Children’s Book Meme

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Gwen

Ok, I found this a few places like: Bloomabilities, Big A Little a, and I am sure I saw it on a few other kidlit blogs. So, in order to participate you take the list of 100 classic children’s books, bold the ones you read, a * before the ones you liked as a child (even if you don’t now) a – for the ones you didn’t like. Then you count how many of the 100 you read. I wasn’t tagged but I couldn’t resist.

*Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
*The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
*Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
-The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
*Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
*Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch (didn’t read til I was an adult)
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
*The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
*Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
*The Mitten by Jan Brett
*Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
-Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
*Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein
*Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
*Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
*Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
*Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
*Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
*Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
*The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
*A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
*Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
*How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
*The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
*Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
*Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
*The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
*The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
*The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
*Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
*Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
*Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
*The BFG by Roald Dahl
?The Giver by Lois Lowry(I don’t remember if I liked it.)
*If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
*James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
*Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
*Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
*The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
*The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
*Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
*Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
*The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
*The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
*Corduroy by Don Freeman
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
*Matilda by Roald Dahl
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
*Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
*Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
*The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
–Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
*The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis (read all 7–many times)
*Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
*One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
*The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
*The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
*Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
* The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
*Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (I read them all including rilla.)
*Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
*Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus (Loved it!)
*The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
-The Cay by Theodore Taylor
*Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
*Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown (only some)
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson (this has been on my to read list for a very long time)
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
*Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
*The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
*Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish (these books annoyed me when I was a kid)
*Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
*A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
*Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
*Stuart Little by E. B. White
*Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
*The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
*Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
*Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
*Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
*The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch

Apparently I have read only 80 out of the 100. Not too bad I guess. There are some in there that I had absolutely no interest in. Some I still don’t to tell the truth, 🙂 some however I would love to find and read again.

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New Phrases and Commands

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Gwen

On Sunday our boy put together another sentence. He and Anthony walked me to church and they went on to the playground at 6th and Granville. I guess Aidan was have a ball of a time climbing rope ladders and playing in the cold sand. When Anthony told Aidan it was time to go home, Aidan said clearly and forcefully, “No go home!” I am a little worried what this means for us with his stubbornness.

Something else he has been saying and doing is trying to get us to help him do things like put the train back together or put a little people figure on the truck/train/bulldozer. He will bring us the figure and leave the vehicle where it is and say “Help.””Help.” “Help!!” “Come!!! ” I am just waiting for the “NOW!!!!” am also sure that the reason only the small figure comes to us is so we go to play with him.
We keep trying to keep the “please ” in the conversation and when he says it things happen much faster. Wish us luck.

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Pure Dead Magic

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Gwen

This weekend I reread “Pure dead Magic” by Debi Gliori. I must admit that I was looking for a quick and easy read and I decided that I didn’t want to reread the T’witch series right now. I was in the mood for some magic, monsters a little intrigue and some good old web action. Pandora, Titus and Damp don’t want another Nanny, and what normal Nanny would want to be a part of a household that included a cranky crocodile, a griffin, a yeti, a slowly thawing cryogenically preserved ancestor, and a mother training to be a witch? Well a recovering witch herself might. How will Pandora and Titus survive the calamities that they are presented with? How will they get their kidnapped father back? How will they get their accidentally shrunken baby sister Damp out of the world wide web?

One of the things I like best about this book is the interaction between the siblings. It is very true to life in an unreal and fantastical setting. I also like that it is a good and fairly short read. I can’t wait till my son is old enough to read this to.

Short and sweet. 🙂

Title: Pure Dead Magic

Author: Debi Gliori

Age Range: 8-12 (or much much older :))

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Out of the mouthes of babes and Love Thursday

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Gwen

I have to share Aidan’s new favourite words and phrases.  Every time he speaks and new words come out I am amazed and I fall in love more and more.  I am glad that he hasn’t picked up any bad vocabulary and I haven’t heard “I hate you Mommy.”  I know that the first time that happens I will be absolutely devastated. So, since it hasn’t and I am loving the things he says, I am sharing them with you.
“WOW!”  seems to be the current favourite.  He uses it all the time and the first ties we heard it constantly was when he was opening his presents on Christmas day and night and boxing day and the days after that.  He also really meant it on Tuesday when we were out for a walk and saw his favourite thing in the world a construction machine.  He watched this backhoe dig up the sideqal;k for a full ten minutes saying over and over “WOW! WOW!”  He cried when I started to take him away.

“Cars!” is another favourite, whether it be describing the toys he has at home, or the hope in his voice when we go outside.  WE were parked on the street Sunday when Anthony and I took him for a walk and he cried for blocks when we didn’t get in the “Cars!”   He then proceeded to cry again everytime an SUV passed us.  He has started saying “Truck” too.

“Pwease” is also a new favourite especially around anything he wants like chocolate, my tea,  or the french fries on Daddy’s plate.  He learned early on that the “pwease” or “pease” will get him things much quicker than before.

“Help” has been happening much more as well.  It is his way of getting us to play with him and he uses it all the time now.   Things he can do by himself no problem at all  now get cries of “help” more often than not.

“Oh Oh!” or “Oh No!” still get a lot of workout too, especially when he wants to throw something (like food) around.

“A end”  or the end as we say comes after we have finished a story or like the night before last when Aidan closes the book and says “a end” to get us to put him to bed already.

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