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.
We didn't have sex, if that's what you mean. That's all I do now, not have sex.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
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."
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."
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!
megan walker - Jul 09, 2008 9:41:42 am PDT #6655 of 28380
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That's the Word book, Busy, Busy World is different. The stories each take place with different characters in different cities: Pip Pip in London, Pierre the Paris Policeman, Couscous the Algerian Detective, the Klondike Kid, etc.
P.M. Marc - Jul 09, 2008 9:47:17 am PDT #6656 of 28380
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
As the mother of a daughter who loves books with action, and has a hard time finding girls starring in the above, thus leading to the time-honored tradition of "George is a girl in this one" (hey, I have books where you can see where I altered the genders to my liking as a kid), I approve of the changes in the book.
(I didn't actually WANT her reading Curious George, as I have Issues with the colonialist aspect of it, but she inherited a bunch of them.)
Susan W. - Jul 09, 2008 9:52:15 am PDT #6657 of 28380
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Annabel bends the genders all on her own--at least, when she plays with her castle and all the toy horses she's named after herself and her classmates, Annabel-Horse gets to be the king. The first time I saw her do this, I said something about how a queen is a girl king, but she said, no, Annabel was the king, and I decided that was just fine.