What were your favorite books when you were little?

Chief_Carters_Lady · May 2009

DH read to Jack last night, and as soon as he started reading Jack was moving around like crazy. We only have a couple of books for him though. Sooo I need som eideas...

sgrl · May 2009

Any Dr. Seuss

The Pokey Little Puppy

I Wish that I had Duck Feet (that was a bit hit with me and both my siblings)

Angelcake · May 2009

Mine was Little Bear, now days they have Little Bear cartoons... I still love them.

adharper2615 · May 2009

Anything by Shel Silverstein. Oh, and "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" and all of Seuss' books.

Freshmaker05 · May 2009

I loved the Jolly Postman. It has letters you could pull out and read. It is a cute book. Also, Goodnight Moon, was a huge hit with me.

Perfectly.Imperfect · May 2009

Anything by Shel Silverstein, the Critter books, Dr. Seuss, Where the Wild Things Are...

TeamRey · May 2009

A Pocket for Corduroy

Pokey Little Puppy

Evelynsmom · May 2009

Wolfie - about a tranutala (sp?) that a kid has a pet. It freaked my mom out so I loved her to read it to me.

I had a Cinderella book that came with a 45 record that read the story to you and there were window cling type of things for each page so you could stick the Fairy Godmother's wand on, the glass slipper and her wedding bouquet.

mrsfaircloth0308 · May 2009

I LOVED the poetry book by Shel Silverstein called "where the sidewalk ends" it is fulls of funny poems geared toward children.

bannedmonkey · May 2009

Why don't you take him to the library and pick out his own? He may be a little more inclined to listen if it's something that peaks his interest.

Ivana_Stolichnaya · May 2009

I liked the books out from the 'Little Golden Book' line. I also liked everything from Dr. Seuss,'Goodnight Moon' and 'Pat the Bunny'. There's a really good one called, 'Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs' It's about people getting their food from the sky, it just depended on what type of storm was coming in. I loved that one!

When I got older I really liked the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary.

jwpbride · May 2009

Kitty's New Doll

Anything Berenstein Bears

Amelia Badelia

Chief_Carters_Lady · May 2009

M.Monkey.:
Why don't you take him to the library and pick out his own? He may be a little more inclined to listen if it's something that peaks his interest.

Oops, I left out that Jack won't be here until Sept...We are reading to him before he gets here..

MissBlush · May 2009

Check out?https://www.onepotato.net/. ?It has reviews and suggestions for children's books.

My favorite was Ferdinand. ?We have a book for DD called When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, and it's really cute. ?I also like Tikki Tikki Tembo, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, the Mr. Men and Little Miss books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and everything by Sandra Boynton.

CandyMatte · May 2009

All of the sesame street books and good night moon!

heme · May 2009

Berenstain Bears

jesstibb · May 2009

Berenstein Bears

bannedmonkey · May 2009

Chief_Carters_Lady:
M.Monkey.:
Why don't you take him to the library and pick out his own? He may be a little more inclined to listen if it's something that peaks his interest.
Oops, I left out that Jack won't be here until Sept...We are reading to him before he gets here..

My bad. I just assumed you had another one at home. LOL. You can still take him to the library. I just don't think he'll be picking anything out just yet.

I loved "The Giving Tree".

Chief_Carters_Lady · May 2009

M.Monkey.:

Chief_Carters_Lady:
M.Monkey.:
Why don't you take him to the library and pick out his own? He may be a little more inclined to listen if it's something that peaks his interest.
Oops, I left out that Jack won't be here until Sept...We are reading to him before he gets here..

My bad. I just assumed you had another one at home. LOL. You can still take him to the library. I just don't think he'll be picking anything out just yet.

I loved "The Giving Tree".

You are right! I can still take him to the library!

Tonya_G · May 2009

I read DS a lot of my old favorite- some of them are the actual books from my childhood that I found in my parents basement. He (and I) love

There's a Monster at the End of This Book

Where the Wild Things Are

Anything Dr. Seuss- can't go wrong with that man.

Whose Mouse are You? (though I can't find this in print anymore, so that might not be much help)

Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny

Blueberries for Sal

Any of the old nursery rhymes/fairy tales (DS loves the Gingerbread Man- he sings the refrain whenever he's trying to get away from us)

But, seriously, don't limit yourself to just your childhood favorites- Children's Lit these days is fantastic, and while the classics are good, the new stuff is fun too!

bandwife · May 2009

Random House Book of Children's Poetry

31 and I can still recite one of the poems in there.

bandwife · May 2009

freshmaker05:
I loved the Jolly Postman. It has letters you could pull out and read. It is a cute book. Also, Goodnight Moon, was a huge hit with me.

Jolly Postman!!! I totally forgot about those. Great reminder, will need to start looking for all these books.

borc0080 · May 2009

Each Peach Pear Plum (Janet & Alan Ahlberg) and Goodnight, Goodnight (Eve Rice).

I know there were lots of others. My mother is on a mission this summer to find as many of the good old books as she can at garage sales and library sales!

QuincysMomma · May 2009

I loved any of the Berenstain Bear books (esp BB go to the Dr.!)

Stand Back Said The Elephant I'm Going to Sneeze by Patricia Thomas

"There are Rocks in my Socks" said the Ox to the Fox by Patricia Thomas

purple_posies · May 2009

I read a lot of Beatrix Potter when I was little.

Oh, little Squirrel Nutkin ...

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