I've been reading "Love You Forever" out loud to children for more than 15 years and I STILL can not get through that darn thing without my voice cracking and tearing up!!!

I can't pick a favorite children's book b/c I have so many favorites for so many different reasons. In fact my nursery theme for my 3rd child was to order used copies of some of my favorties that I read with my older children and have our favorite pages matted and framed.

Some of my favorites are:

Owen by Kevin Henkes
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmens
Goodnight moon of course and The Runaway Bunny
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
Anything that Dr. Seuss has written
The classic Winnie the Pooh
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Little Snowgirl by Carolyn Croll
Zoe's Sheep by Rose Bursik


I can go on and on...you should see our children's book collection. I have a FULL old TV cabinet, 6 shelves of our library full of them, and a shelf in my kitchen plus the two shelves in the play room and I am always at the library getting more!

Has anyone read "Willoughby and the Lion" by Greg Foley recently? I think it's a newish book. My 3yo LOVES it so much I think we will have to buy it. And has a wonderful message.

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