tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post5151337796757463993..comments2023-06-16T07:21:59.344-04:00Comments on Jacqui's Room: Favorite Picture Books to Read AloudJacquihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-79643646832044896202008-07-08T21:07:00.000-04:002008-07-08T21:07:00.000-04:00I don't know Deep Blue Sea. Will have to check it...I don't know <I>Deep Blue Sea</I>. Will have to check it out.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-54279577010329796002008-07-08T20:42:00.000-04:002008-07-08T20:42:00.000-04:00One of my favorites is Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck. ...One of my favorites is Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck. <BR/><BR/>that's all I can think of right now.C.R. Evershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034891037873664976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-32938197196315180592008-07-08T18:21:00.000-04:002008-07-08T18:21:00.000-04:00Good post, Jacqui!Good post, Jacqui!J. Thorphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240583195604796756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-23364929885145545212008-07-08T15:35:00.000-04:002008-07-08T15:35:00.000-04:00My picture book collection is very strange; an ass...My picture book collection is very strange; an assortment of classics, some big names from the 1990s (when Boy was young), and some older, more obscure titles I plucked when Gale downsized their Children's Lit Division library.<BR/><BR/>Of those, I have two I absolutely love reading to kids. One is <I>Sam and the Tigers</I> by Julius Lester. First, there are the extraordinary illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Then there's the way they rescued the classic outwit-the-vain-tigers story from the racist past of "Little Black Sambo." I love the impossibly fashion-conscious tigers and how they say "Ain't I fine!" as they acquire Sam's bright clothing.<BR/><BR/>The other book, strangely enough, also features tigers: Diane Wolkstein's <I>The Banza,</I> her 1981 retelling of a Haitian folktale. It's about a little goat who sings bravery into her heart. I can never resist singing her song:<BR/><BR/>Ten fat tigers, ten fat tigers,<BR/>Cabree eats tigers raw.<BR/>Yesterday Cabree ate ten tigers;<BR/>Today Cabree eats ten more.<BR/><BR/>Such a fun story about facing fears; I almost wish I had a youngling to read it to....<BR/><BR/>Almost.Diane Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128401898400900879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-16470942275126720452008-07-08T12:08:00.000-04:002008-07-08T12:08:00.000-04:00Mmm. All good additions. Ephelba, I love Imogene'...Mmm. All good additions. Ephelba, I love Imogene's Antlers, too.<BR/><BR/>Tabitha, Tink isn't quite ready for Magic School Bus yet. She has the Bats one and is, well, "meh" on it. I like them though.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the suck-up, j.thorp :)<BR/><BR/>Anne, I love Wild Things too. And reciting from memory is key when I am falling asleep while reading to my kids...Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277260387578439327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-76324830712794763352008-07-08T11:29:00.000-04:002008-07-08T11:29:00.000-04:00I would have to include Where The Wild Things Are....I would have to include Where The Wild Things Are. I read that so often to my kids that I can actually recite most of it from memory...Anne Spollenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915171740680350711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-85748113441063640942008-07-08T11:20:00.000-04:002008-07-08T11:20:00.000-04:00In no particular order, and for all sorts of diffe...In no particular order, and for all sorts of different reasons, some of which may be peculiar to my kids (or me):<BR/><BR/><EM>Where the Wild Things Are<BR/><BR/>To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street<BR/><BR/>Good Night Moon<BR/><BR/>Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose<BR/><BR/>Princesses Are Not Quitters<BR/><BR/>The Monster at the End of This Book<BR/><BR/>Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel<BR/><BR/>Barnyard Dance<BR/><BR/>Tikki Tikki Tembo<BR/><BR/>The New Girl ... And Me</EM><BR/><BR/>That last one's not a suck-up, either. I love your book -- the kids are alternately amused, outraged, nervous and happy. So much fun to watch them as I read it.J. Thorphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16240583195604796756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-34404670010334165992008-07-08T10:06:00.000-04:002008-07-08T10:06:00.000-04:00My kids are really into the Magic School Bus serie...My kids are really into the Magic School Bus series right now. Whenever we go to the library, they run straight to the back to see if there are any we haven't read yet. And I must admit I enjoy reading them, too.<BR/><BR/>Some of my other favorite picture books are Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Carrot Seed, Fox in Socks, Mommy Hugs, How I Became a Pirate, and Fortunately. I just love reading these to my kids. :)Tabithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420910182752981979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8464201653179922615.post-82307464411427354082008-07-08T08:48:00.000-04:002008-07-08T08:48:00.000-04:00And very good they are, picture books. Pickle Thi...And very good they are, picture books. <BR/>Pickle Things by Marc Brown, Chimps Don't Wear Glasses by Laura Numerof, Can't You Sleep Little Bear by Martin Waddell, Imogene's Antlers by David Small, <BR/>Ummmm, how many characters does this thing allow?ephelbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699743973126336389noreply@blogger.com