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A preschool teacher and her students share their favorite titles.
2. 'Where the Wild Things Are,' by Maurice Sendak
“The Wild Things are cool. They dance and swing in the trees.” –Janiya, 4
Classic books like this Caldecott winner need to be read again and again. The magic of a bedroom turning into a forest, or of taming Wild Things by staring into their eyes without blinking once, can’t be grasped in merely one or two readings. We hop into the boat with Max and sail away to visit the Wild Things about once a week.
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