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Some favorite children picture books?

Some favorite children picture books?

Julie #questionnaire #kids

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Aly

The wonky donkey

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Barb

The magic faraway tree set

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Sarah

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Sarah

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Sarah

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Sarah

.. Or any book by Julia Donaldson

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Sarah

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Sarah

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Sarah

… Or any book by Nick Sharratt

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Jenny

Absolutely love this book.

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Mary

Anything Suess

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Tamara

The Rainbow Fish, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George, Spot, Possum Magic, Wombat Stew

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Linda

Good luck finding Wombat Stew. The last time I checked, it was out of print and it’s one of my favorites.

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Tamara

@Linda where have you been looking? I just did a quick google search and Booktopia have it in stock, the 30th anniversary edition.

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Linda

@Tamara , oh, my! I haven’t looked in a while. The last time I looked, I found s copy for $50. Too rich for me.

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Linda

@Tamara , unfortunately I don’t live in Australia.

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Tamara

@Linda a shame, but if you knew someone in Australia or New Zealand, you can have it delivered to them and have them mail it to you. 🙂

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Tamara

@Linda I just checked and both http://fishpond.com/ and Book Depository both have it in stock and they ship internationally.

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Linda

@Tamara unfortunately, I don’t. But, I found a reasonably priced one on Amazon.

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Linda

It’s coming from England.

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Jani

Any Judith Viorst books….

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Sandy

The tiger who came to tea, any by Julia Donaldson

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Karen

I second The Tiger Who Came To Tea, my daughter is almost 16 now but we’ve never given this book away, every young child should read it

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Susan

Fave line from The Tiger who came to Tea….’and then he drank all of Daddy’s beer’! I was a children’s librarian for 40 years and know many picture books word for word! The wonder on the faces at story time when you got to that line…….

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Karen

@Susan I always loved the fact that Daddy never batted an eye when he found out that the tiger had eaten and drank everything and calmly took them out to a cafe

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Susan

@Karen I was once reading TTWCTT…..and got to the end…’and they all went to the cafe for tea’ ….. ‘and one child shouted out ‘what’s a cafe’ …..when I explained….he said….’oh..you mean a caff’ ….lol

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Karen

@Susan that’d be right 😀

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Kim

Go away big green monster

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Shellie

Ferdinand, The Monster at the End of the Book, Th Legend of the Three Trees,

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Kathleen

Good Night Moon, The Giving Tree, The Quiltmaker’s Gift.

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Linda

The Minpins

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Dee

Anything by Patricia Pollaco

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Mary

A Pocket for Corduroy, Winnie the Pooh and Bread and Jam for Frances.

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Rachel

Mine of course! ?☺️

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Kathy

Which ones are those?

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Carol

Wonky Donkey

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Judy

All the little Golden Books

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Patty

Actually, my daughter is now 46 years old but I still have all her “Little Golden Books” which my great- niece ( who is now 11) enjoyed and was reading at 4 years, because of them!

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Karen

My favorite were Dr.
Seuss books!

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Jewell

A Pickle for a Nickel

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Joyce

Any Bear books by Karma Wilson

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Theresa

Blueberries for Sal

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Angie

I don’t want to be a frog by Devorah Petty and all of Mo Willems’ books!

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Sheila

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

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Sheila

My favorite book as a child and I passed that love on to my girls. I loved everything by Robert McCloskey Blueberries for Sal is another favorite. Maurice Sendak books were favorites too. These are the books and authors that began my love of reading.

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JulieQuestion author

Sheila O’Keefe Allard yes! Had this as a child. Can still see the pictures in my head

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Shama

Any book illustrated by Jan Brett

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Mickey

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Carolyn

Books by William Steig and Patricia Palacco were among my favorite read alouds to my young children.

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Shirley

As a former librarian I would suggest the Caldecott winner books. These are the award winning picture books. Every year there are winners and runner ups. http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal

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Marjorie

Ira Sleeps Over
Where the Wild Things Are
Thunder Cake
And I could go on and on!

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Diane

Strega Nona by Tomi

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Valerie

Anything by Dr. Seuss, and Mercer Mayer. I am also fond of the Dumb Bunnies and the Doreen Cronin Duck books. Funny. Then, of course, you cannot go wrong with Harold and the Purple Crayon, Goodnight Moon, Winnie the Pooh, and many of the other classics. They are classics for a reason.

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Ana

@Valerie Mercer Mayer is a favorite for kids,as the author hides three insect characters throughout the pages. The kids love to look for them as you are reading.

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Valerie

@Ana , yes…mine loved to find them. I have turned some of my students on to him as well. And, they like to find the characters as well. The spider can be tricky at times.

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Diane

Strega Nona by Tomi DePaolo, all the Steven Kellogg Pinkerton books, and the rest.

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Sheila

Love anything by Tomi DePaolo.

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Melissa

But not the hippopotamus

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Shelia

Good Dog, Carl

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Ana

There is a book by Aree Chung called Ninja for kids. Adorable, and I would say their first graphic novel. Very colorful and full of adventure, but not busy. Great book to teach top to bottom and left to right reading patterns.

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Mary

I grew up with Dick, Jane and Spot

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Deborah

Me too Mary. Also the Bobbsey Twins, Black Beauty, Old Yeller, White Dang, Cinderella, the Snow Queen. AND Aesap’s Fables

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Deborah

Fang not Dang

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Michelle

The Good Dog Carl books. My girls and I still read them and they (we) are much too old to be reading picture books. https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/good-dog-carl/38255/

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Nicole

never too old for picture books!

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Kirsten

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Lisa

Polar Express ❤️, Stellaluna, and Verde, Rainbow Fish and A Bad Case of Stripes.

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Terry

Anything by Chris van Dusen if I built a car randy Riley’s really big hit

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Nicole

The Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems, Sophie’s Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli, The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak, The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash (I might come back with more lol)

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Barter

The Snowy Day,The Tiger who Came to Tea, Strega Nona, Ferdinand, And The Velveteen Rabbit.

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Carla

Love Floyd Cooper ‘s illustrations!

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Carla

Anything by the Pinkneys!

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Nancy

Any Jan Brett book.

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Lisa

Agreed

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Chelsie

The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Ran Away. These are hilarious!

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Debbie

Blueberries for Sal

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Valerie

@Debbie , and Make Way For the Ducklings!

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Deborah

Where the Wild Things Are, any Dr. Seuss, Emily and Little Bear. Do the Laura Ingalls Wilder books count?

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Linda

Imogenes Antlers, In the Attic

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Linda

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Linda

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Donna

The kissing hand

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Becky

Amelia Bedelia.

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Gina

Goodnight Moon, Asleep Asleep, Blueberries for Sal, the Very Hungry Caterpillar, Where’s Spot, Moo Baa La-La-La…

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JulieQuestion author

Eric Carle books, Robert Munsch, Dr. Seuss, The Velveteen Rabbit, Where the Wild Things Are, Peter Spier

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Kay

Are you my mother?; Monster Momma; The Velvateen Rabbit

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Meredith

Any of Amy Rosenthal’s books are great.

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Ana

Jan Brett. Her books are a work of art. She uses foreshadowing in the inside (right)of each page to give children clues as to what will happen next. She Also shows a recap of what happened before that page. Good stories.

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Stacey

Olivia

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Linda

I’ll Love You Forever

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Karen

I loved that book as an adult. My sister bought it for my son after he was born almost 28 years ago. I still cry every time I read it.

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Kathleen

Ella the Elegant Elephant

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Judy

@Kathleen Perfect in every way!

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Judy

Where the Wild Things Are, and, The Jolly Postman… most clever children’s book ever!

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Treva

James and the giant peach

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Susan

Jacqueline Woodson, Each Kindness

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