I would say mine is the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. My teacher read it to the class in third/fourth grade and I fell in love with it. It might be because I loved dolls and stuff like that and related to Abilene. I loved seeing Edward going on all of this adventures and I believed for the longest time that he was like a character in Toy Story. I think my favorite part was when he was with this brother and sister. Although many people don’t like it due to its non-kid friendly topics (abuse, manipulation, death),the book just reminds me a simpler time in my life and when I just started to realize reading was fun.
loosely translated as “Last Resort” by Ilya Turchin. it is about a soviet soldier fighting nazis told in a fairytale sort of style. with illustrations done by an artist who did some WWII propaganda posters (Vlasov). makes for an interesting emotional mix when reading.
the book belonged to my cousin and i used to steal it and read it again and again. got to the point where the cover wasn’t attached and the pages were falling out.