Do you have a favorite children's book /lit? Pic related it's mine. >inb4 the animated film was terrible

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Anonymous Tue Sep 24 14:40:44 2013 No.4135932 [DELETED]

Do you have a favorite children's book /lit? Pic related it's mine.
>inb4 the animated film was terrible

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 14:46:44 2013 No.4135940 File: 30 KB, 300x538, George's_Marvellous_Medicine_first_edition.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The best. Also The Hobbit

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 15:18:43 2013 No.4135977 >>4135932 I deeply love Winnie the Pooh. I have no idea, why, I just do.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 15:33:42 2013 No.4136008 >>4135932 I loved the film. One of those I often put on just because its whole little world and ideas and everything really cheer me up.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 15:38:53 2013 No.4136011 No. Wasn't allowed to have books.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 15:53:52 2013 No.4136033 >>4135977 too many commas but well played nonetheless.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 15:54:53 2013 No.4136037 The TRUE Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheeseman. Shit is hilarious...brilliant too. Subversion/satire that kids and parents can enjoy on different levels.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 16:13:09 2013 No.4136058 File: 122 KB, 578x290, scary_stories_to_tell_in_the_dark.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I loved these. Also Ray Bradbury, especially loved Something Wicked This Way Comes.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 17:40:39 2013 No.4136266 >>4135932 I love Where the Wild Things Are and Weslandia. Also, OP, good taste

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:15:39 2013 No.4136646 >>4136058 I actually still have my copies of Scary Stories! I occasionally try to read them to my nephews, but they're wimps.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:38:40 2013 No.4136710 File: 26 KB, 318x411, 991.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Only two books have ever inspired me to tears, and this is one of them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:41:40 2013 No.4136725 >>4136058 Still have my copies of these. The illustrations are amazing, but the stories are simply awful. That guy had no fucking idea how to write.

>>	Sparky Dave !!nKiJq8s2bU7 Tue Sep 24 20:45:40 2013 No.4136736 File: 59 KB, 640x960, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4136710 Good choice.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:46:39 2013 No.4136743 File: 70 KB, 540x706, 02_bg-main.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Split between "The phantom Toll Both" and (pic related)

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:48:39 2013 No.4136751 >>4136725 >the stories are simply awful. even so, the one about the scarecrow, the one about the sausage, and the one about the window in the nursing home fucked me up as a child.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:51:29 2013 No.4136761 File: 129 KB, 565x564, Love You Forender.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:52:27 2013 No.4136762 File: 309 KB, 1239x1500, 81YgU8y1kEL._SL1500_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:56:29 2013 No.4136774
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You guys probably never read this one...
(I legit ate flowers as a kid and this book really got me through a lot of hard times)

also a shoutout to "Make Way For Ducklings"

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:57:27 2013 No.4136781 >>4136762 This book made me laugh so hard when I was in 4th grade, goddamn

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 20:58:27 2013 No.4136786
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>>4136751
Haha fucking Harold!? I actually reread that story a few days ago, but it wasn't as terrifying as it had been as a kid. The one about the boil on the girl's face that erupted into spiders always made me uneasy.

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 21:02:29 2013 No.4136797

>>4136786
>The one about the boil on the girl's face that erupted into spiders always made me uneasy.
that one never bothered me... probably because I used to play in the woods a lot and always got tons of bug bites and I knew it really wasn't something that actually happens.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 21:13:29 2013 No.4136831 >>4136762 Its funny because in my school it actually smelled like stinky cheese

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 21:17:28 2013 No.4136845 File: 148 KB, 809x1000, No david.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] No david. Had me rolling on the floor to this day

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 21:17:28 2013 No.4136843
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>>4136710
MFW this was also my favorite and today I'm a damn commie bastard.

Alternatively, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie for all you randroids. Just look at that entitled vermin looking for handouts.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 22:21:18 2013 No.4136999 >>4136008 I'm not even gonna pretend I'm not pumped for the sequel. Seriously, I'm seeing that shit in theaters. If it's ok for grown men to enjoy MLP, I think it's ok for a few adults to dig a random kid's film.

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 22:28:50 2013 No.4137022

>>4136999
Holy fuck. I didn't know there's a sequel! Hooray!

Despicable Me - that's the sequel (whatever it's called) I'm planning on seeing too. When it comes out on DVD anyway. I like to put them on in the background when I go to sleep. Really relaxing.

Thanks for letting me know.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 22:37:51 2013 No.4137044 File: 25 KB, 350x305, weregoingonabearhuntcover[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Get on my level

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 22:41:50 2013 No.4137054 File: 95 KB, 414x697, NeverEndingStory-Reprint.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4135932 this

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 23:01:23 2013 No.4137101 The Duchess Bakes a Cake by Virginia Kahl or The 13 Clocks by James Thurbur depending on the age of the kid.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 23:06:22 2013 No.4137116 >>4137044 Introducing children to barbarous sport hunting at a young age.

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 23:10:24 2013 No.4137127
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They were more my younger brother's childhood than mind, but he got me interested in these when I was about 15 and I'm not going to lie - it's still one of my absolute favorite series. There are a shitload of references, a dark-but-not-edgy plot, and the characters and art are pretty damn good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 24 23:17:40 2013 No.4137142 >>4136762 Oh god yes.That was great.

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 23:19:37 2013 No.4137144
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Probably my favorite Doctor Seuss, although admittedly I didn't know Seuss wrote it until I looked it up just now.

Also, there was this one about a firefly and his owl friend but I can't remember what it was called.

Anonymous Tue Sep 24 23:39:38 2013 No.4137174
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>>4137144
>this one about a firefly and his owl friend but I can't remember what it was called.

Sam and the Firefly. I thought it was called "Gus" (the firefly's name) until I googled it. it was at my grandparents' house. had forgotten about it until you described it. i was fascinated by the illustrations. Gus would spell out what he wanted to say by writing with his light.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:16:25 2013 No.4137237 File: 47 KB, 514x400, The-Tailypo-9780395300848[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This was the best. The librarian used to read this every year around Halloween in elementary school.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:30:26 2013 No.4137256 File: 181 KB, 343x475, Areyoumymother.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] PD Eastman, man, he's awesome

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:32:43 2013 No.4137261 File: 61 KB, 308x475, i-d56f249f7f3d79c64c35b55df7627fa6-Sideways Stories from Wayside School.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:34:43 2013 No.4137267 >>4136761 Oh god the tears. They're coming back...

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:43:44 2013 No.4137293 File: 64 KB, 350x302, fall-of-freddie-the-leaf-21303604.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:44:43 2013 No.4137299 >>4137293 >ph.D but other than that I can't judge

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:44:43 2013 No.4137297 >>4137261 omg I totally remember that one wasn't there a story about a chocolate boy in there?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:45:42 2013 No.4137302 >>4137174 That's it! You just made my night anon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:55:43 2013 No.4137323 >>4137302 hey, no problemo. I really am the best. (｀ー´)ヘヘーン

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 00:57:43 2013 No.4137327 File: 49 KB, 300x391, imogene.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] step it up

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:11:44 2013 No.4137357 >>4137327 Unrelated, but Imogene is one of those names I really like but probably wouldn't ever use to name my kid. That is, unless I could see the future and her personality matches the name.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:42:43 2013 No.4137412 >>4137357 >not naming your kid when she turns ten

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:45:43 2013 No.4137418 >>4137412 In all honesty, I've always hated the convention of naming your child before they even have a semblance of a personality or their future looks. It just creates ugly mismatches later in life.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:52:44 2013 No.4137433 >>4137418 I always thought names sort of imbued a little personality into a human. Like have you ever met someone that just looks like their name?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:53:44 2013 No.4137435 >>4137418 you're right my post was a joke but that would be interesting, as an adult might be better

Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:53:44 2013 No.4137436
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>>4137357
>one of those names I really like but probably wouldn't ever use to name my kid
then use it for the name of the protagonist of that novel you keep meaning to write.

>>4137418
>not giving you child the most kickass name imaginable in the hopes that it will rub off on their personality
are you even trying?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:54:03 2013 No.4137440 >>4137433 and how many people have you met who are nothing like their name suggests?

Anonymous Wed Sep 25 01:58:03 2013 No.4137447

>>4137433
In a way, I understand what you mean, but as >>4137440 posted, there are plenty of people I've met that are nothing like their names.

>>4137435
>my post was a joke but that would be interesting, as an adult might be better
Now I wouldn't say "adult" but, something between like 5 and 9 would be fine. Give the kid some sort of placeholder name til then.

>>4137436
>then use it for the name of the protagonist of that novel you keep meaning to write.
For "Imogen" she'd have to be some sort of mysterious but optimistic Manic Pixie Dream Girl I love it

>not giving you child the most kickass name imaginable in the hopes that it will rub off on their personality
But what if the kid grows up and gets nothing from the name. Then I get a shitty, underserving kid with the name Woflsbane or Ahab.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 02:01:03 2013 No.4137454 >>4137447 >But what if the kid grows up and gets nothing from the name. then at least you'll be content in knowing you raised one hell of a local TV news anchor.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 02:01:03 2013 No.4137455 Cloudy is one of the few children's movies I could stomach compared to the trite garbage of Pixar and Miyazaki/Ghibli.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 02:03:03 2013 No.4137462 >>4137454 >then at least you'll be content in knowing you raised one hell of a local TV news anchor. "This is Wolfsbane AdamsNo, not my actual last name here, reporting on a 12 car pile up. More at 11"

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 02:23:03 2013 No.4137496 >>4137462 >Wolfsbane Adams wasn't that Morticia's nephew?

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>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 02:55:02 2013 No.4137556 >>4137496 I sincerely hope not, because now it feels like that was somewhere in my subconscious from long ago and just rose up without me noticing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 02:59:03 2013 No.4137563 File: 35 KB, 346x400, whatamess.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i didn't actually read it a shitload but looking back this was probably my favorite

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:09:03 2013 No.4137578 >>4137447 >Now I wouldn't say "adult" but, something between like 5 and 9 would be fine. Give the kid some sort of placeholder name til then. nah, at least teenager also, I would say call them by their last name for a while

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:10:03 2013 No.4137579 >>4137455 >miyazaki >trite

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:18:02 2013 No.4137585 >>4137556 relax, it was a joke. or, it was supposed to be anyway.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:24:02 2013 No.4137595 >>4137054 currently reading, 10/10

Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:33:02 2013 No.4137613

>>4137578
> I would say call them by their last name for a while
That could work. And I still don't know about teenager. That late could kind of mess up government files, but then I guess any late-naming would

>kid turns 16
>goes to get their license
>what's your name, son?
>_____ Lastname
>Uhhhh

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:44:03 2013 No.4137629 >>4137613 so the system would be changed? how hard is that?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:48:01 2013 No.4137632 >>4137629 How else would official documentation, school transcripts, doctors' files, etc. work? Especially in matters of siblings (even worse if twins/triplets)

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:52:01 2013 No.4137640 >>4137632 [lastname] order of birth

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 03:57:54 2013 No.4137648 >>4137640 Parents? What about unrelated people with the same name?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 04:33:26 2013 No.4137678 File: 33 KB, 490x262, melindamaewhale.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4136710 Not enough Silverstein in this thread.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 04:58:58 2013 No.4137688 The Stranger The Ice Queen Squirrel Nutkin and of course, Frog and Toad.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 05:00:01 2013 No.4137689 >>4136710 Still breaks my heart today.

>>	the very hungry caterpillar Anonymous Wed Sep 25 05:24:00 2013 No.4137695 File: 10 KB, 265x190, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the very hungry caterpillar is very... AWESOME!!

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 05:31:01 2013 No.4137702 >>4137695 hungry caterpillar has the most beautiful artwork i'm deeply unhappy with my life

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 12:02:59 2013 No.4138212 >>4137640 but what if your kid gets used to being called "Smith Second of Four"? That's as equally terrible a name as Bryson/Gregory/Hazel.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 12:08:57 2013 No.4138217 File: 53 KB, 352x523, ClickHandler.ashx.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bitches.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 12:21:58 2013 No.4138234 File: 15 KB, 186x280, 9780140506136[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] It's more of a nostalgia thing, I think.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 25 15:26:30 2013 No.4138601 Flowers for Algernon

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 26 05:08:46 2013 No.4140284 >>4137054 This is truly my Best Book Ever.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 26 05:09:46 2013 No.4140285 >>4136843 but hims so cute tho!

Anonymous Thu Sep 26 13:38:48 2013 No.4140819
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It's simple, to the point, and didn't compromise its simple narrative to hamfist some bullshit life lesson that GOOD CHRISTIAN SOCIETY wants to forcibly instill into a goddamn 5 year old who just wants to look at the pictures and make up their own fucking story.

A BUNCH OF GUYS BUILD, ARM AND FIRE A CANNON.
IT BLOWS UP.
THE END.

There, you've just entertained someone rather than boring him to tears with the goddam Little Engine That Could.

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