I've got a ton of favorites for kids. Before listing a few, I recommend anything that is a Caldecott or Newbury Medal winner.
My favorite as a kid (about second or third grade; bought a copy again last year, used because it is out of print) is Louis Slobodkin's, A Spaceship Under the Apple Tree. This is a wonderful little tale of a boy spending the summer at Grandma's country house where a spaceship lands and the boy gets his new friend, "Marty", to join scouts with him.
Another huge favorite I've re-read as an adult is the Madeleine L'Engle (sp?) series: A Wrinkle in Time, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and A Wind in the Door.
Frosty the Snowman was read to me a million times. A big old hard cover. I read the same copy to all of my kids about a million times apiece.
So, what do you recommend for the little ones. We'll start our own reading rainbow here.
I love to collect very old children's books. I'm always looking for them in Estate Sales, or Antique Stores.
When I was quite young my mom and older sister use to read to me alot. One series use to be my favorite called The Uncle Arthur Bedtime Stories. The series they read out of was the older series even then, I think maybe the 40's? After I grew up I searched and with the help of Ebay and a great used book store downtown Milwaukee was able to aquire several sets.
I was a huge fan of Lassie when I was young always being 'glued' to the t.v. at 6:00 on Sunday nights. So of course any type of a Lassie book was my favorite too. Lassie come home, Lad the Dog, even the Golden Book, Lassie. lol
So many books. I will have to think of some more....
You could also include favorite videos on here also, even though Books are by far the best for children! But I would highly recommend the Wee Sing in Sillyville, and The Mouse on the Motorcycle if you are in need of some really great movies for your young kids to watch.
Also a great book series to read and also to watch the shows would have to be the Little House on the Paraire Series.
I love the series and watched all of them with my oldest daughter (she will be 30 this July) and she had the whole series of books and read them.
Now my youngest daughter loves this series. (will be 14 this June). She has the collection of the first and second DVD's of the shows, and has read pretty much the full collection of stories.
In 2nd grade, I enjoyed Charlottes Web. In 3rd grade, I enjoyed poetry and Japanese Haikus, introduced to me by my grandma. In jr. high, I always brought home the biggest books. I liked mysteries and suspense stories my favorites then were by Alfred Hitchcock - they were both big and mysterious.
For young children (toddler and preschool age) I really love Dr. Seuss aka Theodore Liepsig. Dr. Seuss is fun to read and really silly to listen to. My husband read so much Dr. Seuss, he once found himself reciting it outloud, while working on a construction site, much to his fellow workers suprise lOl!
My absolute favorite - NO DOUBT - is a great bedtime story for the young and young at heart - "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams Bianco. If you get it on video or DVD, try to find the one narrated by Meryl Streep, she tells it the very best! There are many versions.
Just the other night my husband, youngest daughter and I were all discussing the books we were currently reading. We do this often, but this night they both made a comment that all I seem to have read for the past few years is "technical stuff".... I had to pause... it's true. 15 years ago, I never thought I would be so facinated by technology and/or computers. I used a Mac to organize inventory in a database for my boss. But now I read everything I can about web development and design, different programming languages, rss, internet and search technology, how to save our environment from e-waste, and I have watched most closely... marketing and SEO. I love it!
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Some of my favorites were " The cat ate my gymsuit" "Julie of the Wolves" " Island of the Blue Dophins" "Ole Yeller" "Black Beauty" and any of the Black Stallion books. I also remember a series about a boy named Henry and his dog Ribsy,, there were several in the series and I wish I could find a copy of them now. And any book with a horse in the story always got my attention.
I loved these books as a kid.. have the audio versions as an adult.
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Another huge favorite I've re-read as an adult is the Madeleine L'Engle (sp?) series: A Wrinkle in Time, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and A Wind in the Door.
Anyone ever heard of or read "Fog Magic" by Julia Sauer?
A Newbery Honor Book. Greta had always loved the fog-the soft gray mist that rolled in from the sea and drifted over the village. The fog seemed to have a secret to tell her. Then one day when Greta was walking in the woods and the mist was closing in, she saw the dark outline of a stone house against the spruce trees-a house where only an old cellar hole should have been. Another time, Greta saw a surrey come by, carrying a lady dressed in plum-colored silk. The woman beckoned for Greta to join her, and soon Greta found herself launched on an adventure that would take her back to a past that existed only through the magic of the fog.
My mom knew the author and had me read the book.. we used to own a signed copy. Great coming of age story, tho more forgirls, I suppose.
Anyone ever heard of or read "Fog Magic" by Julia Sauer?
A Newbery Honor Book. Greta had always loved the fog-the soft gray mist that rolled in from the sea and drifted over the village. The fog seemed to have a secret to tell her. Then one day when Greta was walking in the woods and the mist was closing in, she saw the dark outline of a stone house against the spruce trees-a house where only an old cellar hole should have been. Another time, Greta saw a surrey come by, carrying a lady dressed in plum-colored silk. The woman beckoned for Greta to join her, and soon Greta found herself launched on an adventure that would take her back to a past that existed only through the magic of the fog.
My mom knew the author and had me read the book.. we used to own a signed copy. Great coming of age story, tho more forgirls, I suppose.
Just today my youngest son reminded me how much he loved Dr. Seuss books when we use to read them together as he was growing up and also reading them by himself.
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My youngest son's favorite books when he was little was the "Little Critter" series. He learned to read from those before he even started school. He had the "Me Too" one memorized at the age of 3 1/2 and could recite it word for word. When he got into middle school, he liked the "Goosebumps" books, "Captain Underpants" and the Hardy Boys Mysteries.
Just today my youngest son reminded me how much he loved Dr. Seuss books when we use to read them together as he was growing up and also reading them by himself.
I loved the Dr. Seuss books, too. My favorite book when I was young was called "Shadow Castle". I got it when I was in 4th grade and I still have it.
Way back years ago I remember reading all the 'LASSIE' books or ones on that order. Lassie Come Home, Lad A Dog, etc. Use to love the show Lassie when I was really young.
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In grade school I had an awesome teacher for both 4th as well as 5th grade. (Mrs. Coon). Every day she would read a chapter or two in the Hardy Boys Books to us. I think it's great when a teacher actually takes the time out to read to the class. This was the same teacher that use to pray each day before we left for lunch. That was back in the day when there was prayer in public school.
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I have a couple old Dr. Seuss books in my collection.. I pick them up whenever I see a nice copy I don't have.. I like most childrens books and would like to pick up quite a few I personally recall reading when I was a kid from Arrow Books and the Scholastic Book Club at school too. Not much value in those but alot of good memories..
I saw some old Tom Swift books the other day but at $5 each they were more than I could pay at present.. I used to have a whole collection of them tho.
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