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From: Nancy Bo Flood <wflood>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 21:02:48 -0700
What a delicious saunter down memory lane. Thank you, Lynn - a big smile on my face as I thought about each of those picture books, especially James Marshall's George and Martha.
Nancy Bo Flood
wflood at hotmail.com www.nancyboflood.com
author of Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons, A Children's Choice and Arizona Book of the Year
Sand to Stone, the Life Cycle of Sandstone
> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
> From: lynnrutan at charter.net
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 21:47:41 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Tried and True Picture books
>
> I've loved reading all the posts and have kept wanting to reply, "Yes,
> me too," to them.
>
> I've never had the pleasure of being a librarian to the younger set so
> my experiences with picture books are mostly family. My own two sons
> have always loved to read and I now have a set of 5-year-old twin
> grandsons that stay with me every day. It has been sheer pleasure to
> plunge into picture books with them and I also get to read to their
> kindergarten class every week as a volunteer.
>
> I have to second all the remarks on Bill Peet's books. My sons adored
> them and had them memorized word for word and the attraction is still
> there for my grandsons. We almost always bring one home from the
> library every week and those books are obviously much-loved by other
> children too as they are circulating constantly.
>
> Another author that I haven't seen mentioned is Virginia Lee Burton
> although I may have missed it. My own boys were great fans of Mike
> Mulligan, the Little House and Katy and the Big Snow especially. My
> grandsons love Burton's books too and I think Katy is their favorite.
> They are fascinated by the small drawings on the edges of the pages and
> love to trace Katy's journey around the town. We get lots of snow here
> and I took Katy to read to the kindergarteners. They loved it even
> though it is a better lap book than story-time book and they're still
> asking me to bring it back to read again.
>
> Another three generation favorite is Robert McCloskey. We all love
> Make Way for Ducklings but Blueberries for Sal is the hands-down
> favorite. When Little Sal and Little Bear follow the wrong mothers, no
> one can sit still and the "oh no's" are deafening. As an adult, I love
> McCloskey's warmly affectionate illustrations and the beautifully
> designed page layouts are perfect for either lap or group reading. The
> textual repetitions are ideal for beginning readers to say aloud and it
> still is a delightful book to read to a group of wiggly five year olds.
> We did have to do a lot of explaining about the items in the kitchen
> but that made for great discussion too. My own personal favorite is
> One Morning in Maine. Somehow our copy didn't survive and I was
> thinking about it just this week as books about losing teeth are BIG
> favorites right now ;-) I've got to track that one down.
>
> This is getting long but I have to mention James Marshall, especially
> the George and Martha stories. His inspired goofiness still works
> wonderfully and makes us smile just looking at the cover of the book.
> Another favorite series is Mary Calhoun's books about Henry the Siamese
> cat. My sons loved Henry's adventures and never got tired of the
> central joke and the little boys love them too. And of course there is
> Eric Carle! I don't even have to say how perfect his books still are.
> And if you haven't seen the gorgeous new Very Hungry Caterpillar pop up
> book - run to get it!
>
> I'd like to mention one other book that has captivated us all. It is
> Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse! by George Mendoza. Both my sons and
> grandsons adore this book and I have lost track of the hours we have
> spent reading it, examining each beautiful house and talking about its
> features. The little boys love to sit with it independently but still
> love to have me read it to them. It takes us a very long time to read
> it as each intriguing design has to be talked about. If there are any
> publishers out there - this is one I'd LOVE to see reprinted!
>
> Thanks for the great post everyone!
>
>
> Lynn Rutan
> Librarian
> Holland, MI
> lynnrutan at charter.net
>
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Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 21:02:48 -0700
What a delicious saunter down memory lane. Thank you, Lynn - a big smile on my face as I thought about each of those picture books, especially James Marshall's George and Martha.
Nancy Bo Flood
wflood at hotmail.com www.nancyboflood.com
author of Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons, A Children's Choice and Arizona Book of the Year
Sand to Stone, the Life Cycle of Sandstone
> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
> From: lynnrutan at charter.net
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 21:47:41 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Tried and True Picture books
>
> I've loved reading all the posts and have kept wanting to reply, "Yes,
> me too," to them.
>
> I've never had the pleasure of being a librarian to the younger set so
> my experiences with picture books are mostly family. My own two sons
> have always loved to read and I now have a set of 5-year-old twin
> grandsons that stay with me every day. It has been sheer pleasure to
> plunge into picture books with them and I also get to read to their
> kindergarten class every week as a volunteer.
>
> I have to second all the remarks on Bill Peet's books. My sons adored
> them and had them memorized word for word and the attraction is still
> there for my grandsons. We almost always bring one home from the
> library every week and those books are obviously much-loved by other
> children too as they are circulating constantly.
>
> Another author that I haven't seen mentioned is Virginia Lee Burton
> although I may have missed it. My own boys were great fans of Mike
> Mulligan, the Little House and Katy and the Big Snow especially. My
> grandsons love Burton's books too and I think Katy is their favorite.
> They are fascinated by the small drawings on the edges of the pages and
> love to trace Katy's journey around the town. We get lots of snow here
> and I took Katy to read to the kindergarteners. They loved it even
> though it is a better lap book than story-time book and they're still
> asking me to bring it back to read again.
>
> Another three generation favorite is Robert McCloskey. We all love
> Make Way for Ducklings but Blueberries for Sal is the hands-down
> favorite. When Little Sal and Little Bear follow the wrong mothers, no
> one can sit still and the "oh no's" are deafening. As an adult, I love
> McCloskey's warmly affectionate illustrations and the beautifully
> designed page layouts are perfect for either lap or group reading. The
> textual repetitions are ideal for beginning readers to say aloud and it
> still is a delightful book to read to a group of wiggly five year olds.
> We did have to do a lot of explaining about the items in the kitchen
> but that made for great discussion too. My own personal favorite is
> One Morning in Maine. Somehow our copy didn't survive and I was
> thinking about it just this week as books about losing teeth are BIG
> favorites right now ;-) I've got to track that one down.
>
> This is getting long but I have to mention James Marshall, especially
> the George and Martha stories. His inspired goofiness still works
> wonderfully and makes us smile just looking at the cover of the book.
> Another favorite series is Mary Calhoun's books about Henry the Siamese
> cat. My sons loved Henry's adventures and never got tired of the
> central joke and the little boys love them too. And of course there is
> Eric Carle! I don't even have to say how perfect his books still are.
> And if you haven't seen the gorgeous new Very Hungry Caterpillar pop up
> book - run to get it!
>
> I'd like to mention one other book that has captivated us all. It is
> Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse! by George Mendoza. Both my sons and
> grandsons adore this book and I have lost track of the hours we have
> spent reading it, examining each beautiful house and talking about its
> features. The little boys love to sit with it independently but still
> love to have me read it to them. It takes us a very long time to read
> it as each intriguing design has to be talked about. If there are any
> publishers out there - this is one I'd LOVE to see reprinted!
>
> Thanks for the great post everyone!
>
>
> Lynn Rutan
> Librarian
> Holland, MI
> lynnrutan at charter.net
>
> _______________________________________________
> CCBC-Net mailing list
> CCBC-Net at lists.education.wisc.edu
> Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe...
> http://lists.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net
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