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Geek Dad Read to Your Kids List

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Members: 4 participating members
ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, cej1027, hipdeep

Rank Title Author Added

1

Frog and Toad Are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

9,912 members

256 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

2

by Peggy Parish

7,119 members

204 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Winnie-the-Pooh

12,849 members

199 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

463 members

10 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

5

6,381 members

90 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Else Holmelund Minarik

6,705 members

63 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,768 members

419 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Clifford the Big Red Dog

by Norman Bridwell

4,266 members

70 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Green Eggs and Ham

21,579 members

695 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Arnold Lobel

3,344 members

43 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

10,652 members

164 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

22,750 members

323 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

24,907 members

1,426 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, cej1027

14

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

13,662 members

538 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

15

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

24,006 members

435 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

16

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

37,811 members

933 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

17

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak

2,741 members

117 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

18

James and the Giant Peach

18,865 members

351 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

19

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,379 members

75 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

8,601 members

55 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

8,327 members

270 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

22

297 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

23

8,388 members

301 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027,ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Mouse and His Child

by Russell Hoban

1,018 members

28 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

Henry and Mudge: The First Book

by Cynthia Rylant

3,461 members

44 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

26

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

6,838 members

126 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

27

8,019 members

121 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

28

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

15,508 members

270 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

29

The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

17,997 members

997 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

30

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

15,211 members

457 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

31

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

by Kate DiCamillo

7,220 members

257 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Big Orange Splot

by D. Manus Pinkwater

1,226 members

29 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

33

14,111 members

139 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

34

A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

10,343 members

201 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

35

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Books 1-3)

by Rick Riordan

794 members

20 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

36

Falling Up: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

7,575 members

199 reviews

4.2

Member: cej1027

37

The House of Dies Drear

by Virginia Hamilton

1,494 members

16 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

38

Every Thing On It

by Shel Silverstein

1,440 members

78 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: cej1027

39

Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic

by Emily Jenkins

717 members

51 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

9,348 members

658 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Paul Stewart

405 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

42

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone [unknown editions]

by J. K. Rowling

350 members

2 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, merrystar,ManWithAnAgenda

43

by Paul Stewart

241 members

2 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

44

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

12,695 members

693 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

45

by Paul Stewart

210 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

46

The Graveyard Book

21,310 members

1,238 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

47

19,335 members

672 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Louis Sachar

22,420 members

940 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Complete Little House Nine-Book Set

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

4,409 members

52 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: hipdeep,ManWithAnAgenda

50

The Chronicles of Narnia

34,325 members

298 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar,ManWithAnAgenda

51

Charlotte's Web

34,839 members

1,004 reviews

4.2

52

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,394 members

524 reviews

½ 4.3

53

6,466 members

174 reviews

3.8

54

Peter and the Starcatchers

5,693 members

157 reviews

4

55

The Railway Children

5,573 members

77 reviews

3.9

56

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

by Jeanne Birdsall

5,221 members

184 reviews

4.1

57

Tikki Tikki Tembo

by Arlene Mosel

4,685 members

147 reviews

4

58

by Edward Eager

4,091 members

84 reviews

4

59

3,831 members

64 reviews

3.9

60

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

3,743 members

226 reviews

½ 4.3

61

3,198 members

198 reviews

4

62

3,181 members

49 reviews

3.9

63

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

by Walter Moers

2,771 members

79 reviews

4.1

64

2,480 members

46 reviews

4

65

1,769 members

33 reviews

4

66

Magic by the Lake

by Edward Eager

1,510 members

20 reviews

4

67

The Cartoon History of the Universe I, Volumes 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great

by Larry Gonick

1,305 members

17 reviews

4.2

68

1,219 members

33 reviews

4.1

69

The Search for WondLa

by Tony DiTerlizzi

1,076 members

70 reviews

3.9

70

The Cartoon History of the Universe II, Volumes 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome

by Larry Gonick

856 members

5 reviews

4.2

71

810 members

21 reviews

4.2

72

The Silver Crown

by Robert C. O'Brien

732 members

13 reviews

3.9

73

Shredderman: Secret Identity

by Wendelin Van Draanen

668 members

19 reviews

3.9

74

The Mad Scientists' Club

by Bertrand R. Brinley

589 members

9 reviews

4.2

75

Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4)

by Barbara Park

464 members

19 reviews

4.1

76

Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine

by Jay Williams

416 members

3 reviews

3.8

77

A Whole Nother Story

by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

391 members

25 reviews

4.1

78

Another Whole Nother Story

by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

116 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

79

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

10,864 members

169 reviews

3.9

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Started: cej1027
February 2014
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