I'll Tumble for YA: Feature & Follow Friday (#25)

9/20/2013

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read.

This week's Question:

What were some of your favorite picture books as a kid? If you have kids, what are your favorites to read to them?

I love this question. Even as a kid I loved books and loved to read. Here are some of my favorites from childhood:

Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss (My poor dad had to read this to my brother and I constantly)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (Is it technically a picture book? Don't know, but it was my favorite)

I don't have kids yet, but there are definitely a few favorites that have come out recently. I actually buy and read tons of picture books, and here are some of my favorites. My child will be sure to have a copy of these books.

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons (Pete the Cat) by Eric Litwin, James Dean (Stoner Cat!)

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (or many of his others)
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Knuffle Bunny #1) by Mo Willems (or really anything by Mo)

Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin

10 comments:

Jessica @ a GREAT readSeptember 20, 2013 at 7:34 AM
Nice! I LOVED Shel Sliverstein's poetry books! They were so fun!

Here's my Follow Friday

Have a GREAT weekend!

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AthinaSeptember 20, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Nice. I see the caterpillar a lot. :)

Here is my FF http://between-my-lines.blogspot.gr/2013/09/feature-and-follow-25-childrens-books.html

Happy Friday!
Shane @ItchingforBooksSeptember 20, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Wow, I can't believe i'm unfamiliar with these. *shameless. Nice picks though :)

Happy Friday!

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ZareenaSeptember 20, 2013 at 12:08 PM
I definitely recognize most of those books - great picks!

Here's my FF .

Old follower.

Zareena @ Books and Books
UnknownSeptember 20, 2013 at 3:37 PM
Good choices! I'm a new Twitter follower. Check out my FF answer at Daily Mayo.
GL TomasSeptember 20, 2013 at 10:20 PM
You've got a great,long list.Makes me feel like my one wasn't enough XD

now following networked blogs and bloglovin, was already following via gfc!

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BeautyAttitudeYouSeptember 22, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Awesome choices!!! They're all great. Every single book everyone has chosen.

Thanks for stopping by my FF, Lisa!

Happy Sunday to you.

Sandra @ SSBF Blog
BeautyAttitudeYouSeptember 22, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Oh, and old Bloglovin' follower.
AnonymousSeptember 22, 2013 at 10:40 PM
Have you read all three Knuffle Bunny books? Working in a Children's Library, I find that some parents don't realize that the saga continues! They're always thrilled to find out (as they should be). I love them so much. I read them all in a row to the kids for a Story Time around Easter-time last year, and I almost cried in front of about 20 kids & their parents. It was a real challenge to keep it together :)
They're so real, and funny, and heart-warming! I can't get enough of Mo Willems. I know everyone's gaga over him, but it's for a good reason. One need only look at the illustration of Trixie going "boneless" for proof, right?

Here's my FF, if you're interested!:
http://thepookapicks.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/feature-follow-friday-9/
Rhe ChristineSeptember 26, 2013 at 9:50 AM
thanks for the book recommendations. I'm always looking for cool children's books for my kids. sometimes I think some of the newer ones aren't as good as maybe, some from when I was younger.

glad to be a new follower :)