Children's Books

[franciscanheart]

inspired by a conversation i must shortly end....
what were your childhood favorites?


Strega Nona
If You Give a Mosse a Muffin
We're Going On A Bear Hunt
this really awesome bug book i had

[cmotherofpirl]

When I was little I read all the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, the Black Stallion,and Nancy Drew books. Then I discovered X-men comic books, and some which were featuring all the classic books [Huckleberry Finn etc] That was cool, so then I read all the classic in their unabridged form. In 6-7-8 grade I was the school librarian so I read all the National Geographic magazines up to that date.

Edited November 9, 2005 by cmotherofpirl

[Thy Geekdom Come]

The Giving Tree, lol...I still have a copy.

[Jabberwocky]

I loved a book called Hip Cat. It was about a beatnik saxophone-playing jazz musician cat.

"He was a hip cat, a hep cat, a cool cat. A bad mad rad cat...Oobie Do John the sax-man scat-man. The long sleek cat man." or something along those lines.

[Lil Red]

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books.

man i love that woman. i still have those books, too. read them a lot too.

[Lil Red]

shel silverstein's books

this book called the magic eraser...awesome book.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Nov 9 2005, 05:44 PM']Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books.

man i love that woman. i still have those books, too. read them a lot too.
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I remember those! Oh, and what was the series about the maid? Amelia Bedelia or something...

[Sojourner]

Andrew Henry's Meadow by Doris Burns.

Still have a totally dog-eared copy I take with me to babysitting gigs.

[franciscanheart]

i was a judy bloom fan and i read over a hundred of the box car children books.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Nov 9 2005, 05:08 PM']i was a judy bloom fan and i read over a hundred of the box car children books.
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I still dream of setting up house in an abandoned boxcar. Or a houseboat, one of the two.

[homeschoolmom]

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle was cool... Boxcar Children, Encyclopedia Brown...

um... Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume

[Aloysius]

Animorphs

[Socrates]

According to my mom, my favorite book as a small child was "Big Blue," about a blue whale.

[lilac_angel]

Choose Your Own Adventure!!!

and Shel Silverstein was also cool... Green Eggs and Ham... The Babysitters Club... ....Sweet Valley Twins....*hides*

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='lilac_angel' date='Nov 9 2005, 09:06 PM']Choose Your Own Adventure!!!
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Ooooh.... yeah....

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom was a classic... I remember loving the boxcar children and we still have quite a set. I also got into Animorphs when I was older but I never did get into the Goosebumps thing... Dr. Suess was great too! I think my favorite was Go, Dog, Go!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

Runaway Ralph

[franciscanheart]

that catepillar one... now that i cant think of the name of it even though i emphatically agreed that it was the best childrens book of all time...

[Sojourner]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle?

I discovered books by Chris Van Allsburg when I worked in the children's section of our library one summer -- this is the guy who wrote "Jumanji" and "Zathura." He's got several interesting, beautifully illustrated books.

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='FutureNunJMJ' date='Nov 9 2005, 09:24 PM']Dr. Suess was great too!  I think my favorite was Go, Dog, Go!
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That's my two year old's favorite right now. I could probably recite it by heart.

My personal favorite Dr. Seuss story is "What Was I Afraid Of" about the empty green pants.