So, did you hear the news about Maurice Sendak dying yesterday? I heard about it on the way home from work and was so sad. We love Where the Wild Things Are (the book, not the weird emo movie...) And we have one of the most awesome pop-up books that is done by him also. In the spirit of him and childrens books... What are some of your favorite childrens books?
I saw that about Maurice Sendak...I grew up reading the Little Bear books (which he illustrated) and Where the Wild Things Are is still one of my favorite picture books. I used to work in a children's library so the subject of picture books is one that is very dear to me...here are a few of my favorites (I'll try to keep it shout) Anything by Mo Willems (Pigeon cracks me up..but I also really really love the Knufflebunny books) Olivia by Ian Falconer Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type (and the others in the series as well) by Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Anything by Kevin Henkes The Polar Express by Chris van Allsburg The Library by Sarah Stewart (this one is very special to me since the people at the library I worked at gave DD a copy of the book when she was born as the main character in the book has the same name as her...and it turns out my Elizabeth Brown likes books almost as much as the Elizabeth Brown in the story).
I was just wishing for some children's book recommendations yesterday, so this thread is perfect. We actually don't have WTWTA, that's one I should look into getting the kids!! We do have a couple pigeon books though, and they love those, as well as the Little Wombat books and all the Pinkalicious books. My DD actually has a Kindle Fire and I was wanting books for that!
We are old school around here, my girls love... Bearenstein Bears Clifford The newer books they like have been mentioned.
Colton is 8 and he reads anything he can get his hands on. He loves going to the library at school and he almost always picks something about nature (or a Disney/Pixar book). He brought home the same shark book 4 times this year! Books he loves the most that we have here are Dr. Suess books. He giggles while he reads them, which makes me extremely happy! We also have random books that were Lane's (now 16) and Destiny's (now 12). I can't throw books away for some reason.
I hadn't heard. THat is so sad!! My kids' favorite children's books are pretty much any Dr. Suess, The Gruffalo, Cecile Small, Where the Wild Things Are, and Brown Bear. There really are so many they love.
Oh I forgot to mention Eric Carle's work...he was another of DD's favorites when she was little. So colorful! The Very Hungry Caterpillar was her favorite but she also loved From Head to Toe. And Dr. Seuss. How could I forget him..she still has Dr. Seuss books she refuses to give up.
With summer coming up, I need to watch this thread. I babysit and it would be nice to have some books to send kids to separate corners when they need it!
Oh my goodness... I could go on and on. I love children's books. Some of our favorites at our home... The Napping House by Audrey Wood. We also love books by Mo Willems... my kids LOVE the pigeon books. The elephant and piggie ones are fun for beginning readers. He also has some beginning ones about a cat that my daughter loves. anything Eric Carle Owl Babies is one of my favorites. I think I love it more than my kids, it's such a cute story. All my books are packed up because we're moving soon, but I'll think of some more and also come back to get some ideas from others. I love getting new book recommendations.
