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Light One Little Candle is a national foundation bringing books to cancer centers for patients
to share with their children.  We have created a wish list to use as guidance in selecting
outstanding literature and picture books.  These books are excellent choices for reading aloud
to someone you love.  No doubt you have your own favorite story books as well.  Your local bookstore will be happy to help you select some of the best titles for children of all ages. 
We believe that the closeness of reading together will warm a heart with a lasting memory
and develop a life long love of reading.

To learn more about Light One Little Candle and how you can help visit our website:


 
                                                      Our Wish List
  Picture books for young children                          For older children

Amazing Grace ~ Hoffman                                         Amos and Boris ~ Steig         

Be Gentle ~ Miller                                                      Brave Irene ~ Steig

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom ~ Martin                           Betty Doll ~ Polacco

Corduroy ~ Freeman                                                 Ira Sleeps Over ~ Waber

George and Martha ~ Marshall                                   Martin’s Big Words ~ Rappaport

Goodnight Moon ~ Brown                                          Mr Peabody’s Apples ~ Madonna

I Love You Just The Way You Are ~ Miller                   The Polar Express ~ VanAllsburg

Madeline ~ Bemmelmans                                           Suki’s Kimono ~ Uegaki

The Mitten ~ Brett                                                     Velveteen Rabbit ~ Bianco     

Owl Babies ~ Waddell                                                 Zin, Zin, Zin, A Violin ~ Moss

Strega Nona ~ DePaola

The Snowy Day ~ Keats

The Very Busy Spider ~ Carle                                    Poetry

The Very Hungry Caterpillar ~ Carle                         Father, Mother, Sister, Brother ~                                                                                                                              Hoberman

You Can Do It Sammy ~ Hest                                  A Light in the Attic ~ Silverstein

Where The Wild Things Are ~ Sendak                       The Midnight Farm ~Lindbergh

                                                                               Side by Side, Poems to Read Together ~                                                                                                                                Hopkins

Chapter Books                                                      Where the Sidewalk Ends ~ Silverstein

Because of Winn-Dixie ~ DiCamillo                           You be Good and I’ll be Night ~ Merriam

Bridge to Teribithia ~ Patterson                                  

Eager ~ Fox

Esperanza Rising ~ Ryan                                           

Kensuke’s Kingdom ~ Morpurgo                               Folk and Fairy Tales

MVP ~ Evans                                                           The Seven Chinese Brothers ~ Mahy

Shakespeare’s Secret ~ Broach                                Snow White ~ Grimm

Tale of Desperaux ~ DiCamillo                                  Tikki Tikki Tembo ~ Mosel

The Homework Machine ~ Gutman                          The Ugly Duckling ~ Anderson

The Indian in the Cupboard ~ Banks                        You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You ~                                                                                                                              Hoberman

The Thief Lord ~ Funke                                                                                 

The Watsons go to Burmingham ~ Curtis

White Star a dog on the Titanic ~ Crisp

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