This Week's Questions:
What were some of your favorite picture books as a kid?
What were some of your favorite picture books as a kid?
My absolute favorite picture books growing up were Rose Petal Place. I still adore these books so much that I have been contemplating buying them off Amazon for quite some time, but I am trying to find these childhood treasures at a secondhand shop. There is just something more enchanting about stopping in a little book shop to see if by chance I will find them after years of searching. It would be serendipity.
If you have kids, what are your favorite to read to them?
I would read a little bit of everything but two books that would be most prominent in my children's lives would be Little Bear's Little Boat and Grace For President. My boyfriend actually found Little Bear's Little Boat in Target one day when we were shopping for a birthday gift for my friend's one year old. My boyfriend said we need to buy this book. I started reading it and literally started crying...in Target. It is the sweetest book about sharing. I have since bought a copy for my nieces.
Grace For President was a Christmas gift for my niece with a president barbie doll. In this book, the girl asks her teacher why there are no female presidents and decides to run for class president. As a political science graduate, I am very adamant in the importance of voting and women's involvement in politics. This book actually teaches kids about the Electoral College in a cute and simple way.
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Little Bear's Little Boat sounds great - if it made you cry it must be (haven't found many picture books that can really get to me)! Is it the same Little Bear as in the Little Bear series?
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It is not the same as the little bear series, it is a standalone book. But, if you are ever killing time in Target make sure to give it a quick read. Hopefully it doesn't make you cry though. ;)
ReplyDeleteall your books seem awesome, i especially liked grace for president, how cute!
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Thanks for stopping by. I added you back. :) I really like your FB page with all the different books you listed that have different races or multi-races in it. Very awesome idea!
DeleteThat is a really great story about your boyfriend in Target. We men get some things right from time to time. I will need to check out Little bear Little Boat.
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LOL. I am sure he would agree with you on that. :)
DeleteAw great pick! Brings back some memories! Check out what I picked =)
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ReplyDeleteI've never heard of your picks. Rose Petal Place sounds adorable, though. Reminds me of the Cabbage Patch Kids. :)
They are! They also remind me of the old school Strawberry Shortcake and Friends series. :)
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I agree. It was so much fun to relive our childhood reading days! I love checking to see what everyone read.
DeleteI have never read the Rose Petal Place books, but if they are definitely as good as you say I will have to pick them up for my little one to enjoy. She loves books, maybe even more than I do. I know that her bookshelf has more books on it currently than I personally own. But I tend to borrow from the public library and am getting into the ebooks.
ReplyDeleteLittle Bear's Little Boat is an amazing read and one that I never get tired of reading to my little one. Thank you Rachel for picking it up, and I supposed a shout out to the boy of your since he picked it up off the shelf.
Yes, that is a good point. I have so many books...I don't know where I will fit children books when I have kids. Right now, I try to just borrow from the library and get free books on my tablet. But, secondhand stores have a power over me like nothing else. I actually picked up three relationship books at Stuff tonight even though I probably have 15 books or more checked out from the library right now. The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a lot shorter than I was expecting.
DeleteI want to go as one of the characters from Rose Petal Place for Halloween one year, but I need to have time to make the costume. Have you decided what you are doing for Halloween this year?
I need to pick up a copy of Little Bear's Little Boat for myself sometime just in case I have kids so day. ;)
I love, love, love "Little Bear's Boat." I work in a Children's Library and I've noticed that it doesn't go out NEARLY as much as it deserves to! Glad to see some love for it here. :)
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