 | The Gingerbread Man by Catherine Mccafferty
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.97 This story fascinated him & we read it over & over & over...
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 | Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.86 Always fun to read! Both of my children have enjoyed this story, and we got to see a play version of it at Adventure Theatre (Glen Echo).
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 | George and Martha by James Marshall
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.01 The George & Martha stories are fabulous because they never annoy me, and they're simple enough that kids can learn how to read on them.
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 | Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.25 |
 | Puss in Boots (Sunburst Book) by Charles Perrault
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.78 Awesome illustrations
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 | Usborne Children's Picture Atlas by Ruth Brocklehurst
Buy used from: $9.87 My son's really into geography, and this was a great starting point for him.
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 | Little Bear Boxed Set: Little Bear, Father Bear Comes Home, and Little Bear's Visit by Else Holmelund Minarik
Buy new: $8.61 / Used from: $4.85 My kids have both read & watched Little Bear. Lovely stories, great to learn to read on.
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 | The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set (I Can Read Book 2) by Arnold Lobel
Buy new: $8.63 / Used from: $6.70 I adore Frog & Toad, and so have my kids.
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 | Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant
Buy new: $11.51 / Used from: $5.55 My son loved all of these books.
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 | The Paper Crane (Reading Rainbow Book) by Molly Bang
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.87 A cool story, he read dug it.
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 | Little Stone Buddha by K. T. Hao
Buy used from: $5.98 Both of my kids love this book.
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 | The Paper Dragon by Marguerite W. Davol
Buy new: $17.12 / Used from: $0.51 Beautiful illustrations.
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 | Happy New Year! / Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'ai! by DEMI DEMI
Buy used from: $2.37 We lived in China for 2 1/2 years when I was an ESL teacher. Both of my kids love this book, and we pull it out every year around Chinese New Year. My son is also interested in the Chinese astrology explanations in this book.
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 | Zen Shorts (Collector's Edition) (Zen) by Jon J Muth
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $4.86 Why not throw a little Buddhist philosophy in early in life?
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 | Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne
Buy new: $9.33 / Used from: $6.53 All of the Magic Tree House books are great. My son learned how to read on these, and we have the first 20-something.
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 | Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Collection (Books 1-4) by Dav Pilkey
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.25 Anything by Pilkey is fabulous! It's all funny and captivating.
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 | The New Captain Underpants Collection (Books 1-5) by Dav Pilkey
Buy new: $13.47 / Used from: $11.54 |
 | Monkey King by Ed Young
Buy used from: $4.96 A really great version of the Monkey King, simplified enough for young ones to get it. This one in particular also has awesome illustrations.
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 | Cat and Rat: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac (An Owlet Book) by Ed Young
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.98 Cool illustrations, nicely explained story.
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 | Geronimo Stilton Adventurer's Boxed Set by Scholastic
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $18.74 My son loves adventures & mysteries, so this fit in well with his tastes.
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 | The Jolly Postman - (1st Edition) by Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Always cute!
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 | Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems (Caldecott Honor Book, BCCB Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award) by Joyce Sidman
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.74 My parents have a pond in their backyard, and so this book appeals to both of my kids.
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 | Greek Myths for Young Children (Stories for Young Children)
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $11.75 I started reading this to my son when he was 6. Perfect age for it. He was very interested in the stories, and asks to re-read it from time to time.
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 | The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Buy used from: $8.84 I love this story, and my son did too.
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 | Knights & Castles (Time Traveler) by Judy Hindley
Buy used from: $2.98 All of the Usborne historical & scientific books for kids are great. The books are full of details & they can sit & read & learn a billion & one random facts. As my son is really into nonfiction, we've collected a bunch of these.
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 | Who Were the Vikings Internet-Linked (Starting Point History) by Jane Chisholm
Buy used from: $4.60 |
 | Egyptology by Ian Andrew
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $0.47 He has all of the -ology books, given to him as gifts by members of our family. Fun for him to read on his own.
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 | The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Space by Paul Dowswell
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.99 |
 | The Usborne Internet-Linked First Encyclopedia of Science by Rachel Firth
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.73 |
 | The Blind Men and the Elephant (Hello Reader!, Level 3, Grades 1&2) by Karen Backstein
Buy new: $3.99 / Used from: $0.01 I'm a fan of this story, and my son liked it too.
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 | The Spiderwick Chronicles (Boxed Set): The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgrath by Holly Black
Buy new: $29.24 / Used from: $21.96 Great fun to read! I had never read them before, and enjoyed reading them to my son.
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 | Scholastic Pocket U.S. Atlas (Pocket Atlas) by Scholastic
Buy new: $1.80 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy Maestro
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.25 A nice explanation of the basics. As we had the presidential election going on during my son's 1st Grade year, a lot of American history stories & ideas were floating around his classroom & our home.
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 | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 I adore Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and both of my kids have too.
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 | Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Watterson
Buy new: $7.91 / Used from: $0.01 My son is super into Calvin & Hobbes. He has about 5 them thus far. Great for road trips!
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 | What's Your Sign? A Cosmic Guide for Young Astrologers by Madalyn Aslan
Buy used from: $4.07 My son finds this to be interesting, and has fun figuring who he knows is which sign & then reading about their general personalities.
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 | THE HOBBIT: GRAPHIC NOVEL by J. R. R. Tolkien
Buy used from: $5.00 I love the Hobbit, and both of my kids have too.
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 | Rama and Sita: A Tale from Ancient Java by David Weitzman
Buy used from: $30.00 Very cool illustrations, made to look like Javanese shadow puppets. Also a great version of this story. It's a long read, so we just do it on a night when the kids have managed to get ready for bed early or on time (gasp).
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