While it may be tempting to just park your kid in front of the TV and focus on your work, it’s always a good idea to incorporate some reading in their free time. Here are some books that your kids will enjoy reading while learning from home.

Ages 4 to 8

• "The Chicken of the Family," by Mary Amato
• "The Day the Crayons Quit," by Drew Daywalt
• “Dragons Love Tacos,” by Adam Rubin
• "The Empty Pot," by Demi
• "The Giving Tree," by Shel Silverstein
• "The Gruffalo," by Julia Donaldson
• "The Hello, Goodbye Window," by Norton Juste
• "Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time," by James Howe
• "Miss Rumphius," by Barbara Cooney
• “When I Grow Up,” by "Weird Al" Yankovic

Ages 9 to 13

• "All-of-a-Kind Family," by Sydney Taylor
• "Because of Winn-Dixie," by Kate DiCamillo
• "Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life," by Rachel Renee Russell
• "Esperanza Rising," by Pam Munoz Ryan
• "From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler," by E.L. Konigsburg
• "Sideways Stories from Wayside School," by Louis Sachar
• "The People in Pineapple Place," by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• "Travel Team," by Mike Lupica

Ages 14 and up

• "All American Boys," by Jason Reynolds
• "An Absolutely Remarkable Thing," by Hank Green
• "Every Day," by David Levithan
• "Fangirl," by Rainbow Rowell
• "Most Likely," by Sarah Watson
• "Prep," by Curtis Sittenfeld
• "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda," by Becky Albertalli
• "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," by Sherman Alexie
• "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," by Stephen Chbosky
• "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," by Jenny Han
• "Turtles All the Way Down," by John Green