nostalgia

nostalgia (n): a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past.

The beauty of a good children’s book is that you can read it back at different stages of your life and learn something new the older you get.

  1. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  2. Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
  3. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
  4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  5. Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
  6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  7. Curious George by Margaret Rey and H.A. Rey
  8. Berenstain Bears by Jan Berenstain and Stan Berenstain
  9. George and Martha by James Marshall
  10. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
  11. Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
  12. Pinkalicious by Victoria Kaan
  13. Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
  14. The kids’ Bible
  15. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  16. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy
  17. The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
  18. Willie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
  19. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
  20. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
  21. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  22. Bad David by David Shannon
  23. Dr. Seuss books
  24. Thomas the Tank Engine
  25. Geronimo Stilton by Elisabetta Dami
  26. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  27. Good Night Dinosaur by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper
  28. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
  29. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
  30. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  31. Stop that Pickle by Peter Armour
  32. Aphrodite: Goddess of Love by George O’Connor
  33. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
  34. Mr. Pine’s Purple House by Leonard Kessler
  35. Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss 
  36. The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
  37. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  38. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
  39. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
  40. Lola at the Library
  41. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling 
  42. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  43. Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf
  44. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  45. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. 
  46. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 
  47. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
  48. There’s a Woket in my Pocket by Dr. Seuss
  49. Pinkalicious by Victoria Kaan
  50. Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  51. Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
  52. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  53. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
  54. Stregga Nona by Tomie dePaola
  55. Spy Academy by Tracey West
  56. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  57. Hatchet by Gary Paulson
  58. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
  59. Dick and Jane by William S. Gray
  60. Corduroy by Don Freeman
  61. “It was about a guy who was trying to move his tractor through a road. These animals were blocking the street. I remember it, because we made a joke about his persona being similar to my uncle. That’s why I remember it.”
  62. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
  63.  The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
  64. Dick and Jane by William S. Gray
  65. Dr. Seuss books
  66. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  67. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
  68. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

About Me

I am someone who has always loved reading. And I can’t see that changing any time soon.