This one stumped me for some time. The only children's books I can think of is Dr. Seuss.
Green Eggs and Ham, The Fox in Sox and the others I read to my kids and grandkids. They're great, but if they were around in the early 50's, my parents didn't read them to us. I vaguely remember The Cat in the Hat in grade school, but it didn't make that big of an impact on me.
Three children's books that came out as I was older that I like:
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Little Engine that Could
Alexander and the No Good Very Bad Day.
Mom and Dad read to us plenty. When we would take long rides Mom would start a story, Bruce (my brother) would continue it and Dad would finish it. It helped pass the time.
We had fairy tales and a children's poem book. I looked up the one I remember most:
This Is the Way the Ladies Ride
This is the way the ladies ride,
Tri, tre, tre, tree,
Tri, tre, tre, tree!
This is the way the ladies ride,
Tri, tre, tre, tre, tri-tre-tre-tree!
This is the way the gentlemen ride,
Gallop-a-trot,
Gallop-a-trot!
This is the way the gentlemen ride,
Gallop-a-gallop-a-trot!
This is the way the farmers ride,
Hobbledy-hoy,
Hobbledy-hoy!
This is the way the farmers ride,
Hobbledy-hobbledy-hoy!
15 comments:
I love that rhyme! Good job!
This one was hard! And I had almost forgotten about The Velveteen Rabbit! I need to give that one another look. Great post!
I loved those three books as a kid. I can remember my mom reading them to us. Nice choices.
The Little Engine That Could. Yeah I remember that one... :)
Alexander and the No Good Very Bad Day is a great one that I didn't get around to until college!
I didn't read amny books as a child...even Dr. Seuss. I read some but not many of his books. I wish I'd been to more often as a child. My TTT list of books my teen self would have loved
Glad I brought it to mind, Hayden.
You have a great Mom, Deanna.
I came across it in my Kiddie Lit class in college, Christopher.
I'm glad you're reading now, Anne.
Ah! love the poem you shared.
There are so many great children's books around these days. Someone mentioned the Pigeon books by Mo Willems. I loved them and have them all (collected as an adult).
Glad you like it, Reading.
I agree, Debra. There are some great kids books today.
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