“'Arthur' (series by Marc Brown)”

— Rozay Nazaire, student, Oskaloosa

“'The Giving Tree.' I can still read it to this day and bawl my eyes out.”

— Ashlinn Danford, student mortician, Kansas City, Kan.

“'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.'”

— Antonio Magana, sixth-grader, Lawrence

“'The Wizard of Oz,' the series. I had all the paperbacks.”

— Linda Peckham, programmer, Lawrence

“'Watership Down.'”

— Ryan Saxton, city employee, Lawrence

“'The Giving Tree' is a classic.”

— Rebecca Smith, teacher, Lawrence