Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted over at The Broke and the Bookish. It’s rewind week for TTT, and I decided to modify the first every TTT (Top Ten Childhood Favorites) to my favorite children’s books now. I’m a children’s librarian, so I read hundred of kid’s books every year, so I want to list some of my favorites. Some are classics, some award winners, and some new additions to children’s literature.
1. Mo Willems! Okay, so he is an author, not a book, but he has created some of the most wonderful children’s picture books and readers! Series include Elephant and Piggie, the Pigeon books, Knuffle Bunny, and standalones like Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct, and Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs. You do not have to be a child to enjoy Mo Willems genius.
2. Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester. This is such a crowd pleaser picture book. Tacky is an odd bird, but a nice bird to have around. 🙂
3. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer. Another wonderful picture book. And there is a dog in this one!
4. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. This one is so much fun to read aloud.
5. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. First picture book to win the Caldecott with an African American MC. But what I really love about this book is that it shows an African American boy doing activities that ALL boys (and girls do). Kids can completely relate to this book.
6. Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey. This one was actually a childhood favorite of mine, and it still is a favorite now. I love that the text and illustrations are blue!
7. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Definitely one of the best fractured fairytales out there!
8. There’s an Alligator Under My Bed/There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer. Anyone remember these ones? I love the illustrations, and they are wonderful story time books.
9. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Love this one! You all remember this one right?
10. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Best picture book ever? You betcha. Who doesn’t remember this book from childhood?
What are your favorite children’s books?
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I haven’t read any of these as a kid, mostly because we had enough children’s books in my own language so i never read any translations. I wish I read Where the Wild Things Are though. I shall do it next year 🙂
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Where the Wild Things Are is amazing! The illustrations – I can’t even express how much I love this book.
Thanks for visiting Jorie’s Reads! … The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is one of my favorites and I loved reading Bark George when I led story time.
Bark George is a storytime favorite for me too. It’s adorable.
These are such great picks! I would pick The Story of Ferdinand for my number one picture book. 🙂
That’s a good one! There are so many wonderful picture books out there.
Llama Llama Red Pajama!!!
I like Goodnight Moon but my husband thinks the quiet old Rabbit lady is weird and looks freaky so he won’t read it to our son. Boo.
Where the Wild Things Are is so super for imagination. I’ve yet to share it with my son, but I will. He likes really short books right now 😉
I love Llama Llama Red Pajama!
Haha. I like the quiet lady rabbit in goodnight moon, but I could see why someone might think she is weird.
Where the Wild Things Are is just amazing!
I remember reading The True Story of the Three Little Pigs when I was in 4th grade; so cute!
It is so much fun! I love that book! Especially the ending. Poor wolf, just trying to bake a birthday cake for his dear, sweet granny. 🙂
Great list! Goodnight Moon, Where the Wild Things Are, and The Snowy Day are classics! I also really like The True Story of the Three Pigs. 😀
WTWTA is my number one favorite, but I also love Blueberries For Sal, The Snowy Day, True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. Great list! 🙂
Oh, so thrilled to see Blueberries for Sal on your list!! I remember when I was in my thirties going to the library and describing this book to a librarian: “there’s a momma bear and a baby bear and blue berries, I want to get this book for my kids because I loved it when I was a kid, but what’s it called?” (nowadays I find a lot of half-forgotten books just by googling).
I’ll have to check out Mo Willems for my kiddos and some of these others.
I know, Blueberries for Sal is so wonderful. And sweet.
Seriously, Mo Willems is amazing. All the kids love his books.
I loved the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! I remember our library teacher reading that to us waaaaay back in the day 🙂
It’s such a fun book! Jon Scieszka also has The Frog Prince Continued, another fractured fairytale, but I like The True Story of the Three Little Pigs so much more.
I can remember reading the True Story of the Three Little Pigs in school!
I can’t count how many times I’ve read ‘Goodnight Moon’! 🙂 I’ll have to check out ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ by Jon Scieszka, I remember reading his Time Warp Trio books!
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is amazing! Definitely check it out. He is so clever.
I loved Mercer Mayer books, mostly for the illustrations. And Where the Wild Things Are! And especially Jon Scieszka and Mo Willems. Wish I’d discovered those as a kid. Great list!
I love Mercer Mayer, too. And yay for fans of Jon Scieszka and Mo Willems!
Jon Scieszka books are awesome! And I love the art in “Snowy Day.” I would add the Corduroy books and When You Give A Mouse A Cookie/Moose A Muffin.
Fun topic – I love picture books. I read a bunch of these with my daughter like The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and There’s a Nightmare in My Closet. And I think I probably still have Goodnight Moon memorized 🙂
Thanks for sharing these great picks!
Two of my favorites are If you GIve a Mouse a Cookie (and that series) and There’s a Monster at the End of this Book. You have some great choices here, I especially liked the True Story of the Three Little Pigs!
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Great list! The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is one of my all-time favorites!!
Same here!
Aww, I remember so many of these books! Great topic, thanks for stopping by!
LOVE your list!! The Elephant and Piggie books are so funny and cute, my son loves them!! Goodnight Moon is an awesome classic… have you ever read Goodnight Goon, it’s a halloween spoof of GM and I think it’s cute! I am definitely obsessed with How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Harry the Dirty Dog, and Little Blue Truck!!
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Awww great topic! I loved Where the Wild Things Are and the True story of the 3 little pigs! <33
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I love One Morning in Maine and The True Story, they were two if my favorites when I was younger. My children’s contemporary favorites are anything by Peter Brown (particularly The Curious Garden and Chowder) or Chris Van Allsburg (Jumanji and Zathura). They also love older classics like Katy and the Big Snow. Great list.
Oh, I always really loved Where the Wild Things Are! I haven’t thought of The Snowy Day in years. Fun topic. 🙂
Oh this is such a fantastic Top Ten Tuesday Topic… I might have to do this one next time we have a Rewind. 😀 Thanks for stopping by!
I have a small nephew and I am always looking for good books to get him. I loved seeing your favourites. Thanks for sharing!
I just read Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs at work the other day (I work in a bookstore) and was laughing out loud like a crazy person. I love Mo Willems. Great picks!
I know, Mo Willems is a genius. He really is.
Such a great list!!!!! Where the Wild Things are will always be my favorite.
I love your list! Where The Wild Things Are is one of my childhood favorites. I haven’t thought about The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs in forever. Now I want to revisit some of my childhood favorites!
This is a great list (with perfect timing for me– I’m pregnant and just starting to think about starting a book collection for my little one)! I remember quite a few from my childhood, but had forgotten them– like Blueberries for Sal, it looks so familiar, so I must have read it a time or two! Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad this list will help you out! If you need any other recommendations, let me know! And congrats!
Oh wow, I remember that three little pigs book! Awesome stuff. I was always a fan of “There’s a Monster at the End of This Book.”
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