It’s been awhile since I’ve had more than 10 minutes at my computer, alongside my sexy postage scale and my box o’prizes (which, for the record) the cats desperately try to sleep in, but I refuse to allow them to do so. They are miffed).
First, a coronation! After consulting with the Oracle of Bitchery Titles, I am pleased to confer upon Danica, who, about 18 years ago in Internet time, guessed The Seagull Book in a two-part Guess That Lonely Heart. Kneel, Danica, and arise a member of the Smart Bitch Peerage™.
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Also pretty much anything by Martin Waddell. I think my favourite was ‘Rosie’s Babies’ where a little girl is talking to her mum about her babies - stuffed toys - and what she does with them. Really she’s trying to…
Okay, I had to chime in.
Anything by Ezra Keats but especially A Snowy Day
Anything by Don and Audrey Woods: A Napping House, King Begood’s Bath, the “Bear” story as it’s called around here.
Oh! Forgot to add a more modern favorite: Julia Donaldson. My kids love The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, Monkey Puzzle, Room on the Broom, and The Snail and the Whale. I like them because I like reading in verse :)…
In addition to all the classics listed above, here are some of my family’s favorites:
My children really loved Curious George - we have two large hardback books with most (if not all) of those stories.
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What’s concerning is that he was wearing clothes to begin with and lost them at one point. Makes me wonder what he was about under that stage.
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