The Year You Were Born 1949: An interesting factual book on the year you were born 1949.

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The Ultimate Birthday Book is like a time capsule that captures the headlines of one's life. Ever wonder what world events occurred on the day you were born? Or what events shaped your parents' lifetime? Only the immense daily record of The Times can inspire such rich and personalized reflection. In this satire of upper crust Manhattan, an NYU college student takes care of a wealthy family’s son. In the process, she learns to juggle her personal life and the family’s dysfunction. The 2007 film adaptation starred Scarlett Johansson. This humorous tale follows the adventures of a modest house painter who somehow finds himself the caretaker of a brood of penguins. The book was turned into a movie by the same name in 2011, starring Jim Carrey. This lesson-oriented story teaches youngsters about the importance of staying safe around strangers. "Never Talk to Strangers" is known as much for its psychedelic illustrations and witty rhymes as it is for its timeless message.

Ginger Pye" centers around a smart, loyal dog named Ginger, popular with everyone in town, who ends up stolen. His owners eventually discover where the dog has been kept and work to figure out who was responsible for the crime. The book was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1952. J. K. Rowling's debut novel and the first in the Harry Potter series follows a young wizard as he learns about his magic skills and enrolls at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was republished in the United States a year later as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," and has since been translated into more than 70 languages. Boring errands—like haircuts and shopping—get better for a young boy when he is accompanied by a dinosaur in this picture book by Elise Broach. Time magazine's Belinda Luscombe and Amy Lennard Goeh dubbed the title one of the top 10 children's books of 2007. Author P. D. Eastman teaches young readers about playing, working, and being on the go through a group of dogs that drive in "Go, Dog. Go!" DreamWorks is working on a TV series based on the book, and it's scheduled to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2020, according to Penguin Random House.

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Exploring the theme of survival in hostile environments, "A Girl Named Disaster" follows an 11-year-old girl in Mozambique who flees from her traditional village to Zimbabwe. Along the way, she overcomes hunger, encounters with aggressive animals, and loneliness. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

This first-person narrative concerns a man who wants to learn the nine insights of life from an ancient Peruvian manuscript that had been recently translated. As he continues in his spiritual journey and his attempt to bring the knowledge to the public at large, he is chased by authorities who are loyal to the Catholic Church and don’t want the manuscript to get out.

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This beloved novella focuses on Franny and Zooey, the two youngest siblings of J.D. Salinger’s Glass family. Franny has a religious and existential breakdown while visiting her boyfriend's college over a weekend.

Jerry Pinkney updates a collection of 61 classic fables for the 21st century in "Aesop's Fables." The large-format book features stunning illustrations created with watercolor and colored pencils. The Daily Mirror is Britain’s best-selling post-war newspaper since the 1970s since it was established in 1903. Through broad journalistic content, including photographs (something many competing titles didn’t utilise), advertisements etc. the Daily Mirror provides superior insight into the past. Virginia Woolf's last novel follows the upper-middle class Pargiter family over the span of 50 years from the 1880s to 1930s, focusing on the children of a retired British general who served in India. The Victorian, omniscient point of view used in the novel differs from her usual stream of consciousness prose. This terrifying book-turned-hit film follows a young girl who is possessed by a demon, and the two priests who try to save her. The movie adaptation is one of the highest grossing films ever and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. Author Eleanor Coerr tells the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a girl with leukemia caused by the radiation from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, who's on a mission to fold 1,000 paper cranes, in this 1977 historical novel for children. The book can inspire students to fold their own origami cranes and send them to Japan in memory of Sadako, writes Kate Lyman of Rethinking Schools.This romance is presented as a novelization of a true story, but it’s entirely fictional. It follows the story of Robert Kincaid, a National Geographic photographer sent to photograph the covered bridges of Madison County, and his intense four-day affair with Francesca Johnson, a housewife whose husband and children are away on a trip. The 1995 film adaptation starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep was a financial success. An aspiring teacher learns that his father has been convicted of murder in this best-selling book. He sets out to learn the truth. Based on the "Three Little Pigs," this picture book puts a new twist on the classic tale when the pigs head off on their own imaginative adventures. The book features a myriad of illustration styles from David Wiesner. A. Birnbaum earned a Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in "Green Eyes." The 1953 picture book shares the experience of a kitten as it goes through each season.

Laura Ingalls Wilder released the first installment of the popular "Little House" series, "Little House in the Big Woods," in 1932. The largely-autobiographical tale follows Laura as she learns homesteading skills at a log cabin in Wisconsin. Betty Smith’s acclaimed coming-of-age novel follows a girl from a poor family in Brooklyn who loses her innocence as she becomes more aware of the reality surrounding her life. The book ultimately shows that the girl and her family are resilient despite everything life throws at them.

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The Dot" centers around young Vashti's journey of self-discovery after she makes an angry mark on a blank sheet of paper in art class. The children's book is celebrated for its emphasis on the creative spirit and the importance of encouragement from teachers. This novel follows Buddy Glass, who takes a brief leave from the Army during World War II to attend his brother Seymour’s wedding. Seymour is missing, and the novel depicts Buddy’s experience interacting with the wedding party and attendees.