First favorites
Illustrative selection · picture books
- Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak
- The Snowy DayEzra Jack Keats
- Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown
- The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle
- CorduroyDon Freeman
- MadelineLudwig Bemelmans
Books for my children
YOUR COLLECTION0 OF 9
Put them in any order you like.
Which ones would you choose?
Make your ownA FEW STARTING POINTS
Example lists to get you thinking.
Illustrative selections, not reader submissions. Make your own choices.
A little adventure
Illustrative selection · childhood adventures
- The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien
- The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeC. S. Lewis
- A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L’Engle
- The Phantom TollboothNorton Juster
- MatildaRoald Dahl
- The Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum
Characters who stayed
Illustrative selection · familiar friends
- Charlotte’s WebE. B. White
- Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery
- The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett
- Little WomenLouisa May Alcott
- Winnie-the-PoohA. A. Milne
- The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame
EX LIBRIS
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Another way to keep the story going
Your shelf tells a story. So can a book you pass along.
Ex Libris Omnium is a little logbook that travels with a book, collecting readers, places, and a few words along the way.
Meet Ex Libris OmniumABOUT Minor Works
Minor Works is an independent studio in Jamaica Plain, Boston, making small, careful games and other things that reward attention.