England has different classic and well known picture books than the US

[conuly]

Hm.

Y'know what? I wanna list classic picture books in the US, see how my list compares to the lists of other people. I'll get on that later if youse start commenting.

Edit: On that note, Ana has gotten quite interested in "Guess How Much I Love You". I'm impressed, it's really a bit wordy for a two year old. I started just reading it when she was nearly asleep during nap time, but last time I was there she requested it. Twice. I'm so happy :) I mean, I love toddler-ranged books as much as anybody else, but I think the kid should have a *chance* to move outside of rhyming text once in a while, y'know?

Edit again (well, not really): That said, let me say *again* how addictive Sandra Boynton is. Her books are insanely memorable. *nods* Love that author - hey, I can love picture books!

Edit the third (or second): Ana has very nearly more books than her parents. This is my fault.

1. Dr. Seuss
2. Curious George! I need to airlift some Curious George for my poor, George-less friends :P
3. Spot. Spot is beyond classic into cultish. Don't know why, exactly - the books are good, sure, but they're not books that have reading value past toddlerhood, unlike, say, Seuss.
4. Beatrix Potter - though, like classic Winnie the Pooh, people don't actually *read* these, they just know of them.
5. Where the Wild Things Are is the classic Sendak book. Depending on how you were raised, you may also remember Chicken Soup with Rice or In the Night Kitchen.
6. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a classic Eric Carle book, as is The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
7. The Little Engine that Could
8. Tikki-tikki-tembo. I still can recite "Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo" at top speed.
9. Goodnight, Moon. I have no idea *why* that author is only remembered for this rather insipid book when she wrote so much more, and better, but. Classic, it surely is.
10. Amelia Bedelia! Love her truly.
11. Berenstain Bears.
12. Arthur, who really was an aardvark at one point.
13. Corduroy
14. Clifford

More to come when I'm less bored.

Comments

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I'm English. Roald Dahl is Welsh born, English educated and of Norwegian ancestry.

But you've exported Mahy certainly - I couldn't name any books by her, but am familiar with the name and know the books were around when I was younger.

[shenya.livejournal.com]

*slaps forehead*
I should have remembered that he was from over there not here :P

[conuly]

And he's famous world-over. Love Dahl dearly.