Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Children's Book

Harper Collins has published a collection of children's book picks from over 100 actors, writers, artists, politicians, and activists. These are the books that made a difference to them, the books that changed their lives.
I asked the employees at Book Soup for their favorite children's books, and these are the books we picked....some will be familiar, some have been forgotten and some are just crazy! Stop on by the children's section and take some of these books home with you...







TOSH - ALICE IN WONDERLAND BY LEWIS CARROLL + THE RED BALLOON BY ALBERT LAMORISSE
MANNY- THE MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ BY FRANK BAUM
DEVIN-PATRICK BY QUENTIN BLAKE
DEVRI- FERDINAND BY MUNRO LEAF, LILY'S CROSSING BY PATRICIA REILLY GIFF, + MILLIONS OF CATS BY WANDA GAG
RUTH- HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON BY CROCKETT JOHNSON + CURIOUS GEORGE BY HA REY
FAWN- ALICE IN WONDERLAND BY LEWIS CARROLL, THE VELVETEEN RABBIT BY MARGERY WILLIAMS + SWIMMY BY LEO LIONNI
JOSEPH- A FLY WENT BY MIKE MCCLINTOCK + THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN
SUE- SNEECHES AND OTHER STORIES BY DR SEUSS
PAIGE- JANE'S BLANKET BY ARTHUR MILLER
JINNY- WALK TWO MOONS BY SHARON CREECH + THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH BY NORTON JUSTER
CHARLES- JUST SO STORIES BY RUDYARD KIPLING
HILARY- STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES BY JON SCIESZKA, DEAR MILI BY WILHELM GRIMM + JUMANJI BY CHRIS VAN ALLSBERG
RUTH- THE COUNTRY BUNNY AND THE LITTLE GOLDEN SHOES BY DU BOSE HEYWARD
DJ- ALICE IN WONDERLAND BY LEWIS CARROLL, AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND BY GEORGE MACDONALD, + THE BUTTER BATTLE BOOK BY DR SEUSS
JULIA- ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY BY JUDITH VIORST, THE LORAX BY DR SEUSS, + IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN BY MAURICE SENDAK
TAVIS- FROG AND TOAD ALL YEAR BY ARNOLD LOBEL + THE MISSING PIECE BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN
JENNIFER- A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN
HANNA- THE MOOMIN SERIES BY TOV JANSSON
MELISSA- FRECKLE JUICE BY JUDY BLUME + WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE BY MAURICE SENDAK