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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm 4 reviews
Maurice Sendak, Betty MacDonald
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1991
Excellent book. I'm ordering them for my daughter!
I remember sitting in the library when I was little reading Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books over and over again. I loved everyone one of her "cures" and now that I have a daughter of my own I want her to have her own copies of these classics from my childhood.
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Horton Hears a Who (Dr Seuss Yellow Back Book) 86 reviews
Dr. Seuss
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2004
A TRUE CLASSIC!
20the Century Fox has just released a big-screen version of the Dr. Seuss classic Horton Hears a Who, but did you know the story actually made its debut on the small screen nearly 40 years ago? In 1970 the story came to TV in a half-hour animated special produced by legendary Warner Bros. director, Chuck Jones. Responsible for some of the best Bug Bunny cartoons ever produced, Jones was no ...
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Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books) 4 reviews
Melvin Berger
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2000
Educational
This book explains about how the human body deals with reflexes. It gets a little technical, but a four or five year old can definately understand the content. I enjoyed reading this book to my children because even I learned a little that I either had not learned or had forgotten.
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What Do People Do All Day?43 reviews
Richard Scarry
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2005
A GEM!!! MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK (moooooore stars!!!!)
I got this one as a child, back in the sixties. My copy is in Dutch and although a little weathered it's not falling apart yet.
The copy I'm reviewing here is a reprint that misses several spreads, but sad though it may be, if you don't know about it you won't miss it.
Richard Scarry shows different "people" (animals in clothes), all kinds of professions, how they interact and how one depends ...
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How to Catch a Star10 reviews
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2007
Great book for 2-3 year olds
Bought this for my 3 year old son a year ago. He just loves it! He asks for me to read it to him over and over again at bedtime. I bought it again a few weeks ago to give to another little boy along with another copy for a charity organization for the holidays. I think it's a wonderful book!
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The Case of the Hungry Stranger (I Can Read Mystery)4 reviews
Crosby Newell Bonsall
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1985
The Hungry Stranger
This review is written by my 9 year old son Morgan He gave it 5 Stars I really liked this book, because it is a mystery. Most of my friends like mysteries too, but I think I like them the most One of the reasons I gave it 5 stars, was because it's easy to read, and it kept my interest. I was interested in finding out who did it. The characters in the book are Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch, ...
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A Fish Out of Water (Beginner Books)28 reviews
Helen Palmer
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1984
So Cool!
This book is so cool. You just got to read this book. You'll laugh your pants off. You just got to read this book.
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Lost and Found14 reviews
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2007
Love at first sight.....
This is a bit embarrassing....coz i am definitely way over 10....but i fell in love with this book at first sight....it is one of the warmest and sweetest book i ever read....though there were little words throughout the whole book...i wanted to cry with joy when the boy and the penguin hugged together.... Mr Oliver....pls pls pls draw more books..
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The Little House Collection: Little House in the Big Woods/Little House on the Prairie/Farmer Boy/on Thebanks ...20 reviews
Laura Ingalls Wilder
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2003
beautiful set of first 5 books
These are handsome books - heavy stock paper, full color Garth Williams' illustrations, with Williams' illustrations on the cover (not the more modern real-life photos from other sets). This set, for some reason, only has the first 5 books, but the last 4 are available a la carte in the same nice full-color/heavy-stock/etc format. Not sure why they don't package all 9. This is a really nice ...
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Horton Hatches the Egg (Dr Seuss Yellow Back Book)45 reviews
Dr. Seuss
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2004
I Love Horton
Great story for children and grownups alike. Life lessons given in rhyming lines and adorable pictures. My grandson loved it and so did I!
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Angela and Diabola35 reviews
Lynne Reid Banks
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2004
Finding the Balance between Good and Evil
I read this book from an adult's perspective.
Like many of the reviews have already said, this book was vividly descriptive in nature and very alluring in plot.
The take home lesson for any reader would be that we should not just see things as absolute good or absolute evil, but instead see the grey areas - the fine line that separates good and evil.
We may not be angelic like Angela or ...
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Trumpet of the Swan105 reviews
E. B. White
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2009
Another family favorite
The Trumpet of the Swan turned out to be another big hit for my family and I to share together. You know you have a big hit with my kids when they will do whatever you ask of them just so you will sit there and read the next chapter!!
TOTS is told from a number of different perspectives. It starts off from the perspective of Sam Beaver, a young boy from Montana on vacation with his father in ...
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He Bear She Bear (Beginner Books)6 reviews
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1982
Bright, fun, punchy little poetic story
Both me and my girls love this book, and it has had an amazing effect on their understanding of what is what in life. My girls at time of writing this are 2 and nearly 4 - and they have got to grips with the concept of what is he and she but also what it means. It has helped explain to (well at least to the 4 year old) that only men are he and women are she - but that pretty much everything is ...
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Put Me in the Zoo (Beginner Books)33 reviews
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1984
Put Me in the Zoo
My grandchildren(ages 3 & 4) were fascinated with this library book. They wanted it read over and over, in fact, they loved it so much that I decided to buy it. It is an excellent reader for beginners and they get great fun out of attempting to read the words.
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How a Seed Grows (Let's Read and Find Out)5 reviews
Helene J. Jordan
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1960
My five year old enjoyed this book
We enjoy the "Let's - Read - & - Find - Out" series of books. This one is a good addition, explaining seeds on my five year old son's level of understanding . Something that many adult writers of childrens' science books sometimes aren't very good at getting across. It is in my child's library at school. The books in this series are informative and interesting for their target audiences. The ...
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The Very Bad Bunny (Beginner Books)9 reviews
Marilyn Sadler
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1985
A comfort to a Mother!
This was a favorite bedtime story for my son and me. It really helped us to keep a good attitude about what might have gone wrong that day. It helped me to keep my sanity and laugh about the little mistakes my own "very bad bunny" might have made. I have been searching high and low for additional copies to share with other mothers of young boys. Thanks, Marilyn and Roger, for sharing!
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Howl's Moving Castle189 reviews
Diana Wynne Jones
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2000
Like a breath of fresh air, or maybe...
This book is like a warm summer breeze. So refreshing that when you are finished with it, you'll sit back and sigh.
This story is wonderful: filled with wit, humor, quirkiness, magic, and of course, love. It is such a wonderful adventure that when it finally ends you will find yourself back on page 1. It is definitely worth "exploiting."
I won't tell you anything about the story other ...
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All the Places to Love26 reviews
Patricia MacLachlan
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2000
A heart warming masterpiece
Patricia MacLachlan creates a heart warming masterpiece through a simple country family's connection with each other and their land. All the Places to Love begins with Eli's birth and his first view of the countryside his family calls home. Eli would soon grow to love this countryside through his experiences with his mother, father, and grandparents. They each have a place on the farm, which ...
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea7 reviews
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2006
A Return to Childhood
It took me nearly twelve years to locate a hardbound copy of this book, and was well worth it. I remember this book vividly from my childhood. My mother read it to my sister and I on rainy days. It is the story of a girl named Sophie who is visited by a hungry tiger with a voracious appetite for tea and biscuits. He ends up eating everything in the cupboards to satisfy his appetite. It is a ...
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Through GrandpaÆs Eyes5 reviews
Deborah Kogan Ray, Patricia MacLachlan
HarperCollins Children's Books, 1971
Well-written, realistic story
This is a very nicely written story about a boy and his grandfather, who is blind. It portrays a close, loving relationship between the two, and explains in a very simple and positive way how the grandfather perceives the world without his visual sense. The accompanying drawings are simple and artistic. It is so difficult to find realistic, beautiful books for children, but this one is ...
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