I thought this was a fantastic idea and decided to make a list of my favorite five books from when I was little. I failed... it turned into a list of ten. I listed them in alphabetical order- because they're all so wonderful that I can't rank one above another. Here they are:
- Bears in the Night by Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry
- Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
- Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
- Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard, illustrated by James Marshall
- The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone, illustrated by Michael Smollin
- Walter the Baker by Eric Carle
- What Do You Say, Dear? by Sesyle Joslin, illustrated by Maurice Sendak
You saw a book on this list that made you squeal, didn't you? =)
Update: I posted a round-up of other bloggers favorite picture books here.
Franki posted about favorite childhood books here.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary Lee! That was a great post.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE The Moster at the End of This Book!!! One of my all time favorites - I'm even using that book this week in my preschool storytime - we're doing a monster theme! I'm so jazzed someone else actually knew of this book - not many have.
ReplyDeleteCan I add one from my kids' childhood? I adore Pinkerton, Behave! My kids had it memorized, to the point that when we were traveling, and they shared a room, my daughter would tell it to my son as they fell asleep.
ReplyDeleteAnything by Jan Brett! I love her illustrations!
ReplyDeleteWhere the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak.
I loved reading Eloise at the Plaza when I was growing up.
There are way too many!
cary's girl- Isn't The Monster at the End of this Book fantastic? I'm always surprised how many people know it and remember it. There's a sequel called Another Monster at the End of this Book- but I don't like it as much.
ReplyDeleteSara- I definitely have to check out Pinkerton, Behave! I don't know it... thanks for telling me about it.
Mary Beth- Jan Brett does have great illustrations. I totally agree. I love Where the Wild Things Are (I accidentally left it off my list). And Eloise is wonderful.
Yes, there are way too many wonderful books! But I think that's a good thing. =)
this is a bit belated, but I love A Birthday for Frances. I recently had my mom bring me my old copy so that I can have it for Ari. My dad used to read this book to me when I was young and we loved the Chompo bar. We still refer to it from time to time.
ReplyDeleteI also loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Goodnight Moon (so I don't mind reading them constantly now :) and I'm sure lots more that I will remember as I start to read to my child.
Also, I LOVED the Miss Nelson books!
What about George and Martha? Those are great too...