Every so often we get an invitation to a baby shower, a baby's birthday party or even a birthday of an expecting mom or dad and you have no idea what to buy them. So, you go to Target and wind up in the book section and within minutes, the nostalgia hits. You remember the time you first heard this being read to you while sitting in circle time on some itchy rug with letters or numbers or colors written on it. Here are 15 books that'll hit you right in the childhood:
1. "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff
2. "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister
3. "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch
4. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
5. "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes
6. "No, David!" by David Shannon
7. "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown
8. "Corduroy" by Don Freeman
9. "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein
10. "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin Jr.
11. "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss
12. "Just Me and My Dad" by Mercer Mayer
13. "Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed" by Eileen Christelow
14. "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" by Simms Taback
15. "The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food" by Stan Berenstain
At one point, I think we were all convinced we were Matilda!