Sweet Dream Reads: The 11 Best Bedtime Books

We asked hundreds of moms for their favorite children's books and these titles came up again and again.
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Where the Wild Things Are
COPYRIGHT (C) 1963, 1991 MAURICE SENDAK.
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Where the Wild Things Are By Maurice Sendak

Recently made into a movie, Maurice Sendak's magical, ferocious book tells the story of a misbehaving boy named Max who sails off in a boat to a place where monsters "gnash their terrible teeth" and "roar their terrible roars." The book packs a powerful punch of adventure and whimsy, ending happily back at home with hot soup.

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bethanynetardus wrote:

This has been my favorite children's book since I was in kindergarten. I will definitely be reading this book to my child many, many times. One of my baby showers even had the theme of "Where the Wild Things Are." I didn't care for the movie, but I love the book.

1/27/2012 09:52:29 AM Report Abuse
cclich wrote:

hardly a book to read to newborns. Older toddlers, maybe, unless it scares them.

1/25/2012 10:55:13 PM Report Abuse
azevedo.delucca89 wrote:

thats not a book for bedtime !! duh!!!

1/25/2012 01:45:42 AM Report Abuse
anonymous wrote:

Read this to your child BEFORE bed time? Are they nuts???

1/24/2012 11:37:35 PM Report Abuse
rocio20 wrote:

The one thing that frustrates me about this website, is that you cannnot read an entire article and you have to keep selecting the next page. I dont normally read links on this site because of that. I wish they would just publish one article you can scroll down and read easily.

1/24/2012 10:02:24 AM Report Abuse
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