Picture books, picture books, picture books. Who knew my public library had so many? And so many titles I'd never heard of, much less read. I must find many of these for my school library.
They are all from 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.
I now stand at 290 books read. The breakdown:
0-3 books: 23/39
3+ books: 64/122
5+ books: 100/219
8+ books: 65/352
12+ books: 38/271
The 12+ books include some weighty titles like To Kill a Mockingbird and Kidnapped. I'll focus on reading these last, if at all, as my main interest in children's books lies in 0-12.
What wowed me? Clown. The Gruffalo. Poems for the Very Young. Window. Gorilla. I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato. Ernest and Celestine. Flotsam. Stone Soup.
It's Spring Break time for me. After a long, cold winter, I'm finally starting to move around again, to want to get out of my cave, and sit in the sunshine. I made stops at Half Price Books and two libraries yesterday, so I'm pretty well set for the week. Betsy-Tacy. Mary Poppins. Millions. And Making Toast and Country Driving in the grownup book category.
What are you reading this week? Anything you'd recommend? I can always stop by B&N...Hey, I'm on vacation!
15 comments:
Almost makes me wish I had a kid I could read them to. ;-) They sure look like fun.
Find a kid you can borrow. Or go to the public library and pretend you are a teacher.
These books are every bit as thoughtful and as worthy as the best of Tolstoy.
Flotsam and Stone Soup are two favorites in my house. David Weisner is a great author. I have a ton of picture books I'm hoping to read this week. I just finished Independent Dames by Laurie Halse Anderson. Have you read it? It's perfect for Women's History Month. I also plan on reading a little more of Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer. A picture book that I recommend is all of the Mrs. Malarkey books by Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley. Have a great week!
I love the title I Will Not Ever Eat a Tomato and would love to get hold of it for my 27 year old nephew. He's a very adventurous eater, but he won't eat tomatoes!
Oh I remember Possum Magic. Such a beautiful book :)
Hey, picture books are not just for little guys. I'd love to see more picture books used in junior high and high school. Window is startling. I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be fascinated with Window.
I love peeking in on your reading. Lots of titles there that I want to explore. Maybe I will find my way tot he public library today! I just finished Piper Reed, Navy Brat since it is part of my district's Reading Rumble list (http://bookbaneting.blogspot.com)
I just started looking at this book yesterday. It is neat to see all the familiar favorites, and read the information about them. I know many except for those written in other countries.
Nice! Thatsa lotta picture books! The one thing I miss about doing children's librarianship is the picture books. :-)
A truly impressive haul this week Debbie. I agree about Window and The Gruffalo. I loved Flotsam and I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato. All fantastic books. Hairy Maclary is a sentimental favourite around here too. Several years ago our local art gallery had a touring exhibition of the illustrations that Jennie Baker made (I think it was Window, maybe it was another of her books, it was a great exhibit). And next month there is a touring live production of The Gruffalo here. I hope to see that too.
I love all of the covers! I am reminded of how much I enjoyed reading picture books to my son when he was little. I really should pick up a few to read now!
I love kid books! Thanks so much for the nudge to refresh my kid book enjoyment and info...my hooligans are teenagers now and I'm out of the loop...time to fix that!
I love reading kid books and I love, even more, sharing the titles with the parents/caregivers of wee ones!
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I love anything to do with Charlie & Lola. That's a fun book and there are lots more by the author! Have you seen the show?
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I just read Betsy-Tacy for the first time a couple of weeks ago, it was so sweet!
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and letting me know about the 1001 books. I will have to put some of the ones you posted on hold at my library. I love love love picture books. I have an 8 year old girl who I read to all the time. Now she is reading way above her level. My 3 year old girl can't get enough books, and I catch her "reading" them from memory all the time.
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