Aldridge. Shark cage
• Elinor Porter. Pollyanna
• Reid M. Headless Horseman
• Walter Scott. Ivanhoe
• Herbert Wells. Invisible Man
• Henry Rider Haggard. Daughter of Montezuma. King Solomon’s Mines