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Mon Nov-12-07 03:15 PM
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| 69. What about Richard Scarry! I used to love reading his books |
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with my kids. When I visited Switzerland last year, I had an enormous feeling of deja vue until I realized that everything looked like a Richard Scarry illustration. No Lowly Worm, though.
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| -Favorite Children's Book |
YOY |
Mar-01-07 09:46 AM |
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The Giving Tree |
agates |
Mar-01-07 09:50 AM |
#1 |
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The Giving Tree |
Yupster |
Nov-27-07 11:50 PM |
#77 |
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"Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch |
Buzz Clik |
Mar-01-07 09:53 AM |
#2 |
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I sang the song as a lullaby to my grandson |
LWolf |
Mar-17-07 08:18 PM |
#26 |
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Gah! Really? |
smoogatz |
Nov-16-07 05:51 PM |
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I have too many |
SheilaT |
Mar-01-07 10:00 AM |
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Oh, good question |
chefgirl |
Mar-01-07 10:01 AM |
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Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel |
n2doc |
Mar-01-07 10:11 AM |
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Thank you for the A. A. Milne comment |
YOY |
Mar-01-07 10:15 AM |
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Yep. There is a subtle humor in the originals that is sorely lacking in the "modern" versions |
n2doc |
Mar-01-07 10:23 AM |
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The House At Pooh Corner was my favourite... |
KiraBS |
Mar-24-07 06:12 PM |
#29 |
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My daughter loves Frog and Toad. |
DixieBlue |
Jul-05-07 09:29 AM |
#45 |
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My two favorites |
samplegirl |
Mar-01-07 10:16 AM |
#7 |
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Little Black Sambo? |
smoogatz |
Nov-16-07 05:52 PM |
#72 |
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yeah, it is from our point of view. However, Sambo is rather a heroic |
yellowdogintexas |
Nov-18-07 09:03 AM |
#74 |
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Little Black Sambo was reissued as Little Baba-Ji after a generation in exile... |
Hekate |
Feb-29-08 02:44 AM |
#83 |
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So many it's hard to pick |
cmd |
Mar-01-07 10:17 AM |
#8 |
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Blueberies for Sal! I almost forgot about that book! |
YOY |
Mar-01-07 10:21 AM |
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It has a sequel. And the same author wrote |
LisaM |
Mar-12-07 02:10 PM |
#18 |
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Pretty much anything by Robert Sabuda |
FuzzyDicePHL |
Mar-01-07 11:14 AM |
#11 |
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"The Rainbow Fish" and "Guess How Much I Love You" |
YankeyMCC |
Mar-01-07 06:48 PM |
#12 |
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We've been reading Tove Janssen's Moomintroll books at bedtime |
BurtWorm |
Mar-02-07 11:53 AM |
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Just a few... |
peacefreak |
Mar-02-07 07:45 PM |
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Where the Wild Things Are, and Miss Rumphius! |
LWolf |
Mar-17-07 08:15 PM |
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"Little House" series my all time fav as a kid. Still like them. |
sueh |
Mar-03-07 11:42 PM |
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Me too! |
OnionPatch |
Jul-14-07 08:07 AM |
#53 |
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Books I read |
Crocodile Hunter |
Mar-04-07 08:06 AM |
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters. |
MarianJack |
Mar-11-07 05:02 PM |
#17 |
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A wonderful book, with beatiful, rich illustrations. n/t |
LWolf |
Mar-17-07 08:13 PM |
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For what age group? |
LisaM |
Mar-12-07 02:11 PM |
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Any |
YOY |
Mar-14-07 07:54 AM |
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Mary Poppins |
catnapper |
Mar-13-07 06:57 AM |
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I read Mary Poppins as a kid |
YOY |
Mar-14-07 07:55 AM |
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Here are some of them: |
LWolf |
Mar-17-07 08:12 PM |
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Where the Wild Things Are |
RobertGregoryBrowne |
Mar-20-07 04:18 AM |
#27 |
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As a child these were my favourites.. |
KiraBS |
Mar-24-07 06:04 PM |
#28 |
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The "Catwings" books by Urusilla LeGuin- |
Bluerthanblue |
Mar-31-07 12:31 PM |
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oh shoot- also "Tigers in the Cellar"- a very little known book my |
Bluerthanblue |
Mar-31-07 12:35 PM |
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link |
Bluerthanblue |
Mar-31-07 07:44 PM |
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The first book I remember was "The Monster At The End Of The Book" |
Forkboy |
Mar-31-07 01:33 PM |
#32 |
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Chronicles of Narnia |
tigereye |
Mar-31-07 04:40 PM |
#33 |
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Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorites as a child. |
closeupready |
Nov-18-11 12:00 PM |
#102 |
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I like THE MUD PONY. |
Old Crusoe |
Apr-02-07 12:36 AM |
#35 |
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The "Henry Reed" books |
krispos42 |
Apr-02-07 12:39 AM |
#36 |
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All the Boxcar Children books - the older ones. |
jeanarrett |
Apr-03-07 02:36 PM |
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I loved those books, too, as a kid. |
DixieBlue |
Jul-05-07 09:31 AM |
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Tikitikitembo nosarembo charybaryruchi pipperipembo |
Bornaginhooligan |
Apr-04-07 07:34 PM |
#38 |
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My son can still roll that off his tongue |
Greyskye |
Jul-10-07 07:35 PM |
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I loved that one too. I've mentioned it to several friends and no one else |
Lorien |
Aug-08-07 11:48 AM |
#58 |
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Goodnight Moon |
freesqueeze |
Apr-21-07 08:26 PM |
#39 |
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Love that one - know it by heart from reading it to my son! |
SCDem |
Aug-26-07 09:16 PM |
#61 |
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The Runaway Bunny, too! |
BookSavoury |
Oct-03-11 01:23 PM |
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"The Borrowers" by Mary Norton. I just adored Arietty Clock and all her adventures! |
Zenlitened |
Apr-26-07 09:54 AM |
#40 |
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OMG |
haf216 |
Nov-04-07 10:37 AM |
#67 |
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The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth. |
LizW |
Apr-29-07 01:26 PM |
#41 |
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Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space |
Uncle Roy |
May-03-07 12:06 AM |
#42 |
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My 8 year old loves these |
Greyskye |
Jul-10-07 07:33 PM |
#48 |
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A book that was read to us by our 4th grade teacher: |
Bullwinkle925 |
May-08-07 10:53 PM |
#43 |
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Anne of Green Gables. |
harlinchi |
Jul-02-07 02:35 PM |
#44 |
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"Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus", "The Diary of a Wombat" ... |
DixieBlue |
Jul-05-07 09:34 AM |
#47 |
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The "Charlie" books, "The Phantom Tollbooth", "The Little Prince" |
Peake |
Jul-10-07 07:44 PM |
#50 |
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My Father's Dragon....... |
2bfree |
Jul-12-07 09:36 PM |
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Fox in Socks read aloud...hurts your tounge. |
Sequoia |
Jul-13-07 12:45 PM |
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Well, because I wrote it |
Quixote1818 |
Jul-15-07 01:08 AM |
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Hmm, several |
RetroLounge |
Jul-16-07 10:32 PM |
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My favorite is "Wind in the Willows". |
sinkingfeeling |
Aug-06-07 01:54 PM |
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The chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, anything by Bill Peet |
Lorien |
Aug-08-07 11:44 AM |
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The Mousehole Cat, by Antonia Barber. |
Matilda |
Aug-24-07 01:57 AM |
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Oh, my God! My dad used to read that to me all the time! |
nemo137 |
Oct-30-07 09:42 PM |
#64 |
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Charlotte's Web, Winnie the Pooh books and |
Phoebe Loosinhouse |
Aug-26-07 09:33 AM |
#60 |
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I had a book with four stories in it: |
XemaSab |
Sep-03-07 05:48 PM |
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"If I Ran the Circus"-Dr. Suess.... |
Jade Fox |
Sep-07-07 09:08 PM |
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So many... |
litlady |
Oct-31-07 07:29 AM |
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Fairy Tales.. |
Princess Turandot |
Nov-02-07 06:47 AM |
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"Where the Red Fern Grows" and "Island of the Blue Dophins" |
CornField |
Nov-09-07 08:46 PM |
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What about Richard Scarry! I used to love reading his books |
hedgehog |
Nov-12-07 03:15 PM |
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Babar and Madeline - don't leave them out! nt |
hedgehog |
Nov-12-07 03:21 PM |
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ohh I loved Babar! I hunted Babar books for my daughter! |
yellowdogintexas |
Nov-18-07 09:05 AM |
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The typography in the Babar books is also exquisite! |
BookSavoury |
Oct-03-11 01:26 PM |
#90 |
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"The Wind in the Willows" |
smoogatz |
Nov-16-07 05:54 PM |
#73 |
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I love it too |
cmkramer |
Dec-09-07 10:35 PM |
#78 |
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I am so old..I remember vividly my first "Bobbsey Twins" books |
yellowdogintexas |
Nov-18-07 09:09 AM |
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I read some of those too, and Call of the Wild, the Trixie Beldon series, Old Yeller, plus |
Chemisse |
Nov-02-11 07:34 PM |
#96 |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
Tesha |
Dec-17-07 11:22 AM |
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I remember Milo |
YOY |
Feb-22-08 09:46 AM |
#82 |
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Perhaps not a |
TheCentepedeShoes |
Dec-22-07 06:35 PM |
#80 |
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East of the Sun, West of the Moon |
japple |
Dec-24-07 09:43 AM |
#81 |
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"Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Peterson n/t |
The Northerner |
Sep-26-11 02:26 AM |
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My son refused to watch the movie |
Goblinmonger |
Sep-28-11 02:29 PM |
#85 |
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The Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew series. n/t |
RebelOne |
Sep-30-11 07:11 AM |
#86 |
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Little Bear by Elsa Minaruk (illustrated by Maurice Sendak) |
Stargleamer |
Oct-01-11 01:42 PM |
#87 |
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The Velveteen Rabbit |
KC |
Oct-02-11 07:15 PM |
#88 |
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The Phantom Tollbooth |
fishwax |
Oct-04-11 11:12 PM |
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One of my favorites, too. |
ChazII |
Oct-15-11 05:15 PM |
#92 |
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On Beyond Zebra by Dr. Seuss. |
Wolf Frankula |
Oct-19-11 10:15 PM |
#93 |
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Aesop's Fables |
BrendaBrick |
Oct-27-11 05:09 PM |
#94 |
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Heidi. nt |
raccoon |
Oct-29-11 09:24 AM |
#95 |
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The Ghost-Eye Tree (Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Ted Rand.) |
BlueIris |
Nov-03-11 05:18 PM |
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I sometimes read to kids at a library |
Nelson Tondreau |
Nov-07-11 04:32 AM |
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I get all my books at the library |
fadedrose |
Nov-10-11 07:50 PM |
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Can't believe no one has mentioned Charlotte's Web or the Sneetches! |
OrwellwasRight |
Nov-07-11 08:36 PM |
#99 |
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Love children books |
ForeverFlashy |
Nov-17-11 10:09 PM |
#101 |
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