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The Giving Tree

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"I used to read this story to my kindergarten students and then we would discuss it. It has a moral that even children can understand. "
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The Secret Garden

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"One of the best ever books of all time. Sometimes children can see what adults miss when it's right in front of them. A great story of overcoming and friendship."
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The Secret Life of Bees

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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4.35 avg rating — 558,485 ratings
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The Thorn Birds

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The Lorax

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4.35 avg rating — 376,917 ratings
"Another book I used to read to kindergarten students. An environmentalist view of what we are doing to our "home," ... the earth, that even children can understand."
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The Prophet

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The Kite Runner

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4.36 avg rating — 3,610,582 ratings
"A selection I chose for my freshman college students. Let's look at how people live in the other part of the world, that we sometimes only see as "evil." Several students became interested in Peace Corp possibilities after reading this novel."
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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3.86 avg rating — 279,687 ratings
"A book that prods us to become more....."
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The Little Prince

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4.34 avg rating — 2,606,710 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning

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4.37 avg rating — 938,230 ratings
"A classic in psychology. How we can survive in any circumstance if we have the will to overcome...."
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The Shack: Where Tragedy Co...

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3.84 avg rating — 705,943 ratings
"Well...the characters are a little different than I would have created...but the question is...perhaps God, and Jesus Christ may just not fit into our "box.""
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The Things They Carried

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My Ántonia

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