So recently my friend’s 1-year-old baby just passed away, and instead of flowers, they are asking us to bring our favorite children’s book with an inscription of why it is our favorite. So I found a ton of old picture books from when I was kid, and re-reading them I got chills and almost cried several times, lol. My favorites I can think of are **Pete and Pickles**, The Napping House, Toy Boat, Mars Needs Moms, and The Flying Dragon Room. Those are the kind of illustrations I can’t get enough of.
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I love **Pete and Pickles by Berkely Breathed** because it shows a selfless act between friends. At the end of the story, the elephant (Pickles) and the pig (Pete) ‘s house floods, and fills up with water. All the air is up at the highest point inside the house, but Pickles is too heavy and sinks to the floor. Pete swims up, and instead of climbing out the small window, he decides to crawl up Pickles’ trunk stretched as high as she could. Then Pete breathes into Pickles’ trunk all night long until help arrives.
“All night. Every hour. Every minute. Every breath shared.” (Breathed 46).
What are your favorites?
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Harold and the Purple Crayon was my childhood fave and the book that will get my 16 and 11 yo to sit and listen to me reading to my 4 yo
Charlottes Web – E.B. White
I’m sorry about your friend’s loss. I can’t imagine how hard that must be. The idea of books instead of flowers is a very nice one.
When I was a small child I loved Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. I really wanted a magical pasta pot of my own.
The story of Ferdinand
And I’m so sorry for your friend. What a horrible thing to go through.
I’m sorry for your friends loss, I can’t even imagine.
Besides the classics like Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear.
One I enjoy reading to my kids is I’ll Love You Til the Cows Come Home by Kathryn Cristaldi
The Redwall books. Particularly the first 3.
The phantom tollbooth and the Narnia books
The phantom tollbooth
The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar 🐛
Everyone needs to read *Love You Forever* by Robert Munsch. Every time I read it, I cry. I’m not even old, either. I’m in Highschool!