Madeline: “Rapunzel because I like to read it always at night time.”
Alexandra: “Elephant and Piggie because I like to read the series.”
—Madeline (left) and Alexandra Mandzij, Princeton

“All the Clifford books. I like them because they are funny.”
—Idun Bevold, Princeton

Ari: “Monster Trucks because they have a lot of pictures and the trucks are cool.”
Elijah: “Green Eggs and Ham. It’s one of my favorites because it’s fun to look at and the author wants you to learn.”
Joshua: “My favorite book is The Cat in the Hat because he is funny and silly and has rhyming words.”
—Ari Bothe, Princeton (left to right),
with Elijah and Joshua Augustine, Secaucus

Maggie: “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket. I really like it. It’s funny.”
Liana: “Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation.”
Ella: “One of my favorite books is from my mother’s childhood, Ali and the Magic Carpet;
it has an old lady and magical house with animals from different countries.”
—Maggie Cleveland, Hopewell (left to right),
with Liana and Ella Quinlan, Hopewell

Davin: “Ultraman, a Japanese super hero that was made a long, long time ago.
It shows a lot of toys and pictures from the movies.”
Siage: “Princess books because I like princesses.”
—Davin and Siage Komoda, East Windsor

Eleanor: “Sahara Special — it’s a book about a girl whose parents are split up and she has a weird teacher, Miss Pointy, in school.”
Cole: “Lego books because you look at the pages and everything is made out of legos.”
—Eleanor and Cole Bloch, Princeton