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Success Kid meme: a baby on a beach clenches his fist in triumph. Top text reads 'SON THREW A BOOK AT THE CAT.' Bottom text reads 'IT WAS THE MISSING LIBRARY BOOK.'
Andy from Parks and Recreation looking nervous. Top text: 'I've read Goodnight Moon 400 times.' Bottom text: 'Who is the quiet old lady whispering hush.'
Boyfriend labeled 'My 4-year-old' turns from girlfriend labeled 'The 11 other books I checked out' to stare at a woman labeled 'The Hungry Caterpillar.'
Cover of The Chocolate War: The Book That Ends Wrong on Purpose, and That's the Point
Cover of Bridge to Terabithia: The Book That Taught My Whole Generation How to Grieve, and I Wasn't Ready to Do It Again
Afraid To Ask Andy meme. Top: 'I've read The Giving Tree 100 times.' Bottom, leaning in nervously: 'Am I the tree or am I the boy.'
Cover of Sideways Stories from Wayside School: A Book Built as Wrong as It Was Supposed to Be
Distracted Boyfriend meme. Boyfriend labeled 'ME' turns from girlfriend labeled 'the novel I've been reading for 3 months' toward woman in red labeled 'the picture book I read alone after bedtime.'
Cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Whole Family Loves It and We All Hate Grandpa Joe
Cover of Holes: Sachar Built a Machine and I Didn't Notice Until the Last Fifty Pages
Cover of The Tale of Despereaux: A Book Narrated Directly at You, and Somehow That Works
Cover of Because of Winn-Dixie: A Dog, a Lonely Kid, and a Book That Refuses to Be Small
Cover of The Giver: The Book That Cracked My Sixth-Grade Brain Open and Never Fully Closed It
Cover of Number the Stars: How You Teach a Kid About the Worst Thing Without Lying to Them
Cover of Island of the Blue Dolphins: The Survival Book Where Nobody Comes to Rescue Her
Cover of The Secret Garden: Over a Century Old and Still Quietly Devastating
Cover of My Father's Dragon: The Best First Chapter Book Nobody Talks About
Cover of The Cool Bean: A Book About Being Cool That Cannot Quite Decide What Cool Is
Cover of Scooper and Dumper: The Book My Kids Have No Opinion About, And Maybe That's The Job
Cover of The Rainbow Fish: A Beautiful Jerk Gets a Life Lesson He Should've Already Known
Cover of Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes: A Rhyming Heist Movie With Frosting
Cover of Mr. Tiger Goes Wild: I Cannot Stop Looking at the Orange
Cover of Llama Llama Time to Share: The Best Book About a Kid I'm Glad Isn't Mine
Cover of Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa: The Grandparent Handoff, Rendered in Couplets
Cover of Library Lion: The One That Makes Me Hold Back a Tear at the Reunion
Distracted Boyfriend meme: the boyfriend labeled 'me at 10pm' turns away from his girlfriend labeled 'the novel on my nightstand since March' to stare at a woman labeled 'a picture book I've read 200 times.'
Afraid To Ask Andy meme. Top: We've read The Giving Tree 60 times. Bottom: Is the tree okay or are we the problem.
Distracted Boyfriend meme. The boyfriend labeled 'My son' looks back at 'The Hungry Caterpillar for the 51st night' while ignoring his girlfriend labeled 'A brand new picture book I just bought him.'
Afraid To Ask Andy meme. Top: We've read Goodnight Moon since he was born. Bottom: Who is the old lady whispering hush.
Distracted boyfriend meme. Boyfriend labeled ME stares at woman labeled 12 new library books while girlfriend labeled the 1 book I came to return looks on disapprovingly.
Cover of Ramona the Pest: My Stoic 8-Year-Old Met Herself On Page One
Afraid To Ask Andy meme. Top text: We've owned Goodnight Moon for 8 years. Bottom text: Who is the old lady whispering hush.
Cover of Hatchet: The Book That Made Me Want to Start Fires With Rocks at Age Ten
Man walking with a woman turns to check out another woman in red. Red woman labeled 'The Phantom Tollbooth.' Girlfriend labeled 'The novel on my nightstand since March.' Boyfriend labeled 'Me at 10pm.'
Afraid To Ask Andy meme. Top: 'Read Goodnight Moon 400 times.' Bottom: 'Who is the old lady whispering hush.'
Cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Book That Finally Made My Daughter Cry
Expanding Brain four-panel meme. Panel 1: 'Reading the book as written.' Panel 2: 'Skipping a page when he's not looking.' Panel 3: 'Combining two pages into one sentence.' Panel 4: 'Doing the Wild Things roar so loud he forgets what book we're reading.'
Cover of Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Book My Son Has Requested Every Single Night for Three Months
Distracted Boyfriend meme: the boyfriend labeled 'my son' looks back at a woman labeled 'The Hungry Caterpillar for the 50th time' while ignoring his girlfriend labeled 'the new picture book I spent $22 on'
Distracted Boyfriend meme. Boyfriend labeled 'my 4-year-old' turns from girlfriend 'the new picture book I bought him' to look at woman in red 'The Hungry Caterpillar for the 50th night.'
Cover of The Boxcar Children: Four Orphans Living Alone in the Woods Should Not Be This Relaxing to Read
Cartoon dog sitting in a burning room with coffee, captioned about falling asleep while reading and the 8-year-old daughter taking over the chapter.
Distracted boyfriend meme. The woman in red is labeled 'a stack of 12 picture books we did not come for.' The girlfriend is labeled 'the one book on hold at the front desk.' The boyfriend is labeled 'me.'
Distracted boyfriend meme. Boyfriend labeled 'my son at the book fair' looks back at woman in red labeled 'a 4th copy of The Hungry Caterpillar' while ignoring girlfriend labeled 'the 3 copies we already own'.
Expanding Brain meme with four escalating panels. Level 1: Reading every page. Level 2: Skipping a page when he's tired. Level 3: Skipping whole spreads with confidence. Level 4: Inventing a new ending so bedtime arrives faster.
Toddler on beach clenching fist in triumph. Top text: Son fell asleep before the Wild Things roar. Bottom text: First time in 14 months.
Cover of The Polar Express: The Book That Made My Son Believe in a Train More Than Santa
Boromir from Lord of the Rings with text: One does not simply read Wild Things without doing the roar.
The Most Interesting Man In The World meme. Top text: I don't always cry at children's books. Bottom text: But when I do, my 8-year-old watches in silence.
The Most Interesting Man In The World meme. Top text: I don't always cry at children's books. Bottom text: But when I do, my 8-year-old watches in silence.
Cover of Corduroy: The Picture Book That Weaponizes Loneliness Against My Adult Heart
Cover of Matilda by Roald Dahl: Still the Greatest Children's Book Ever Written and I Will Die on This Hill
The Most Interesting Man In The World meme. Top text: 'I don't always cry at children's books.' Bottom text: 'But when I do, my 8-year-old watches in silence.'
The Most Interesting Man In The World meme. Top text: I don't always cry at children's books. Bottom text: But when I do, my daughter watches in silence and tells no one.
The Most Interesting Man In The World meme. Top text: I don't always cry at children's books. Bottom text: But when I do, my 8-year-old watches in silence.
Cover of Matilda by Roald Dahl: Still the Greatest Children's Book Ever Written and I Will Die on This Hill
The Most Interesting Man In The World meme. Top text: I don't always cry at children's books. Bottom text: But when I do my 8-year-old stares at me like an accountant.