tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post2722667002933549088..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: The Snowy Day (in the hot summer)Blue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-42398134768692427262007-08-25T23:12:00.000-04:002007-08-25T23:12:00.000-04:00Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson. I love the langua...Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson. I love the language, the rhythm, the illustrations, the rhyme . . . such a fun book!Annie Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11334942739170137461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-43126029211841179292007-08-09T02:03:00.000-04:002007-08-09T02:03:00.000-04:00From my teen years: Go Ask Alice. Catcher in the R...From my teen years: Go Ask Alice. Catcher in the Rye.<BR/><BR/>Early childhood: Madeline, Clifford, and Frog and Toad books.<BR/><BR/>You're right, there are so many!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-25771367014066313042007-08-07T07:06:00.000-04:002007-08-07T07:06:00.000-04:00Sarah, Plain and TallSarah, Plain and TallMary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-35142339769115949552007-08-06T21:11:00.000-04:002007-08-06T21:11:00.000-04:00The Big Orange Splot.The Big Orange Splot.Chris Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891925951616484973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-74530830033790299022007-08-06T16:48:00.000-04:002007-08-06T16:48:00.000-04:00Yes! THE SNOWY DAY! It's the book I most vividly ...Yes! THE SNOWY DAY! It's the book I most vividly remembered from my childhood and couldn't wait to find once I had kids. The image of Peter dragging his stick. "Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk..."<BR/><BR/>Sadly, a lot of my other favorites are out of print, but I think shouldn't be, like WHAT JIM KNEW by Mary Ann Hoberman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-49153726184823245672007-08-06T12:15:00.000-04:002007-08-06T12:15:00.000-04:00I have so many books from my childhood that I hold...I have so many books from my childhood that I hold and treasure. My mother taught us a great love of the written word and began buying us books early in life and teaching us how to treasure and care for them. Now, not only am I a published author but I have thousands of books in a library in our home. A library that my husband and his cousin built and created for me to have a place to write in where I would constantly be inspired by the books around me. The Pancake Story and Lentil now reside next to The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys who are across from Chris Stewart, James Rollins, Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Oliver North, and more.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing about this today, it took me back.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986635883342034311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-31689512158257902402007-08-06T11:51:00.000-04:002007-08-06T11:51:00.000-04:00having a two year old to read to i've learn a grea...having a two year old to read to i've learn a great about what is successful in a book. reading the same book 4 times in a row, makes you grateful for books that are so well written that they are easy to read aloud. one of my favorites is Cowboy Bunnies by Christine Loomis, ill. by Ora Eitan. I love the art too because it is about shapes and colors and mood not overly cute rabbits in clothing.<BR/>Fredick by Leo Leonni is so good too. it reminds us why we need artists.<BR/>--alissatumbletellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616213515943151499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-40981505173570920392007-08-06T11:11:00.000-04:002007-08-06T11:11:00.000-04:00I agree that Snowy Day is perfect. I also love in ...I agree that Snowy Day is perfect. I also love in Whistle for Willie when Willie gets dizzy and Keats shows this by tilting his position from one picture to the next and by having the red, green, and yellow circles of a traffic light float off the light. Genius.<BR/><BR/>More recently, I think The Gardener by Sarah Stewart and David Small is a perfect picture book.<BR/><BR/>And I completely agree with Leo...the Will books are fantastic!Matt Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08832391661429686859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-25852715214592643772007-08-06T09:24:00.000-04:002007-08-06T09:24:00.000-04:00Goodnight Moon, I love the way Brown uses the "rea...Goodnight Moon, I love the way Brown uses the "read to" genre to convert the bunny child's silent thoughts into spoken words, the way parents unwittingly encourage their children to join the bunny in his defiance of the old lady's command to "hush" when they encourage their children read along. No one analyzing Goodnight Moon ever mentions the fact that there are no quotation marks around all the goodnights. It's a work of subversive genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-73046612359404628422007-08-06T08:39:00.000-04:002007-08-06T08:39:00.000-04:00Great post and great question! Mine are all poems,...Great post and great question! Mine are all poems, stories, and novels: even when I was very young, I responded more intensely to words than to pictures. There were picture books that I LIKED, but what I remember delighting in were the stories and words--even the sounds/energy (in some nursery rhymes) or trying to puzzle out the meaning of expressions that just SOUNDED like they meant something fun ("Get a kick out of it").Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-87731925179649655722007-08-06T07:03:00.000-04:002007-08-06T07:03:00.000-04:00Years ago at The Children's Book Shop, we asked th...Years ago at The Children's Book Shop, we asked the deGrummond Collection if we could borrow and display some of Keats' artwork, and they said yes! They sent us several actual pieces from The Snowy Day, Whistle For Willie, and Peter's Chair (an amazing picture-book 'trilogy' if you ask me). Seeing the collage work up close was amazing. <BR/><BR/>As for books that I wished I had written and/or illustrated... how about 'The Lion and the Little Red Bird' by Elisa Kleven, 'Mordant's Wish' by Valerie Coursen, or anything by Olaf and Lena Landstrom - especially the 'Will' books!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com