3. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
This is unquestionably one of those books that everyone must read at least once in their lifetime. It will keep you laughing from beginning to end and according to author of the Ivy + Bean series, Annie Barrows, she agrees. “When I was 5 and my sister was 7, I didn’t know how to read. I watched as she lay on the couch, giggling and refusing to tell me why. I sulked and vowed that my future would hold the paradise of reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, by Betty MacDonald (ages 8 to 12), on the couch. It did.”