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Cover of Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

4.2

1963

Cover of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book

Eric Carle

4.3

1969

Cover of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)

L. Frank Baum, W.W. Denslow

4.0

1900

Cover of Othello

Othello

William Shakespeare

3.9

1603

Cover of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond

4.2

1985

Cover of Madeline

Madeline

Ludwig Bemelmans

4.2

1939

Cover of The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame, Gillian Avery

4.0

1908

Cover of Guess How Much I Love You

Guess How Much I Love You

Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram

4.4

1988

Cover of The Complete Fairy Tales

The Complete Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen, Lily Owens, Arthur Rackham, Hans Richter

4.3

1835

Cover of Stellaluna

Stellaluna

Janell Cannon

4.2

1993

Cover of The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas

Clement C. Moore, Jan Brett

4.4

1986

Cover of Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

4.2

1941

Cover of The Gift of the Magi

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry, Lisbeth Zwerger

4.1

1905

Cover of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, Peter Glassman

4.1

1871

Cover of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson, Thomas H. Johnson

4.2

1890

Cover of The Runaway Bunny

The Runaway Bunny

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd

4.1

1942

Cover of Keeping the Moon

Keeping the Moon

Sarah Dessen

3.9

1999

Cover of Mr. Popper's Penguins

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson

4.0

1938

Cover of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Simms Taback

4.2

1997

Cover of Salt: A World History

Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky

3.7

2002

Cover of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Gustave Doré

3.9

1798

Cover of Utopia

Utopia

Thomas More, Paul Turner

3.5

1516

Cover of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Barbara Shook Hazen, Robert Lewis May, Richard Scarry

4.3

1958

Cover of We're Going on a Bear Hunt

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury

4.3

1989

Cover of If You Take a Mouse to School

If You Take a Mouse to School

Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond

4.3

2002

Cover of The Very Busy Spider

The Very Busy Spider

Eric Carle

4.2

1984

Cover of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott, Banesh Hoffmann

3.8

1884

Cover of The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

Don Wood, Audrey Wood

4.3

1984

Cover of Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Ruth Reichl

4.0

1998

Cover of The Grouchy Ladybug

The Grouchy Ladybug

Eric Carle

4.1

1977

Cover of There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly (Classic Books)

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly (Classic Books)

Pam Adams

4.2

1973

Cover of Danny and the Dinosaur (An I Can Read Book)

Danny and the Dinosaur (An I Can Read Book)

Syd Hoff

4.0

1958

Cover of The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

Lee Strobel

4.2

2000

Cover of A Child's Garden of Verses

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson, Tasha Tudor

4.3

1885

Cover of The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!

Mo Willems

4.4

2008

Cover of The Very Quiet Cricket

The Very Quiet Cricket

Eric Carle

4.1

1990

Cover of The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

Hans Christian Andersen, Rachel Isadora

4.1

1845

Cover of Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

Rod Campbell

4.3

Cover of Selected Poems

Selected Poems

Emily Dickinson

4.2

1890

Cover of The Mixed-Up Chameleon

The Mixed-Up Chameleon

Eric Carle

4.2

1975

Cover of The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare

3.7

1600

Cover of Press Here

Press Here

Hervé Tullet, Christopher Franceschelli

4.4

2010

Cover of Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Simms Taback

4.1

1977

Cover of The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

Hans Christian Andersen, Lisbeth Zwerger, Anthea Bell

4.0

1836

Cover of The Snowman

The Snowman

Raymond Briggs

4.3

1978

Cover of The Great Brain (Great Brain #1)

The Great Brain (Great Brain #1)

John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer

4.2

1967

Cover of Where's Spot?

Where's Spot?

Eric Hill

4.0

1980

Cover of If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

John Ortberg

4.1

2001

Cover of Mister Pip

Mister Pip

Lloyd Jones

3.7

2006

Cover of A Charlie Brown Christmas

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Charles M. Schulz

4.5

1965

Cover of Bambi

Bambi

Bob Grant

4.2

1941

Cover of Cinderella

Cinderella

Loek Koopmans, Charles Perrault, Anthea Bell

4.2

1812

Cover of The Water-Method Man

The Water-Method Man

John Irving

3.3

1972

Cover of Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea

Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea

Richard Henry Dana Jr.

4.0

1840

Cover of Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

3.8

1937

Cover of The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

The Hobbit: Graphic Novel

Chuck Dixon, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Wenzel, Sean Deming

4.5

1989

Cover of High Fidelity

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

3.9

1995

Cover of The Pearl

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

3.4

1947

Cover of Anthem

Anthem

Ayn Rand

3.6

1938

Cover of The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist

Anne Tyler, Jennifer Bassett

3.9

1985

Cover of Ulysses

Ulysses

James Joyce

3.7

1922

Cover of Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Evelyn Waugh

4.0

1945

Cover of He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo

3.6

2004

Cover of Orlando

Orlando

Virginia Woolf

3.9

1928

Cover of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Steve Harvey

3.8

2009

Cover of Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

4.2

1956

Cover of The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens

3.8

1837

Cover of For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men

For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men

Shaunti Feldhahn

4.1

2004

Cover of One Last Thing Before I Go

One Last Thing Before I Go

Jonathan Tropper

3.8

2009

Cover of Suttree

Suttree

Cormac McCarthy

4.2

1979

Cover of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

Adelle Waldman

3.3

2013

Cover of Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

Jeffrey Archer

3.9

2009

Cover of Everyman

Everyman

Philip Roth

3.5

2006

Cover of The Lonely Polygamist

The Lonely Polygamist

Brady Udall

3.5

2010

Cover of A Fraction of the Whole

A Fraction of the Whole

Steve Toltz

4.1

2008

Cover of The Magpies

The Magpies

Mark Edwards

3.8

2013

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