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Perfect Books for Story Time
Imaginative children's books to share with your kids.
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Corduroy
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The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
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Blueberries for Sal
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In the Night Kitchen
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The Story of Ferdinand
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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The Velveteen Rabbit
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The Very Busy Spider
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The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South
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Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)
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The Polar Express
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A Chair for My Mother
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
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Make Way for Ducklings
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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The Giving Tree
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4.38 avg rating — 1,215,537 ratings
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The Runaway Bunny
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Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1)
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4.28 avg rating — 146,551 ratings
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Duckling Gets a Cookie!?, The-Pigeon series (Pigeon, 5)
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4.39 avg rating — 12,548 ratings
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Stellaluna
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4.27 avg rating — 120,167 ratings
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Goodnight Moon
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4.32 avg rating — 390,785 ratings
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)
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Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
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Hop On Pop
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4.04 avg rating — 59,561 ratings
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Harriet the Spy
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3.95 avg rating — 100,461 ratings
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Animalia
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4.27 avg rating — 23,031 ratings
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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4.26 avg rating — 169,467 ratings
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The Complete Tales
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4.36 avg rating — 65,805 ratings
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Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
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4.26 avg rating — 7,182 ratings
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The Little Prince
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1-4)
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4.38 avg rating — 390,721 ratings
score: 174,
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The Lorax
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
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4.24 avg rating — 32,879 ratings
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Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
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Leo the Late Bloomer
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Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set
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4.28 avg rating — 697,267 ratings
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The Snow Queen
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3.74 avg rating — 18,459 ratings
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The Rough-Face Girl
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4.38 avg rating — 12,622 ratings
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A Little Princess
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4.23 avg rating — 321,395 ratings
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Owl at Home (I Can Read, Level 2)
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4.24 avg rating — 7,344 ratings
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Mouse Tales
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4.21 avg rating — 6,307 ratings
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Fables
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,032,464 ratings
score: 147,
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Days with Frog and Toad (An I Can Read Book)
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4.30 avg rating — 24,272 ratings
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The Legend of the Bluebonnet
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4.21 avg rating — 5,978 ratings
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Peter Pan
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4.03 avg rating — 369,768 ratings
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The Wizard of Oz: The First Five Novels
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4.17 avg rating — 1,370 ratings
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The Last Unicorn
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Peter B. Gillis (Adaptor)
4.34 avg rating — 9,590 ratings
score: 135,
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories
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4.26 avg rating — 36,735 ratings
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Strega Nona
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4.26 avg rating — 89,877 ratings
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The Snowman
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4.26 avg rating — 19,283 ratings
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Millions of Cats
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4.09 avg rating — 22,639 ratings
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Little Bear (Little Bear, #1)
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4.25 avg rating — 59,265 ratings
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James and the Giant Peach
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4.04 avg rating — 508,187 ratings
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Jumanji
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4.05 avg rating — 30,168 ratings
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Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 139,479 ratings
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Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
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3.84 avg rating — 89,695 ratings
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Ramona the Pest (Ramona, #2)
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4.08 avg rating — 67,349 ratings
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How Santa Changed
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Karl Steam (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
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BIG Plans For Tomorrow
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Carli Valentine (Goodreads Author)
4.76 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
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4.16 avg rating — 45,797 ratings
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,083,076 ratings
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Dorothea Duck and Her Little Companion
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Jennifer K. Lafferty (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Big Orange Splot
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4.40 avg rating — 2,845 ratings
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 127,269 ratings
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The Eleventh Hour
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The Sign of the Seahorse
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Cherries and Cherry Pits
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Abuela
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The Sneetches and Other Stories
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4.31 avg rating — 65,851 ratings
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
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3.67 avg rating — 118,648 ratings
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
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Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo
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Mercer Mayer (Illustrator)
4.53 avg rating — 447 ratings
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The Little Rabbit
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The Wind in the Willows
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The Tale of the Unicorn
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His Own Where
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Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales
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Revolting Rhymes
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Dr. Seuss's Classic Collection
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
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I Want My Hat Back
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4.35 avg rating — 34,869 ratings
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
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The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 11,896 ratings
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A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me: A Book of Nonsense Verse
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4.47 avg rating — 177 ratings
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The Real Mother Goose
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Noble-Hearted Kate
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Mona the Vampire
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3.69 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Bread and Jam for Frances
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Stories from Hans Christian Andersen
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
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The Missing Piece (The Missing Piece, #1)
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The Secret Garden
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Hilary Knight's Cinderella
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Eloise
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The Unicorn Sonata
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Peter S. Beagle (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
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The BFG
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Harry Potter Schoolbooks Box Set: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
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4.36 avg rating — 13,148 ratings
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