One of the keys to getting boys to read is to find books, magazines and newspapers that interest them.

There are many book lists on the Internet. One that comes highly recommended by many people, including Susan Claus, a librarian at Northland Public Library in Ross, is www.guysread.com. It was founded by Jon Scieszka, who is the author of popular children's books, including "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales."

Here are some of his picks:

For Young Guys

"Cars That Go and Things That Go" by Richard Scarry

"The Stupids" by Harry Allard

"Frog and Toad" books by Arnold Lobel

For Middle Guys

"A series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket

"The Day My Butt Went Psycho" by Andy Griffiths

"Sideways Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar

For Older Guys

"The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury

"Oddballs" by William Sleator

Redwall books by Brian Jacques

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh "Children's Choices" page offers multiple lists, which you can see at www.clpgh.org/kids/booknook/topicbooklists/

Those lists include:

Children's classics of the 20th century

"Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown

"Curious George" by H. A. Rey

"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak

Destined to be classics

"Love That Dog" by Sharon Creech

"Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo

"Officer Buckle and Gloria" by Peggy Rathmann

"Holes" by Louis Sachar

One of lists at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh entices by saying, "If you like Harry Potter, you'll love these." Here are just some of those suggestions:

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

"So You Want to be a Wizard" by Diane Duane

"Chronicles of Narnia" by C. S. Lewis

"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle