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Anonymous wrote:As a spin-off to the thread about books that drive parents nuts, which kids' books do you absolutely love? The books I never mind reading and re-reading to my kids are: nearly all of Sandra Boynton (especially Hippos Go Berserk and Blue Hat Green hat (hysterically funny!)), In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, and Charlotte's Web, which I consider to be a nearly perfect kids' novel.

I LOVE Hippos Go Berserk and also The Bellybutton Book. I have more trouble signing My Personal Penguin, so I don't like that one as much. I also like Buenas Noches a Todos (yes, we have that one in Spanish) and to the criticism in the other thread, the putting on pajamas before going outside to exercise before bed is supposed to be FUNNY. And it is.

I also love the Pigeon books, The Princess and the Pony, and Dr. Suess's ABCs - bring on the silly rhyming nonsense words!

Goodnight moon
Owl at Home (I live owl so much!)
Frog and Toad
The Three Questions
The House in the Night

LOVE the Beaty and Roberts books (Iggy Peck, Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer)--there's a new one coming out soon about a girl scientist! The pictures are amazing and the words are clever. Will read these anytime.

I also like Richard Scarry (not too many words, but tons to talk about).

the Bats books by Brian Lies (Bats in the Library, Bats in the Band)

I love books with good rhymes and complex pictures, I guess.

The Alexander books by Judith Viorst:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday
Alexander, Who's (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Not Going to Move

My kids love them and I get a kick out of reading them too! Alexander has a Grandma Betty and Grandpa Louie who live in New Jersey, who bring lox and plants when they come to visit. My kids have grandparents in New Jersey, who bring Hungarian food and plants when they come to visit!

Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise. Love the illustrations, and the cadence of the words.

Llama Llama
Elephant & Piggy
I Took the Moon for a Walk

For my preschool age DS:
Llama Llama
Goodnight, goodnight Construction Site and Steam Train Dream Train
Any of the Brian Floca books: Racecar Alphabet, Locomotive, Five Trucks - so well researched and educational but also fun to read
Richard Scarry - DS loves all the little details. As an adult I appreciate how trippy he can be (Father pig slicing up a ham for his family dinner?).

I would need a new thread to elaborate on my favorite novels for young elementary readers!

Absolutely never get tired of: Eloise

Could happily read at least 50,000 times:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Any of the Pigeon books, especially the bathtime one.

For 5- and 3-year-old: The good Pete the Cat books, before James Dean's wife took over. The ones by Eric Litwin, as well as Litwin's series, The Nuts. Fun, catchy songs, my kids join in, and they're not too long. also enjoy Elephant & Piggie.

Any llama llama book, Olivia, Sandra Boyton books.

My daughter is four, and I still love reading:

Oliver Jeffers, Lost and Found and How to Catch a Star. Sweet stories with gorgeous artwork.

Are You My Mother?

Some of the Elephant and Piggie books, like We Are In a Book and Elephants Make Me Sneeze.

Frog & Toad stories.

The Pout Pout Fish delights our 17 mo kid so much. When we get to the end, she gives him a big smooch. Melts my heart and I read it just for selfish reasons.

The Ramona books- the family is just so sweet and positive, even when things are going to hell. Love the one where they go out to dinner and everyone is tired and cranky and they're broke but at the end an older man buys the family dinner because they seem like a nice family.

Also love the Little House books. Again, everything just feels so calm and loving. Of course, reading Little house as an adult makes you think Pa is really certifiably insane (and a bad ass to boot, building his own houses etc).

As a spin-off to the thread about books that drive parents nuts, which kids' books do you absolutely love? The books I never mind reading and re-reading to my kids are: nearly all of Sandra Boynton (especially Hippos Go Berserk and Blue Hat Green hat (hysterically funny!)), In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, and Charlotte's Web, which I consider to be a nearly perfect kids' novel.