Mercer Meyer- Just me and my mom

Dr. Seuss- Green eggs and Ham

Little Goldeb books- Pokey Little Puppy


What are yours?

We have had a few foster kids over the years that really got into Shel Silversteins "Where the Sidewalk Ends"

I can do a rather Shakesperian rendition of Green Eggs and Ham, incredibly melodramatic and gets a wonderful giggle from kids...I wish I could do a good Captain Kirk impression; I think Kirk doing Green Eggs and Ham would be incredibly funny.

On a serious note, one of my favorite books of all time that was written for young adults is The Giver, which is a very powerful book in my opinion, for any age. If you haven't read it, give it a go. I think that a lot of it would be lost on kids younger than about 10 or so, but the way the book progresses, it is a rather shocking development for kids to realize as they read(It takes place in a Utopian society that isn't as perfect as you first think)through the book. It spurred many a very thoughtful conversation with out kids over the years...

The bernstein bears anything by them kicked butt!

If you were in your fireman gear, Fluffs, I would pay to watch that.

I was always a huge fan of horses when I was a little girl so I loved books like Black Beauty, all the Marguarite Henry books such as Misty of Chincoteague, and a few of the Black Stallion ones (they were usually too 'boy' oriented ).

I also still have my copies of Where the Wild Tings Are and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

uhhh Hry pothead and the half baked prince, Enders game, Speaker for the dead, Xenocide, anything by Doc suess Green eggs and ham, the foot book, hurray for diffendoffer day. stuff like that

The old yellow hardcover Nancy Drews, Baby-Sitters Club, and James and the Giant Peach.

James and the Giant peach is awesome., Wasn't there a movie.

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I have 2 that I like. One was from my childhood & the other from when my nieces were small. My longtime favorite is a Little Golden Book called "The Shaggy, Baggy Elephant". The one that I fell in love with when my nieces were small is "Harold & the Purple Crayon". Love those kids books!!

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I always fancyd fairy tales. I like the grim brothers fairy tale books.

Mmmm.... lemme remember:
I remember there was a comic-book version of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" that I used to read over and over again. That is, until I read the original version
What else? I always loved the Asterix and Tintin comic-books. I think I read them all. If not, pretty close to read them all
Anything by Roald Dahl was awesome. I really loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Witches
Mmm... this is kinda hard ... I can't really remember now

My favourite of all time would have to be The Little Book of Monsters - "Good night, sleep tight. Don't let the Zipperumpazoo's bite".

I was also big on Enid Blyton (famous 5 specifically), Dr Seuss' Oh the places you'll go, and like jpals, Asterix comix.

All things by C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, and of course Dr. Seuss. He was just awesome with The Cat in the Hat.

My Side Of The Mountain
Velveteen Rabbit
Far North
R.L. Stine "Goosebumps" Series
My Brother Sam Is Dead

Fluffy, I own the book "The Giver", you are 100% right about it being great.

I forgot about Goosebumps. I could never get enough of those as a child.

Definately "Harold & The Purple Crayon" series. Harold is awesome

I like Dr. Suess' "Sleep Book" and know it practically by heart from reading it so often at bedtime.

The news just came in from the county of Keck,
that a very small bug by the name of Van Vleck,
is yawning so wide you can look down his neck....

goosebumps may be good but Fear Street(R.L. Stine) is better.

And what about the Choose Your Own Adventure books? Was I the only one who couldn't get enough of them?

Yes, it was a nice movie to with computer 3d graphics..My favorite was Harry Pothead and the Sorcerer is Stoned, Harry Pothead, Chamber of Hemp, and Harry Pothead and the Prisoner of Oz..

Yeah, I got into those in late grade school, to middle school. Also the Chris Pike series that he had. Chris Pike's "The Last Vampire" series is awesome.

OMG you just reminded me - Wizards, Warriors and You, possibly the greatest choose your own adventure in the history of choose your own adventure books.

I sooooo forgot about it. Thanks

Hmm favoruite kids books...

Harry Potter
Horrible Histories
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator (I think it is called something like that anyway)

Quite a few, but I can't think of them now.

Orson Scott Card is a god... Really.

Anyway, "Where The Wild Things Are" and "Alice in Wonderland" are probably my favorites.

If Roast Beef Could Fly"
By Jay Leno.

Pure evil... I hated all of mine.

What was your most memorable "Kids" book when you were little...

mine was "Dooley and the Snortsnoot"

Anybody else read it?

Huh. I really liked all the Dr.Seuss books.

I also loved "Bread and Jam for Frances"

Favorite Kids books

^ That thead was made just a couple days ago by 101. You can see my answers there as well.

My ultimate favorite was Mike Mulligan and his Steam shovel. I loved it so much, I would sit in my grandmother's basement and listen to the 45 record of the story repeatedly. I now have the book for my own kids to enjoy.

I didn't know there was a thread on this already...

Thanks Kratos...

And any Mod out there... please merge

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him, she sang:

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

My favourite book to read to microdot

I read a lot of Bruce Coville books that I remember well. They were some of my first science fiction and fantasy books.

The Neverending Story was really good... the actual book. I am not a big fan of the movies. Not much nostalgia for them as I had read and been read the book first.

My first fantasy series and one of my favorites was L. Frank Baum's Oz series. That includes the book that The Wizard of Oz was based on, which I believe was the first book.

That series deserves a good movie treatment... there were, I think, over 10 books.

As far as books when I was younger... the first book I read was a Dr. Seuss book. I had a lot of Little Golden books and other books like that.

I love reading.

I liked "Where the Wild Things Are".

"where the wild things are" for lil Pandy...

wbs, you beat me to it

That's the first book I thought of when I saw this thread.

My mom finds it creepy that a woman would break into her grown son's home to cuddle him.

The Velveteen Rabbit.....*wonders if anyone remembers that one*.... I still have the original one from my childhood....

I have that in my room somewhere. I haven't the faintest what it was about but I definitely read it a lot

"Dr.Seus"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"The Grinch who stole Christmas"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Where the wild things are

I love that book!

That reminds me of something, I don't know what it is, but it brings back memories!

Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein -

This book is so awesome, even for adults.. I love it.

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can....

"Frog and Toad are Friends"

You know, I've forgotten one of my favourites - The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base.

Fantastic!

You just hit the nail with that one- I loved it

Though it doesn't beat the Choose Your Own Adventure books, or any of the ones I posted before

Anything by Charles Schulz!

A Huge Peanuts (Snoopy) Fan!!