Alissa over at Clever Compass has stared doing the Friday 5, a list of five things in a different category each Friday. This week is top five books for children. This was harder than I thought--we read a lot over here. I'm sure I'll leave a few favorites out, but here are our family's top five, some current, some from the baby days.
1. Morris The Moose Goes To School. This was my all-time favorite in grade school. When we had quiet reading time, I made a beeline for the book rack and read this every single day of first grade. I got a copy for Dean when I was pregnant. He likes it, especially now that he goes to school himself.
2. Green Eggs and Ham. This is my husband's all-time favorite. He is the only one who's allowed to read it aloud in our house.
3. Horton Hatches The Egg. "He did what he said and he said what he meant . An elephant's faithful, 100%." We could all learn a lot from Horton. I had the great pleasure of reading this to a class of fourth graders on Dr. Seuss Day this year. I got all weepy when they said that line with me.
4. The Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems. I can't pick a favorite. None of us can. I am a bit partial to There's a Bird On Your Head, but I have not found an Elephant/Piggie book yet that we all don't love. I mean come on--the elephant's name is Gerald! How can you go wrong with that?
5. Goodnight Moon. Can't be beat. Dean now "reads" it to us. (He's heard it so many times, he's memorized it.)
What are your top five childrens' books? Head over to Clever Compass and link up!
It's fun to me that Marcus has commandeered the rights to reading of Green Eggs and Ham in your house. I would love to do some vlogs with some of the way I read kids books. But, I don't need copyright people knocking down my doors again (like after the song stuff).
Tim's all-time favorite is Goodnight Moon too. :)
Thanks for linking up.
Posted by: Alissa | June 03, 2012 at 12:36 AM
The Piggy and Gerald books were the first books Rowan read on her own~ they are THE BEST.
Posted by: rkmama | June 04, 2012 at 01:48 PM
Please add:
Blueberries for Sal - Robert McCloskey. My favorite book as a child and we still read it before we go blueberry picking.
Jamberry - the rhymes are just charming and kids love to sing along to it.
Henry and Mudge books - kids want to read the same books over and over again. These are at least entertaining for adults as well.
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Posted by: justin bieber shoes | June 08, 2012 at 05:51 AM
We adore all things Mo Willems. "We Are in a Book!" is pretty clever - when you read it for the first time, and you're wondering, "Why is Piggie starting off with 'Thank You?'" and then you read the book and then you know? LOVE. The Knuffle Bunny series is equally good. And "Amanda and Her Alligator."
"We're Going on a Bear Hunt" is muy popular around here. And Curious George. And the Stella and Sam books. And the Butterfly Girl series. (We heart Lulu so much!)
We read a lot, too.
I may have to mull this over and come back.
Posted by: Frema | June 13, 2012 at 09:31 PM
We haven't read Morris the Moose or any Mo Willems books other than the Pigeon Driving the Bus - I'll definitely pick these up! I love Dr. Seuss anything, so do both kids. Oh and we read a lot of Robert Munsch. Megan loves princess stories. It pains me to write this. On the plus side, she doesn't even always need pictures in her books anymore, sometimes I read her a chapter from a big-kid book and she loves it. The Betsy series by Carolyn Heywood is fantastic.
Megan also loves some non-fiction titles right now, like "Life Sized Aquarium" and books about ballet dancing and one from Usborne about how cars are made (I've learned a lot too!).
Posted by: eva | June 18, 2012 at 12:03 AM
My 8 year old daughter zoie kin had recently published a book with myself. It's called " how to make a butterfly from scratch " Its about a chef who teaches his daughter a wild story of how butterflies are made. see a sneak peak here http://www.facebook.com/howtomakeabutterflyfromscratch
Posted by: nicholas kin | October 25, 2012 at 08:25 AM
Non legimus: Morris in ALCES aut aliqua Mo Willems librorum aliud quam Columbam agitantem Bus - I Lorem ipsum dolor pick his excitare! Amo Dr Seuss quidquam si utrumque faciunt haedos. Oh et legitur multus of Robert Munsch. Megan amat filia reginae fabulas. Dolet mihi scribere. Sc plus latus, non etiam semper indigemus imagines in libros suos anymore, interdum EGO legere eam capite ex a magnus haedo libro et illa amat eam. In Betsy series per Carolyn Heywood est fantastic.
Posted by: ugg stiefel | October 31, 2012 at 04:20 AM