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From: Kenneth Cadow <Kenneth.Cadow>
Date: 07 May 2009 23:38:31 -0400
My list of tried and true doesn't come from a elementary scool teacher's or a librarian's perspective, but from reading to nieces and nephews and then to my own children who now are growing up. Just went downstairs and pulled the most ratty, and thus the most loved picture books:
Marjorie Flack (and Kurt Wiese, for Ping) Molly Bang Quentin Blake (Mister Magnolia, and others) Tasha Tudor Dav Pilkey Maurice Sendak Munro Leaf Ludwig Bemelmans Esphyr Slobodkina (Caps for Sale) Don Freeman (Corduroy) Charlotte Zolotow (I Like to Be Little, Mr. Rabbit...) William Steig Bernard Weber (especially "Bernard", but Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is pretty dog-eared, too) Leo Lionni, especially Frederick Russell and Lillian Hoban Robert McCloskey Jan Brett Mordicai Gerstein Uri Shulevitz Kevin Henkes Ezra Jack Keats Eric Carle Margaret Wise Brown Peter Sis Dr. Seuss
And a couple of family favorites by slightly (or very) lesser known authors: Mike McClintock (A Fly Went By) Mildred Kantrowitz: Maxie, Parents Magazine Press 1970 (we found it at the dump, but it was a huge hit with the kids).
These may be less tried and true and more read and chewed by just one family, but I'm surprised by the crossover. It would be nice to curl up with my kids and some of these books again (and I do, occasionally--even teenagers will stop plunk down if you're reading aloud). This discussion comes at the perfect time--I'm feeling melancholy for those more direct days of the picture book--my daughter's first boyfriend broke up with her today. Anybody have any good read-alouds for such a teary event?
Ken Cadow
Received on Thu 07 May 2009 10:38:31 PM CDT
Date: 07 May 2009 23:38:31 -0400
My list of tried and true doesn't come from a elementary scool teacher's or a librarian's perspective, but from reading to nieces and nephews and then to my own children who now are growing up. Just went downstairs and pulled the most ratty, and thus the most loved picture books:
Marjorie Flack (and Kurt Wiese, for Ping) Molly Bang Quentin Blake (Mister Magnolia, and others) Tasha Tudor Dav Pilkey Maurice Sendak Munro Leaf Ludwig Bemelmans Esphyr Slobodkina (Caps for Sale) Don Freeman (Corduroy) Charlotte Zolotow (I Like to Be Little, Mr. Rabbit...) William Steig Bernard Weber (especially "Bernard", but Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is pretty dog-eared, too) Leo Lionni, especially Frederick Russell and Lillian Hoban Robert McCloskey Jan Brett Mordicai Gerstein Uri Shulevitz Kevin Henkes Ezra Jack Keats Eric Carle Margaret Wise Brown Peter Sis Dr. Seuss
And a couple of family favorites by slightly (or very) lesser known authors: Mike McClintock (A Fly Went By) Mildred Kantrowitz: Maxie, Parents Magazine Press 1970 (we found it at the dump, but it was a huge hit with the kids).
These may be less tried and true and more read and chewed by just one family, but I'm surprised by the crossover. It would be nice to curl up with my kids and some of these books again (and I do, occasionally--even teenagers will stop plunk down if you're reading aloud). This discussion comes at the perfect time--I'm feeling melancholy for those more direct days of the picture book--my daughter's first boyfriend broke up with her today. Anybody have any good read-alouds for such a teary event?
Ken Cadow
Received on Thu 07 May 2009 10:38:31 PM CDT
