I've always liked you Mona - now we're clearly friends for life. LOVE Very Hungry Caterpillar. A great Australian kids' book is Possum Magic. Highly recommended.
- Kate Foy
OMG Eric Carle has a book titled: "Pancakes Pancakes"!! I LOVE the man's books. And Kate? Any Eric Carle fan is a friend for life of mine, too! :)
- Mona Nomura
Shut up, Erin. Are you serious? *edit: holy cow, that is a real book!!
- Mona Nomura
A good children's book can be read many ways, and has little details that are revealed over repeated readings. Isn't it fun to figure out where the mouse is in each color panel of Goodnight Moon, and see how that book and Runaway Bunny tie in to each other?
- stretta
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I actually learned a lot about body parts and basic science through books. ie: scabs, nostrils, blood, etc. (Japanese children books LOL) I wonder if there are English translations http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp...
- Mona Nomura
Fox in Socks. But Camilla's first exposure to reading was Eric Carle's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear"
- April Buchheit
OMG, so many! I read a lot of stuff. But little kid stuff? Probably Dr. Seuss...esp "Are You My Mother?" - the best line: "You are not my mother, you are a SNORT!" That killed me when I was 5.
- Sarah Perez
'Possum Magic' by Mem Fox. She read it to our class in school, and that's one of my fondest childhood memories. Just the way she read it...
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Possum Magic is great (we have signed copies of Mem's books, she lives in my town) ,, Hungry Caterpillar is and always has been a favourite, and now I love to read The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child to my kids :D Another great Mem book is Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair
- Penny
My daughter loves Go Dog Go, so I rate that one too. Green Eggs & Ham is another fave. Also love Goodnight Moon for toddlers ...
- Patrick Jordan
Like that Mike Mulligan & The Steam Shovel one too - and Runaway Bunny, and The Little Red Hen (which there is a superb iPhone eBook of) ...
- Patrick Jordan
"Guess How Much I Love You" (the one with the nut-brown hares)
- Vicky
The Gruffalo for my kids. For myself, something called "The little book of monsters", which I've not managed to lay hands on as an adult
- Mark Aitken
Good topic Mona - and also like The Very Hungry Caterpillar ...
- Patrick Jordan
There are so many titles I don't recognise here! Bet there's a top 100 books list on t'nternet somewhere...
- Mark Aitken
I threw The Shining off our 11th floor balcony when I was 14 or something - because it still scared the shite out of me just walking past it on the shelves after reading it ...
- Patrick Jordan
Depends on the age, but "Guess How Much I Love You" is one of my favourites...
- Steve Lacey
@Patrick - I buried my copy in the bookshelves and slept with all the lights on for a month after reading The Shining. I refuse to watch the movie, in any version, but most especially Kubrik's version with Jack Nicholson. Typecasting?
- Sally - Skyrimmin' It
Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Green Eggs & Ham, Cat in the Hat, Harriet the Spy
- Egyirba
I read Carle to my daughter quite a lot when she was younger. I like Mo Willems (spelling?). And there is a guy that does Russell the Sheep that has art that is so slick. Past that, of course Dr. Seuss! Gosh, with all of these likes, am I a kid trapped in an adult's body?
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
The Surprise Doll and Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel and a book about Baby Animals
- adf
We read The Lorax a lot, it's a fun read with lots of silly words
- Brian Hendrickson
My 2 year old son loves Freight Train and his "bright baby" Truck book - they're nightly staples.
- adf
Alexander and his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. I could read that for smiles at any time. Even now! hah
- Sonya Smith
Liked, because I'm sure this thread will come handy one day.
- Aviv
LOVED "The Phantom Tollbooth" when I was a kid. As far as really little kid books go... I love to read "Goodnight Moon" to my son before bed. He is 10-months-old and really likes it! I am sure we will have many more favorite books as he grows up! Looks like I have a lot of good suggestions here! :)
- Meredith
there was this one book about a chameleon that I loved. can't remember the name of it now.
- chrisofspades
Cars and Trucks and Things that Go. With the little goldbug you had to find.
- SteVe C
Great book and I love Eric Carle. I love the "True Story of the Three Little Pigs".
- John Flynn