Nothing beats curling up with a babe in one arm and a book in the other (especially one of our 33 all-time favorite reads). Some Cookie readers have even created nooks in their homes where their children can sneak off to hang out with a boa constrictor or (gasp) eat spinach for dessert. Here are a few of these cozy spots...

Kiet flipped this box to make a reading space. He put his soft toys inside and topped it with his Lego creations. -- Esther from the Netherlands.

My three-year-old son John loves Richard Scarry more than anything in his little world. He loves to sit by himself and "read," but can usually talk my husband, his older siblings or me into reading to him. He's very persuasive (and persistent). -- Tess from Kansas City.

Mason reads whatever he can get his mitts on. If you're sitting cross-legged on the floor, you'd better watch out because he'll come over, hand you a book, say "Ree??" and plop into your lap. I figured he deserved his own quiet reading space, so I made this nook between his crib and bookshelf. -- Erin from Utah.

My husband would say that every spot in our house is a reading nook. But this is our favorite place to read together as a family. -- Tracy from Los Angeles.

My daughter Claire picked out the fabrics she liked. Then we ripped them into strips and I sewed them together to create a nice little pillow for her reading chair. -- Stephanie from Arizona.

Calvin likes to flip through his huge stash of dino books, as well as draw and write his own dino adventures. -- Kristina from Denmark.

I have three kids: Jack is eight and a half, Max is seven and Zoe is about to turn four. The bigger kids are really into The Spiderwick Chronicles and Zoe's favorites are my old Golden Books. (I've been reading her The Color Kittens non-stop lately.) The rocking chair and teddy bear are from when I was little. -- Meegan from Portland.

And we love this thrifted sheets reading nook, created by Portland-based Stephanie.