Is Richard Scarry still good?
One of my strongest book memories was his Busy, Busy World, which is long out of print. Even though kids are extremely unlikely, I was still happy to finally get it on ebay.
Inara: Who's winning? Simon: I can't tell. They don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
'Bushwhacked'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
megan walker - Jul 09, 2008 8:49:20 am PDT #6645 of 28380
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - Jul 09, 2008 8:54:41 am PDT #6646 of 28380
Because books.
Sara is also a huge Critter fan. All of the kids were, actually.
I loved Richard Scarry, too.
Enthusiastic votes for Make Way for Ducklings and Corduroy.
sumi - Jul 09, 2008 8:55:05 am PDT #6647 of 28380
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, Busy, Busy World is excellent. Each page has to much to look at.
DavidS - Jul 09, 2008 8:57:06 am PDT #6648 of 28380
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
At that age, Emmett liked the Max and Ruby books, Curious George, Dr. Seuss (and related books, like Go, Dog, Go!), anything by William Joyce and Rosemary Wells' versions of Mother Goose.
megan walker - Jul 09, 2008 8:58:22 am PDT #6649 of 28380
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yes, Busy, Busy World is excellent. Each page has to much to look at.
I just don't get why it's out of print (when I don't think his other stuff is). If you check Amazon (where the lowest current price for a used edition is $60), it's clearly popular.
Susan W. - Jul 09, 2008 9:05:52 am PDT #6650 of 28380
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Thanks, y'all! That gives me some ideas to work with. I take Annabel to the library with me every Saturday, and while I let her pick 2 or 3 books from the children's section all on her own, I like to put a book or two on hold for her, too, just to be sure we actually go home with at least one book that reads aloud well. Also, Annabel thinks it's cool to have books waiting on the holds shelf, just like Mommy.
Fred Pete - Jul 09, 2008 9:09:32 am PDT #6651 of 28380
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm a fan of the classics:
I don't know whether it would qualify as "picture" (it certainly isn't a chapter book), or if it's even still in print, but I remember Amelia Bedelia very fondly. And the story revolves around wordplay, which is very Buffista.
DebetEsse - Jul 09, 2008 9:13:15 am PDT #6652 of 28380
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Fred, that reminds me of The King Who Rained, which is all homophones.
Kathy A - Jul 09, 2008 9:30:22 am PDT #6653 of 28380
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Amelia Bedelia is definitely still around, and is usually shelved at bookstores with the most basic of chapter books. When I was Waldenbooks, we had AB in the same section as the Boxcar Children books.
Polter-Cow - Jul 09, 2008 9:32:28 am PDT #6654 of 28380
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just don't get why it's out of print (when I don't think his other stuff is).
But, ack, they've "updated" it! It's all weird. Look how politically correct!