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Can you remember the first book you read to your children?

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Christy

The Giving Tree

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Marsha

Goodnight Moon

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Beth

Flip, Flap, Fly.

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Dean

A your adorable

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Teri

Goodnight Moon & I’ll Love You Forever

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Margarete

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

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Shelley

Harry the Dog

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Laura

We read Little Bird by Germano Zullo to our daughter in the hospital on the day she was born.

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Diane

The little engine that could

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Michelle

The Color Kittens! My Dad read it to me, a really long time ago ?

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Erica

Go Dog Go!

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Lynne

Can’t remember the first book we read to my niece or nephew since we all started reading to them from the first day home from the hospital but I do remember when my niece was just a toddler how I had to read over and over and over again, The Pokey Little Puppy. At least when I wasn’t singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star [particularly on one three hour car ride].

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Freda

Goodnight Moon ?. And Moon was one of her first words after Mama and Dada

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Prudence

My niece – I’ll Love You Forever.

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Mary

Goodnight moon, Very Hungry Caterpillar, and HUG

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Kristin

OMG I am such a bad Mom. I would read David Sedaris when she was an infant. Then she got a little older and we did Goodnight Moon and like that. But still. . . . Started with David Sedaris.

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Jane

dr suess horton hears a who

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Nancy

A Child’s Garden of Verses.

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Pat

a little golden book version of PINOCCHIO

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Susan

The Monster at the End Of This Book, featuring Grover. ?

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Susan

…and The Spooky Old Tree

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Sharon

Especially trying to imitate Grover’s voice?

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Susan

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel

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Jessica

12 dogs of Christmas

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Connie

The one we read the most was Bambi and the Butterfly

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Vicki

Good Night Moon, I actually read it in English but I found a French version which I also read to my children.

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Sherrie

Goodnight Moon

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Roberta

Pat The Bunny and the first chapter book was my favorite, Mio, My Son. I also read them Men of Iron by Pyle when my daughter was in 6th grade. She has called her father when she is down to read her Dr. Seuss’s Sneetches and Other Stories.

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Linda

The Hobbit.

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Liz

Jonathon Livingston Seagull.

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Sheree

I never had children, but my Momma to me from a collection of children’s Bible stories

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Collese

The Velveteen Rabbit – and it still makes me cry.

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Merritt

No but I remember my favorite books I read to my children: Agatha’s featherbed by Carmen Deedy is one. And I loved the dragon trilogy: my father’s dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and the Dragons of Blueland.

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Juliet

I wouldn’t necessarily read from the book, but the first book I would recite to them was The Owl and the Pussycat. My dad would recite it to me and my brother all the time and it just stuck with me. I still recite it in the car sometimes much to my kids’ annoyance.

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Tammy

That’s the one I remember Mom reading to me:)

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Kim

Not really, but that’s because we have read so many I can’t remember which one came first. If I had to guess, I’d say either one his early Dr. Seuss books (hop on pop, OH the Thinks you can think, etc.) or. Goodnight moon. We a mare trying to get to 1000 different books before Kindergarten, but I think we will end up around 750 or so.

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Amy

Guess How Much I Love You

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Abby

Goodnight Moon and Shakespeare’s sonnets

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Denise

No, I just read outloud whatever I was reading when they were newborns.

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April

The Cow went over the Mountain.

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Amy

Good night moon

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Tori

The big red barn…I still have it memorized

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Regina

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682920

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Laurel

Discovery Toys book we had.

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Carolyn

Love You Forever

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Sharon

Couldn’t finish it without tearing up. Every darn time.

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Elena

The giving tree.

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Cathy

Good night moon, Runaway Bunny

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Bernice

A golden book, “Out of my Window” and Richard Scary books were his favorites when he was very young.

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Janet

Good Night Moon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They were board books so they were the first of many. They have seen their fair share of drool too as my son chewed on them as babies do.

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Becky

Good Night Moon

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Theresa

I read my son Charlotte’s Web before he was born and Goodnight Moon in the hospital because they gave it to us as a gift. There were hundreds in between then and now. We listened to audio books like Harry Potter, The Magic Thief and Artemis Fowl on our way to hockey practice and games. Now we try to read the same book every couple months so we can talk about it

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Irene

Where the Wild Things Are

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Daniela

Maggie Moo. My daughter was only few weeks old and, as a new mom, I was worried I wasn’t stimulating her brain enough. ??

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Jennifer

My daughter’s was Goodnight Moon. My son’s was Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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Moira

Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee

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Darby

chic a chic a boom boom

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Darby

Madeline and Charlotte’s Web

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Karyn

Good-Night Moon

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Kimberley

Hop on Pop. While they were still in the womb, and Charlotte’s Web as a chapter book.

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Heather

Hop on Pop was Dad’s book of choice for our kids. ☺

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Stacy

the complete works of Sandra Boynton

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Marsha

One of our favorite authors for kids!

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Stacy

and SO easy to memorize!

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Louanne

I recited poetry and sang to them until they were old enough to sit up inn my lap. Then it was board books until they were old enough to stop chewing on them. Probably Good Night Moon, Guess How Much I Love You.

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Linda

Pat The Bunny!

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Laurel

Pat the Bunny and many Sandra Boyton board books.

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Cindy

The very hungry caterpillar

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Melanie

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

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Tammy

The Runaway Bunny. We read it so much that my son memorized it, as well as when to turn the pages, so it looked like he was reading way before he could … now he reads linguistic textbooks for fun … Runaway Bunny is still more my speed ?

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Sharon

Not the first one, but my girls loved to read and reread Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. They especially liked the poem Sister for Sale and could recite it at the drop of a hat?

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Amber

Llama llama Red Pajama for my daughter and Oh the Places You’ll Go and Puff the Magic Dragon for my son

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Heather

Sang (horribly) and read this to all 3 kids. Their favorite book and probably the first songs they learned! ❤

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Lori

Go Dog, Go!

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Jeneane

The Poky Puppy. Three Little Pigs. The Little Engine that Could.

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Melissa

Goodnight Moon.

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Kelly

“Goodnight Moon” from a dear friend, and then “The Family Book” by Todd Parr became a favorite.

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Susan

Goodnight moon!

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Bill

When we found out my wife was pregnant we joined the Dr Seuss/month club. We received 2 books/month which I read to her belly. Since we already had the books we just repeated for our daughter.

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Roz

Pat the Bunny

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Mary

Not quite sure… I have 4 living, now grown children. I am thinking probably Peter Rabbit or Winnie the Pooh.

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Tammy

I Love You Forever

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Megan

Not the first but my children always loved me to read them “I love you stinky face”

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Sam

The Snowy Day

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Sarah

Goodnight Moon

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Joshalyn

are you kidding?? haha

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Jonathan

I remember The Little Engine That Could, Ant and Bee, Richard Scarey books,

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Erin

Yes- Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton..

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Christine

Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown! They are 23,21, & 19 years old and still recite it! ❤️

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Donna

Richard Scarry’s Busy Busy World, what Do People Do All Day

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Lisa

It was either Peter Rabbit or The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

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Kelly

Can’t remember the first but I have read some mentions on this list… and On the Night You Were Born, Skippyjon Jones stories and Walter the Farting Dog… love this post!

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Jennifer

But not the Hippopotamus!

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Bev

Go Dog Go

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Deborah

Little Bear, & my son was 3 mths old when I started reading to him. Read Where the Wild Things Are, & Goodnight Moon later, so many times, I had them memorized! I love every minute of those times, & my son grew to become a voracious reader♡

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Kathleenellen

First Pat The Bunny..and tactile rhyming books..from day one..

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Cathy

Good night moon

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Cathy

Pat the bunny

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Brittany

I love you to the moon and back
It’s my 18 month old’s favorite book. I just bought her brother a copy today.

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Ann

They Came From Aarrgg

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Sheri

goodnight moon?

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Cynthia

We had Baird books first, but the first read aloud was Goodnight Moon.

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Heather

I read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire out loud while I was pregnant. Once she was born, the usual kids books, but I also read aloud whatever I was reading 🙂

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Nancy

Read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets out loud to my daughter when she was a few days old. 😀

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Melinda

The ABC Bunny

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Ann

Good Night Moon maybe

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Christine

I Love You Through and Through. One of my favorites!!

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Sharon

Brown Bear , Brown Bear what do you see?

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Patrice

Good Night Moon.

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Valerie

Love you forever!

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Tifini

Where the Wild Things Are

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Beth

We read a ton of books to our boys but I think the highlight was teaching them both to read with Hop on Pop.

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Nancy

Goodnight Moon.

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Deb

The Little Engine that Could.

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Elizabeth

A little gem called Suki the Cat an aunt sent him. Then the Spot the Dog series which we all adored. Other than that it was armloads from the library.

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Geneva

Green Eggs and Ham…..

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Ann

Probably Robert Louis Stevenson’s “A Child’s Garden of Verses.” Loved the rhyming with babies.

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HT

Casey at the Bat. 🙂

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Laura

Goodnight Moon

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Jennifer

The pokey little puppy

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Suzanne

That was one of MY favorites as a child. Little Golden Books!

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Sue

Moo Baa La La La. My daughter is almost 21. Still know it by heart.

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Tess

Still one of our family favorites!

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Suzanne

A cow says…, The sheep says…, 3 singing pigs… — LOVE SANDRA BOYNTON! My oldest turns 21 next month and my youngest 17 in July. If I am lucky enough to be a grandmother, I hope to still recite/read them!

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Mary

One fish, Two fish, Red fish, Blue fish. My oldest would sit at 9 months of age and listen with complete absorption in the book. We read it so much, we had it memorized. No wonder that she is my total bookworm still at 24. She just bought a third bookcase for her apartment because the other two are filled.

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Lauren

Goodnight moon, and we say it every night before bed.

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Pat

Probably Good Night Moon or an Eric Carle book…

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Claudia

Goodnight Moon.

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Amy

Chapter book: Charlotte’s Web

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Nicole

Goodnight Moon

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Jackie

The Little Train that Couldn’t.

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Mindy

Pat the Bunny, followed by Dr Sues Hop on Pop and Red Fish Blue Fish

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Sara

On the Night You Were Born

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Carla

No but I can remember the one I read the most. Don’t forget the Oatmeal. Lol

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Patti

Mine loved all the Dr. Seuss books. Remember reading Goodnight Moon alot too

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Tracy

I read My Truck is Stuck to my oldest son multiple times a day for probably two years. He is 12 now and I can still recite it.

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Kathi

Moo Ba Lalala by Sandra Boynton

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Shacora

Brown Bear!

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Nancy

When my daughter was born I was just about to begin reading “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, so at a few days old I read the book out loud to her.

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Mary

Go Dog Go to William.

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Mary

Fairy Tales, Mother Goose

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Alma

Taxi Dog

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Debborah

Not the first but most often their favorite, Curious George. I hate those books.

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Doris

Mother Goose

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Hank

Goodnight Moon!

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Debborah

We especially loved it because the dedication was to Devin, my son’s name.

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Hank

Sweet! I got introduced to it and many others while I was teaching Pre School in the 70’s, and then brought them to my kids.

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Rick

Mr. Toad.

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Kitti

Goodnight Moon.
And when she grew old enough to choose, it was always one she picked.

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Pattie

Goodnight Moon and Pat the Bunny.

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Annette

Heroes, myths and legends! By age three my daughter knew there was a Minotaur in the labyrinth in Crete and that Cyclops had only one eye! Too funny!

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Merilee

Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom. Loved the rhythm.

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Merilee

Got me! I edited.

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Merilee

I should have left it. Didn’t think of that! I still buy the book for friends who have small children. It’s a really fun read.

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Nyssa

Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs

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Anne

Pat the Bunny

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Carol

Black Beauty

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Karla

Technically, the first book I ever read was the one given as a gift in hospital’s infant care package. But once I got home, Goodnight Moon!

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Barbara

Cosimo and Luigi enjoyed “All I Need to Know About Life I Learned From My Cat”. ??

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Charlotte

Probably whatever I happened to be reading at the time! By third grade he was reading most anything I read.

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Ann

First book? Probably “Pat the Bunny” or one of the “Spot” books. First read – – something from National Geographic…

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Ellen

Pat The Bunny!

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Jennifer

Good Night Moon; Guess How Much I Love you; Dr. Seuss books also.

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Nell

Hop on Pop

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Anne

Pat the Bunny – packed in my suitcase for the hospital. I can still recite it by heart.

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Ellen

I give it as a gift at all baby showers I go to or to new parents I know.

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Brenda

Winnie the Pooh

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Brenda

Hop on pop!

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Austina

can`t remember specific titles ,but they were little golden books.

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Tess

I’m on the Pat the Bunny list. I don’t have children but it’s in every BabyShower gift I give

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Laurie

Good Night Moon

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Cortney

Good night moon

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Andrea

Goodnight Moon

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Susan

Picture book, “Have you seen my duckling?”

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Tammy

Hundreds of board books, but first “book”, The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl.

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Judy

No, so many. Too many to remember.

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Lisa

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”

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Douglas

The Curious George series.

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Brenda

Do alphabet books count?

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Janet

Everything counts!

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Louise

Anything Richard Scarry

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Janet

I bought an entire box set of Curious George books for my son on his first Christmas. He was three weeks old. Books have always been part of his life.

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Shelley

My son loved curious George!

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Jennifer

I don’t remember exactly, but lots of Dr. Seuss board books and the Monster at the End of the Book.

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Sandra

I am a ,Bunny.

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Dana

Your First Word Will Be Dada. And it was!

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Dana

Read Charlotte’s Web out loud to her when I was pregnant.

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Dianne

Yes

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Annie

Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls.

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Susan

Goodnight Moon

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Vicki

Oh yes, same here. I still have the little hardcover with a broken spine and a taped page. My children are in their mid 30’s to mid 40’s and now I’ve read it to all 8 grans.

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Ivette

Goodnight moon

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Martie

Yes I can. It was Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

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Susan

Good Night Moon

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June

The Cat in the Hat……………

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Christine

Are You My Mother?

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Patti

Pat the Bunny

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Lindsey

No children, but my mom always read There’s a Monster at the End of this Book to me.

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