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Bedtime Stories
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Childhood
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Childhood Friendships
Childhood Innocence
Childhood Memories
Childhood Trauma
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Children's Fairy Tales
Children's Fiction
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Middle Grade Fiction
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The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Celebrated Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud
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Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
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If I Ran the Zoo
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Childhood Imagination

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The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales
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The Amazing Adventures of Bumblebee Boy
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Children's Literature

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The Salamander Room
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PETER PAN
PETER PAN
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I'm Bored: with audio recording
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Dick and Jane: We Play and Pretend
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The Random House Children's Treasury: Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes & Nonsense Verse
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Who Was Roald Dahl?
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My Blue Boat
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The Girl with the Brown Crayon
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Mary Poppins
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Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children (Write for Kids Library)
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On A Magical Do-Nothing Day
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The Boy on Fairfield Street
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Friendship

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Bill Watterson

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The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems
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Donald Hall

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B Is for Beer
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A Walk in Wolf Wood
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
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Bill Watterson

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Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
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365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes
365 Bedtime Stories and Rhymes
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The Magic City
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First Delights
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Peter Pan and Captain Hook
Peter Pan and Captain Hook
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Paolo, Emperor of Rome
Paolo, Emperor of Rome
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How to Scare a Ghost
How to Scare a Ghost
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Peter Pan and Wendy
Peter Pan and Wendy
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Girls Standing on Lawns
Girls Standing on Lawns
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The Imaginaries: Little Scraps of Larger Stories
The Imaginaries: Little Scraps of Larger Stories
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Imagination

A Treasury of Flower Fairies
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The Boring Book
The Boring Book
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Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
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A Second Is a Hiccup
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Inside Outside
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Commonalities among these books on childhood imagination include a focus on imaginative play, fantastical adventures, and the power of creativity. Many of the books feature young protagonists who use their imaginations to explore new worlds and overcome challenges. Several books also include elements of humor and whimsy, while others focus on more serious themes such as facing fears and discovering one's passions. Additionally, there are several collections of classic fairy tales and children's stories included in this list.

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