Below, we've rounded up some old favorites and newcomers in fiction, nonfiction — and all of the genres thereof — as well as a few children's books to read with your kids this month or add to ...

Donald J. Sobol’s “Encyclopedia Brown” books. The Berenstain Bears. Amelia Bedelia. The Boxcar Children. The Baby-Sitters Club. “I don’t think I would’ve read as much without the Book It!