Not Just for Bedtime
Today is International Children's Book Day, traditionally held on or around the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, April 2nd. International Children's Book Day is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books. Below is a short list of children's books that I have fond memories of reading, and occasionally re-read them even as an adult (not in any particular order):
Links of interests:
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- The Lorax, Dr Seuss
- Where the Wild Things, Maurice Sendak
- Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Caroll
- Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Caroll
- Charlotte's Web, EB White
- Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne
- The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories, Rudyard Kipling
- Peter Pan, James M. Barrie
What are some books from your childhood?
Links of interests:
- Children's Book Council - a nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults.
- Children's Book Awards - guide to English-language children's book awards.
- Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators - professional guild.
- List of Lists - very extensive.
another point of view ...
I remember getting Dr Seuss books in the mail, I think it was 1 book a month. By the time I was 13, I had the whole collection. My favorite book was "Green Eggs & Ham"
- Jamie Sullivan
I love the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books. I remember staying up very late reading under the blanket; did anyone else do that?
- Sally Weeks
My kids are reading all the books you listed. I'm also getting the older ones to read:
* A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
* The Last Unicorn, by Peter Beagle
* The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
* Earthsea Trilogy, by Ursula Le Guin
I don't want my kids to see the tv/movie version of these before reading them.
- Jenny D.
My twins are reading the Harry Potter series; We're just starting on the first book!
- Michelle and Dave
I loved "The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore" all the Nancy Drew series. I used to twist the bulb of my night light just so, so that when I heard my mom upstairs moving toward her window to look out and see if my light was on, all I had to do was turn the lamp shade ever so slightly and out was the light and mom was happy and I could turn it on again and read as long as i wanted.
I also loved a very gory Catholic book - The Lives of the Saints - lots of gruesome tales - I actually spent some time sleeping with rocks in my bed to make up for the lightbulb trick. Amazing what Catholicism can do to one.
What a beautiful poem .. unfortunately, even in sleep there is too much noise in my dreams to make sleeping enjoyable. But that only started recently .. I'll have to remember to talk about that in therapy.
Hi Nam,
The Diary of Anne Frank
Miss Hickory
Little Women
Everything you've listed and
All the biographies and autobiographies I could get my hands on in fourth grade.
Thanks for stoppin' by my blog and likin' my work.
Take care! Josie
P.S. I pierced my own nose in 19 seventy- something. Had purple panic crazy color in eighty-somethin' and here I am now. You go!
JOZEE .. I made an effort at putting together an 'adult' book list via the profile, but that's inadequate .. I'll have to put together a reading list not made for a 10 year old (I'm not saying these bedtime stories are just for kids)! I do love biographies, and, when I had TV a few years ago, it was tuned to cable stations A&E and History to watch the various biographies.
speak up!
I remember getting Dr Seuss books in the mail, I think it was 1 book a month. By the time I was 13, I had the whole collection. My favorite book was "Green Eggs & Ham"
- Jamie Sullivan
I love the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books. I remember staying up very late reading under the blanket; did anyone else do that?
- Sally Weeks
My kids are reading all the books you listed. I'm also getting the older ones to read:
* A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
* The Last Unicorn, by Peter Beagle
* The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
* Earthsea Trilogy, by Ursula Le Guin
I don't want my kids to see the tv/movie version of these before reading them.
- Jenny D.
My twins are reading the Harry Potter series; We're just starting on the first book!
- Michelle and Dave
I loved "The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore" all the Nancy Drew series. I used to twist the bulb of my night light just so, so that when I heard my mom upstairs moving toward her window to look out and see if my light was on, all I had to do was turn the lamp shade ever so slightly and out was the light and mom was happy and I could turn it on again and read as long as i wanted.
I also loved a very gory Catholic book - The Lives of the Saints - lots of gruesome tales - I actually spent some time sleeping with rocks in my bed to make up for the lightbulb trick. Amazing what Catholicism can do to one.
Nam LaMore
What a beautiful poem .. unfortunately, even in sleep there is too much noise in my dreams to make sleeping enjoyable. But that only started recently .. I'll have to remember to talk about that in therapy.
Jozee
Hi Nam,
The Diary of Anne Frank
Miss Hickory
Little Women
Everything you've listed and
All the biographies and autobiographies I could get my hands on in fourth grade.
Thanks for stoppin' by my blog and likin' my work.
Take care! Josie
P.S. I pierced my own nose in 19 seventy- something. Had purple panic crazy color in eighty-somethin' and here I am now. You go!
Nam LaMore
JOZEE .. I made an effort at putting together an 'adult' book list via the profile, but that's inadequate .. I'll have to put together a reading list not made for a 10 year old (I'm not saying these bedtime stories are just for kids)! I do love biographies, and, when I had TV a few years ago, it was tuned to cable stations A&E and History to watch the various biographies.
speak up!
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