There was nothing like the comfort a book could give you as a child, whether it came from the words or the pictures. So here, for your nostalgic pleasure, are some of your childhood favorites.
1. Eloise by Kay Thompson
2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
3. Curious George by Margaret Rey and H.A. Rey
4. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
5. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
6. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
7. The Arthur Books by Marc Brown
8. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
9. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
10. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
11. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
12. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr
15. No, David! by David Shannon
16. The Mitten by Jan Brett
17. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
18. The Berenstain Bears' Books by Stand & Jan Berenstain
19. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
20. Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard
21. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
22. Corduroy by Don Freeman
23. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr
24. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
25. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
26. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
27. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
28. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
29. Any book by Robert Munsch
30. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
31. Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
32. The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
33. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
34. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
35. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
36. And lastly, Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
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