Cool kids' books resources

[bunnyjadwiga]

Booksense's summer picks:
http://www.booksense.com/bspicks/kidspicks/sum05index.jsp

Summer Reading recommended by Hornbook editors:
http://www.hbook.com/booklists/summer.asp

Summertime favorites, listed by the National Endowment for the Humanities:
http://www.neh.gov/projects/summertimefavorites.html

International Digital Children's Literature (online books!)
http://www.icdlbooks.org/

Burlington Public Library kid's books lists:
http://www.bpl.on.ca/kids/books/lists/listsmain.htm

Seattle PI suggested summer books:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/178766_kidsbooks21.html

So, what are your favorite kids' books?

Some of mine would be:
1) Winnie the Pooh
2) Charmed Life (Diana Wynne Jones)
3) Skating Shoes (Noel Streatfeld)
4) The Magician's Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
5) A Bear Called Paddington
6) Cricket in Times Square
7) The House with a Clock in its walls
8) The Little House series...

Comments

What ages?

[kandy-elizabet.livejournal.com]

Some (very much with the "some" part)

For very young: Ok, I'm dredging from when I was very young, so titles might not be accurate...)

*Jenny's Birthday (about a cat named Jenny with pet friends bringing her gifts for her birthday...I think there was another one about the same cat)
*Babar
*Make Way for Ducklings

later years: (I'm not sure when these would be right for... I read them all "way too early" according to the librarian at school and the local library)
* Little House (yup)
* Anne of Green Gables series
* The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (and the other Narnias)
* Nancy Drew (but that's more young adult, isn't it?)
* Aesop (particularly a nicely illustrated one; I had a great one as a kid)

Now, there's another picture book that if I can ever find someone to help me figure out the title of, I would happily search out for any friends with kids. It was done with photographs, a doll and teddy bears; the doll was lost and the teddy bears took her in. I remember we checked it out about every other library trip (those were weekly as I grew up -- says a lot about me doesn't it)

Re: What ages?

[kfitzwarin.livejournal.com]

Is that Jenny the little black cat?

Re: What ages?

[kandy-elizabet.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's it... I remember now. Ok, I was, what, 3? 4? so we're talking 40 years ago and more... I can close my eyes and see one of the pictures of the little cat looking out a window.

Re: What ages?

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

Yes! Jenny was adorable. There's another one about her and the firehouse cats, and at least one more book.

Oh... what about Dodie Smith's actual book of _A Hundred and One Dalmations?_

Re: What ages?

[kandy-elizabet.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, we could go on for ages. Yes the actual book is wonderful. I still find myself occasionally listening for the barking time.

Oh, and how could I forget the Little Peppers (as I saw on someone else's list) and Bobsey Twins, and Mrs. Pigglewiggle (I think that was the name) ...and ... and...

Re: What ages?

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

*squeals* Mrs. PiggleWiggle! Oh yes! I always adored those books.