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\nLast week was Children’s Book Week<\/a>, but I was a little slow in finishing this post, so I’m officially extending it to make it Children’s Book Fortnight.<\/p>\n

As such, I encourage you to check out what’s out there in children’s publishing, particularly if you haven’t looked recently. Some of it is pap and some of it is overly moralistic, but some of it is amazing. And you just won’t know which it is until you start thumbing through…<\/p>\n

Here are some children’s books (appearing in no particular order) I’ve enjoyed through the years:<\/p>\n

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  1. Horton Hears a Who!<\/a><\/em>, by Dr. Seuss<\/li>\n
  2. The Secret Garden<\/a><\/em>, by Frances Hodgson Burnett<\/li>\n
  3. The Phantom Tollbooth<\/a><\/em>, by Norton Juster<\/li>\n
  4. The Little House<\/em> series<\/a>, by Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/li>\n
  5. Harry Potter<\/em> series<\/a>, by J.K. Rowling<\/li>\n
  6. Artemis Fowl<\/a><\/em>, by Eoin Colfer<\/li>\n
  7. A Wrinkle in Time<\/a><\/em>, by Madeleine L’Engle<\/li>\n
  8. Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type<\/a><\/em>, by Doreen Cronin<\/li>\n
  9. The Dark Is Rising<\/a><\/em>, by Susan Cooper<\/li>\n
  10. Homecoming<\/a><\/em>, by Cynthia Voigt<\/li>\n
  11. The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> series<\/a>, by C.S. Lewis<\/li>\n
  12. The Great Good Thing<\/a><\/em>, by Roderick Townley<\/li>\n
  13. The Please and Thank You Book<\/a><\/em>, by Richard Scarry<\/li>\n
  14. Summerland<\/a><\/em>, by Michael Chabon<\/li>\n
  15. Anne of Green Gables<\/a><\/em>, by L.M. Montgomery<\/li>\n
  16. The Princess Diaries<\/a><\/em>, by Meg Cabot<\/li>\n
  17. The Polar Express<\/a><\/em>, by Chris Van Allsburg<\/li>\n
  18. Little Women<\/a><\/em>, by Louisa May Alcott<\/li>\n
  19. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants<\/a><\/em>, by Ann Brashares<\/li>\n
  20. The Conch Bearer<\/a><\/em>, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So I’ve given you my twenty. Who wants to contribute some of their favorites?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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