Book Collection reviews from Reddit

"Dr. Seuss for sure. It will give your grandchild a great head start in phonics."

"I would start with Dr. Souse and Shel Silverstein."

"Dr. Seuss classics- Cat in the Hat; One Fish Two Fish."

"All the classics, Dr.Seuss, Roald Dahl"

"Dr. Seuss, Curious George, the original Paddington bear series."

"Anything and everything Dr. Seuss!!!"

"Any Dr. Seuss if you want to feel like you’re singing a book to your kids."

"Go Dog Go and the other good Dr. Seuss"

"Go Dog Go and all Dr. Seuss books."

"Everything by Sandra Boynton!"

"All Sandra Boynton! Our favourites were ‘Moo, Baa, La La La’, ‘Snuggle Puppy’."

"But not the hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton."

"The Going to Bed Book and The Belly Button book (pretty much all Sandra Boynton books)."

"Most anything by Sandra Boynton"

"Editing to add SANDRA BOYTON! Especially Snuggle Puppy and Pajama Time."

"Hippos Go Berserk by Sandra Boynton."

"All the Sondra Boynton books. My four kids loved them."

"Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton is adorable."

"Anything and everything, Robert Munsch."

"Robert Munch is always a good choice, specifically The Paper Bag Princess."

"Anything by Robert Munsch!"

"You can't go wrong with Robert Munsch!"

"The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch."

"Love You Forever by Robert Munsch"

"Love You Forever is his most famous book and it's very touching."

"Love You Forever by Robert Munsch ❤️."

"Any and all of Eric Carle’s picture books are still amongst the best out there for babies-toddlers."

"Polar bear, polar bear (most Eric Carle books honestly)."

"Everything Eric Carl and Doctor Seuss"

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle"

"All the Eric Carle books."

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle."

"Don't let the pigeon drive the bus - Mo Willems."

"Elephant and Piggie - Mo Willems."

"Snugglepuppy, Llama Llama Red Pajama, and anything and everything by MO Willems!"

"The **Elephant and Piggie** books by Mo Willems."

"Mo Willems books"

"The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog and the rest of that series are classics."

"A box set of Beatrix Potter."

"All the beatrix potter books🥺"

"Beatrix Potter."

"Beatrix Potter books 🐭"

"The Moonins and Beatrix Potter."

"Goodnight Moon, Beatrix Potter collection and Paddington Bear were all books gathered for our nephew recently."

"The Little Star by Mem Fox. It’s beautiful."

"Possum magic by mem fox!"

"Possum Magic by Mem Fox. In fact, anything by Mem Fox."

"Time for Bed by Mem Fox is a really beautifully illustrated classic that I don't see people grabbing as their first pick right away!"

"Edited to add: Time for Bed by Mem Fox."

"Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney."

"I typically buy them Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney."

"Guess how much i love you sam mcbratney"

"My absolute favourite childhood book is Guess How Much I Love You."

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"It has an absolutely beautiful design, is clearly very well made."

"It was only $0.99 on Amazon."

"I think I will go for 'The HP Lovecraft Collection'."

"The Mitten- Jan Brett."

"Great simple stories that are beautifully illustrated."

"Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett."

"*Corduroy* by Don Freeman."

"And Corduroy!"

"Corduroy by Don Freeman."

"Bill Peet books Mr. Wuffles"

"Anything by Bill Peet, not read them all but have yet to come across a bad one."

"He’s so underrated and was instrumental in creating the look of so many Disney movies."

"Oh yes Anything by Maurice Sendak. RIP. I loved your stuff so much. The Snowman by Raymond Briggs. The Father Christmas books are good too. Fungus the Bogeyman is for older kids, it’s absolutely marvelous. Some of the others are at least YA. Like When the Wind Blows. Older kids ( or read to younger ones): the Wind in the Willows."

"Where the Wild Things Are."

"Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak."

"Stuck by Oliver Jeffers. I love this book so much."

"Oliver Jeffers books Especially: Lost and Found"

"[Stuck by Oliver Jeffers] it is my favorite picture book."

"The Snowy Day."

"The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats."

"A Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats."

"Look up Dolly Parton’s “Imagination Library”."

"The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is a great resource."

"Doreen Cronin books- Click Clack Moo Diary of A Worm."

""Click, Clack, Moo. Cows That Type" is one of our favorites!"

"Drew Daywalt books -The Day the Crayons Quit."

"The Day the Crayons Quit! My kids have loved this book for years."

"My kids all loved the Hairy Maclairy books when they were little."

"In NZ it’s almost compulsory to give kids the Hairy MacLary sets."

"I love reading the snail and the whale, Julia Donaldson to my toddler."

"The Gruffalo, I Give You The World, and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom are big hits with my toddlers."

"Little blue truck series and Giraffes can’t dance!"

"8 Little Planets, Little Blue Truck, On the Night you were Born, and Harold and the Purple Crayon are probably our standout favorites."

"Blueberries for Sal 💙"

"Blueberries for Sal"

"Richard Scarry."

"I buy Richard Scarrys Best Story Book Ever for every single baby shower I attend."

"I am slowly purchasing Tomie de Paola and Jan Brett books."

"Strega Nona."

"If you give a mouse a cookie - Laura Numeroff."

"If you give a mouse a cookie. One of my all time faves."

"I would recommend Timothy Snyder's books. He is a historian, a specialist in the history of Eastern Europe."

"And this is the first book of this author I read. I really liked it."

"My grandma gifted me Shel Silverstein’s entire collection over the years. She started with The Giving Tree :)"

"I recently picked up a special edition of “Where the Sidewalk Ends” and it’s a nostalgic treat."

"Press Here by Herve Tullet, Are You My Mother by PD Eastman, If You Give A Mouse a Cookie series."

"It's one of the more creative books and less of a story."

"My favorite is Harold and the Purple Crayon."

"Harold and the Purple Crayon."

"**Its OK To Be Different** by Todd Parr."

"Most anything by Todd Parr"

"The **Little Critter** books."

"Also, I grew up on the Little Critter books and now my son is getting into them too!"

"Perhaps "Song of Myself" or "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman."

"Perhaps "Song of Myself" or "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman."

"I'll check out Blackthorne and Gallery of Magick."

"I've been focussing on the Gallery of Magick stuff as well as the linked Angel Magick series by Adam Blackthorne books."

"“Milk and Cookies” a Frank Asch Bear book ❤️"

"THE OTHER BOY by M.G. Hennessey."

"You have to read it animated!!"

"Harry the dirty dog series are wonderful"

"The Bubba & Beau books are cute, short stories of a baby and his best friend doggy."

"Horse meets Dog and Snappsy the Alligator(and its sequel) are both hilarious."

"Duck & Goose were some of my kids favorites!"

"Ariana Reines, The Cow"

"Bukowski, Charles. Play the piano drunk like a percussion instrument"

"“Jabberwalking” is another great one by Juan Felipe Herrera."

"Stephane Mallarme. Collected Poems and other verse."

"Some eclectic favorites: Langston Hughes. Collected Poems of"

"All the Curious George books!"

"The Sheep series by Nancy E. Shaw."

"It’s a really nice volume! OP, this set is fantastic. The books are beautiful and the annotations are illuminating."

"Had to hunt around as some (like Blood Rites) were extremely pricey."

"Most libraries have tons of great children's books, too - board books and picture books!"

"If you like fantasy, there's a feminist series by CS Friedman called The Magister series, starting with Feast of Souls."

"Just buy two of them, and gift one to yourself as well."

"1. A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn"

"‘Bear Snores On’ was my daughter’s favorite."

"The Gruffalo."

"5. A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid"

"[The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/283676.The_Story_of_the_Little_Mole_Who_Went_in_Search_of_Whodunit)"

"Our son read it to us at age 3"

"The toddlers in my life love Mother Bruce."

"Goodnight Moon, the Duck and Goose books."

"Love the intricacies of the illustration."

"Reading it animated is so much fun :)"

"Runaway Bunny."

"Well, for fiction, check out Primary Colors."

"George by Alex Gino."

"I love getting Hardcovers for standalones or trilogies."

"If you don't live in America, I'd say they're the best option."

"The Winnie the Pooh books (Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner)."

"Where's My Cow- Terry Pratchett is my favorite author."

"Tiki Tiki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, kids are always fascinated."

"It is by far my (now adult) son's favorite childhood book."

"I found books on How Stuff Works very insightful."

"I have a 2nd and Charles near where I live, and the books are only about $2.50 each used."

"I have the annotated SH, but I don't know if it's out of print."

"Requiem For a Dream is also really good, different from the mov"

"The breakbeat poets"

"While not as complete, the out-of-print Castle Books’ 'The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes' contains facsimile-reproductions."

"An Italian book about the circle of life called Knam Knam!"

"Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought by Jonathan Rauch"

"Philosophy: Nixon’s Ten Commandments of Statecraft by James Humes"

"I've seen sets of 3 or 4 you can usually find in a Barns and Noble pretty easily for bulk collecting."

"Hubert Selby Jr's Last Exit to Brooklyn. An underappreciated classic."

"King's Gunslinger series gets better the deeper you go."

"Rendezvous with Destiny by Craig Shirley ( 1980 election and the rise of Reagan)"

"Fiction: Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel"

"The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies by Bryan Caplan"

"The Poverty of the Poverty Rate: Measure and Mismeasure of Material Deprivation in Modern America by Nicholas Eberstadt"

"The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey by Michael Huemer"

"Political History: What it Takes by Richard Ben Cramer ( 1992 election)"

"From Borges, go get Lost in the Funhouse by John Barth."