Some excellent recs (I LOVE Goodnight Gorilla and Jamberry especially), to which I'd add Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see which I read out loud nightly from about four months.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
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flea - Sep 13, 2019 1:08:23 am PDT #25459 of 28196
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bennett - Sep 13, 2019 5:43:22 am PDT #25460 of 28196
When I was a kid, my mom read to us from a picture book version of Kipling's "The Just So Stories". I still remember "the great grey-green greasy Limpopo river all set about with fever trees" and "the cat who walked by himself and all places were alike to him". I think those were as close to children's books as she could bear to read out loud on a regular basis.
Sparky1 - Sep 13, 2019 6:13:25 am PDT #25461 of 28196
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Fish Eyes and Feathers for Lunch were popular in our house. Those graphics made K's eyes go wide.
We ended every reading session with the same book (Goodnight Moon, sorry) so she knew it was over.
Gris - Sep 13, 2019 6:53:21 am PDT #25462 of 28196
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Where the Wild Things Are. Also second goodnight construction site and steam train dream train. Those would make good "end the reading session" kind of books. Also second any and all Sandra Boynton.
Consuela - Sep 13, 2019 7:59:36 pm PDT #25463 of 28196
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There was a radio program that read aloud the Just So Stories about 30 years ago, and I can still remember the sound of Jack Nicholson saying "the great green greasy Limpopo River".
Beverly - Sep 13, 2019 10:52:18 pm PDT #25464 of 28196
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Orson Welles did VO for a 1975 cartoon Rikki Tikki Tavi--nobody says "the great grey-green greasy Limpopo River" like Orson Welles. June Foray did about half the rest of the voices.
To be honest, I thought it was all fiction, and when watching a tv documentary and the narrator mentioned the "Limpopo river" I realized there IS an actual Limpopo river. But it doesn't seem real unless you add the "great grey-green greasy" part.
Sue - Sep 14, 2019 2:12:35 am PDT #25465 of 28196
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There was a radio program that read aloud the Just So Stories about 30 years ago, and I can still remember the sound of Jack Nicholson saying "the great green greasy Limpopo River".
This was available as an album. It's Jack Nicholson and Bobby McFerrin and it's so great. The rest of the album is Bobby McFerrin doing his thing IIRC.
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flea - Sep 14, 2019 7:52:39 am PDT #25466 of 28196
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We had this on cassette tape! I listened to it a lot.
msbelle - Sep 15, 2019 6:49:59 am PDT #25467 of 28196
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I just finished a YA book called Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott that I really enjoyed and found hard to put down, not because it was suspenseful, just enjoyable. For those that enjoy an easy to read, female driven, YA book.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 15, 2019 8:36:57 am PDT #25468 of 28196
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So, Hec's posts about Heidi made me want to revisit two other books I liked as I kid, but I can't remember much about them
Clues: 1. I read a lot of books that were published between 1999 and and 1960 in their original bindings. They were not necessarily classics, but more like a Henry Artemis type thing . 2. I think one was called Adventures in 4-H. I am guessing set in the 1940 or 50s It was about a brother and sister make preparations all year to go to the fair, and then they win and also get to go to the State Fair. The boy raised "baby beeves", which I didn't quite understand were just beef cattle.
3. I think the other was called Elaine of the Mountains. It was a lot like the part of Heidi where she goes to the city. There was more detail about peasants dress. I am pretty sure she got glasses.
Anyone?