The Bedtime Story Edit

The Bedtime Story Edit

My essential canon of kids’ books that really work — from books that make my kids belly laugh, think, and stretch their imaginations. A decades worth of bedtime readings, annotated and distilled into one great list (so you don't need to agonize over it).

By Bess Kalb, one of my favorite authors, it's all about ... more
A story about sharing when there’s clearly not enough room.
Another Corita book, the nun who made pop art and protest... more
by Leo Politi, published in 1946, set on Olvera Street, L... more
Our favorite author, Thyra Heder, writes and illustrates ... more

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