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In reply to the discussion: What was your favorite children's book. Mine was The Velveteen Rabbit. I had a stuffed rabbit that went with the book. [View all]yellowdogintexas
(22,370 posts)I read it every summer, along with Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates.
We had the Childcraft books and the poetry and fiction books were my favorite. I found a full set of them at Half Price when my daughter was in Kindergarten and got them for her. SHe loved them too and now she has them for her daughter. (my sister took mine for her daughter who is 8 years older than the rest of our kids)
However I was addicted to Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew, and these were the original ones, not the dumb downed ones. I loved Dr Seuss too.
I also had a a Brer Rabbit book, based on Song of the South!!! This was back in the 50s. It had the art used in the movie and all the stories which I guess were from the source material for the movie. I think it was called "Tales of Uncle Remus". It was a beautiful book and the stories were lots of fun. Of course now you couldn't find one outside of a yard sale, but 6 year old me would not have known the difference. It eventually fell apart.
Almost forgot Babar!!! I was so disappointed when my daughter did not really like Babar!!!
Did anyone ever have The Bumper Book? That was my favorite in my early learning to read years. Lots of stories, poetry. I would love to find a copy of it for my granddaughter. That is another on my sister absconded with. If you can find one it is atrociously expensive.