Favorite Children's Books
Posted: Apr 17th 2005, 2:46 am
A friend of mine at work is having her baby shower soon, and we've all been asked to bring our favorite childhood/baby book. As I was trying to think of a title, I began listing all of my favorite books from childhood, and now, and am feeling pretty nostalgic, and like I want to spend an obscene amount of money to recollect all of these books. I cannot, however, come up with the title of one of the book (although I had it in my mind yesterday): it is the story of a little girl whose father tells her that she must do three things in life – one is to live by the sea, another is to do something to make the world beautiful. The little girl grows up to live by the sea and spread flower seeds (lupin I think) all over the countryside on her bicycle. Does anyone remember the title?
Here are some of my favorite picture books (in alphabetical order):
Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz
Are You My Mother?, by P.D. Eastman
A Bargain for Frances, and all of the other Frances stories by Russell Hoban
The Best Loved Doll, by Rebecca Caudill, Elliot Gilbert (Illustrator)
Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey
A Chair for My Mother, by Vera B. Williams
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Crow Boy, by Taro Yashima
The Complete Adventures of Curious George, by H. A. Rey
The Day I Swapped My Dad for 2 Goldfish, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Eloise, by Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight
The Frog and Toad Collection, by Arnold Lobel
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, by Chris Van Allsburg, as well as all of his other books: Bad Day at Riverbend, Ben's Dream, Jumanji, Just a Dream, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, The Polar Express, The Stranger, The Sweetest Fig, The Widow's Broom, The Wreck of the Zephyr, The Wretched Stone, The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts, Two Bad Ants , Zathura
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
Go, Dog. Go!, by P.D. EASTMAN
House That Crack Built, by Clark Taylor
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes
In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
Just a Dream, by Chris Van Allsburg
Life Doesn't Frighten Me, by Maya Angelou
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Lonely Doll and Edith and Mr. Bear, by Dare Wright
The Lorax, by DR SEUSS
The Little Bear Stories, The Little Bear's Friend and A Kiss for Little Bear by Else H. Minarik, Maurice Sendak
The Lost Thing, by Shaun Tan
Madeline: The Complete Tales, by Ludwig Bemelmans
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
Mr. Punch, by Neil Gaiman
All of Leo Politi's books, especially Pedro the Angel of Olvera Street. (I met Mr. Politi at one of his very last book signings, that was before the city of LA shut down Angel's Flight again.)
The Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack
The Red Tree, by Shaun Tan
The Secret Kitten, by Anne Mallett
The Sneetches and Other Stories, by DR SEUSS
A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound, by John Irving
The Tale of Two Bad Mice, by Beatrix Potter
A Thingumajig Christmas, by Irene Keller
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How Toys Become Real, by Margery Williams Bianco
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
When We Were Very Young, by A. A. Milne
Wind Child, by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Leo & Diane Dillon
The Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie-The-Pooh, by A. A. Milne
The Wolves in the Walls, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Yellow Umbrella, by Jae Soo Liu, Jae-Soo Liu
And my all-time favorite:
Outside Over There, by Maurice Sendak
Here are some of my favorite picture books (in alphabetical order):
Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz
Are You My Mother?, by P.D. Eastman
A Bargain for Frances, and all of the other Frances stories by Russell Hoban
The Best Loved Doll, by Rebecca Caudill, Elliot Gilbert (Illustrator)
Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey
A Chair for My Mother, by Vera B. Williams
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Crow Boy, by Taro Yashima
The Complete Adventures of Curious George, by H. A. Rey
The Day I Swapped My Dad for 2 Goldfish, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Eloise, by Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight
The Frog and Toad Collection, by Arnold Lobel
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, by Chris Van Allsburg, as well as all of his other books: Bad Day at Riverbend, Ben's Dream, Jumanji, Just a Dream, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, The Polar Express, The Stranger, The Sweetest Fig, The Widow's Broom, The Wreck of the Zephyr, The Wretched Stone, The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts, Two Bad Ants , Zathura
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
Go, Dog. Go!, by P.D. EASTMAN
House That Crack Built, by Clark Taylor
The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes
In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
Just a Dream, by Chris Van Allsburg
Life Doesn't Frighten Me, by Maya Angelou
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Lonely Doll and Edith and Mr. Bear, by Dare Wright
The Lorax, by DR SEUSS
The Little Bear Stories, The Little Bear's Friend and A Kiss for Little Bear by Else H. Minarik, Maurice Sendak
The Lost Thing, by Shaun Tan
Madeline: The Complete Tales, by Ludwig Bemelmans
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
Mr. Punch, by Neil Gaiman
All of Leo Politi's books, especially Pedro the Angel of Olvera Street. (I met Mr. Politi at one of his very last book signings, that was before the city of LA shut down Angel's Flight again.)
The Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack
The Red Tree, by Shaun Tan
The Secret Kitten, by Anne Mallett
The Sneetches and Other Stories, by DR SEUSS
A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound, by John Irving
The Tale of Two Bad Mice, by Beatrix Potter
A Thingumajig Christmas, by Irene Keller
The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How Toys Become Real, by Margery Williams Bianco
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
When We Were Very Young, by A. A. Milne
Wind Child, by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Leo & Diane Dillon
The Complete Tales & Poems of Winnie-The-Pooh, by A. A. Milne
The Wolves in the Walls, by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Yellow Umbrella, by Jae Soo Liu, Jae-Soo Liu
And my all-time favorite:
Outside Over There, by Maurice Sendak