Favorite Children's Books

[GypsySorcerer]

The kiddie movies thread has gotten me nostalgic. What were your favorite children's books?

I was a big fan of the Baby-Sitter's Club series. :laugh: I loved all the "Superfudge" books and the Wayside school series. I also liked the Chronicles of Narnia.

[DrummerDeanna]

I STILL read kids books sometimes :D

My favorites:

The Harry Potter Books!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE them
Matilda
Little House on the Prairie books
Peter Pan
Charlotte's Web
Def. the SuperFudge Books...

Amelia Bedelia books
The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary - I used to LOVE those :p
Christopher Pike books lol...read them all the time in middle school
Choose your own Adventure!!!

[GypsySorcerer]

I STILL read kids books sometimes :D

My favorites:

The Harry Potter Books!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE them
Matilda
Little House on the Prairie books
Peter Pan
Charlotte's Web
Def. the SuperFudge Books...

Amelia Bedelia books
The Ramona books by Beverly Cleary - I used to LOVE those :p
Christopher Pike books lol...read them all the time in middle school
Choose your own Adventure!!!

I loved Amelia Bedelia. I'd forgotten about those. Remember the Madeline ones? Liked those to.....

[ontheEdgeof17]

The Indian in the Cupboard

Bunnicula.....and that series of books

Chronicles of Narnia.... "Turkish Delights!"

Sam, The Cat Detective <333333

Matilda

[DrummerDeanna]

I loved Amelia Bedelia. I'd forgotten about those. Remember the Madeline ones? Liked those to.....


I never read Madeline - but the Amelia Bedelia...lol...I had one that I read over and over and over again as a kid...I forget the exact title - but she goes to work for this family cleaning - and "dusts the house" and of course she puts dust all over the house...

Then instead of drawing the curtains - she literally draws curtains on paper....woo - those used to crack me up as a kid....

Then there's one where she teaches school...:laugh: What great memories...

[DrummerDeanna]

The Indian in the Cupboard

Bunnicula.....and that series of books

Chronicles of Narnia.... "Turkish Delights!"

Sam, The Cat Detective <333333

Matilda


Oh Bunicula !!!!! and Indian in the Cupboard - both GREAT!!! I'd forgotten about those.

The Chronicles of Narnia - I've thought about going back to read those because I HATED them in fifth grade...but here's why...

I had this old hag teacher with bald spots and corn removers on her elbows....

She read us The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - but we had to sit completely still - stare straight ahead and not touch ANYTHING!

That was absolute torture as a kid - I wanted to doodle or draw while listening - no - nothing....and as a result I was miserable and I hated the book.....stupid Ms. Williamson....I hated her :mad:

[skcin]

Where the Wild Things Are
The Little House series
Madeline
Anything by Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary

[ontheEdgeof17]

What's that one book about the small people with tails? It became a movie with John Goodman, I think. Wuggles. Wiggles. Something like that. I loved that book back in the day.

[DrummerDeanna]

What's that one book about the small people with tails? It became a movie with John Goodman, I think. Wuggles. Wiggles. Something like that. I loved that book back in the day.


The Littles?? :shrug:

[ontheEdgeof17]

The Littles?? :shrug:


Perfect! Thanks, D! I need to pick that one up again. :wavey:

[GypsySorcerer]

The Indian in the Cupboard

Bunnicula.....and that series of books

Chronicles of Narnia.... "Turkish Delights!"

Sam, The Cat Detective <333333

Matilda

I loved Indian in the Cupboard and Bunnicula. Ah, fourth grade. :woohoo:

[ontheEdgeof17]

Another one I still read from time to time:

Frog Soup and Bug Breath.

[amber]

Phantom Tollbooth
Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries
Chronicles of Narnia
Ramona Books
Judy Blume Books
I read of few of the Bunnicula, I liked it. "The Celery Stalks at Midnight" :laugh:
Hardy Boys - I read them all
Peanuts
The Wrinkle in Time series

[cliffdweller]

Where the Wild Things Are
Anything by Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary

:nod: :thumbsup:

I used to read those damn Sweet Valley High books too. What was I thinking?!?!

I also liked a book called "Mom You're Fired," and "Frankenstein Lives on the 14th Floor" :laugh: Those intermediate age books were the bomb! I also used to love this book called, "Nothing's Fair in the Fifth Grade." I was like, yeah, finally some props for my 5th grade peeps! :laugh:

[Livia]

I was a huge Judy Blume and Roald Dahl fan! And who didn't love Charlotte's Web?? :thumbsup:

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I loved Enid Blyton books when I was younger. I think I read them all!

Jacqueline Wilson is the best selling childrens author in the UK now. Do you get any of her books out there? My daughter loves them

Pip

[amber]

I was a huge Judy Blume and Roald Dahl fan! And who didn't love Charlotte's Web?? :thumbsup:
I don't think I loved it. I'm not even sure I read it. Though I must have, right? How weird. But then, I was all about the mysteries. I guess they're not children's books, but I started reading Agatha Christie in the 5th grade or so. I loved those, too. And there were so many!!! I love series.

[CreepingDeath]

Harry Potter- LOVE them. I can't wait for The Half Blood Prince :thumbsup:
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Hobbit
A Wrinkle In Time
Goosebumps- I read about 50 of those damn things.
Nancy Drew :o
The Indian in the Cupboard
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Mrs. Piggly Wiggly

[wondergirl9847]

I feel really old today and ya'll aren't helping. LOL!!

I'm kidding...I love nostalgia and looking back. I remember those Bunnicula books (don't remember reading them, just remember them. LOL). My friend/neighbor used to read Sweet Valley High and drove me INSANE with them. I never read those as a kid and she insisted on telling me all about them. Ugh.

I loved Charlotte's Web. :thumbsup

I think I watched more movies/cartoons as a kid than I read. :o

Ya'll mentioned Judy Blume...remember Forever? :shocked: I went to a Christian/Baptist school from kindergarten through 8th grade and a girl brought that book to school (6th grade maybe) and we all gathered around to read it. LOL It was soooo controversial and we all got in trouble for reading it. For those who don't know...it's about a girl's first time.

Chronicles of Narnia...I read some of those when I was in high school. I got made fun of for choosing those to read for English class. :rolleyes: I love those BBC productions of Narnia. :nod: I think they are making it a movie, right?

[NaiveMelody23]

curious george
where the wild tihngs are
amelia bedilia
and the little engine that could

[DrummerDeanna]

Harry Potter- LOVE them. I can't wait for The Half Blood Prince :thumbsup:



OMG - me either - I'm counting the days!!!!! I'm SOOO excited!!! :]

[Serrart]

Pinocchio
Little Women
The Little Prince
Huckelberry Finn
Heart - A School's Boy Journal
The Paul Street Boys
Misundertood
Don Quixote
Alice in Wonderland
Gulliver's Travels
The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking :thumbsup:
Sandokan

Romy

[Dark Angel]

The kiddie movies thread has gotten me nostalgic. What were your favorite children's books?

All the Laura Ingalls Wilder books
the original Sweet Valley High series
Alice In Wonderland
Beauty And The Beast
Where The Sidewalk Ends & A Light In the Attic
any Star Wars book (I've been a Star Wars fan since it came out.)

[Dreammms]

You guys all picked such great books. I just wanted to add

Miss.Nelson is Missing

:nod:

[GateandGarden]

[FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif]Ya'll mentioned Judy Blume...remember Forever? :shocked: I went to a Christian/Baptist school from kindergarten through 8th grade and a girl brought that book to school (6th grade maybe) and we all gathered around to read it. LOL It was soooo controversial and we all got in trouble for reading it. For those who don't know...it's about a girl's first time.
[FONT]I love that book, too. Also, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Classic.

One of my all-time faves is Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH <3333333

And anything by Louis Sachar, especially the Wayside School books and There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
Also, Bridge to Terabithia, The Outsiders, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, The Hobbit, I Had Seen Castles, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Annie On My Mind, Leaving Fishers, and I could go on and on. (Some of those are bordering on being or are YA books, though).

Sadly, I also read the Sweet Valley books and Goosebumps books. I was also really fond of the Everworld series by K.A. Applegate, and though it's not the best, I think it has some great qualities and is a huge step up from the first two series I mentioned.

[DrummerDeanna]

You guys all picked such great books. I just wanted to add

Miss.Nelson is Missing

:nod:

Ooh - is that the one where the teacherleaves and a mean old nasty sub comes - but really it's the teacher in disguise??

[amber]

I love that book, too. Also, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Classic.

One of my all-time faves is Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH <3333333

And anything by Louis Sacher, especially the Wayside School books and There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
Also, Bridge to Terabithia, The Outsiders, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, The Hobbit, I Had Seen Castles, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Annie On My Mind, Leaving Fishers, and I could go on and on. (Some of those are bordering on being or are YA books, though).

Sadly, I also read the Sweet Valley books and Goosebumps books. I was also really fond of the Everworld series by K.A. Applegate, and though it's not the best, I think it has some great qualities and is a huge step up from the first two series I mentioned.
Bridge to Terebithia was so sad. I just wept. And has anyone mentioned that one book, that teachers always read, about the boy and his dog? Can anyone remember what that was called? The dog dies to save the boy, or something? WHere the Red Fern Grows? Is that right? Or is that another book....

[GypsySorcerer]

Bridge to Terebithia was so sad. I just wept. And has anyone mentioned that one book, that teachers always read, about the boy and his dog? Can anyone remember what that was called? The dog dies to save the boy, or something? WHere the Red Fern Grows? Is that right? Or is that another book....

Yep, Where the Red Fern Grows. My seventh grade English class cried together.

[Dreammms]

Ooh - is that the one where the teacherleaves and a mean old nasty sub comes - but really it's the teacher in disguise??

YUP :)
It's soo good!
There is also a cartoon of it and another two books in the series.

[dissention]

Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr. Still one of my favorite books.

The Bunnicula series!

The Dollenganger series by V.C. Andrews (Flowers In the Attic, etc.). Not kids books, but I read them as a kid and *loved* them. They were so trashy and scandalous. :laugh:

[catinthedark]

Anyone ever read Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt? I loved that book so much. I still read it now anytime I'm sick and feeling awful. And don't go by the lame-o movie of a few years ago. The book is far better.

Also -

Frances the Badger (Bread and Jam for Frances; Bedtime for Frances)
Tell Me a Mitzi (anyone know this one??)
Amelia Bedelia (thought it was hilarious!)
B is for Betsy - and that whole series
Black Stallion - and that whole series
Henry Huggins - and that whole series
Paddington Bear - and that whole series
All the Gordon Kormans
All the Beverley Clearys
All the Laura Ingalls Wilders


I wanna be a kid again. :(

[AliP]

[COLOR=Indigo]
One of my all-time faves is Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH <3333333




Yes, I loved that book too! Did you ever read Rasco and the Rats of Nimh? I think it was the follow-up.

I was obsessed with books about animals, so that's all I would read. Does anyone remember those books that were about all the animals in the forest? One was called Lightfoot the Deer - they were written a long, long time ago. But there were alot of them, Paddy the Beaver, Bobby the Racoon. lol. Anyway I loved those. I also was obsessed with Nancy Drew, the real old ones, written in the 1950s or whatever. And the Babysitter's Club.

I also loved
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Big Friendly Giant (THE BFG)
Tucker's Countryside
The Trumpet of the Swan - where the trumpeter swan loses his voice so he uses a stolen trumpet. lol.

[GateandGarden]

Anyone ever read Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt? I loved that book so much. I still read it now anytime I'm sick and feeling awful. And don't go by the lame-o movie of a few years ago. The book is far better.I loved it too! And the movie is so awful. It doesn't do the book justice at all, which is so typical.

Island of the Blue DolphinsI hate that book! :sorry: My Mom and I joke about how painful we found it to be all the time. She's a librarian at a middle school and the kids always hate it whenever any of the reading or English teachers decide to read it with them. And then they hate the movie even more when they have to watch it. :laugh: Okay, I'll quit hating on children's books. :o

[GateandGarden]

Yes, I loved that book too! Did you ever read Rasco and the Rats of Nimh? I think it was the follow-up.Forgot to address this in the last post. I think there were two or three that came after the first one. I never read any of them. Did you? I think I lost interest for the most part because I discovered that they weren't about the exact same characters. But they might be good!

[DownOnRodeo]

I have an older sister who was (and is) the bigest bookworm ever... she had about a billion Babysitter's Club, SVH/SVU, Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, as well as Judy Blume and all the teenage girly books. So I read my share of all of those when I had nothing else left to read. I actually liked the Nancy Drew ones quite a lot, much better than the Hardy Boys. The 'Super Specials' where they joined up were great.

I read each Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton a hundred times. Favourites with them were Matilda and The Wishing Chair.

The Narnia books were so-so ... but I really enjoyed The Last Battle. I loved that movie, Shadowlands.

My favourite children's books were the Redwall series and the Duncton series, and anything by the Australian authors Emily Roddha and Robin Klein. These women, and all young adult authors, are geniuses!

As for picture books, did anyone else read Grug? Those books were good but so depressing! Even for his birthday party, it was just him! haha

[CreepingDeath]

I just thought of another one- The Stinky Cheese Man :lol:

Also, when I was a kid I would read Mary Higgins Clark books. For adult books, they're very tame. Unlike A.C. Andrews. Tisk Tisk, Diss. :laugh:

[skcin]

I just thought of another one- The Stinky Cheese Man :lol:

Also, when I was a kid I would read Mary Higgins Clark books. For adult books, they're very tame. Unlike A.C. Andrews. Tisk Tisk, Diss. :laugh:

I still read M.H.Clark.

And I, too, read the VC Andrews books when I was a kid - around 11 or 12 maybe? Scandelous! :eek:

[CreepingDeath]

I still read M.H.Clark.

Same here. They're always a good break from college and work.

When I was a kid my fav. was- Loves Music, Loves To Dance. :o :thumbsup:

[skcin]

Same here. They're always a good break from college and work.

When I was a kid my fav. was- Loves Music, Loves To Dance. :o :thumbsup:

Yeah, it's always a good read. I have yet to be disappointed in one of her books.

Loves Music is a good one. I remember really liking The Cradle Will Fall too. :nod:

I still have to go get her newest release.

[CreepingDeath]

Yeah, it's always a good read. I have yet to be disappointed in one of her books.

Loves Music is a good one. I remember really liking The Cradle Will Fall too. :nod:

I still have to go get her newest release.

The Cradle Will Fall is a really good one.

I also liked All Around The Town. I've always been into psychology, so I loved the split personalities in that one.

I haven't bought her new one yet either. Most of my money has gone to La Nicks tickets.

[AliP]

I hate that book! :sorry: My Mom and I joke about how painful we found it to be all the time. She's a librarian at a middle school and the kids always hate it whenever any of the reading or English teachers decide to read it with them. And then they hate the movie even more when they have to watch it. :laugh: Okay, I'll quit hating on children's books. :o [/COLOR]


hmm, I just remembering liking it when I was young. Who knows, it could be total trash, the last time I read it was probably when I was 10. I just remember I liked it because the wolf (or wild dog) becomes her friend. I've never seen the movie.

[wondergirl9847]

The Richard Scary (sp?) books. They were basically picture books that told you what various items were, but I freakin' LOVED them. I think I still have one or two somewhere.

[DrummerDeanna]

The Richard Scary (sp?) books. They were basically picture books that told you what various items were, but I freakin' LOVED them. I think I still have one or two somewhere.


YES!!!!! I LOVED THOSE!!! My mom used to buy them for me...

AND that reminds me.....does anyone remember the Dill Pickle Gang or bus or something like that?

They traveled around in a pickle bus - or maybe it was just a green bus - and I think they were animals - I seem to remember a hippo - though my memories are a bit fuzzy.....

[GypsySorcerer]

The Richard Scary (sp?) books. They were basically picture books that told you what various items were, but I freakin' LOVED them. I think I still have one or two somewhere.

I remember those. "Lowly" the worm or something? :laugh:

And also those Barentstein bears books.

[Dark Angel]

The Dollenganger series by V.C. Andrews (Flowers In the Attic, etc.). Not kids books, but I read them as a kid and *loved* them. They were so trashy and scandalous. :laugh:

Guilty! :lol: I can remember reading those when I was around 12 or 13. I loved them! Not exactly 'kid's books', but they were a great read. :laugh:

[dissention]

Guilty! :lol: I can remember reading those when I was around 12 or 13. I loved them! Not exactly 'kid's books', but they were a great read. :laugh:

My favorite was Petals On the Wind. I think I actually cried when the remaining twin killed herself with rat poison in it. :laugh:

[CreepingDeath]

The Richard Scary (sp?) books. They were basically picture books that told you what various items were, but I freakin' LOVED them. I think I still have one or two somewhere.

I used to LOVE those. My favourite one was called The Best Word Book Ever. I looked at it so much, that cover fell off. :o

I Spy books were pretty cool too. WAY better then Where's Waldo. :nod:

[catinthedark]

The Richard Scary (sp?) books. They were basically picture books that told you what various items were, but I freakin' LOVED them. I think I still have one or two somewhere.

OMG!! I loved those! How could I forget?? My favourite was Busy, Busy World. Was that what it was called? Every page was a different part of the world.

[DownOnRodeo]

Richard Scarry! My favourite was this one where the baker accidentally bakes a talking doll into a loaf of bread. hehe

[golddustwoman77]

Also, Bridge to Terabithia That is my favorite children's/young adult book of all times! It is just terrific, even though it is extremely sad. I cry at the last two or three chapters every time. I have my class do a novel study of that book every year. It is always well received.


Anyone ever read Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt?
I also have my class do a novel study on it every year; it is one of my favorites as well.





I love any book by Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume. I especially love Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. My class does novel studies on the whole "Fudge" series.

I'll add these that I don't think anyone has mentioned yet: (1) Sounder, (2) Holes, (3) My Side of the Mountain, and (4) The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. These are all young adult books.

For smaller kids I like: (1) If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, etc. There is a whole series of books like these they are very cute. (2) The Pop Up Series by David Carter like Love Bugs, (3) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Also, for any age, Shel Silverstein has a set of poetry books that are hilarious! Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Falling Up. I just love them!

[DrummerDeanna]

Also, for any age, Shel Silverstein has a set of poetry books that are hilarious! Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Falling Up. I just love them!


OMG - How could Shel Silverstein have been left off until now? I LOVED him.....

And recently I've grown fond of the books (from reading to my nephew): Click Clack Moo and Auntie Claus (Christmas book) - cute books.

Of course I've not seen my nephew in a few months - apparently now HE likes to read to people lol...I can't wait to have him read to me when I'm home in a month.

[David]

The kiddie movies thread has gotten me nostalgic. What were your favorite children's books?"Sam & the Firefly" by P.D. Eastman was my favorite. I still have a copy.

[amber]

"Sam & the Firefly" by P.D. Eastman was my favorite. I still have a copy.
Omigod, I love that book, too, and still have a copy! It's pretty beat up, though. Those drawings of nightime, then with the bright firefly, mesmerized me as a young kid. I also have The Best Nest by Eastman

[mondaymornin1]

I loved the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary, and I'm trying so hard to get my daughter to get into those! She likes a newer series written by Barbara Parks, the Junie B. Jones series. Junie B. reminds me of Ramona...

I also loved all of Judy Blume's books, from Superfudge books to Forever ...My mom started to buy Forever for me, but unfortunately, she read the first page and decided against it. :shocked: Soooo, my friends and I would go in the bookstore every time we went to the mall and read some of it. :laugh: (It was never available in the library!)

I confess that I also read those lame Sweet Valley books...ya know, the ones where the entire first chapter gave the SAME description of the twins---perfect size 6, green eyes, silky blond hair, etc. :laugh:

I also remember liking Pippi Longstocking books and Miss Wigglepiggle (???), or was it Pigglewiggle...or now am I thinking of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store? :p

[SuzeQuze]

I really liked The Witch of Blackbird Pond. It is still in print but they changed the cover, it used to be nice and witchy! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440995779/103-5370185-5259004?v=glance

I also read the Sweet Valley High books. :shocked: I love love love everything by Judy Blume although I never did read Forever! I can't believe that.

There was a book I liked when I was small about a dog, I think his name was Rags, and he is a stray that is taken in reluctantly by a store owner. He winds up thwarting a robbery attempt and becomes a hero and the apple of the store owner's eye. I cannot remember what it was called though and I can't find it!

I read a lot when I was younger, I loved it, still do.

[amber]

That book, Witch of Blackbird pond, reminded me of another book I liked. I hope I remember it, cause that book kicked ass, and I think there was a witch in it. Anyways, now I want to read Witch of Blackbird pond.
I thought of another book I really liked, The Girl With the Silver Eyes - she could move things with her mind. :)
I never read Forever, either, which I think is weird because I definitely would have... :shrug: Maybe I'll read it now.

[SuzeQuze]

That book, Witch of Blackbird pond, reminded me of another book I liked. I hope I remember it, cause that book kicked ass, and I think there was a witch in it. Anyways, now I want to read Witch of Blackbird pond.
I thought of another book I really liked, The Girl With the Silver Eyes - she could move things with her mind. :)
I never read Forever, either, which I think is weird because I definitely would have... :shrug: Maybe I'll read it now.

I read another witchy book that kicked ass too but I don't know the name of it. The witch could "see" radio waves and such and was put off by how much of the air was being taken up by these waves. Imagine that now!

I think you'd like the Witch of Blackbird Pond. I really loved it, I think I identified with that character. Inside I was fabulous and wearing expensive gorgeous fabrics in my imagination, but outside I was forced to live a spartan existence due to the necessary frugality of my family. :laugh: She comes from colorful, warm Barbados, a very wealthy young lady, and moves to Connecticut to live with family in the 1600s when everything was gray and yucky.

[amber]

I read another witchy book that kicked ass too but I don't know the name of it. The witch could "see" radio waves and such and was put off by how much of the air was being taken up by these waves. Imagine that now!

I think you'd like the Witch of Blackbird Pond. I really loved it, I think I identified with that character. Inside I was fabulous and wearing expensive gorgeous fabrics in my imagination, but outside I was forced to live a spartan existence due to the necessary frugality of my family. :laugh: She comes from colorful, warm Barbados, a very wealthy young lady, and moves to Connecticut to live with family in the 1600s when everything was gray and yucky.
Yeah, I've been reading a few pages on Amazon, and I was like "oh, you had to leave Barbados? Bum" :D

[Pisces Queen]

When I was young my favorite books were:

S.E Hinton's: The Outsiders, That Was Then This is Now, Rumble Fish and Tex

Sweet Valley High Books

My Beloved Benjamin

[cliffdweller]

Does anyone remember the Babysitters Club books? Yikes. I think I read every one of those!

[cliffdweller]

I love any book by Judy Blume.

Deenie (about the pretty model girl who had scoliosis) and Are You There God It's Me Margaret were my faves.

[cliffdweller]

When I was a kid my fav. was- Loves Music, Loves To Dance. :o :thumbsup:

My favorite was "Remember Me." I think it was made into a cheesy t.v. movie starring Kelly McGillis.

[CreepingDeath]

I also remember liking Pippi Longstocking books and Miss Wigglepiggle (???), or was it Pigglewiggle...or now am I thinking of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store? :p

It was Mrs. Piggly Wiggly. My 2nd grade teacher would always read those to us.

[Hawkeye]

Go Dog Go was my very first and almost last book :laugh:

[golddustwoman77]

Go Dog Go was my very first and almost last book :laugh:


:laugh: :lol: :laugh: :lol: I almost spit out my beverage. You should branch out and read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

[catinthedark]

Ooooh.... thought of a couple more....

Alligator Pie!! Anyone else know this one? It's a collection of wacky, funny poems.

And the other one is "But Not The Hippopotomus" which is by Somebody Boynton. It made me cry the first time I read it.

Oh!! And the Olivia the Pig books. I discovered those just a few years ago. They are phenomenal!

[DownOnRodeo]

Go Dog Go! Great book. ;) What a tree that was, where they held the party.

My favourite Dr Seuss book was 'The First of Octember'!