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No staff is entirely static, staying exactly the same for years with no additions or subtractions. We realize that, but we're also pretty proud of our current personnel, and the many ways they've helped shape Exodus Books and point it in some unforeseen and wonderful directions. So, in 2011 we started asking each individual to share their favorite books, curricula, games, etc., and these pages are the result.

Because sharing favorites is fairly personal, we thought you should get to know each of these peculiar persons and asked them all to write a main bio, as well as section-specific bios. These are partly to show why they selected the titles and products in their lists, and partly just to show you that Exodus Books is inhabited by real people who do real things.

One of our biggest in-store services is making recommendations and helping people find what works best for them. These lists aren't as customer-specific, but they serve the same purpose—we're not just trying to parade our excellent taste or prove that we're literate, we're trying to help you discover things you may never have found otherwise, and maybe to rediscover some old favorites.

It's probably a fact universally true of book-lovers: given the chance, they'll talk your ear off about the books they love, the books they hate, and all the books you'll never read but that are really much better than the well-known books you will read. This isn't pretension. It's simply what happens to those who love words and want to share them. We've tried to cut the talk down here, though we'll gladly answer any pertinent questions.

With that, we present Staff Favorites. You'll find some overlap (lots of people seem to like The Chronicles of Narnia), but rarely if ever will you find complete consensus on a single title, product, or curriculum line. That's why we let everyone make their own lists: you know the official Exodus stance by reading our reviews, but the individuality that makes our store unique and awesome is what's on display here. Enjoy, and don't judge too harshly.

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Adventures of Beekle
by Dan Santat
from Little, Brown & Company
2015 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14
All About Reading Pre-Reading - Reader 1
by Marie Rippel
from All About Learning Press
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)
$14.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
All About Reading Pre-Reading - Reader 2
by Marie Rippel, Renee LaTulippe
from All About Learning Press
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in All About Reading (Location: PHO-AAR)
$14.95 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Animals of the Bible
by Dorothy P. Lathrop, text selected by Helen Dean Fish
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-3rd grade
1938 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.29
Arthur's Christmas Cookies
I Can Read! Level 2
by Lilian Hoban
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-2nd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Ball for Daisy
by Chris Raschka
from Schwartz & Wade
for Preschool-2nd grade
2012 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.29 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers: 4 Volume Set
by Joey Allen
from New Leaf Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Bible Doctrine for Kids (Location: BIBR-DOC)
Big Truths for Little Kids
by Richie & Susan Hunt
from Crossway Books
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Bible Doctrine for Kids (Location: BIBR-DOC)
$24.99
Black and White
by David Macaulay
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-3rd grade
1991 Caldecott Medal winner
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend
by Mercer & Marianna Mayer
from Dial Books for Young Readers
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.99
Bremen Town Musicians
by Ilse Plume retelling Brothers Grimm
Tra from Dragonfly Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
1981 Caldecott Honor Book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.64
Cat in the Hat Comes Back
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49
Caterpillars and Butterflies
Usborne Beginners
by Stephanie Turnbull
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$2.40 (2 in stock)
Danny and the Dinosaur
An I Can Read Book Level 1
by Syd Hoff
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Danny and the Dinosaur
An I Can Read Book Level 1
by Syd Hoff
from Sandy Creek
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Danny and the Dinosaur
by Syd Hoff
1981 reprint from Harper & Row
for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Dick and Jane: Fun with Our Family
Dick and Jane readers
from Grosset & Dunlap
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$11.04
Dick and Jane: We Play Outside
Dick and Jane readers
from Grosset & Dunlap
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$11.04
Doodling Dragons
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$14.99
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
from Random House
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Ear Book
by Al Perkins
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Nursery-Preschool
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Elephant and Piggie Biggie Volume 1
by Mo Willems
from Hyperion Books for Children
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Elephant and Piggie Biggie Volume 2
by Mo Willems
from Hyperion Books for Children
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Elephant and Piggie Biggie Volume 3
by Mo Willems
from Hyperion Books for Children
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$14.44
Elephant and Piggie Biggie Volume 3
by Mo Willems
from Hyperion Books for Children
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Elephant and Piggie Biggie Volume 5
by Mo Willems
from Hyperion Books for Children
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Fables
by Arnold Lobel
from HarperCollins
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for Preschool-3rd grade
1981 Caldecott Medal winner
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Finding Winnie
by Lindsay Mattick
First Edition from Little, Brown & Company
for Nursery-2nd grade
2016 Caldecott Winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Fish Out of Water
by Helen Palmer
from Random House
Animal Fantasy/Rhyming Stories for Nursery-1st grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49
Flotsam
by David Wiesner
from Clarion Books
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
2007 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Foot Book
Bright & Early Books
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49 $2.40 (1 in stock)
Foot Book
Bright & Early Books
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$2.40 (2 in stock)
Gollywhopper Egg
by Anne Rockwell
from Macmillan
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
Bright & Early Books
by Al Perkins
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49
Hello, Goodbye Window
by Norton Juster
1st edition from Hyperion/Madison Press
for Preschool- 2nd Grade
2006 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14
How Flowers Grow
Usborne Beginners
by Emma Helbrough
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$4.24 $2.40 (1 in stock)
I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today!
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49
I Have an Olive Tree
by Eve Bunting
1st edition from HarperCollins
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.29
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
from HarperCollins
Animal Fantasy for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Ish
by Peter H. Reynolds
First Edition from Candlewick Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$12.75
It's Not Easy Being a Bunny
by Marilyn Sadler
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
Jesus Storybook Bible (Collector Edition)
by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Har/Com Dl from Zonderkidz
in Bible Stories for Kids (Location: BIBR-STO)
$33.99
John Ronald’s Dragons
by Caroline McAlister, Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
from Roaring Brook Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$19.54
Johnny Lion's Book
by Edith Thacher Hurd, illustrated by Clement Hurd
from Weekly Reader
for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
by Simms Taback
from Viking Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
2000 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.29
Journey
Journey Trilogy #1
by Aaron Becker
1st edition from Candlewick Press
for Preschool-4th grade
2014 Caldecott Honor Book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14
Knitting Knights
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$15.00 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Knot is Not a Tangle
by Daniel Nayeri, illustrated by Vesper Stamper
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt De La Pena
1st edition from G.P. Putnam's Sons
Realistic Fiction for Preschool-3rd grade
2016 Newbery Medal, 2016 Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor 2016
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14
Life of Fred Eden #01: Blue
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #02: Bus
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #03: Lake
Red
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #04: Potato Dreams
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #05: Ducks
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #06: Rain
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #07: Mud
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #08: Night
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #09: Dawn
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #10: House
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #11: Windows
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #12: Kitchen
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #13: Electricity
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #14: Dinner
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #15: Evening
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #16: Garden
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #17: Peach
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Life of Fred Eden #18: Going Home
by Stanley F. Schmidt
from Polka Dot Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Life of Fred Eden Series (Location: EAR-LOF)
$6.80
Lion and the Mouse
by Jerry Pinkney
from Little, Brown & Company
for Nursery-1st
2010 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14
Little Mommy
by Sharon Kane
from Golden Books
in Little Golden Books (Location: PIC-GOLD)
$5.09
Locomotive
by Brian Floca
1st edition from Atheneum
for Preschool-5th
2014 Caldecott Medal winner, 2014 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$16.99
LOE Foundations B - Teacher's Manual
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$44.99 $25.00 (1 in stock)
LOE Foundations C - Teacher's Manual
3rd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$54.99 $32.00 (1 in stock)
Mat Man: Hats
by Jan Z. Olsen, illustrated by Molly Delaney
from Learning Without Tears
for Preschool-1st grade
in Handwriting Without Tears (Location: HAN-WOT)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Mat Man: On the Go
Mat Man
by Jan Z. Olsen, illustrated by Molly Delaney
from Learning Without Tears
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Handwriting Without Tears (Location: HAN-WOT)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Mat Man: Opposites
by Jan Z. Olsen, illustrated by Molly Delaney
from Learning Without Tears
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in Handwriting Without Tears (Location: HAN-WOT)
$6.40 (1 in stock)
Mei Li
by Thomas Handforth
from Doubleday & Company
1939 Caldecott Medal winner
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Bright & Early Books
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for Nursery-1st grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49 $3.20 (2 in stock)
My, Oh My—a Butterfly!
by Tish Rabe
from Random House
for Preschool-1st grade
in Cat in the Hat's Learning Library (Location: EAR-CAT)
$3.60 (1 in stock)
Off to the Races
by Fred. Phleger, M. Phleger
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49
Old Hat New Hat
Bright & Early Books
by Jan Berenstain, Stan Berenstain
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49
On the Moon
Usborne First Reading Level 1
by Anna Milbourne, illustrated by Benji Davies
from Usborne
for Preschool-1st grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$8.49 $3.60 (1 in stock)
Other Side
by Jacqueline Woodson
from Putnam Juvenile
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.14 $4.80 (1 in stock)
Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen; illustrated by John Schoenherr
from Philomel Books
for Preschool-3rd grade
1988 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.29 $6.40 (1 in stock)
Pegasus
by Marianna Mayer & K. Y. Craft
1st ed from HarperCollins
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.99
Pictorial Primer
for Nursery-1st grade
in McGuffey's Readers & Other Primers (Location: REA-MCG)
$7.50 (2 in stock)
Planet Earth
by Leonie Pratt
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Usborne Beginners (Location: SCI-USBREA)
$4.24 $2.40 (1 in stock)
Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-2nd grade
1986 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.00
Press Here
by Herve Tullet
from Chronicle Books
for Nursery-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$13.59
Quest
Journey Trilogy #2
by Aaron Becker
from Candlewick Press
for PRes
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.29
Rob and Roland
by Piet Prins
from Inheritance Publications
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Morality Tales (Location: FIC-WH05)
$6.76
Rob and Roland on the Farm
by Piet Prins
from Inheritance Publications
Realistic Fiction for Preschool-2nd grade
in Morality Tales (Location: FIC-WH05)
$7.61
Sick Day for Amos McGee
by Philip C. Stead
First Edition from Roaring Brook Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
2011 Caldecott Medal winner
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$15.29
Sign Painter
by Allen Say
1st edition from Houghton Mifflin
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$14.45
Snow
by Philip.D. Eastman, Roy Mc Kie
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Some of Us Walk, Some Fly, Some Swim
I Can Read It All By Myself
by Michael Frith
from Random House
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Stranger
by Chris Van Allsburg
1st edition from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$16.11 $8.40 (1 in stock)
Tale of Tom Kitten
Book 8
by Beatrix Potter
from Frederick Warne & Company
for Nursery-1st grade
in Peter Rabbit & Friends (Location: FIC-PETER)
$7.64
They All Saw a Cat
by Brendan Wenzel
from Chronicle Books
2017 Caldecott Honor book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$18.99
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