Children's Books

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pathtaken said:

I got a sheet of those yesterday. The clerk showed them to me and I started squealing. She kind of looked at me funny and I quickly turned adult and told her Where the Wild Things Are was my children's favorite book.

It's not, it's one of mine.

Around the pachouli household, the phrases 'wild thing!', 'we'll eat you up, we love you so', and 'let the wild rumpus start' are tossed around quite a bit.

[batmom]

Would I make you all jealous if I told you that I took the kidlets to see an audience participation play of WtWTA? It was great fun. The audience got to be the wild things. We still ask Batgirl to be a wild thing and she curls her fingers, screws up her face, and goes "grrrr".

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That audience participation sounds awesome, batmom. So cute!!! My wild thing would have loved that!

I remember when they adapted it for a stage play years ago. I never saw it -I don't think it lasted last long. But Spike Jonze is filming a movie based on the book this year.


ETA: Has anyone else ever read Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles? I loved them as a kid and read them to my own child.

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I'm trying to find a certain children's book my sister-in-law remembers from her childhood. I'm wondering if this rings a bell with anyone: the title is something about "Andy's Hard Day" or "Andy's Day at Work" or "Andy's Hard Day at Work." My sister-in-law was a kid in the early 70's.

[dwanollah]

Alexander's Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day...?

[sleepy]

That's the one I was thinking of. That or Martha's Mad Day (which is wonderful, btw). But neither one has anything to do with work. Hmmmm.

Ooh ooh I am so happy -- I picked up a hardback illustrated version of The Witch of Blackbird Pond in the $1.99 bin at the bookstore!

[anne]

I just finished re-reading Where the Red Fern Grows. Talk about a book that would never become a classic today! The kid doesn't go to school, so he goes hunting instead all the time. A boy he doesn't get along with dies by falling on an ax, and both dogs end up dying ... and it's considered an uplifting and inspring tale!

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So for those of you who are children's lit. fantasy fans, I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that both Diana Wynne Jones and Susan Cooper have new books coming out this summer.
I'm not letting myself get too, too excited though, because I didn't care for the most recent book each has written. Still, I'm looking forward to checking them out.

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Susan Cooper? New book! Wheeee! I just reread her Dark Rising series last year. Read them as a young teen and totally loved them. Found out I still did. I will have to check that out. Thank you stargirl.

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I never get tired of looking at Animalia by Graham Base. Long after I finished reading it to my kids I would sit with a magnifying glass trying to find and name all the things that started with each letter. It's in my bookcase now. Dork.
James Marshall is my favorite children's author ever. Love George and Martha but especialy the Fox books. So hilarious and profound in such a simple package.