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Doctor De Soto
by rowspan="5" |Picture books, hardcover
Picture book · ages 4–8 · grades K–3 · 550L
Why we'd hand it over
William Steig's gentle masterpiece—the pictures are tender and funny, the dilemma is genuinely moral (not mawkish), and kids grasp that bravery and kindness can coexist with caution.