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Winter Reading: Favorite Books from Childhood
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Updated December 20, 2023
Southeastern Ohio Regional Library
Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library
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Are you my mother?
Eastman, P. D.
Paper Book
The easy-to-read, must-have classic about a baby bird in search of his mother! A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this hilarious Board Book adapation of P.D. Eastman's classic story, perfect for babies and toddlers--now in a larger trim-size! Big Bright and...
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Charlotte's web
White, E. B.
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Coraline
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
In Coraline's family's new flat there's a locked door. On the other side is a brick wall--until Coraline unlocks the door . . . and finds a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only different. The food is better there. Books have pictures that writhe and crawl...
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Corduroy
Freeman, Don
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Don't let the pigeon drive the bus
Willems, Mo.
Paper Book
Mo Willems, #1 New York Times best-selling creator and three-time Caldecott Honoree, presents the book that started it all: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Finally, a book you can say "no" to! When the Bus Driver takes a break from his route,...
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Frog and toad all year
Lobel, Arnold.
Paper Book
In winter, spring, summer, and fall, Frog and Toad are always together. From sledding in winter to eating ice cream on hot summer days, these two friends have fun the whole year round! Frog and Toad All Year is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but...
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Harold and the purple crayon
Johnson, Crockett
Paper Book
From beloved children's book creator Crockett Johnson comes the timeless classic Harold and the Purple Crayon! This imagination-sparking picture book belongs on every child's bookshelf. One evening Harold decides to go for a walk in the moonlight. Armed only with an oversize purple...
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
O'Dell, Scott
Paper Book
This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away.
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Matilda
Dahl, Roald.
Paper Book
For most kids, aThe Trunchbulla is pure terror, but for Matilda, sheas a sitting duck.
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The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
DiCamillo, Kate
Paper Book
Large Print�s increased font size and wider line spacing maximizes reading legibility, and has been proven to advance comprehension, improve fluency, reduce eye fatigue, and boost engagement in young readers of all abilities, especially struggling, reluctant, and striving readers.<...
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The phantom tollbooth
Juster, Norton
Paper Book
With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer's splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster's offbeat fantasy are as...
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Pippi Longstocking
Lindgren, Astrid
Paper Book
Tommy and Annika have a new neighbor: red-haired, freckle-faced Pippi Longstocking, who has upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do. The three children have the most rollicking adventures on their own, with horses and monkeys, the circus, and more! "A...
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Ramona Quimby, age 8
Cleary, Beverly.
Paper Book
Ramona's World, the latest of the Ramona series to be published, has already sold over 100,000 copies in hardback in the USA. Its sales in the USA are second only to Harry Potter.In this sixth book in the series Ramona is in the third grade and is big enough to ride the school bus on her own. She's...
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Richard Scarry's what do people do all day?
Scarry, Richard.
Paper Book
Illus. in full color. Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food.
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The secret garden
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Paper Book
Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a change comes over her and her life. She meets and befriends a local boy, the...
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The story of Ferdinand
Leaf, Munro
Paper Book
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Sylvester and the magic pebble
Steig, William
Paper Book
Caldecott Medal Winner This deluxe edition of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble truly recaptures that magic for a whole new generation of readers--featuring retouched, vibrant illustrations and William Steig's moving Caldecott Medal acceptance speech. One rainy...
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This is not my hat
Klassen, Jon.
Paper Book
The 2013 Caldecott Medal winner! From the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning I Want My Hat Back comes a second wry tale. When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly),...
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Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein
Silverstein, Shel.
Paper Book
Shel Silverstein, the New York Times bestselling author of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, has created a poetry collection that is outrageously funny and deeply profound. Come in . . . for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. ...
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Wild about books
Sierra, Judy.
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In this rollicking rhymed story, librarian Molly McGrew introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading. In no time Molly has them 'forsaking their niches, their nests, and their nooks' going ' wild, simply wild, about wonderful books.'
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