nostalgia (n): a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past.
The beauty of a good children’s book is that you can read it back at different stages of your life and learn something new the older you get.
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
- The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Curious George by Margaret Rey and H.A. Rey
- Berenstain Bears by Jan Berenstain and Stan Berenstain
- George and Martha by James Marshall
- Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
- Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
- Pinkalicious by Victoria Kaan
- Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
- The kids’ Bible
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy
- The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
- Willie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
- Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Bad David by David Shannon
- Dr. Seuss books
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- Geronimo Stilton by Elisabetta Dami
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Good Night Dinosaur by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper
- Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Stop that Pickle by Peter Armour
- Aphrodite: Goddess of Love by George O’Connor
- Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
- Mr. Pine’s Purple House by Leonard Kessler
- Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss
- The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
- Lola at the Library
- Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- There’s a Woket in my Pocket by Dr. Seuss
- Pinkalicious by Victoria Kaan
- Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- Stregga Nona by Tomie dePaola
- Spy Academy by Tracey West
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Hatchet by Gary Paulson
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- Dick and Jane by William S. Gray
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- “It was about a guy who was trying to move his tractor through a road. These animals were blocking the street. I remember it, because we made a joke about his persona being similar to my uncle. That’s why I remember it.”
- Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
- The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
- Dick and Jane by William S. Gray
- Dr. Seuss books
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
