Favorite picture books?

[conuly]

Something appropriate for young toddlers to preschool kids, thanks. I want, of course, the babies to be readers. Right now, I'm confined mostly to board books for them, but when they're a little bigger they can have actual storytimes with adults, right? And for that, I need picture books. Mine, from what I recall, were:

Where the Wild Things Are
Green Eggs and Ham
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (comes in board book form)

and I think it's never to early to plan ahead. So, start posting. Fond memories? Nightmares? Just a thought? Whatever, I wanna know. Because I'm just that into spoiling my babies.

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[joevic.livejournal.com]

And Where the Wild Things Are scared me ;0)
It scared me too!

Some books that my kids love are the Bartholemew bear ones by Virginia Miller (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0763619418/qid=1078502122/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-5812319-4233621?v=glance&s=books). They're about potty training, going to bed etc and Ba's father George is very patient.

And another one that I can't recommend enough is Guess How Much I Love You (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076360013X/ref=pd_sim_books_1/002-5812319-4233621?v=glance&s=books)

They all have board versions.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is totally classic and we have the video as well, which has three other stories by the same author. We also have a Maori version that I taped off TV.

And if you can find any of Ana Laranaga's (Jolly Jungle and Playful Pets are the two we have) they'd be perfect for Seth and Ana right now. I read them to Trent and Quinn from about 4 months and they loved them.