I just recently had a baby boy and I already got quite a few books for him…all from my childhood. The normal Dr Suess books, where the wild things are, there was an old lady who swallowed a fly, and a few more. But I know I am missing so many!! What were a few books from your childhood that you will forever cherish?
(For context I was born in the early 2000s but i also had hand me down books so just any books that made an impact on little you!)
by anapeavler
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Enid Blyton’s “And Other Stories” series.
one i was fixated on as a child was diary of a worm
[removed]
Richard Scarry books! Look for the goldbug on every page.
Rainbow Fish, Goodnight Moon and Something from Nothing were my favourites
– The Please and Thank You book by Richard Scary
– I Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 👈 this one will bring tears to your eyes.!!
– I read this to both my kids, and of course all the Dr. Suess books
Strega Nona and other books by Tomie de Paola
Thunder. Cake by Patricia Polacco
Anything by Audrey Wood and her husband, the illustrations are fabulous but especially King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub
Frog and Toad are Friends
Berestain Bears
For picture books, this is what I remember and love from my childhood.
|Title|Author|Illustrator|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Buried Moon|Margaret Hodges||
|The Swineherd|Naomi Lewis|Dorothée Duntze|
|The Talking Tree|Inna Rayevsky||
|The Talking Eggs|Robert D. San Souci||
|The Water of Life|Barbara Rogasky|Trina Schart Hyman|
|Melisande|Edith Nesbit|P. J. Lynch|
|Heckedy Peg|Audrey Wood|Don Wood|
|The Canary Prince|Eric Jon Nones||
|The Talking Pot|Virginia Haviland|Melissa Sweet|
|The Rainbabies|Laura Krauss Melmed||
|King Midas and the Golden Touch|Kathryn Hewitt|Kathryn Hewitt|
|Mask of the Dancing Princess|Judith Gwyn Brown||
|Children of Lir|Sheila MacGill-Callahan|Gennady Spirin|
|Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale|Eric A. Kimmel|Megan Lloyd|
|The Goose Girl|Anthea Bell|Sabine Bruntjen|
|East of the Sun and West of the Moon||P.J. Lynch|
|Cinderella||Van Gool|
Roxaboxen, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Little House, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-Chari Bari Ruchi-Pip Peri Pembo
The Velveteen Rabbit, Old Bear, The Worst Band In The Universe, Kipper’s Birthday
Mole and Troll
Frog and Toad
All Beatrix Potter
Little Bear
All Little Golden Books especially the oldest ones thru the ’80s
Winnie the Pooh
King of the Dollhouse
I Can Read (I loved the one about the red ball)
My favorite was Go Dog, Go