Favorite Children's Books

[amber]

Originally Posted by David

"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. Soooo, my friends and I would go in the bookstore every time we went to the mall and read some of it. (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.

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?

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by mondaymornin1

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?

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

[golddustwoman77]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Go Dog Go was my very first and almost last book

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'!