Sandra Boynton books. We have a ton of them, and I can’t give them away. Too many memories of belly laughs, the dog howling (his way of singing along to HIS favorites), and other silliness.

Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown, pictures by Clement Hurd). This book is too precious to part with, and I’ll probably hold on to it forever. It was my sister’s night-time ritual book when her girls were tiny, and she gave it to me when I became a mom.

Guess How Much I Love You (written by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram). I’ve read this to my kids too many times, and the responses it gets from little ones are too cute for me to think of giving it away. Sappy, eh? What can I say?

Sweet Dreams, Mimi (a Baby Einstein book by Julie Aigner-Clark, illustrated by Nadeem Zaidi). Another book I used to read to my girls quite often at bedtime.

How about you? Do you have a favorite baby or toddler book?