Board books, normal children's books, STEM, non-STEM. I'm interested in them all.
Discussion Highlights (18 comments)
NishanStepak
I have always liked The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Chicken Soup With Rice by Maurice Sendak, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss and Yertle The Turtle by Dr. Seuss.
atlgator
Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter were my favorite children's series.
JoeAltmaier
My favorites were written back in th 50's. They didn't age well. Girls were told they could be the secretary in the detective agency, while the boys did the investigating. (Henry Reed Inc.) Stuff like that, made it so I didn't give them to the grandkids.
sp332
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins - Dr Seuss If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - the original is by far the best of these. Ramona Quimby series - Beverly Cleary Iggy Peck, Architect (+series) - Andrea Beaty Beast Feast - Emma Yarlett Dragons Love Tacos (+ 2) - Adam Rubin The Princess in Black (+series) - Shannon & Dean Hale Don't Let a Unicorn Scribble (+series) - Diane Abler The Camping Trip - Jennifer Maan Maddie & Mabel (+series) - Kari Allen I Love You Stinky Face - Lisa McCourt Authors that were always good: Arnold Lobel, Sandra Boynton, James Stevenson And don't forget to check https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ , they are affiliated with the Internet Archive and they don't show up in shopping searches.
treetalker
A Rule Is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy by John Seven
aduwah
AI book mix in the making? It is hard to say favourites without a target age.
semiquaver
It Might be an Apple (Shinsuke Yoshitake) The Skull (Jon Klassen) The Way Things Work (David Macaulay) Animalia (Graeme Base) Nanette’s Baguette (Mo Willlems) The princess and the Pony (Kate Beaton) Frederick (Leo Leoni)
electroweak
Of all the Dr Seuss read to my kids the one that stands out is hard to find now: "I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew". Probably rare because the young protagonist who over-judges the severity of his minor problem, gulliblly starts on a quest where he increasingly suffers worse, finally concludes the actual solution is to confront his problems with swift and blinding violence. I read it so many times I can still recall a good portion from memory. My personal favourite was "Stig of the Dump", which still holds up today, unlike many from my childhood.
defrost
My grandchildren (ages 10 - 13) have been recently given and are apparently somewhat attached to The Mouse and His Child - Russell Hoban A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel - Ursula K. Le Guin, Fred Fordham The SAS Survival Handbook - Lofty Wiseman They more or less all cover the search for being self winding.
misterspaceman
Favorites When I Was Younger: The Monster at the End of this Book The Little Red Caboose Favorites to Read to Kids: The Hiccupotamus Dear Zoo The Sneetches Mercy Watson to the Rescue Pete the Cat (I Love My White Shoes or His Four Groovy Buttons) Favorite Authors: Mo Willems, Sandra Boynton
rawgabbit
Max and Ruby https://www.amazon.com/Maxs-Chocolate-Chicken-Max-Ruby/dp/01...
susiecambria
As a kid, loved: Harry the Dirty Dog series Amelia Bedelia series Little Toot Katy and the Big Snow Tikki Tikki Tembo Eloise Babar series Others from Weekly Reader - including Gus was a Friendly Ghost , Be Nice to Spiders , The Mystery of the Great Swamp , and Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel Later Stuart Little series
AstroJetson
Phantom Toll Booth, The Encyclopedia Brown series and the Tom Swift books when I was older.
neom
The Velveteen Rabbit The Owl and the Pussycat Goodnight Moon
jep888
The Narnia series, the Harry Potter series, Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows,the Sherlock Holmes series (there are great versions of these made slightly easier for children to read), and of course all of Roald Dahl's books.
quickpost
The Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull is really quite good and fun to read (longer series). Been reading it to 8 / 9yr old boy and we've loved them all.
microflash
I’d add Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan in others’ recommendations.
mehar_pro
Horrid Henry for sure!
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Discussion Highlights (18 comments)
NishanStepak
I have always liked The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, Chicken Soup With Rice by Maurice Sendak, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss and Yertle The Turtle by Dr. Seuss.
atlgator
Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter were my favorite children's series.
JoeAltmaier
My favorites were written back in th 50's. They didn't age well. Girls were told they could be the secretary in the detective agency, while the boys did the investigating. (Henry Reed Inc.) Stuff like that, made it so I didn't give them to the grandkids.
sp332
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins - Dr Seuss If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - the original is by far the best of these. Ramona Quimby series - Beverly Cleary Iggy Peck, Architect (+series) - Andrea Beaty Beast Feast - Emma Yarlett Dragons Love Tacos (+ 2) - Adam Rubin The Princess in Black (+series) - Shannon & Dean Hale Don't Let a Unicorn Scribble (+series) - Diane Abler The Camping Trip - Jennifer Maan Maddie & Mabel (+series) - Kari Allen I Love You Stinky Face - Lisa McCourt Authors that were always good: Arnold Lobel, Sandra Boynton, James Stevenson And don't forget to check https://www.betterworldbooks.com/ , they are affiliated with the Internet Archive and they don't show up in shopping searches.
treetalker
A Rule Is to Break: A Child’s Guide to Anarchy by John Seven
aduwah
AI book mix in the making? It is hard to say favourites without a target age.
semiquaver
It Might be an Apple (Shinsuke Yoshitake) The Skull (Jon Klassen) The Way Things Work (David Macaulay) Animalia (Graeme Base) Nanette’s Baguette (Mo Willlems) The princess and the Pony (Kate Beaton) Frederick (Leo Leoni)
electroweak
Of all the Dr Seuss read to my kids the one that stands out is hard to find now: "I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew". Probably rare because the young protagonist who over-judges the severity of his minor problem, gulliblly starts on a quest where he increasingly suffers worse, finally concludes the actual solution is to confront his problems with swift and blinding violence. I read it so many times I can still recall a good portion from memory. My personal favourite was "Stig of the Dump", which still holds up today, unlike many from my childhood.
defrost
My grandchildren (ages 10 - 13) have been recently given and are apparently somewhat attached to The Mouse and His Child - Russell Hoban A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel - Ursula K. Le Guin, Fred Fordham The SAS Survival Handbook - Lofty Wiseman They more or less all cover the search for being self winding.
misterspaceman
Favorites When I Was Younger: The Monster at the End of this Book The Little Red Caboose Favorites to Read to Kids: The Hiccupotamus Dear Zoo The Sneetches Mercy Watson to the Rescue Pete the Cat (I Love My White Shoes or His Four Groovy Buttons) Favorite Authors: Mo Willems, Sandra Boynton
rawgabbit
Max and Ruby https://www.amazon.com/Maxs-Chocolate-Chicken-Max-Ruby/dp/01...
susiecambria
As a kid, loved: Harry the Dirty Dog series Amelia Bedelia series Little Toot Katy and the Big Snow Tikki Tikki Tembo Eloise Babar series Others from Weekly Reader - including Gus was a Friendly Ghost , Be Nice to Spiders , The Mystery of the Great Swamp , and Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel Later Stuart Little series
AstroJetson
Phantom Toll Booth, The Encyclopedia Brown series and the Tom Swift books when I was older.
neom
The Velveteen Rabbit The Owl and the Pussycat Goodnight Moon
jep888
The Narnia series, the Harry Potter series, Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows,the Sherlock Holmes series (there are great versions of these made slightly easier for children to read), and of course all of Roald Dahl's books.
quickpost
The Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull is really quite good and fun to read (longer series). Been reading it to 8 / 9yr old boy and we've loved them all.
microflash
I’d add Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan in others’ recommendations.
mehar_pro
Horrid Henry for sure!