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

[phibby.livejournal.com]

Ah! That's a great list. Amelia Bedelia! Those are some of my favorites from childhood, though I had never heard of "Tikki-Tikki-Tembo" before. Also, I've just got to add that I *have* read Winnie the Pooh and A House on Pooh Corner before (I even did a report on A. A. Milne in seventh grade), though you're right in that I can't think of anyone else I know who has. They're such great books, too.

A few of my childhood classics you didn't list are Corduroy and Clifford. I remember in first grade how one of my closest friends had never heard of Corduroy, and the whole class was shocked when she told us. He's right up there with Goodnight, Moon and Where the Wild Things Are mihi. As for Clifford, that was another very popular series when I was younger, sort of like Berenstain Bears and Arthur.

I always thought Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was a classic as well, though maybe I'm just imagining its popularity.

[conuly]

It's very popular, but it's really only very recent.