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My stepsister is having a baby and I want to get her some children's books, what are some "classics"?

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that should be in every child's collection? I am thinking about books s/he will read when s/he is a little older, like:

Green Eggs and Ham

I Love You Forever

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Rainbow Fish

The Poky Little Puppy

Goodnight Moon

The Mitten

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

can you add to my list?

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One Fish, Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

Harry the Dirty Dog

Green Eggs and Ham

were my favorites...

As a children's librarian, I purchased for myself:

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus:  Mo Willems

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late:  Mo Willems

The Pigeon Finds a Puppy:  Mo Willems

There is a Bird on Your Head:  Mo Willems

(Mo is a newer author/illustrator, but VERY popular with little kids (and the adults who love them.)

Llama Llama Red Pajama:  Anna Dewdney

Llama Llama Mad at Mama:  Anna Dewdney

Little Hoot:  Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Little Pea:  Amy Krouse Rosenthal

I'm Not Cute:  Jonathan Allen

I'm Not Scared:  Jonathan Allen

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed:  Eileen Christelow

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree:  Eileen Christelow

Some other great books are:

The Teddy Bears' Picnic by Kennedy

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (and other books) by Laura Numeroff

I Went Walking by Sue Williams

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear (and other Jesse Bear books) by Nancy Carlstrom

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kundhardt

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson

Max and Ruby series by Rosemary Wells

Raffi's song books

Anything by Sandra Boynton, Tomie DePaola, Kevin Henkes, Robert Munsch, Mercer Mayer, Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Bill Martin, Jr.
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"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carlie

"Duck And His Friends"

Mike Mulligan's Steamshovel

Katy The Snowplow

anything by Richard Scarey

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Guess how much I love you!

Time for Bed

If you give a mosse a muffin!

Those were my favorites!
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I loved the book "The Color Kittens" by Margaret Wise Brown (it was one of the Little Golden Books) - I can't wait to read it to my children someday!
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And for Christmas time, Polar Express
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The Kissing Hand is a really good book. As well as any Jan Brett books are great.
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Curious George

Babar
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I bought our son a book of classic nursery rhymes that he ABSOLUTELY loves. He's two and he can revite quite few of them.
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How about Mother Goose
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'spotty' by margret rey. its great

'fritz and the beautiful horses" by jan brett. i love it!

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