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I was at a bookstore today and saw the cutest book! I decided to buy it for myself. I might be previewing it for friends with kids. We'll see. I think I'll probably just buy more to gift people.
My favorite book is "The Dragon and the Raven" This books will give a glimpse of the imaginative world of fantasy and fiction which will enthrall and engage a kid's mind, body and soul.
I started a thread a couple of years ago on more or less this same topic. I believe the thread title was "Are some children's books so good they transcend their genre?"
For me the answer is a resounding "yes". Over the past six or seven years I've been looking for books suitable to read aloud to fifth grade classes (ages 10 and 11 approximately), which is the reason I've read and re-read various books which can be considered children's books. Here are four which qualify in my opinion:
The Wall Street Journal Book Club has authors choose books for the "club" to read and discuss. Last year, Neil Gaimann chose a "children's book", Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber as his pick. It was delightful!!!
I like reading Shel Silverstein poetry books, "Falling Up" "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light In the Attic". Kids enjoy them and adults enjoy them as well because they are filled with subtle adult humor that kids would not pick up on. And his drawings add an extra effect to the poems they were drawn for. There is so much truth and humor in his poems, reading them is almost addicting.
Shel Silverstein is the guy who wrote the early 70's song "Cover of the Rolling Stone", "Sylvia's Mother", "A Boy Named Sue", "Pennicillin Penny", "Queen of the Silver Dollar". Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show recorded a ton of Shel Silverstein songs.
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