These Are the 31 Books From Your Childhood That You Should Give Your Kids as Gifts
With so many amazing books for children out in the world, nursery and kid-room bookshelves have the tendency to get filled up pretty quickly — but are you stocking them with the stories you once enjoyed? Maybe you were the type to have your parents read Madeline to you until they were blue in the face, or perhaps you preferred a few poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Either way, it's time to revisit those children's books that you once (and probably still) love so that your kiddos can enjoy them as well.
Read through for some of the books from your childhood that your kiddos need to have on their bookshelves, stat!
The Velveteen Rabbit
Guess How Much I Love You
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein ($18, originally $20)
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Where the Wild Things Are
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson ($7)
Frog and Toad Are Friends
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
A Bad Case of Stripes
The Little Prince
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry ($11)