Books that Touch Your Heart

Life can be hard. A good book can be warm and inviting. Are you looking for a book to share with your child that highlights friendship and kindness? Books that warm your heart. Books that inspire love for others. Isn’t it nice when life gets hard, you can escape into a book?

I’d love to hear your suggestions of books that have a message about the importance of love, friendship, and family too! Here are some of my favorite heart warming books. Some may be new to you, some are classics, but they are all treasures!

Picture Books that Touch Your Heart

All the World by Liz Scanlon

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

Koala Lou by Mem Fox

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton

No Matter What (Send-A-Story) by Debi Gliori

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch (paperback) by Eileen Spineli

Someday by Alison McGhee

Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Palaco

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman

You Are Special by Max Lucado

You Are My Work of Art by Sue DiCicco

Chapter Books that Touch Your Heart

Note: Please respect your child’s emotional maturity. If your child is reading at a higher grade level, the content needs to be reviewed for social and emotional issues. Click here for sites that review books for kids. The grade level listed next to each book is not the reading level, it is an approximate target age for emotional maturity.

The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set by L.M. Montgomery (3rd grade)

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (3rd grade)

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (1st grade)

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (4th grade)

Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel (Preschool/Kindergarten)

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak (7th grade)

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (3rd grade)

Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (3rd grade)

The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo (3rd grade)

To Kills a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (7th grade +)