The following list is books that I consider children's classics. Many of these books I remember from my childhood. Others I was found while searching for books for my children but all are at least several decades old.
Every child should be on a first name friendship with Petunia, Corduroy, Angus and Frances! And these books should be easy to find in any library.
Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
A big job for just a little guy.
Corduroy by Don Freeman
We all wish for a home and a friend.
The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack
The setting in China makes this book endearing.
Bread and Jam for Frances
by Russell HobanFrances visits our dining room table when we have a picky eater.
Chanticleer and the Fox
illustrated by Barbara CooneyClassic tale with one of our favorite illustrators.
Petunia by Roger Duvoisin
Proud Petunia finds that she needs to learn to read to be wise.
Angus and the Cat by Marjorie Flack
Sometimes an enemy becomes a friend!
A Pocketfull of Cricket
by Rebecca CaudillA cricket travels to school in a pocket!
I'll stop there - and share the rest of my list later.
I'd love to hear about the books that you fell in love with as a child - and now enjoy reading to your children.
You can find more of my favorite children's books in the lists for winter, spring, boys, girls, nature and agrarian books.
Blueberries for Sal!
ReplyDeleteCars and Trucks and things that go. That book keept my boys intertained for hours! I love Richard Scarry.
We really like Chanticleer, too.
ReplyDeleteI would add "Goldisocks and the Three Libearians" - Charlotte enjoys that one.
And two from my childhood, "Frederick's Alligator" by Esther Allen Peterson and Miss Twiggley's Tree by Dorothea Warren Fox
I look forward to seeing what books everyone else recommends, too!
Not familiar with any of these but will add them to my list. Since our daughter is attending a preschool this year (hoping to homeschool next year), I'm trying to take advantage of buying some of the lesser priced books through scholastic. I noticed one of my favorites in this months catalog - Good Night Moon.
ReplyDeleteoooh, I always recognize AND get suggestions from your book lists! We discovered Jennifer and Josephine from you - beloved by both the adults and children at our house.
ReplyDeleteWe like Baby Dear. . .Oh What a Busy Day by Gyo Fujikawa. . .Where the Wild Things Are. . .
Makes me miss my toddlers...
ReplyDeleteThe Biggest Bear
Obadiah the Bold (and others)
Millions of Cats
Mike Mulligan
Going on a Bear Hunt
Blueberries for Sal
Angus..
Boy with a Drum
Make Way for Ducklings
Bicycle Bear (not a well-known classic but it was a fave here)
RL Stevenson's Garden of Verses
...and many more!
{btw, our firstborn turned 18 yesterday!}
The first book is from my early childhood, and I enjoyed it very much: "Dr. Goat." It's by Georgiana (just one name), and illustrated by Charles Clement. It hasn't been reprinted since it was published in 1950and old copies are expensive, so ask around to see if anyone happens to have an old copy stored awaysmewhere. I read "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" to every small boy I knew, and they all loved it. Girls enjoy it, too. It's by Virginia Lee Bruce. There is a collection of four of her stories in one volume, and that's a very good book, too. "Caps For Sale," by Esphyr Slobodkina, is a fun book, especially if the adult who reads it also acts it out while reading aloud. Ezra Jack Keats' "The Snowy Day" is for very young children. Although it is set in a city, the storyline is about a little boy playing in a fresh snowfall, and is appropriate for children in rural areas, too. A good book for agrarian readers, and others, is this book, "The Carrot Seed," by Ruth Krauss. It's also for very young children.
ReplyDeleteAs you can tell, I'd go on for ages, but I'll stop here.