Five Childhood Favorites

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I am 21 weeks along in my pregnancy, so we got to have our ultrasound done yesterday. Within a matter of seconds we found out we’re having a boy. (When I say “we” I really mean me because let’s face it, I’m the one doing the work here.) This is our first child, so we’re all kinds of excited.

In honor of the pending kid, I thought I’d list a few of my favorite childhood books.

1.The Monster at the End of This Book

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The original, not the re-visited plus Elmo version. Elmo is such a spotlight theif.

2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar


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3. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie


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4. Angelina Balerina


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5. The Sign of the Seahorse


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Remember any of those? Any particular book you recall from your childhood that is near and dear to your heart?

In the near future, I’ll begin review some children’s books here and there. If there are any new books out that you think I should check out, let me know. The first on my list is Fairy Hunters, Ink. by Sheila A. Dane, then The Worst Band in the Universe by Graeme Base (author and illustrator of Sign of the Seahorse). Apparently this one wasn’t as big a hit because I found it at the $1 store, but I found the art to be just as amazing and am looking forward to reviewing it.


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5 thoughts on “Five Childhood Favorites”

  1. Some of our favorite picture books from when my kids were younger:

    Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

    The Napping House by Audrey Wood

    Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood

    Congratulations on your news!

    • Thanks, Carrie! I actually had to look up all three of those books. Sweet Dream Pie sounds wonderful! Just the kind of wild book I would have loved in elementary school. Napping house sounds really sweet…and my bed frequently is piled with animals. Haha. Owl babies is such a sweet story, too. I may have to pick these up!

  2. I loved my Eric Carle books. Animals, Animals was my favorite, along with Shel Silverstein's, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic. Actually anything of his.

    The Velveteen Rabbit is one of my all time favorites. I had small Sandra Boyton books, made of cardboard that my mother read to me when I was an infant, my mother said "Moo Ba La La La" was great it was short, melodic and I loved it, along with "But Not The Hippopotamus", "Opposites", and "The Going to Bed Book". They made be laugh until I was about 6 months old, and then I chewed on them, but I still love her books. She has a lot more now than when I was a baby.

    • I still have my Silverstein books. Love them! Also, Moo Ba La La La is one of my niece's favorites these days (well, maybe a little while ago. She's turning three, so she has probably moved on to bigger, longer reads now). I thought it was new! Thanks, Cooper!