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Thanks for this great compilation! I like to buy about 10 of the same book at the beginning of the year to have on hand for kids’ gifts as they come up and it looks like there are some contenders here.

The Chirri and Chirra series by Kaya Doi is very popular with our 4-year-olds. And everything I’ve read from the publisher of those books, Enchanted Lion, has been enchanting as well!

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Enchanted Lion has published so many of our favorites. When You Look Up from a few years ago is another incredible one they put out: https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/when-you-look-up

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This one looks amazing too! Thank you!

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If I give a kid a gift, it is always a book. I love gifting Marianne Dubuc's picture books, especially Your House My House and Mr Postmouse Delivers the Mail. Both are great for kids into buildings. Also Frank Ashe's Baby Bear books are so fun and sweet.

For chapter books, I love The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, Ramona books, and most Lois Lowry books, especially the Anastasia series. The originals, not the updated ones. They hold up pretty well.

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We love Marianne Dubuc. Have you read (or read aloud) Animal Masquerade? That is a great one for little kids and always makes mine laugh out loud. We've also read "Up the Mountain Path" many, many times. Thanks for the chapter book recs!

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Up the Mountain Path was our first Marianne Dubuc book. All of her books are so lovely. I will check out Animal Masquerade. Thanks!

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Nov 21, 2023Liked by Youngna Park

We love Jon Klassen's "I Want My Hat Back" in this house. Other big hits for younger toddlers: anything by Eric Carle or Sandra Boynton; "Hippopposites," "Llamaphones" and "Comparrotives" by Janik Coat (she has a couple others, too); "I Hear A Pickle" by Rachel Isadora; and "Good Night, Gorilla" by Peggy Rathman.

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Nov 21, 2023Liked by Youngna Park

I got my 7 year old “A Day in the Life of an Astronaut...” based on your rec and we both love it. She’s been on a real space kick and it’s a great step up from the entry level space books.

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Nov 21, 2023Liked by Youngna Park

Also strongly concur the Sato the Rabbit books. We read them again and again and they are lovely.

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I love everything Jon Klassen touches so it's nice to see your kids recommend the series too. Good call on the Shape Island pairing! I'll be referring back to this list.

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Extra Yarn is another fave!

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Nov 22, 2023·edited Nov 22, 2023Liked by Youngna Park

We just got Extra Yarn from the library based on another recommendations list from you and it was...amazing. I just LOVED it and will probably buy some of the prints because they are gorgeous. Thank you!

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Nov 21, 2023Liked by Youngna Park

This is amazing! Thank you, YP!

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This is a wonderful guide! I too could happily read Little Witch Hazel again and again.

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Such a favorite in our house!

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