What is your favorite children's book?

My favorite book was "Que font les Schtroumpf toute la journée" as a child.

Anne of Green Gables.

All of the below:
1- The Secret Garden. (I love the description and dialogue. I don't really like the rest of the books by Burnett, though).
2- Roller Skates. (One of the best homages to tomboys ever. That was the first book that made me want to be independent).
3- The entire "Little House" set. (This goes without saying. I don't think half of the authors who write for children today would be here without them).
4- The entire Beverly Cleary collection. (I bet kids reading them in fifty years will be able to relate to the characters, and that's a monumental achievement).
5- Harriet the Spy. (Witty dialogue and I relate to the narrative of a really bright kid).

Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (I just read it for the first time).

I always liked "Tom Sawyer" until we had to read it in school and then I hated it.

"Lizard Music" by Daniel Manus Pinkwater. About 15 years ago, I used to go out with this woman who was a big fan of this author. He writes really good books aimed at 11-13 year olds. They are kind of weird, kind of funny, and show incredible insight into the minds of kids that age.

Nyaaargh! I. Can't. Pick. Just. One.

One of the early Biggles ones I suppose

Yay! Who's your favourite character? I like Snape........Hurry up and read the others! Excitement, excitement

The Phantom Tollbooth

When I think of children's books I think of the Dr Suess collection I had back when I was 6 or so. Those characters and images certainly have staying power, I remember them vividly even now: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; Green Eggs & Ham; The Cat in the Hat...

After that, I kinda moved on to stuff way over my head and that's where I remain to this day

The Melancholy Death Of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton

Where The Wild Things Grow
The New Kid On The Block
Something Big Has Been Here
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Goodnight Moon
(all the Dr.Suess collection also)

I'm borrowing them from a co-worker so I won't be able to get the next one until sometime next week. My favorite character so far is Hagrid. BTW-I went to upcomingmovies.com and got a partial cast list of the actors portraying the characters in the movie. Hagrid is being played by Robbie Coltrane, John Cleese is Nick the Nearly Headless Ghost, Richard Harris is Professor Dumbledore, John Hurt is Mr Ollivander, Alan Rickman is Snapes, Maggie Smith is Professor Minerva McGonagall & Verne Troyer is Griphook. If you are interested, the site is: http://www.upcomingmovies.com You can choose by title, director, actor, genre, etc.

Thankyou But Alan Rickman is too old And John Cleese??? I mean, I thought he was great in Monty Python and Fawlty Towers but he's not been too great recently (did you see him in James Bond??). And I'm not keen on Maggie Smith - never have been.

Who's Griphook?? I've read that book several times and I don't remember that character - one of the chaps from the bank??

"The Terrible Underpants" by Kaz Cooke.
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/S2000-Oct-5/http://www.penguin.com.au/spotlight/0670881740/0670881740.html

currently i am loving the harry potter series!!!! wow, what fun! previously my favorites were, green eggs and ham--dr seuss and the missing piece by shel silverstein.

Stellaluna!
See it at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0152802177/qid=998270118/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b_1/002-1792541-4221620

"Ten Minutes til Bedtime". I don't remember the author's name but all the hamster drawings make it my favorite.

Griphook is the goblin who takes Harry & Hagrid to the vault at Gringotts.

Lord Caitanya defeats the scholar

I like all four Harry Potter books equally. (I'm reading the 4th one now.)

Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein is an all-time favorite.

Saskia en Jeroen.

Ah! Thankyou

The fourth one is *so* good!! It arrived in the post in the morning, 6 hours later I'd read it! (I missed my dinner!) It was great because I'd just finished my GCSEs (exams) and I had some time to relax. I really wanted to do the same this year after my AS exams but it's not out until next year!!

Harry Potter books.

Dr. Suesse's (Suess's?) Book :One fish Two fish. It goes:

"One fish, two fish, red fish blue fish, black fish blue fish old fish new fish. This one has a little car, this one has a little car, say, what funny fish there are. This one has a little hat, this one has a little cat, say, were are all the fish at? Some are old and some are new, some are black and some are blue." Then there's a bunch of stuff about imaginary animals, like: "I like to box, and when I box, I box with my Gox." A big white, hairy animal with skinny arms and legs, and his chest says "Gox". Pretty cool.

Wow! My 5 and 6 years olds are into so many right now...I (we) don't have a favorite.

My 10 year old is addicted to the Harry Potter series.
P.S. So, am I.

Peter Pan....

Aren't they great? I saw the movie trailer about a week ago, and it looked really well done. I was afraid they'd ruin the magical atmosphere of it, but it's even better than I imagined!

Current: The Harry Potter Series
When I was a child: The Little House Series, Anne of Green Gables series, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Secret Garden, Sweet Valley Twins, Nancy Drew, Shel Silverstein books, Blue Dolphin Island?, Lion, Witch & the Wardrobe, Wrinkle in Time, and the list goes on and on.

A movie trailer for???
Harry Potter?
Oh, I hope so.

It comes out in mid november.

Yes, it is a movie of the first book.

Alright, wait till I tell my son!

God, we need a weekly Harry Potter survey just so we can all rave! Have you read them all? I love Lupin's character! I have nothing but respect for Rowling. I would love to be able to make thousands of kids read a 724-page book out of their own will!

Good Night Moon

"Are You there, God, it's Me, Margaret," by Judy Blume.

I don't think I have a favorite unless the Harry Potter books count.

I've been reading them slowly, with plenty of other books in between so it won't be an abrupt shock when I get to the end of the last one. Rowling isn't the first author I've wanted to HURRY UP AND WRITE!

I had one with a detailed victorian mansion, a yak, and a crocodile that saved the city from flooding after the psychic grandmother realized it would be a big storm.
Dr Seuss and PD Eastman are excellent.
From the mixed up files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler.
Jules Verne.

Good night moon

I loved the mixed up files of mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler. I used to listen to my mom read it to my sister at night when I was supposed to be asleep. I saw the movie as well.

Charlotte's Web

'Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH' by Robert C. O'Brien.

"...This one has a little car, this one has a little STAR..."

Without question, "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweller". I have no idea who wrote this wonderful book but I read it as a child and I purchased it and read it to my boys when they were small and now that I have Grandchildren, I have purchased a new copy and read it to both of them. This book is also my youngest sons favorite book (he is 22) and he asked for a copy as a baby gift for my granddaughter.

I love Curious George and The Velveteen Rabbit.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is excellent as well.

I did too, just a year ago or two.

Exactly! You got it. What I love best about the Potter books is that my ten year old enjoys nothing better than to bury his nose in one and get lost in the adventure. He is re-reading the first or second now.

When I told him about the movie, he said something to the affect of:
"Nah, nothing could match my imagination about the people, places and events I see in my mind."

I WANNA WRITE A BOOK LIKE THAT!

(If my son were a few years older, I would send him to Costa Rica. )

Your son thinks like me. When "Mathilda", the movie (it was a Roald Dahl book, a really good one) came out I absolutely detested adults and Hollywood. It had none of Dahl's touch. I will probably be grossed out on the Harry Potter one too. Does he read them in Spanish, Portuguese or English? The Spanish version is pretty good, although they don't have the wonderful Grandpré drawings. I am so crazy about them. They're just a trace of detail at the beginning of each chapter, and they leave a lot to the imagination *continues raving until even the cat is bored out of her mind*. Ian won't even let me talk about the books because I go on and on.

I have a million. Everything by Chris Van Allsburg, Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Monster at the End of This Book..

My daughter has about 500 books... She reads my childhood books with my name scrawled in Crayon in the covers.

My daughter loves One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

(puffing up chest with great pride)
Kristopher reads, writes and speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish extremely well and with no accent in any of the three. He switches languages with a fluidity and ease I am so jealous of I could spit!

He is also reading a set of books, something about the tragic adventures of a group of orphans. Too tragic for my taste, but he likes them.

Underground by David Macauley.

Classic multi-cultural kid behavior. Same stuff with me. English, Spanish and French. I'd like to meet him. I only occasionally find one of our kind. We're pretty rare.

It's so awesome, I still read it today and love the pictures, and I'm twenty! Do you know if I got it right, for I lost it about a year or so ago (I guess I don't still read it). Know were I could find a copy of it? ANYBODY, not just they.

Ici il y en a beaucoups, la plus part des gens parle au moin deux langues et de plus en plus comme vous en parle trois. Je suis présentement en trein de suivre un cours d'Espagnol. Vous parlez les trois depuis longtemps?

Any secret seven book

I don't have one

The complete Winnie the Pooh, I used to read Famous Five books a lot when I was younger.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Dr. Seuss' Fox in Sox. Also a hard-to-find book called Wolf Story, and James Thurbers' The 13 clocks.

Hi Jody! Long time no see -- welcome back!!

Watership Down, in fact I just finished it this morning. My husband has been talking to me about this book for the past 20 years and we finally found it! Very good reading although I wonder if it was really written for children...
A close contender would be Charlotte's Web, as a kid I read that one twice!

THe land of Narnia series. The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe.

Any Shel Silverstein book

Me too

James and the Giant Peach

Jody's a good friend. She taught me how to make a cootie catcher.

How doesone catch cooties? I always thought it was from being around someone who doesn't wash. LOL

So let me rephrase that...how does a cootie catcher work?

You have to compose numeric poetry while doing the double live-long-and-prosper pyramid scissors action and open secret messages.

Sounds complicated!

millions of 8 year old girls do figure it out though. alas, you can't fold a web page.

Goodnight Moon

I can't remember the name... it's about these mice preparing for winter, and one of them is a slacker, daydreamer... and they all think he's no good... then later, when winter comes and they are all bored and cold, he tells them about all the stuff he's been imagining and it helps them. Anyone know the title of that one?

I loved Watership Down as well, though I agree it's not really a children's book (some fairly sinister plot elements in it). There's a pretty good animated movie of it that you should try to see if you haven't already.

I've heard of the film although it's been said that it's too bloody for children...

!!! I don't remember the name of it, either, but it's always been one of my favorites, too-- a career inspiration!

I just started the 4th Harry Potter as well.

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Poor Harry. He's having a rough time of it.

I just finished reading the part where Dudley Dursley's tongue grows 4 feet after eating the prank candy. It couldn't have happened to a nicer boy!

Yeah, that was great!

I'm now up to their arrival at Hogwarts and the arrival of Mad-Eye Moody. How far are you into book 4?

I'm about to begin chapter 20. I can hardly wait to see what happens!

Just started chapter 14 (had to get dinner first).

A book called "Snow White and Rose Red"....

".... Oh, Timmy, you are so licky...."

I was a famous five girl, myself!

Did you read "Milly-Molly-Mandy" when you were little? It was one of my favourites.... she had friends with names like "Little-Friend-Susan" and "Billy-Next-Door". It was very very English!

I've never heard of that! Sounds cool...

It's very silly. When I thought of it, I thought of you.
Here's a picture: www.fionaclark.taranaki.co.nz/mmm.htm

Kanyon and the Rainbow Stone by Martine Gaudissart - very sweet message and beautiful illustrations (she also did the illustrations).

"George's Marvelous Medicine" by Roald Dahl and "Badjelly the Witch" by Spike Milligan come to mind. I don't really read children's books anymore, although I did listen to Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone on Radio 4 over christmas and thought it was wonderful.

Die Unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story) by Michael Ende.

My favorite children's book are: Anne Of Green Gables by L,M. Montgomery
Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Mary Poppins by P.L.Travers
Pippi Longstocking
I enjoyed all of these as a child, and still re-read Harriet The Spy and Anne Of Green Gables from time to time.
There is a very old out-of-print book called Nobody's Girl by Malot that is excellent. I gave a friend my only copy years ago, and now wish I could find another copy of it. I also like The Secret Garden and used to love the Nancy Drew books.

Harry Potter and ...

"The Lord of the Rings" J.R.R. Tolken

i think my favorite was either "oh the places youll go" or "the lorax"
but any book by dr seuse is way cool.

Oh no what does that tell you about me?????!!!