Tuesday, April 22, 2008

• Children's Books

  Do you remember the sense of wonder you felt as your mother read to you or as you read your first chapter book on your own? Did you groan when your teachers assigned you Julie of the Wolves or Island of the Blue Dolphins? I have been reading many a children's books from my Grad school reading list. It's amazing to go back and read books that you read as a child but now looking at it as a writer. What beautiful prose Roald Dahl had, what magic could Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden) create. I actually reccomend going back and reading a few of your childhood favorites, because I promise that the magic you felt when you were ten is still there. Best part is, children's and young adult books are quick reads. Below are the books I have read thus far.

  Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

  The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

  Harold and the Purple Crayon by Ruth Krauss

  Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard

  Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Viginia Lee Burton

  Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag

  The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

  The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

  Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

  Tar Beach by Faith Ringold

  The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

  Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

  Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

  Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems

  The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

  Haryy the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

  Abel's Island by William Steig

  The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

  Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

  The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

  The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

  The BFG by Roald Dahl

  Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

  The Birchbark House by Louise Eldrich

  Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

  Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

  The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

  From the Mized-up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

  The Borrowers by Mary Norton

  Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

  The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

  Feed by M.T. Anderson

  Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

  The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordecai Gerstein

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