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Stories about ordinary children having incredible adventures are all well and good, but sometimes what we really need are stories about the crazy things a tug boat might do, or a teddy bear, or a piece of string. It's the appeal of literature—a good book shows us the world from a different perspective, sometimes even a shocking one, and what's more different than a toy or a pickup who can talk and think?

For a kid, maybe not much. So much is new and surprising to the young that animals or chairs with personality doesn't seem strange, at least no more strange than many other things adults find more common. Which is precisely why children should be allowed to read personification stories (stories about non-human beings or objects with human qualities).

If you want your progeny to have vivid imaginations, why not offer them the kind of reading that will promote creativity and curiosity? But we don't want them retreating into a fantasy world of their own creation, you may object. No caring parent does—but everyone should want their kids to be interested in the people and world around them. A fresh view can lead to a lifetime of investigation.

Not that toaster ovens really get up and leave the junkyard, but the possibility is what enthralls kids (and, often enough, adults). We've tried to select only the best personification stories, particularly those that actually have something to impart to readers besides entertainment value. For older readers, most of the really good personification stories are animal fantasy, another category we suggest for your enjoyment.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by ?? from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Charles Folkard from David McKay Company for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Robert Ingpen from Sterling Publishing Co. for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Travel and Adventure Library for Young Folks by Carlo Collodi, translated and adapted by Angelo Patri and illustrated by Mary Liddell from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Best-Loved Doll by Rebecca Caudill from Henry Holt and Company Personification Stories for in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $12.99
	Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet from Sandpiper Books Personification Stories for Preschool-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Corduroy by Don Freeman from Puffin Books Personification Stories for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99
	Corduroy by Don Freeman from Viking Press Personification Stories for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Gregory's Shadow by Don Freeman from Puffin Books Animal Fantasy for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99
	Hitty Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field from Aladdin Paperbacks Personification story for 4th-8th grade 1930 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.99
	Jennifer and Josephine by Bill Peet from Houghton Mifflin Personification for Preschool-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Burton from Houghton Mifflin Personification Stories for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Little Engine That Could - Original Edition by Watty Piper from Platt and Munk Publishers Personification Stories for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Little House by Virginia Lee Burton from Sandpiper Books Personification Stories for Preschool-3rd grade 1943 Caldecott Medal winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Little Toot on the Thames by Hardie Gramatky from G.P. Putnam's Sons for Preschool-3rd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Burton from Houghton Mifflin Personification Stories for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Burton from Houghton Mifflin Personification Stories for Kindergarten-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton from Houghton Mifflin Personification Stories for Kindergarten-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Pinocchio Puffin Classics by Carlo Collodi, translated by E. Hardin and illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi from Puffin Books Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $2.50 (4 in stock)
	Pinocchio Sterling Classics by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Scott McKowen Unabridged from Sterling Publishing Co. for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Pinocchio Junior Deluxe Editions by Carlo Collodi, translated by M. A. Murray and illustrated by Roberta MacDonald from Junior Deluxe Editions Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Pinocchio Children's Classics by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Charles Folkard from Dilithium Press, Ltd. for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Pinocchio Rainbow Classics by Carlo Collodi, translated by Joseph Walker and illustrated by Richard Floethe from World Publishing Company Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Alice Carsey from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Everyman's Library Children's Classics (Location: FIC-ELC) $16.95
	Pinocchio Windermere Readers #2 by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Esther Friend from Rand McNally Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Pinocchio Windermere Series 4 by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Esther Friend from Rand McNally Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, translated by M. A. Murray and illustrated by Roberto Innocenti from Creative Editions Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman from Puffin Books Personification Stories for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99
	Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling from William Morrow & Company Realistic Animal Stories for 2nd-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $18.99
	Smokey by Bill Peet from Houghton Mifflin Rhyming / Personification for Preschool-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, illustrated by William Nicholson from Avon Books Personification for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Velveteen Rabbit How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams, illustrated by Michael Green from Running Press Personification for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $10.95
	Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, illustrated by Michael Green from Running Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Velveteen Rabbit How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams, illustrated by Michael Hague from Henry Holt and Company Personification for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Velveteen Rabbit How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams, illustrated by Michael Green from Running Press Personification for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Velveteen Rabbit How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams, illustrated by Allen Atkinson from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Personification for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.00 (1 in stock)

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