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1kaykwilts
Jul 27, 2006, 8:11 pm

I love collecting children's books. Although my daughter is now a teen she dearly loves her books from childhood and therefore we are hanging onto them for future generations. I had a lovely book from childhood which was a collection of fairy tales. Nothing remarkable about the fairy tales but the illustrations were outstanding. As an adult woman I still like to take this book off the shelf and admire the illustrations.

2overthemoon
Jul 28, 2006, 5:38 am

Me too, I still have Bambi, Heidi, and a few other tatty old books from my childhood (not yet catalogued), but I particularly love children's illustrators, especially Charles van Sandwyk, John Howe (fantasy), and am gradually building up a library for my little grandson.

3Lunawhimsy
Jul 29, 2006, 1:39 am

My mother used to read to me from her original copy of Golden Classics The Golden Book of Fairy Tales, no cover, stained. I was so happy when the reprinted it so I could buy my own copy and another for her. Adrienne Segur's Illustrations are just amazing.

4LyzzyBee
Jul 29, 2006, 5:13 am

I have all my small children's books (still uncatalogued as they are in boxes in the loft space) and all my classics -Noel Streatfeild etc. I still read the classics, especially when poorly or sad, and in fact still acquire them - found a 1962 Streatfeild "The Circus is Coming" at the charity shop yesterday for 10p!

5lbmatthews
Jul 31, 2006, 3:57 pm

oh, man, me too. and I love it when quality new editions of old favorites come out, like the recent hardbound new Narnia Chronicles or the Little House books. And the fabulous Prydain Chronicles. have any of you see the Nutshell Library? no one I know has heard of them, but I've always loved them. got a new set when my son chewed on the originals. but I still have that set too!

My children's books collection is in a special bookcase in my living room, arranged like a bookstore shelf, display like, waiting for grandchildren. :)

6Sodapop
Jul 31, 2006, 4:09 pm

LyzzyBee in the last year I have reread When the siren wailed, White boots and Applebough. Applebough is one of my favourite books from childhood. My sister bought me a first-edition of it for my B'day last year. I think she probably paid considerably more than 10p for it though!

7LyzzyBee
Jul 31, 2006, 5:25 pm

I love Apple Bough, read it again recently. Which is When The Siren Wailed, wonder if I have it under a different name.

With regards E. Nesbit, the stone dinosaurs that move in The Enchanted Castle are the concrete dinosaurs still in Crystal Palace Park - when I lived in S London I used to have to go on little pilgrimages to check they were still there!

8Sodapop
Jul 31, 2006, 7:51 pm

When the siren wailed is about a family (well the children) who are evacuated from London during WWII. They run away from the place where they are billeted and go back to London to find their Mum. Perhaps not the best choice if you're feeling sad :-)

9JoClare Primeira Mensagem
Jul 31, 2006, 10:57 pm

I loved the Nutshell Library! Chicken Soup with Rice was my favorite, Maurice Sendak is a great illustrator. Another old favorite was A Hole is to Dig Really sweet stories~

10lorsomething
Ago 1, 2006, 10:22 pm

I can't claim children or grandchildren as an excuse; I just love children's books. I collect old favorites (Ivanhoe, The Little Prince, The Secret Garden, Island of the Blue Dolphins) and new ones that catch my attention, usually for the design and artwork, but sometimes just for the story. One amazing work is Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky by Graeme Base. The design and artwork on that one has to be seen. Another wonderfully designed one is Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. A lot of imagination went into that one. And I just recently bought Paul McCartney's High in the Clouds, though I haven't had time to read it yet.

11allthesedarnbooks
Ago 2, 2006, 4:41 pm

I've recently been reading Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising sequence, which I'm totally in love with.

I also recently discovered Mable Riley by Marthe Jocelyn which is a lovely historical novel reminiscent of Anne of Green Gables. Speaking of L.M. Montgomery, does anyone else love the Emily of New Moon books as much as I do? I think I might even like them better than the Anne books.

12woctune
Ago 2, 2006, 10:48 pm

I don't remember them well, but I definitely remember liking Emily more than Anne.

13sandragon
Ago 2, 2006, 11:46 pm

One of my favorite things to do right now is buying all those books I loved as a kid for my 5 1/2 year old. There are quite a few, and I'm sure I haven't remembered them all! I have to take a peek everytime I pass by a bookstore, second hand shop, library sale... At the moment I am reading The Witches by Roald Dahl with my son.

14anikins Primeira Mensagem
Ago 3, 2006, 5:46 am

The Witches is such a wonderful read! enjoy! i'm a big roald dahl fan and it's just a thrill and a peculiar comfort to read his crazy/beautiful children's stories. hmmm... i think i'm in the mood now for some of his revolting rhymes...

15janehyde
Ago 3, 2006, 12:42 pm

Mmmm... just found the Groups and want to be in this one! One of my dilemmas this summer has been how many of my children's books to catalog on LT. While this may become a less burning issue when my summer vacation runs out (I'm a school librarian, though not in the younger range), I think the answer for me is, if they're important enough to me to keep them, they should be in my LT. I love lots of good stuff, P.L. Travers and A.A. Milne and all the lovely books I grew up on in the 40s and 50s;Maurice Sendak, Clement Hurd and all the wonderful people I discovered while my children were growing up; and the newer writers I'm still discovering with my grandchildren.

I'm proud to say that one of my grown children, a scientist, has his books on LT and that he irregularly reads and comments on children's books

My current children's reading has included some of Thacher Hurd 's great books, Art Dog, Mystery on the Docks, and Mama Don't Allow . I was lucky enough to be in Providence, RI recently and to see the wonderful exhibit at the RISD Museum of Thacher, Edith and Clement Hurd, three colorful rooms containing a life sized "great green room" and a huge art mobile that smaller people than I could sit in, dressed as artists with props supplied by the exhibit. AND Thacher Hurd's framed orginal water colors for many of his books. If this exhibit comes anywhere near you, hop in your art mobile and go see it!

16sandragon
Ago 3, 2006, 2:19 pm

My son can not get enough of Roald Dahl. As soon as we finish one, he's ready for another. Some of them I'd read as a kid, others I hadn't. I'd completely forgotten the outcome of James and the Giant Peach until we read it last month. We're having fun being grossed out and shocked together.

17Sodapop
Ago 4, 2006, 10:33 pm

If you like Roald Dahl's books you will most likely enjoy the Wayside School series by Louis Sachar They have that same wierd, wacky strange kind of humour. My son really enjoyed them.

18sandragon
Ago 5, 2006, 11:20 pm

I'll have to give Wayside School a try. To tell you the truth, I've never heard of them but we do like wierd, wacky and strange. One series I don't understand or enjoy though is A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett. Too depressing for me, but my nieces enjoy them. I only had the heart to read a few pages.

19allthesedarnbooks
Ago 7, 2006, 2:18 pm

Ooh, Wayside School! I loved those books when I was in elementary school.

20Sodapop
Ago 7, 2006, 10:17 pm

Sandragon, We haven't read any Lemony Snickett yet. My son did get one of them as a birthday present but at the moment he has so many books that he's really excited to read that I don't think he'll get to Lemony Snickett for a while.

21sandragon
Ago 8, 2006, 11:53 pm

I just found the Wayside School books on Louis Sachar's website. They sound fun! I'll have to put them on my wishlist of kids' books to get my boys. I hadn't made the connection until now, but I read Holes, which is by Sachar, a few months ago and really enjoyed it.

22waggledance Primeira Mensagem
Ago 9, 2006, 8:08 am

My daughter watched Holes by Sachar at school then they read it in class. I bought it for her and my son read it and loved it. My partner read it, he loved it too. I bought The boy who lost his face for my daughter, we're now waiting in a disorderly queue for her to finish with it! Just checked out his website and there is a new book Small steps featuring Armpit from Holes out now.

23allthesedarnbooks
Ago 9, 2006, 6:14 pm

Yeah, Wayside School was before he wrote Holes. I always got the impression back when I was a kid that he was a fun novelist, not to be taking seriously, etc., and then Holes changed all that.

Which means I should probably get around to reading it. :)

24allthesedarnbooks
Ago 9, 2006, 6:14 pm

Yeah, Wayside School was before he wrote Holes. I always got the impression back when I was a kid that he was a fun novelist, not to be taking seriously, etc., and then Holes changed all that.

Which means I should probably get around to reading it. :)

25Sodapop
Ago 9, 2006, 11:44 pm

We haven't read Holes yet. That's another one to add to my son's list.

26sandragon
Editado: Ago 10, 2006, 10:51 am

I remember loving Judy Blume and Beverley Cleary as a kid. Can anyone compare them to Louis Sachar for me? I'm always looking for new authors to try out with my kids. They're young yet for something like Small Steps or Holes, but I'm always on the lookout for books I think they will enjoy as they get older.

27drholambda
Editado: Jun 21, 2007, 3:34 pm

I would have loved reading Louis Sachar when I was a boy, but I was in high school when his Wayside School books started appearing--clearly too old for such kids stuff! Thank goodness I'm a grown-up now so I can enjoy those books without embarrassment. I also liked Cleary, and I read all the Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins books. Judy Blume seemed too "girly" for the younger me, though in hindsight, I would have enjoyed Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

My eight-year old daughter is not too interested in any of the above. She loves Christopher Pike, though-- she's plowing through the Spooksville series. She also likes Horrible Harry books, and she's recently started going through the Magic Treehouse books as well. Oh, and she likes the Bailey School Kids adventures, too. Adventure and humor, monsters and magic, those seem to be the best combinations for my kids.

28Mz.Balma
Ago 14, 2006, 11:31 am

How about a picture/image for this group?

29srharris19
Ago 16, 2006, 12:10 am

I invite Utah residents or those with an interest in all things Utahn to join me in the Utah Thing group:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/utahthing

30isiswardrobe
Ago 21, 2006, 6:17 am

Yes, I definitely like Emily more than Anne. After the first Anne-book, Anne herself grow quite boring in my view, but Emily remained more original.

31terriebittner
Ago 29, 2006, 9:03 pm

I just finished another run-through of the Betsy and Tacy books. My children are all grown, but I still probably have more children's books than adult books--and not in hopes of grandchildren. They're mine! After a while the librarians stop asking what ages the chidlren are that I'm choosing books for. They know they're just for me.

32Mishelle
Out 13, 2006, 2:02 pm

The mr men books were my absolute favourites ( and still are ), Rupert Bear, Black Beauty and, believe it or not ,Lord of the Rings which was bed-time reading by my parents. The films are pretty good too.HAPPY MEMORIES!

33redthaws
Out 20, 2006, 4:27 pm

mishelle, can you elaborate on Mr. Men?

34aluvalibri
Out 20, 2006, 4:28 pm

terriebittner, I love Betsy and Tacy!!!!! I believe I like them more than my daughter ever did.
:-))

35Doubler
Out 24, 2006, 9:50 am

Sodapop, Try 'Good night, Mr Tom' by Michelle Magorian. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

36Sodapop
Out 28, 2006, 12:18 pm

Thanks for the suggestion Doubler -- I will check it out.

37janehyde
Editado: Nov 27, 2006, 11:46 am

Holes has been a big hit with our ESL class of Korean boys (ages 13-15, mainly). They are all very smart and can get by in English, but they're not too experienced in reading as opposed to memorising and translation. and Holes really has made one boy take off and ask for more books to read. He left for vacation with Small Steps and two more books. -- Why is this forum taking my title of the best selling book and Newbery Award winner by Louis Sachar and turn it into a Stephen Hawking touchstone ??? Very strange.

What I wanted to mention though was Emily Jenkins' Toys Go Out. This a laugh aloud funny book that brought tears to me eyes as well as a recognition of excitement from my childhood memories of such classics as Big Susan. The idea of toys talking and doing things at night isn't new: it's a classic theme, or motif. It's always worth revisiting. And this book is perfect -- a new take on the theme, refreshingly original characters, names, and conversations. Not to mention frightening foreshadowing of dangerous events that really do happen. And then the needed reassurance in the end that things can be mended and seeming catastrophes endured and overcome. Later on in life we learn that at least half of this assurance is not so, but the young child and the spirit of that young child which still lives in us needs the message, if it comes with humor and style, as it does here.

38MrsLee
Dez 15, 2006, 2:49 am

I just found this group. I have a whole cupboard of children's books, very young children. I love the illustrators, the messages or the humor. Sometimes I just sit down and look through them to feel better. It makes me feel good and brings back memories from my and my children's youth. Other books such as the Little House and other classics fill a different bookshelf. One in the livingroom. I like to re-read my favorites.
I had the Nutshell Library when I was young, but lost all except for the one about Pierre, "I Don't Care". This one gets read to all my children's friends who give me that line when I ask their opinion! Sure wish I could find the others.
Has anyone read the books on which the movie Nanny McPhee was based? They sound terrific, but I've never seen them.

39Hera
Dez 15, 2006, 7:10 am

Unfortunately, I donated all my childhood books to my local primary school a few years ago. As a consequence, I can't remember the authors of some of the most significant books I read as a child. A charitable gesture that I now regret (does that make me a bad person?). Luckily, I teach a small group of 5 - 10 year olds so have an excuse to read and buy new books!

I used to have a lot of very beautiful Dent editions of classic stories for children, including Granny's Wonderful Chair which I highly recommend. I had a lot of classic ghost stories, ripping yarns and books such as Heidi, What Katy Did and the Little Women series. I also gorged on Enid Blyton and have been re-reading them recently.

I keep mentioning it, but You're a bad man, Mr Gum by Andy Stanton is definitely my favourite this year. Laugh aloud brilliance. Children love it - it has that 'yuck' factor! I'm very pleased to have been invited to this group: not having children of my own, I need to keep up with what's been going on in children's literature.

40laytonwoman3rd
Jan 22, 2007, 3:15 pm

I'd like to wave a flag for a favorite author of mine, Clara Gillow Clark. She writes wonderful historical novels for the 10 - 13 age group, kind of between "children" and "young adults". They fit fairly well with the Little House books, but they are set mostly in the Upper Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and New York State. Not at all sentimental in tone, and the latest one has a hint of mystery in it. Titles:
Annie's Choice, Nellie Bishop, Willie and the Rattlesnake King, Hill Hawk Hattie and Hattie on Her Way.

41MrsLee
Fev 2, 2007, 12:28 pm

Has anyone noticed, our shared books list from this group would make a great shopping list if you need to buy a book for someone!

42Nikkles
Abr 17, 2007, 4:50 pm

The Nutshell Library was my very favorite as a little kid! I make sure to suggest them to everyone I know with small children or who is about to have small children. The books still make me laugh.

43yareader2
Abr 6, 2008, 8:33 pm

I went to a bookstore today in nyc called Books of Wonder. It is worth a visit. I saw many traditional books, classics, and new hot poltically correct tales. They are David, an independent store, up against Goliath, Amazon. But they do have an unusual selection of rare and antique children's books. They also have soIt was nice to walk around for a couple of hours.me artwork.

44ggprof
Maio 4, 2008, 11:58 am

Peter Pan is one I keep returning to and a more recent one is the first Tamora Pierce series about Alanna the Lioness.

45yareader2
Maio 13, 2008, 9:08 am

message #5 I know you are probably long gone, your message was written in 2006, but I'm glad to read that a few "luv bites" didn't make you throw away precious memories. I even have one book that was in the basement, lost - poor thing- and now found and it had some mouse bites on it. I love those pages more. That book has been the food for my mind and a mousey's tummy!

46theretiredlibrarian
Fev 12, 2009, 9:29 am

just found this thread and am reviving it...those of you who like the Nutshell Library, see if you can find the video...the books have all been put to song by Carole King as an "operetta", and they are great. I think it's on CD as well. I can still sing "A Alligators all around" and "Chicken Soup With Rice". I used to show the videos to my preschool storytimes back in the late '80s early 90's.