Back when you were a kid, you didn't realize that what you were reading would make such an impact on your life. A simple children's book has the power to teach you lessons that you never even realized we're so important. Here are some children's books that taught lessons that you still live by in your adult life.

1. "A Bad Case of Stripes"

Don't be afraid to be different.

Camilla Cream is very worried about what other people think of her — so worried that she refuses to eat her favorite food, lima beans, simply because the other kids don’t like them. Things change when she breaks out with a bad case of the stripes.

2. "The Lorax"

You have the power to change the world

A classic Suess tale that talks about nature and how important it is that we preserve it.

3. "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"

Bad days happen, but remember that tomorrow will be better.

Even on a day full of tongue biting, bad stuff on TV, and lima beans, Alexander learns that bad days end and tomorrow will be better.

4. "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales"

Don't be afraid to question orthodox wisdom. Have a healthy skepticism for conventional ideas, because you might find something new in your different ways of thinking.

This is a collection of fairy tales that are twisted and re-imagined in a way that's never been read before.

5. "The Giving Tree"

Be grateful and tell your parents you love them.

A tree and a boy grow old together, the tree giving the boy nothing but happiness through her fruit. The boy takes and takes until the tree is nothing, but a stump.

6. "Where The Wild Things Are"

There's no place like home.

A mischievous boy named Max is transported to monstrous land inhibited by beasts after misbehaving at home. He becomes king of the Wild Things and revels in all his glory. Once he smells his mother's cooking he transports himself back home.