S/O What is your favorite kids' book?

[sicilygirl]

What is your favorite kids' book?  Either from when you were a child or more recently if you have kids/nieces/nephews/etc.

[drloretta]

For me: Rikki Tikki Tavi
For DD: Knuffle Bunny

[Awkward]

Are we talking picture books or chapter books?

[Deleted]

Corduroy
A Pocket for Corduroy
Miss Nelson Is Missing
Miss Nelson Is Back
Any of the The Stupids books
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

[Dusky]

The Jolly Postman.

[Deleted]

Just a few:
Where the Wild Things Are
Diary of a Wombat
Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus
Bear Snores On
Z is for Moose

The Dollhouse Murders
Encyclopedia Brown
Mercy Watson
Anything by Judy Blume
Harry Potter

[sicilygirl]

Jan 28, 2013 17:15:09 GMT -5 Awkward said:

Are we talking picture books or chapter books?

Either works.

[marclovesme]

Ramona Quimby, Anne of Green Gables

[mollybrown]

Brown Bear Brown Bear
Knuffle Bunny
What's Wrong Little Pookie
Llama Llama Red Pajama

[sicilygirl]

Some of mine are:
The Jolly Postman
The Eleventh Hour
Corduroy
Where the Wild Things Are
Hey, Al
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

I have many, many more.

[pugz]

my favorite as a kid: Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes

favorites that we read to Squirms:
any of the Mo Willems Pigeon Books
Bedtime for Francis and A Birthday for Francis
Say Hello to Zorro and Zorro Gets an Outfit (ZORRO IS A PUG, HOLLA!!)
Unlovable (another pug book)
Chick n Pug
any of the Frog and Toad books

Squirmy has a LOT of books

[genet313]

Sort of older, but I loved the American Girls books and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.  

For younger children, Richard Scarry's books are awesome.  Also, Berenstein Bears.

[Deleted]

They aren't well-liked here but, here are mine.

Goodnight Moon (hence my SN) - Yes, there's no plot, but the I find the cadence soothing.

The Giving Tree - for so many reasons - how to act, how not to act, how to give unconditional love

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Velveteen Rabbit

Corduroy

Harold and the Purple Crayon

[pugz]

Jan 28, 2013 17:47:45 GMT -5 @bonsoirlune said:

They aren't well-liked here but, here are mine.

Goodnight Moon (hence my SN) - Yes, there's no plot, but the I find the cadence soothing.

The Giving Tree - for so many reasons - how to act, how not to act, how to give unconditional love

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Velveteen Rabbit

Corduroy

Harold and the Purple Crayon

I hate 3/4th of those books, lol.  Corduroy and Harold are okay though  

[Deleted]

VELVETEEN RABBIT IS THE WORST AND NO KID* SHOULD EVER HAVE TO HEAR THAT STORY




*or adult

[Muddled]

Where the Red Fern Grows
Anything written by LM Montgomery

[womet]

I loved the Church Mice books
We got our niece some Richard Scarry books for Christmas, and she loves them.
Good Night Gorilla (my go to gift for baby showers)

[rootbeerfloat]

Anything by Sandra Boynton

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2013 18:10:52 GMT -5 Muddled said:

Where the Red Fern Grows        

That's an awful book too!

What is wrong with you people?

[onetruething]

I love Patricia Polacco.

[Muddled]

Jan 28, 2013 18:13:07 GMT -5 v said:

Jan 28, 2013 18:10:52 GMT -5 Muddled said:

Where the Red Fern Grows        

That's an awful book too!

What is wrong with you people?

I'm a masochist, what can I say. I loved that book as a kid. Big Dan and Little Ann. They had my heart.



eta- I still sob like a baby every time I read it.

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2013 18:12:58 GMT -5 operagirl said:

V, The Velveteen Rabbit is old fashioned, but I still love it.

It is a sad and terrible story and I hate it

Seriously, it is one of those that thinking about it enough makes me cry.  I don't want the boy to be separated from his beloved things.

[mie]

Miss Nelson is Missing
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Hiccupotamus
Diary of a Worm
The Pout-Pout Fish
Click, Clack, Moo

[CallingAllAngels]

The Gruffalo. Really, anything by Julia Donaldson

I was going to say The Giving Tree as a joke, but... :-#

[pugz]

Jan 28, 2013 18:01:16 GMT -5 v said:

VELVETEEN RABBIT IS THE WORST AND NO KID* SHOULD EVER HAVE TO HEAR THAT STORY




*or adult

I LOVE YOU

[h]

Picture: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Day

Chapter: Harry Potter

[mollybrown]

Jan 28, 2013 17:47:45 GMT -5 @bonsoirlune said:

They aren't well-liked here but, here are mine.

Goodnight Moon (hence my SN) - Yes, there's no plot, but the I find the cadence soothing.

The Giving Tree - for so many reasons - how to act, how not to act, how to give unconditional love

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Velveteen Rabbit

Corduroy

Harold and the Purple Crayon

I have to agree with you about those not being well liked

Personally, I think Good Night Moon should be banned.  I do like Corduroy.

[h]

Jan 28, 2013 18:40:27 GMT -5 mollybrown said:

Jan 28, 2013 17:47:45 GMT -5 @bonsoirlune said:

They aren't well-liked here but, here are mine.

Goodnight Moon (hence my SN) - Yes, there's no plot, but the I find the cadence soothing.

The Giving Tree - for so many reasons - how to act, how not to act, how to give unconditional love

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Velveteen Rabbit

Corduroy

Harold and the Purple Crayon

I have to agree with you about those not being well liked

Personally, I think Good Night Moon should be banned.  I do like Corduroy.

I despise Goodnight Moon (as do my children, thankfully), I have issues with the Giving Tree, and I agree that Velveteen Rabbit is too sad for either children or adults to be willingly subjected to. But what on earth is wrong with Alexander and the Terrible Horrible? 

[rikki]

Jan 28, 2013 18:13:07 GMT -5 v said:

Jan 28, 2013 18:10:52 GMT -5 Muddled said:

Where the Red Fern Grows        

That's an awful book too!

What is wrong with you people?

I had to leave the classroom in 3rd grade because I couldn't stop bawling after I finished reading it during silent reading.

[orchideous]

Mr. Bell's Fixit Shop
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Perfect the Pig