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da ([personal profile] da) wrote2006-05-11 11:08 pm
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kid's books

One thing led to another and I was just looking for one of my kid-books on amazon.

They have Old MacDonald Had an Apartment Building, which has been reissued. (yay!)

But I realized that the author and illustrator, Judi and Ron Barrett, also did two other books I loved to pieces, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and (probably my favourite), The Giant Jam Sandwich.

Oh, plus Mercer Mayer's Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo. These were the happy stuff of my childhood. I can remember sounding out letters in these, so that would put them at approximately age 4, or a bit earlier.



If, by some chance, you want to raise a kid with an early and strong appreciation for whimsy, these books won't hurt. (Though if you asked my parents, I'm sure they would say they DID hurt, by the 25,000th repetition.)

Mmm. Happy memories.
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[identity profile] melted-snowball.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Spider's daughter has The Rainbow Dragons, which was one of my faves.

[identity profile] jackspryte.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Meyer's books really touched me when I was a kid. I collected a lot of them and still look at them today when they come through the system (library system). Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo is the best. My other favorite kids books include Wynie the witch series, Holly Black's works and the Tony DiTerlizzi picture books.

[identity profile] da-lj.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. I looked them up and sure enough, "after my time". They do look like fun, especially spiderwick.

[identity profile] da-lj.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] tbiedl has Professor Wormbog, which I would've read to C., but Douglas beat me to it. ;)

(It's not been sitting out when I've visited since, so I don't think to ask. Y'know, that whole "conversation with adults" thing taking priority most of the time.)

[identity profile] tbiedl.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome to come anytime and read it some more :)

I, on the other hand, am *so* glad that I can use the "sorry, that's an English book" excuse whenever C wants me to read it. I've definitely read it often enough for now.

[identity profile] da-lj.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
heh. That is funny.

sure. ;)

[identity profile] dr-tectonic.livejournal.com 2006-05-12 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay Mercer Meyer!
My favorite is the one about the letter (I've forgotten the title).
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