Tasman District Library has the following titles to entice reading:

For the youngest:

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
  
• Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? - Martin Waddell
  
• Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy - Lynley Dodd
  
• Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak

For those starting school:

• Willy the Champ - Anthony Browne
  
• Wombat Divine - Mem Fox
  
• Wiggle - Doreen Cronin
  
• Kiss Kiss Yuck Yuck - Kyle Mewburn
  
• How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? - Jane Yolen
  
• Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer - Lloyd Jones
  
• Tough Lester - Nette Hilton
  
• Nobody’s Dog - Jennifer Beck

For those stories being read to:

• Charlotte’s Web -E B White
  
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C S Lewis
  
• The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams

For those starting to read on their own:

• Bob the Builder and the Elves - Emily Rodda
  
• Aussie Bites series
  
• Kiwi Bites series
  
• Time Warp Trio series - Jon Scieszka
  
• Encyclopedia Brown series - Arnold Sobol
  
• Fantastic Mr Fox - Roald Dahl
  
• My Uncle Wal the Werewolf - Jackie French
  
• Cabbage Patch series - Paul Jennings
  
• Captain Underpants series - Dav Pilkey

For those in later primary school:

• Harry Potter series - J K Rowling
  
• Dirtbikes - Wendy Orr
  
• The Giver - Lois Lowry
  
• Hatchet series - Gary Paulsen
  
• Redwall series - Brian Jacques
  
• Asterix series - Goscinny and Uderzo
  
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
  
• Holes - Louis Sachar
  
• My Story series
  
• Photographs in the Mud - Dianne Wolfer
  
• Chronicles of Prydain series - Lloyd Alexander
  
• Just … series - Andy Griffiths
  
• Joey Pigza series - Jack Gantos
  
• The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

For those in secondary school:

• Tomorrow When the War Began series - John Marsden
  
• Dark Materials series - Philip Pullman
  
• Running Dogs - Ken Catran
  
• The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier
  
• The Tent - Gary Paulsen
  
• Eagle Strike - Anthony Horowitz
  
• POSSUMS2U - Vince Ford
  
• See Ya, Simon - David Hill
  
• The Lord of the Rings series - J R R Tolkien

For those who enjoy reading adult books:

• Contact - Carl Sagan
  
• The Eagle Has Landed - Jack Higgins
  
• The Chamber - John Grisham
  
• Clear and Present Danger - Tom Clancy
  
• Kay Scarpetta series - Patricia Cornwell
  
• Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum

For those who enjoy nonfiction:

• Guinness Book of Records
  
• Horrible Histories series - Terry Deary
  
• I Spy series - Jean Marzollo
  
• Dorling Kindersley’s Eyewitness Guides series
  
• Cross-Sections series - Stephen Biesty
  
• Amazing Maths and Science Puzzles - Paul Holper and Simon Torok
  
• See Inside Your Body - Katie Daynes
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide - Richard Platt
  
• Winging It: The Adventures of Tim Wallis Neville Peat
  
• Sam Stern’s Cooking Up a Storm - Sam Stern
  
• 100 Things Guys Need to Know - Bill Zimmerman
  
• XY: A Toolkit for Life - Matt Whyman


At whatever level your boy comes in reading, it is good to remember this advice from one young lad in Golden Bay, “The book is always better than the movie.”