Thursday, October 4, 2007
Favorite Children's Books
Dad has promised (or threatened?) to get himself onto this blog and post this question but I will jumpstart him by asking you the burning question: What were your favorite childhood books? I think Dad would like to compile a list for a buddy with young'uns. What would you recommend for the age 3-5 crowd and why?
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Oh MAN there are lots!
Dr. Seuss's Lorax, I had Trouble Getting To Sola Sollu.
Kate and the Big Snow.
Mike Mulligan and the steam shovel.
Winnie the Pooh.
Goodnight Moon
Peter Rabbit (how can we forget Mr. Benjamin Bunny!)
The Little House on a Hill.
Curious George.
Squirrel Nutkin
Tom Kitten.
Anything by Beatrix Potter, actually.
Freight Train (going...going...gone...)
The Gazelle (the story about the acacia tree; remember Mom?)
Ferdinand (Woww did it hurt! Ferdinand jumped up with a snort...)
Build Me A House (maybe not the correct title but it's the one with King Lion demanding his subjects to build him a house)
The King, The Mouse, And The Cheese.
The story with the pidgeon (some sort of bird) who has no wings.
That African story where the guy kidnaps the girl and makes her sing in the drum.
Where The Wild Things Are.
The Finganani and Tree Toad (pushu pushu pushu)
Last but not least...MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS!!!!!
The kids I used to read to in the toddler room at the CDC LOVED interactive books. We had one called "the Seals on the Bus" (instead of "the wheels on the bus"). They also really enjoyed one that I don't remember the exact title but was something like going on a lion hunt (I could probably recite it aloud we read it so often). But for the most part they were books which were somewhat repetative and encouraged the child to participate. Granted, most of the kids I read to were more like 2-3yrs of age.
To be honest though I don't think its the book that matters at all, but rather the person reading the book.
Becca is correct.
All of the books Tim mentioned plus
The Francis books!
Corduroy
The Giving Tree
Any book by Richard Scary (where's Gold bug?)
The Village of Round and Square Houses
That book about the kids in the African village who make little cars and bicycles out of wire
The Little Engine that Could ( I still remember Dad embellishing it)
the Little Bear books
Uncle Wiggley (it is very easy to be kind)
That book about a bear and the strawberry (remember when we kept checking it out over and over from the Genoa Public Library?)
Ferdinand!
The Carrot
Horton Hears a Who (a person's a person, no matter how small!)
The Fur Child ( it had a furry cover! I loved it)
those books by that guy who worked for Disney (something Pete? also a staple at GPL)
all of the above.
The big red barn (I loved that one!)
Flip.
the Owl books, and frog and toad, of course.
The Velvetine Rabbit (even if
it is very sad)
The Polar Express
The Fur Child was MY book.
How could I have forgotten Francis?
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