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Mio, My Son 30 reviews
Astrid Lindgren
Purple House Press, 2003
Wonderful story for CHILDREN!!!
+ Mio My Son . . . still in print !!!
+ Charming Fantasy for Young Children
+ One of my all time favorites!
+ the stuff dreams are made from
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter36 reviews
Astrid Lindgren
Puffin, 1985
My childhood book
+ Great imagination and story telling
+ Another Astrid Lindgren classic
+ Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
+ Awesome
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The Wump World 30 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1981
Pixar Needs To Make This Book Into A Movie
+ This teaches a wonderful lesson in a very poignant but entertaining way.
+ Favorite children's book
+ Who are the real 'wumps'?
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No Such Things7 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1985
Every child should read this
+ Great Childrens Books
+ Classic Bill Peet
+ Giggles for you kiddo
+ Wonderful Multi-Generational Book
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How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head (Sandpiper Books)7 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1983
A wonderful imaginative tale
+ Droofus Rocks the Castle
+ Timeless childhood favorite
+ Vegetarian Dragon
+ Bill Peet is great!
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Smokey (Sandpiper Books)9 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1983
Wonderful verse, but politically incorrect
+ Excellent Read Out Loud Book
+ An enjoyable book to read again and again
+ Great Childrens Books
+ Ingenious story with enchanting drawings.
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Little Bear's Friend (An I Can Read Book)6 reviews
Else Holmelund Minarik
HarperTrophy, 1984
A wonderful rediscovery!
+ Another great bedtime book for my little bears
+ A charming story
+ Another good Primer from Ms. Minarik - a review of "Little Bear's Friend"
+ charming beginning reader
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Hubert's Hair Raising Adventure (Sandpiper Books)9 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1979
So good... I memorized it... Really!
+ Grat Author
+ Impacting Book
+ Wonderfully clever
+ Bill Peet's best book
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George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends42 reviews
James Marshall
Houghton Mifflin, 1997
Great book
+ George and Martha: The Complete Stories
+ fantastic!
+ George & Martha
+ Good clean fun!
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Periwinkle and the Cave of Courage (The Fairy Chronicles)12 reviews
J. H. Sweet
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2007
My daughter is writing poetry.
+ A Different Kind of Courage
+ Not what you might think.
+ Stepping Out of a Comfort Zone
+ Fairies and Courage
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Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months40 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1991
An annual favorite
+ Chicken Soup with Rice
+ A classic
+ Love the book, miss the hard cover version
+ chicken soup with rice months
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Ella4 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1978
Excellent!
+ Ella the Elephant
+ Bill Peet is fantastic!
+ Superior
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In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection) 101 reviews
HarperCollins, 1996
My feelings have changed about this book over time
+ Get the Scholastic Sendak collection DVD to enjoy the book even more
+ A Multi-generational classic
As a mother and a teacher, I am always looking for quality books to read to my fourth graders as well as my 3 year old daughter. Although I would never be able to read In the Night Kitchen to my class (parent complaints and such), it didn't take long for my little girl to fall in love with this ...
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Where the Wild Things Are363 reviews
Maurice Sendak
Harper Collins, 1988
The BEST
+ Forgiveness without remorse
+ Look into the mind of a child
+ A Timeless Classic
+ They love it, you'll love it.
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Buford the Little Bighorn3 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1983
A Family Classic
+ Buford is my FAVORITE Bighorn
+ Bill Peet Books are the Best!
This book was my husband's favorite book in the 60s when he was in elementary school. Now we read it to our children, along with many other Bill Peet books. We love the illustrations, plots and rhymes in Bill Peet's books. Buford is a sweet and innocent mountain goat dealing with a handicapping ...
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Kermit the Hermit8 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1980
Selfish shellfish finds satisfaction in doing for others
+ Wonderfully written, and great illustrations!
+ Bill Peet is a Winner
+ Fun, cute, and with a good message
+ Is Bill Peet Dr. Suess' Brother?
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Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent10 reviews
Bill Peet
Houghton Mifflin, 1982
One of Bill Peet's best stories
+ You don't see kids' boks like this too often.
+ The saving Sea Serpent
+ The likable Sea serpent
+ Endearing and unpredictable
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A Kiss for Little Bear (An I Can Read Book)12 reviews
Else Holmelund Minarik
HarperTrophy, 1984
Simply Adorable
+ great beginner reader!
+ Sweet and Endearing
+ lovely story
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The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners (First Time Books(R))14 reviews
Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1985
Say It's Not So! The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners?
+ A good springboard to discuss manners
+ Manners Matter!
+ A Nice Story
+ Wonderful book to remind kids of their manners
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Penguins!1 review
Gail Gibbons
Holiday House, 1999
Penguins - Another Gail Gibbons Masterpiece
As with "Whales" Gail Gibbons continues to distinguish herself as one of the premier authors of non-fiction books for the young. Graceful illustrations of every kind of penguin plus interesting and new facts for even the most seasoned adult viewers of the Discovery Channel. Large print, along ...
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