Oh, what a fun, whimsical topic! Time for a healthy dose of nostalgia.

Val, I feel bad, I've never heard of any of those books except for the last one. They look lovely too!

'gazer, I love most Dr. Seus books and it cracks me up that you can quote part of Fox in Socks. Not easy to say out loud. Being the crazy environment nut that I am, I always liked The Lorax.

*vaguely remembers Ten Apples Up on Top.

Are You My Mother? is amazing but I was always scared by the part at the end when I was little.

The General, thanks for reminding me of Frog and Toad. Those two were so much fun.

*would recommend Amelia Bedelia to any exchange student trying to figure out all our weird expressions* That book made me laugh.

I spend many hours as a child trying to find Waldo.

Anyways, some of my favorite books were kind of unusual. My library had Festus and Mercury books. About an old farmer and his cat. The books are hard to find in the US since they were written by Sven Nordqvist, a legitimate Norwegian.

My favorite was probably Fox Hunt I couldn't find the cover, but here's a puzzle based on one of the pages.
http://www.hjelms.com/products/puzzle/f ... ury-puzzle
There was just always so much fun, weird stuff going on in those books.

Also, An Owl and Three Pussycats was always a lot of fun. "You can never really own a cat." A fact to learn early, or you'll be very puzzled by your feline friends.

And who can forget The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash. Seven Kellogg is a brilliant illustrator!

Just so you know, Kate, Go, Dog, Go! is not a Dr. Suess book. Neither are Are You My Mother? or Ten Apples Up On Top for that matter.

Awww, Stellaluna! My youngest sister adored that book when she was little. Starsy actually named her old computer Stellaluna.

I remember reading Frog and Toad and Amelia Bedelia for school.

I have a pretty book of Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales. I can't find pics of it online so I'm gonna have to take a few. I'll post them when I do.

P.S."Brooklyn!"

My sister has the most beautiful picture book of Hans Christian Andersen tales. I begged and cried for her to leave it here when she moved, but she refused. The pages are edged in gold and the illustrations are beautiful.

One of my favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen is The Snow Queen. You know, with Gerda and Kay and the journey through the seasons? I loved that book! I still do. Methinks I should buy some lovely picture books.

Actually, Ryan, Ten Apples Up On Top was written by Theo LeSieg. Theo Lesieg is Dr Suess. Confusion confusion! He should have just kept his real name.

I looove picture books.

I've started collecting picture books, because my little siblings are always trashing and tearing apart my favourite ones. One thing I've noticed since starting to collect picture books, is that Robert Munsch books, despite being rather brilliant, are very hard to read aloud. Seriously. The only book of his that I've been able to read aloud properly was Zoom!, and that, only because it had a lot of capital letters that weren't hard to pronounce. Love You Forever is probably the most difficult, because every second page has a song.

Favourites are Robert Munsch books, the Amelia Bedelia books, Dr Suess and alter egos and protege books, The Little Men and Little Miss books, the Frances books, Little Critter books, the Poppleton books, and, uh, lots of others, but I'll stop here.

For anyone who has had the misfortune of watching the Little Men and little Miss TV show, let me assure you that the books are nothing like it. The books are charming and ridiculous, and the TV show is just... stupid.

Here are my favorite kid's books:
The Giving Tree
You Are Special
Fox in Socks
And many, many more...

Ooh! Picture books! I collect picture books...

Wow, you guys have already mentioned a lot of great ones. Unfortunately I cannot put up picture sof some of my most beloved picture books, but to name a few ..... The Palace of Stars by Patricia Lakin, Night Owls by Sharon Phillips Denslow, The Tale of Three Trees retold by Angela Ewell Hunt, The Big Big Sea by Martin Waddell and a few series, Amelia Bedlia, Lyle Crocodile, The picture books by James Herriot, and the ones Ruth Brown illustrated.
I know I said a few, and I wasn't lieing, all my favorites would take considerable time!

I remember reading Frog and Toad and Amelia Bedelia for school.

Amelia Bedelia... those books both made me laugh and yet made me so frustrated with her! lol But, I had my mom read those to me all the time.

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