Title | Author | Illustrator | Why? |
Miss Suzy | Miriam Young | Arnold Loebel | Great story and pictures. This is one from my childhood. I always enjoyed the good winning over menacing. |
Verdi | Diane Cannon | You have beautiful nature pictures, a story about growing older while retaining your inner youth, and the "perfect figure eight." What more could you need? | |
Miss Twiggley's Tree | Dorothea Warren Fox | A wonderful story about a woman who eschewed typical society coming to the aid of the the town that snubbed her. I love the idea of tree houses if you haven't noticed. | |
The Complete Curious George | Margaret and H.A. Rey | My mother gave this volume to me, because I loved Curious George when I was young. We have read the cover off this book. | |
Frederick | Leo Lionni | Validation of the poet, not to mention cute little mice. | |
Over on the Farm | Christopher Gunson | I'm not usually much on counting books, but my sister gave my son this book when he was very young and the pages have been worn to that wonderful patina because the pictures and words are wonderfully happy. | |
The Raft | Jim LaMarche | Wonderful paintings and wonderful story about a boy interacting with nature on a raft. | |
Mike Mulligan | Virginia Lee Burton | Love the tale of problem solving. | |
The Quiltmaker's Gift | Jeff Brumbeau | Gail De Marcken | Beautiful quilt pictures and a magical story about giving. |
Piggies | Don and Audrey Wood | The drawings of the fingers with their piggy personalities are priceless. | |
Toot and Puddle | Holly Hobbie | Mud Season | |
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear | Don and Audrey Wood | The drawings and the power of invention. | |
The Runaway Bunny | Margaret Wise Brown | The power of a mother's love | |
Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak | The pictures and the reality of the tantrum | |
The Little Engine That Could | Watty Piper | Perseverance | |
New Shoes, Red Shoes | Susan Rollings | Bright, happy shoe images that my daughter could not resist | |
My Many Colored Days | Dr. Suess | Color and the reality that not all days are | |
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter | Beatrix Potter | Who can live without Peter and Jeremy Fisher | |
The Lorax | Dr. Suess | It's never too early to start teaching about environmental stress. | |
Peach and Blue | Sarah Kilborne | Wonderful story of how someone else's view can improve our own. | |
Insectlopedia | Douglas Florian | Interesting pictures and cute insect poems | |
The Foot Book | Dr. Suess | I know this one by heart because I read it over and over and over and over | |
No Matter What | Debi Glori | Again, a mother's love overcomes a bad day. "Do you still love me; Do you still care?" Of course, I do. | |
Something From Nothing | Phoebe Gilman | Beautiful pictures and story. The mice images on the bottom of each page are wonderful. | |
In a Small, Small Pond | Denise Fleming | Bright, interesting pictures and happy words and pond life. | |
The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit | Joel Chandler Harris | Dan Daily | Trickster tales, especially Tar Baby |
Aesop's Fables | Jerry Pinkney | Great pictures and classic tales |
What have I forgotten? Here's Becky's list. Zilla's list is in the comments section of the last post. Where's your list?
2 comments:
Wisteria, what fun. And presented in a table, no less! I am impressed. Don't you love that Curious George anthology? Ours is well-worn, too.
In no order...
Here are some of J Q's and my favorites. I realize that there are 26 but I couldn't cut one.
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Illustrated by Anita Jeram
Time For Bed by Mem Fox Illustrated by Jane Dyer
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. Illustrated by Eric Carle
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Clement Hurd
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper Illustrated by George and Doris Hauman
Hattie and the Wild Waves by Barbara Cooney
Piggies by Audrey Wood Illustrated by Don Wood
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Mavis and Her Marvelous Mooncakes by Dar Hosta
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Clement Hurd
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Funny Little Woman retold by Arlene Mosel Illustratedby Blair Lent
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
The Napping House by Audrey Wood Illustrated by Don Wood
The Original Curious George by H.A. Rey
I Love the Night by Dar Hosta
The Real Mother Goose Introduction by May Hill Arbuthnot Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright Rand McNally & Co. Chicago
Verdi by Janell Cannon
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
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