 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Buy new: $14.29 / Used from: $0.01 Carle's art has inspired a whole generation...
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 | Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books) by Crockett Johnson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.54 ...and this book has healthily warped the minds of several!
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 | The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.67 what a wonderful book! where do I start?
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 | A Hole Is to Dig by Ruth Krauss
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.99 The inventiveness of this book gets clearer on multiple readings. The language may be more UK- than US- based; try reading it anyway! & Where the Wild Things Are, Little Bear, + Nutshell Library!
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 | Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. Williams
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Delicious drawings (didn't know colored markers could be used virtuosically) of a girl who wants to make a difference.
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 | The Lorax (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.75 Seuss sounds a clarion call in this one to work against rampant consumerism... And it's fun to read, too! Get this and the Yertle the Turtle anthology for a good start.
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 | The Empty Pot (An Owlet Book) by Demi
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $0.01 A good message about honesty in a lovely book...
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 | How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship (Carolrhoda Picture Books) by Barbara Knutson
Buy used from: $0.01 Friendships are helpful! An inspiring Swahili folk tale (in English) with neato-keen scratchboard art. Check It Out.
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 | A is for Salad (Picture Puffins) by Mike Lester
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.96 Mwah-ha-hah! Any clever niece or nephew who's learned the alphabet should have the chance to play with this book.
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 | Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Buy new: $17.89 / Used from: $1.38 How many times have I read this book? Leo looks a little trippy at first, but the inventiveness and detail of the artwork will draw you in...
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 | I Am An Artist by Pat Lowery Collins
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $3.60 Good introduction to close observation. Read the reviews...
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 | Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.24 Faith Ringgold's folk art is fantastic, and the (I think autobiog) narrative matches it for inventiveness... a soaring-imagination story (literally =-).
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 | Wild Horse Winter by Tetsuya Honda
Buy used from: $3.76 Compelling story and simply stunning artwork!
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 | Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.99 Mmmmm.... dusk and dawn.
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 | Moon Lake by Ivan Gantschev
Buy used from: $38.88 Nice use of silver foil...
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 | Peter's Painting by Sally Moss
Buy used from: $0.01 This book is fantastic, and they should re-issue it so that more people can afford to buy it!
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 | Moonlit Journey by Peter O'Donnell
Buy used from: $22.22 I haven't read this one, but from looking at a few pages, I do love the artwork...
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 | Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 All of Goble's artwork is gorgeous.
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 | The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Buy used from: $12.41 Do read the reviews if you're not sure comfortable with re-introducing this story. I think they did a gorgeous job, and so does Henry Louis Gates Jr., but not everyone will like it.
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 | This is My Hair by Todd Parr
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.53 A good laughing-out-loud book.
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 | Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 An inspiring, make-the-world-better book about a real woman who did!
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 | Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $9.24 Somewhat obnoxious and highly enjoyable book. My mother saw this and had to give it to me... and yes I was over 20 by then!
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 | The Paper Bag Princess (Classic Munsch) by Robert N. Munsch
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.35 Slightly more literal, less obnoxious, and also a good one to turn rescue myths on their ear.
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 | The Friend by Sarah Stewart
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 Serious and worth savoring. Some reviewers carp about the plot choices, when it's based on the author's own life!
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 | Tasty Baby Belly Buttons by Judy Sierra
Buy new: $13.26 / Used from: $0.08 Japanese folktale of a brave girl who rescues children... inventive artwork, begs to be read aloud!
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