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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 by Carlo Collodi, translated by Geoffrey Brock, with an introduction by Umberto Eco and an afterword by Rebecca West from New York Review of Books for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $14.00
	Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, translated by John Hooper & Anna Kraczyna from Penguin Classics for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $15.00
	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
	Choo Choo The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away by Virginia Lee Burton from Houghton Mifflin Personification Stories for Preschool-2nd 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
	Gregory's Shadow by Don Freeman from Puffin Books Animal Fantasy for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	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 Blacknose by Hildegarde H. Swift, illustrated by Lynd Ward 2025 Reprint from Unknown Publisher for 2nd-5th grade 1930 Newbery Honor Book in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $13.99
	Little Engine That Could - Original Edition by Watty Piper, illustrated by George & Doris Hauman from Platt and Munk Publishers Personification Stories for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $10.99
	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
	Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift & Lynd Ward from Houghton Mifflin for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky from Penguin Putnam Personification Stories for Nursery-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) $8.99
	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
	Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo from Candlewick Press Personification for 4th-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $14.99
	Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo from Candlewick Press Personification for 4th-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $8.99
	Nutcracker by ETA Hoffman & Don Daily from Running Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $12.95
	Paddington Treasury by Michael Bond, illustrated by R. W. Alley 1^st edition from HarperCollins for 2nd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $27.99
	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) $18.00
	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) $19.99
	Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2004 Paperback from HarperTrophy Realistic Animal Stories for 2nd-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Smokey by Bill Peet from Houghton Mifflin Rhyming / Personification for Preschool-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $9.99
	Teddy Bears' Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy from Aladdin Paperbacks for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, illustrated by William Nicholson from Avon Books Personification for 1st-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99
	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) $12.99
	Wild Robot Wild Robot #1 by Peter Brown from Little, Brown & Company for 2nd-5th grade in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI) $8.99
	Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown from Little, Brown & Company for 2nd-5th grade in Science Fiction (Location: FIC-SCI) $8.99

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