I still remember all of my favorite children's books.

I love my old books. I always will.

My mom used to take me to garage sales when I was a little kid and we would walk around looking at all of the various different items.

We were on the lookout for books.

Most of the time people don't know what they're selling, or maybe they just don't care. They tend to want get rid of everything right away. You can always find books for quite cheap.

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I was too young to read the complicated stuff so I usually looked for picture books.

I remember finding a collection of books about a wizard that ran a custard stand. He was going up against some kind of evil wizard but I can't remember why they did not like each other.

I think it was just some silly children's book idea, but it was great fun for my young mind.

I remember another children's book about a little witch. I actually quote a line from it occasionally.

One -derful

Two-good-to-be-true

A three-legged pot.

I think it was probably supposed to teach you about counting.

My favorite stories, though, are from a series of books called Frog and Toad Are Friends.

Frog and Toad Are Friends is a lovely collection of stories that teaches you all about friendship, how to treat your friends correctly, how to be a friend, and how to have a friend.

I'll never forget the story about how Frog was feeling really good about himself, so he got on a stage to tell Toad all about it.

The more Frog talked about how great he was, the smaller Toad got in the audience. Toad got smaller and smaller until Frog couldn't see him anymore. Of course, Frog missed him then.

Where are you Toad?

I learned a lesson from that and I still think about it whenever I start to feel arrogant and boisterous.

When I see people that are acting like just complete jerks sometimes I wonder if their parents read children's books with them.

Those books teach you things that you carry into adulthood.

I still remember all of my favorite children's books.