If you know our family, you probably already know we’re pretty enthusiastic about books. I love children’s literature at least as much as my kids do… so here’s a list to help you out with the little people on your Christmas list.These are ten of my favourite authors or illustrators of picture books (in alphabetical order), along with a sampling of a few titles from each one we particularly enjoy.
Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Very Quiet Cricket; A House for Hermit Crab
Jamie Lee Curtis
I’m Gonna Like Me; Is There Really a Human Race?
Ian Falconer
Olivia; Olivia and the Missing Toy; Olivia Saves the Circus
Marie Louise Gay
Stella, Star of the Sea; Stella, Queen of the Snow; Stella, Fairy of the Forest
Ron Gonsalves (illustrator)
Imagine a Day; Imagine a Night
John Lithgow
Marsupial Sue; The Remarkable Farkle McBride; I’m a Manatee
Robert Munsch
Mortimer; I Have to Go!; Zoom; The Paper Bag Princess; Blackberry Subway Jam
Dr. Seuss
Oh the Places You’ll Go!; Oh the Thinks You Can Think!; Green Eggs and Ham
Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic; Where the Sidewalk Ends; Falling Up; A Giraffe and a Half
Chris Van Allsburg
Jumanji; Zathura; The Polar Express
P.S. I love expanding our library with second-hand books. Check out not only used book stores, but also the book section of Frenchy's, Value Village, Salvation Army and the like!
6 comments:
John Lithgow as in Third Rock from the Sun?
A lot of those books (Eric Carl and Dr. Seuss specifically) are commonly used for younger learners and language acquisition over here. :) What fun they are to read with kids!
Marie Louise Gay also has books about Sam. I'm hoping Good Night Sam and Good Morning Sam will be a hit with little brothers of little Stella's this year.
Oh, and I was always a HUGE favourite of Beverly's Cleary's character Ramona Quimby. I still read Ramona the Brave and Ramona Quimby Age 8 when I'm stuck in bed with the flu.
Yes, the very same John Lithgow! You can imagine how entertaining his children's books are. For a few of them, he's also written a musical score and sings the book on a CD that comes with it. Very fun!
Good call on the "Sam" books, Janice. Sam's adventures are every bit as entertaining as Stella's.
I thought of you the other day when I found "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" for a dollar, as well as "The Frog Prince, Continued", both by Jon Scieszka. I put those in the closet for a few years from now... satire is a little beyond the preschool/kindergarten set.
Having kids is a convenient excuse to keep reading Ramona and the like, but I think the flu is equally legitimate!
I think I'll stick with the flu as my excuse to read Ramona: it's much easier than having kids!
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