Children's Books

[Ash]

I was going through some boxes in my parent's attic recently and came across a box that contained several old children's books.
These books were mine as a kid.
Flipping through them brought back so many memories.  

Among them were this one:


And several old Sweet Pickles books:
     

Or how about the Mr. Men series of books?
I remember reading every single one when I was in grade school.



A lot of the great memories of my childhood revolve around what I read back then.  Books were, and still are, very awesome to me.  I always have a book going...sometimes two.
I remember begging my mother for money so I could buy a book when the book fair came to our school.  She almost always bought me one. 
She still does today.  Most of the gifts I receive from her on my birthday and Christmas are books.

How about you?
Remember any really good children's books?

[Derf]

Almost any of the Dr. Seuss books, but especially Green Eggs and Ham. This was the first (and only) book I memorized.

Another favorite of mine was Pickles the Fire Cat. Pickles has big paws. One day he will do big things with them.

These days, if I buy a book for a young niece or nephew, it's usually one of these two.

[Mr. DS]

Almost any of the Dr. Seuss books, but especially Green Eggs and Ham

Funny you mention this, I recently introduced this to my three year old son who loves it.  Only I can read it though according to him.  Thats probably because I sound really annoyed as the guy who hates green eggs and ham.   

My mother saved a good percentage of the books I read as a kid which was a really good idea.  Now I share Return Of The Jedi pop up books with my son amongst other titles of the 80s. 

[Doggett]

The Hungry Caterpillar 

[JJ80]

I definitely remember reading Enid Blyton's "Noddy" books as well as plenty of Dr Seuss titles. Did anyone else like Richard Scarry's "Busytown" books about characters like Huckle, Sergeant Murphy and Lowly Worm?

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

As tha parent of a book-hungry 2 year old. I highly recommend Piggie and Elephant books by Mo Willems.  They are good for kids, and I can re-read them too without much pain. 


-Ed

[schmendrik]

I was going through some boxes in my parent's attic recently and came across a box that contained several old children's books.
These books were mine as a kid.
Flipping through them brought back so many memories.  

Among them were this one:

My wife and I adore the Frances books, and that one is probably our favorite. We discovered them in the public library when our kids were at that age. We like to give them as Christmas presents to people with kids, and before buying them we've been known to sit there in the bookstore and reread them with no kid in sight. Our kids probably outgrew these, but I never did. I was amazed to discover these books go back to the early 60s. They are truly timeless.

Remember any really good children's books?

Oh, many. Off the top of my head from my kids' childhood: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day, the Alfie books by Shirley Hughes (these seem to have gone out of print), The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Where the Wild Things Are, and the Frances books of course. We had a couple of Disney picture books (movie spinoffs) that were surprisingly entertaining for spin-off merchandise and worked as story books on their own. One was Snow White and there were a couple of Winnie the Pooh books also. We were also fond of original A. A. Milne Winnie, and the original Peter Pan.

This is all a little old for your 2-year-old. We spent a lot of time in the public library kids room and made most of our favorite discoveries there.

Funny that I don't remember reading a lot of Dr. Seuss to my kids. I grew up with Seuss. My favorites were probably Bartholomew and the Oobleck and On Beyond Zebra. And this will show my age: books that Captain Kangaroo read on TV made a lasting impression and remained favorites for life, for instance Make Way for Ducklings. Very low tech, just the Captain reading and the camera panning over the pictures. But riveting to a little kid. Similar to what Reading Rainbow[i/] did a couple decades later.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

Oh, many. Off the top of my head from my kids' childhood: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day,

This was my favorite book when I was 7.
-Ed

[InformationGeek]

For me, it was Bailey School Kids (It started my interested in monsters and otherworldy creautres), The Magic Treehouse, and The Magic School Bus.  They were great.  I also read Goosebumps, but that was when I was like 12.  Still, pretty good series for me when I was kid.

[Mr. DS]

I'm addicted to Dr. Seuss lately when it comes to my son's book before bed scheduled.  He, Dr. Seuss,  actually grew up about 20 minutes away from my hometown years before my time.  I love reading this book...it gives your vocabulary a good workout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lbwesCTB0

[Pilgermann]

I was going through some boxes in my parent's attic recently and came across a box that contained several old children's books.
These books were mine as a kid.
Flipping through them brought back so many memories.  

Among them were this one:


And several old Sweet Pickles books:
     

I recommend that folks check out Russell Hoban's non-children's books, too.  The Mouse and His Child is a good bridge between them as it has some childlike appeal, but also deals with death and eternity and whatnot.  Otherwise Riddley Walker is a good and challenging read, or Pilgermann, or The Turtle Diaries.  Basically anything!

I had forgotten about those Sweet Pickles books!  I had a couple of them when I was little but I don't remember which ones.

I liked the Frog and Toad books as well:



I always thought of Are You My Mother? as a Seuss book, probably because it has the Cat in the Hat pasted on the cover:

[ER]

A great book. (This girl's reading gives me a giggle for some reason.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFlgLxZIGW8

[Doggett]

They've changed the design since I was a kid.

[JJ80]

I used to love "The Wind In The Willows" when I was very young. Great plot and characters!

[Ash]

Anyone remember those old Dynamite magazines?



I used to love reading them when I was a kid!