The possibilities in life are endless and the message in the book is fun and inspiring.
I asked my kids what their favs were from growing up and here's what they said:
#1 Child - The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstien
#2 Child - Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Suess
#3 Child - Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
What are your favorite children's books?
For some reason, from when they were very little, I like the Thomas the Train books and the Gossie books. One of them is about a stubborn gosling friend who's rolling around in his egg and won't come out. My kids say they remember me sitting them in my lap and rolling around every time the egg rolled in the story. They might truly remember because I probably was still reading that book to them when they were 6 or 7 because I didn't want to let it go and move on.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice memory! I am not familiar with the Gossie books. I'm planning on stopping in a bookstore today so I'll look for it. Thanks for reading and commenting!
DeleteFrom my childhood, I remember how fascinated I was with the Enid Blyton Series. There are many that I can think of from my childhood. Short stories by Ruskin Bond as well :)
ReplyDeleteMore books I am not familiar with. I'm thrilled that this post is opening my eyes to some new reading material. Thanks!
DeleteThose are some of our faces too. We also like the Little Critter series and the Berenstein Bears.
ReplyDeleteLoved Little Critter and Berenstein Bears. Read those with my oldest daughter so remembering those is a nice blast from the past. Thanks!
DeleteI loved the original Nancy Drew books with the 50-like covers. I hope you will link up with us at Literacy Musing Mondays: http://maryanderingcreatively.com/literacy-musing-mondays-lets-talk-genres/.
ReplyDeleteI will check out Literacy Musings. Thanks! I read the Nancy Drew books growing up and could not get enough of them. My kids did not ... they are not as in to mysteries as I am.
DeleteAlso have you heard of Betty Cavana. I lived her book Accent on April. My school library had a dismal collection. Most of their collection in the late 1970's featured 1950 and 1960 teen fiction it was elementary school.
ReplyDeleteOh! We loved the Giving Tree. I had forgotten about that. My kids loved And Tango Makes 3. We read that one a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe Giving Tree was a gift to my sister and I from old neighbors when we moved out of town and I still have it to this day (35 years later). I am not familiar with Tango Makes 3. Will check it out. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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