 | Baby's First Library (rpkg) by Margaret Wise Brown
Buy new: $16.30 / Used from: $10.30 This set includes THE classics for babies and young toddlers.
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 | Eric Carle's Very Little Library by Eric Carle
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $9.96 Modern classics that every little one should have in their library. This would make a beautiful gift.
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 | My Very First Library by Eric Carle
Buy new: $15.59 / Used from: $13.00 These are a little more advanced than the works in the other Eric Carle set.
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 | Curious George Four Board Book Set by H. A. Rey
Buy new: $11.70 / Used from: $4.90 Toddlers love Curious George. This set is more ABCs and 123s than the classic Curious George stories, but they will enjoy the character.
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 | Pooh Library original 4-volume set (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $15.00 This is more tof a keepsake gift that will look pretty on the shelf than one you will read your littlest ones every night, but they will obviously enjoy these works once their attention span catches up.
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 | Nutshell Library (Caldecott Collection) by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: $12.20 / Used from: $9.72 This set is very tiny and is probably best for older toddlers. I wish they had other Sendak sets, but his work is easily available in individual volumes.
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 | The Brown Bear & Friends Gift Set by Bill Martin Jr.
Buy used from: $74.99 Brown Bear, Brown Bear is a wonderful book for younger toddlers, with lots of repetition and large, simple illustrations. The other works in this set use the same model.
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 | Brown Bear & Friends Board Book Gift Set by Bill Martin Jr.
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $12.43 This board book set is an great value compared to the set included above in hardcover. This is one is actually more practical than the more expensive set, since the younger toddler is likely to end up gnawing on those nice, pretty books.
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 | Boynton's Greatest Hits: Volume 1 (Boynton, Sandra. Boynton Board Books.) by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $10.00 Sanda Boynton's works are hilarious and fun, and the perfect (short) length for busy parents.
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 | Boynton's Greatest Hits: Volume II (The Going to Bed Book, Horns to Toes, Opposites, But Not the Hippopotamus) by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $11.44 More funny books...
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 | Big Box of Boynton: Barnyard Dance! Pajama Time! Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $12.32 / Used from: $8.32 Even more funny Sanra Boynton works.
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 | Madeline's House by Ludwig Bemelmans
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $6.00 This is such a charming set of classic works for little girls. "And to the tiger in the zoo, Madeline just said 'pooh pooh."
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 | My First Learning Library (My 1st Board Books) by DK Publishing
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $4.92 These aren't stories, per se, like the others in this list, but obviously we all need the ABCs and 123s in our children's collections. The DK collection has their signature bright, bold illustrations and clean text.
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 | The World of Peter Rabbit Gift Box 1 (Books 1-12) (Potter) by Beatrix Potter
Buy new: $52.92 / Used from: $42.84 The big momma of classic children's works in a lovely gift set. Probably best read to preschoolers and up, but a gorgeous gift for new parents.
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 | The World of Peter Rabbit (The Original Peter Rabbit, Books 1-23, Presentation Box) by Beatrix Potter
Buy new: $100.80 / Used from: $113.83 And this must be the big grand-momma of classic children's. The cost would probably make this a great gift from the expectant or new grandparents.
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 | Miniature World of Peter Rabbit 12 copy Mini drawer R/I (Potter) by Beatrix Potter
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $9.63 A more affordable set of Peter Rabbit's works. I haven't seen it in person, but it seems like a lovely gift.
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