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Listen My Children

The following is a list of my favorite illustrated books for young children.

  • The Biggest Bear
  • Floss
  • The Story of Ping
  • Goodnight Moon
  • Harold and the Purple Crayon
  • Prayer for a Child (the original is beautifully illustrated)
  • Caps For Sale
  • The Story of Babar
  • Crictor
  • If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
  • Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
  • The Little Engine That Could
  • Blueberries For Sal
  • One Morning in Maine
  • Make Way for Ducklings
  • The Story of Ferdinand
  • The Important Book
  • Madeline
  • Madeline and the Bad Hat
  • Madeline and the Gypsies
  • Madeline’s Rescue
  • Madeline’s Christmas
  • Madeline In London
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Frederick
  • Doctor De Soto
  • Perfect the Pig
  • The Little House
  • Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
  • White Snow Bright Snow
  • The Dancing Bear
  • Stone Soup
  • The Runaway Bunny
  • Pat the Bunny
  • Farmer Duck
  • Ox-Cart Man
  • Curious George (complete series)
  • Harry (complete series)
  • Mittens (the original is the most beautifully illustrated)

Terrific authors:

  • Dr. Seuss (Cat in the Hat etc.)
  • Beatrix Potter ( The Tale of Peter Rabbit etc.)
  • Eric Carle (The Grouchy Ladybug etc.)
  • A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
  • Richard Scarry (Smokey the Fireman etc.)
  • Mercer Mayer ( All by Myself etc.)
  • James Herriot ( terrific children’s illustrated collection i.e. Moses the Kitten etc.)
  • Ingri D’Aulaire
  • Robert McCloskey

Some of my favorite Little Golden Books:

  • Play With Me
  • So Big
  • The Boy With the Drum
  • The Pokey Little Puppy
  • Tootle
  • My First Counting Book (I love Garth Williams’ illustrations)
  • The Saggy Baggy Elephant

Some of my favorite children’s poets:

  • Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Margaret Wise Brown
  • Rudyard Kipling

And of course:

  • Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
  • Grimm’s Fairy Tales
  • Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” — Emilie Buchwald

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  1. Mrs. Parunak says:
    August 21, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    Yay! Thanks for this great list! My current stack of library books is due next week, and this’ll give me some direction as I replenish our stock.

  2. Organizing Mommy says:
    August 21, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    And you wondered why I called you high brow? You don’t see me listing books and authors on my site, now do you? I think you’d get along famously with my friend, Kathy, whom I interviewed in the post. She’s a lot like you, no blog though.

  3. entertainingmom says:
    December 5, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    You have listed all of my favorites and my children’s as well!

    Are you familiar with Virginia Lee Burton? More WONDERFUL stories that are fun to read and listen to… subtly talks about perserverance and how it pays off! Her books include:

    Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
    Katie and the Big Snow
    The Little House
    and
    Mirabelle the Cable Car

  4. momofnine says:
    December 5, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    We love Virginia Lee Burton! The books on tape featuring her works all have the most charming voice reading the material. Thanks for your visits to my site!