Top Ten Children's Picture Books
I Wish I Could Read for the Very First Time
I Wish I Could Read for the Very First Time
(But Which I Fear I'll Never Be Able to Read*)
I'm trying to read all 1001 of the 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. All of these are out of print in the US and impossible to find at the public library. So far, I have not been able to read any of these.
I hope a publisher out there is reading this.
Little Brown Bear by Claude Lebrun
Little Spook's Baby Sister
by Inger Sandberg
Julian the Rabbit by Nicoletta Costa
(I couldn't even find a photo of this one!)
Bunny Bath by Lena Anderson
Tatu and Paty in Helsinki by Aino Havukainen
(Another book for which I could find no photo)
Okilele by Claude Ponti
Fire-Engine Lil by Janet McLean
Pancakes for Findus by Sven Nordqvist
Postman Pat's Treasure Hunt by John A. Cunliffe
Leo and Popi by Marie-Agnes Gaudrat
Don't you think these should be widely available?!
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Those are some great kid's books. Boy, do I ever miss going to the library with my young'uns.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree, Deb, you should be able to read these books. I love the title: FIRE ENGINE LIL.
ReplyDeleteThe cover of LEO ET POPI is wonderful.
Maybe you'll get lucky at a used book store. Have you tried Alibris on line?
Great modification, especially since I know you don't like to reread. :)
ReplyDeleteLuckily, though my kids are grown, I get to read picture books all the time to children at my school library.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I read any of those when I was little. My favorite children book was probably If you Give a Mouse a Cookie or anything by Dr. Seuss. (:
ReplyDeleteDefinitely read Paper Towns! That and Looking for Alaska are amazing. (I still have to read An Abundance of Katherines.)
Yvette, thanks for the suggestion of trying Alibris, but I'd rather not pay for the book. Of course, that may be my only choice!
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Jenni. I do not like to reread!
ReplyDeleteI do miss the children's section of the library. The artwork is so gorgeous - too bad adult books don't often have illustrators. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
ReplyDeleteI am so fascinated by this list Deb. I think of you every time I'm in a thrift store, since I've heard you lament not being able to find these books before. I always wish I had a photographic memory, just in case I ran across one of them...
ReplyDeleteCome visit my list at The Scarlet Letter.
If only you did have a photographic memory! If only you would see these books for sale for a penny and send them my way! Wouldn't that be nice!
ReplyDeleteI don't know any of these title. I hope you manage to track them down :)
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a great list!
ReplyDeleteI love that you subverted the topic to suit your own needs! I despair of getting some of these books too. Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteFor Little Spook`s Baby Sister. I found it to purchase on bookfinder. Here`s the link: http://www.biblio.com/details.php?dcx=514101398&aid=bkfndr
ReplyDeleteI don't want you to think I'm creeping you, I just happen to be on a wild search through the 1001 Children's List... And it keeps bringing me back here. And since this list infuriates me... I haven't found any of the others, but here is the website to the cover and original title of Julian the Rabbit. Unless, you're sane and have given up hope... as evidently I am incapable of. lol
ReplyDeletehttp://www.shelfari.com/books/17346987/Julian-the-Rabbit-Stories-for-a-Year