This story teaches the lesson to children that it is okay to grow up even though it may be scary.

“To love will be an awfully big adventure.”

This story follows Wendy in a journey with Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up. She follows peter through a fantasy land in which she runs into Tinkerbell, a magical fairy, and fights with captain Hook and his crew of pirates.

This story is great for children to learn the lesson that teamwork can make any task the seems impossible much easier to complete

“There‘s no place like home.”

This story follows Dorothy a small town girl who gets sucked into a magical world and needs to find Oz to get back home where she belongs. On her journey she finds the tin man, the cowardly lion, and a scarecrow who help her navigate her journey to Oz.

This is a great story to get children lost in their imagination as well as help them to understand that camaraderie between friends can take on any challenge

“Courage, dear heart.”

This story follows four siblings on their journey through a magical and mysterious place called Narnia that they accidentally accessed through a wardrobe in one of the siblings rooms. In Narnia, they must help the lion defeat the witch.

This story is wonderful to teach students about the dangers of being overconfident and the fact that even if someone says they‘re better than you it doesn‘t make it true.

“Slow and steady wins the race.”

This story follow a slow tortoise and a speedy hare that are in a race. In this story, the hare is very confident that he will win because he is so much faster than the tortoise. The hare gets too ahead of himself that he takes a nap by the finish of the race for too long and the tortoise ends up winning.

Great story to teach children about the wonders of friendship and the whimsy of exploration in nature

“There is nothing- absolutely nothing- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

This story follows an unlikely friend group of a mole, a toad, a rat, and a badger who go through the woods and nature to navigate different challenges and enjoy the beauty of nature.

This is a wonderful story to read to children that shows them that anything is possible if you try hard enough to succeed

“I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.”

This story follow a little blue engine that does not believe that she can take a train over a mountain because she is not strong enough and believes it to be impossible. She takes the train up and down the mountain using 4 magic words to believe in herself.

Great story that explores themes of love and loss using child-centered language

“Real isn‘t how you are made. It‘s the thing that happens to you.”

This story follows a stuffed rabbit on the journey of finding true friendship with a child who is in need of a stuffed friend.

Beautiful story to read to children and teach them about the power of friendship

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”

This story follows Wilbur and his spider friend Charlotte. In this story, the two work together to stop Wilbur from being sent to the butcher by weaving words into Charlotte‘s web.

This is a great story to read to children so that they understand there is nothing quite like the love you can get from family

“And now, cried Max, let the wild rumpus start!”

In this story you follow Max. Max is a young boy who is a terror at home and runs away ti the island of the Wild Things. The Wild Things take him in and make him their king but he eventually returns home to his mother because he realizes that she is his comfort and he does not want to be on his own.

This book would be wonderful to use with children in teaching then the importance of listening to adults so they can be safe.

“Now my dears, you may remember that I told you that Mr. McGregor wad not a bad man.”

In this story, the main character Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother and sneaks into Mr. McGregor‘s garden and he ends up on an adventure that teaches him a lesson

Great story for young readers to learn lessons of morality and struggles in the world through the lens of a struggling society

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”

The Hunger Games #1 is an incredible start to a magnificent series of literature that focus on a futuristic utopian society that pins different districts against each other. In this story, we follow Katniss Everdeen on her story to navigate through a battle royale in which she finds herself making friends and finding love with her counterpart from her same district.

This story is great to show children that you need to be grateful for what you are given and not demand more than what you have

“If you give a mouse a cookie, he‘s going to ask for a glass of milk.”

This story is a classic story about how if you give a mouse a cookie it will ask for more and more. This story goes through the progression of things a mouse will ask for after each thing you give them. This story has a great lesson about greed and consequences.

Beautiful story to read to children before bed to put them in a good mood before heading off to sleep

“I‘ll love you forever, I‘ll like you for always, as long as I‘m living my baby you‘ll be.”

This is a classic story about the love between mother and child. The mother sings the same song to her child every night before they go to sleep. In adulthood, the roles flip and the child becomes the parent and sings the song to the new child.

This is a great story to use with you g children to help them understand the concepts of identity

“Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit! Ribbit!”

This is another story that shows the journey of piggy and gerald. In this story, piggy is convinced that she is a frog and gerald has to convince her that she is not a frog. They go through an adventure to try and get piggy to realize that she is not a frog but a pig.

Great story to explain to children the concepts of print

“Someone is looking at us! Who is looking at us!”

This story follows piggy and gerald an elephant and pig. These two go on a journey realizing they are in a book and they are being read by someone else. This book does a great job of being fun as well as informative to children about the ways that a book works.

This story is an incredible teaching tool when talking about concepts of print and days of the week

“On monday he ate through one apple. But he was still very hungry.”

This story is a classic by the legendary artist Eric Carle. It follows a caterpillar who weaves his way seemingly in and out of the book through many different foods. The illustrations are beautiful and fun to observe as well as the flow of the book.

Beautiful story about the power of selflessness

““Cut down my trunk and make a boat,” said the tree. “Then you can sail away… and be happy.””