Okay, it's true that some of these books are real oldies. But some books are so good, they never go out of style. Here's my personal list of must-read classics:

• Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Little Bear by Else Homelund Minarik
• Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
• The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
• Richard Scary's Best Storybook Ever by Richard Scary
• The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack
• Are You My Mother? By P.D. Eastman
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey
• Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

• Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
• The Cricket of Times Square by George Selden
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
• Stuart Little by E.B. White
• Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
• The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
• The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• Hello Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald