Comments on: Childhood Favorites http://www.imperfectwomen.com/childhood-favorites/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lily@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/childhood-favorites/comment-page-1/#comment-7061 Lily@IW Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:07:24 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=4319#comment-7061 <strong>She added a new fav this week, <em>The Real Story of Stone Soup</em>, by Chang Compestine. I like it too. Three brothers trick their boss that they are making magic soup when they are cooking egg drop soup in a hole in the ground. It has the recipe at the end and she wanted to cook it. We happend to get Chineese this week and I got her some to try, but she didn’tlike it.</strong> <strong> </strong> I mentioned that upthread. By a happy coincidence, my daugther's teacher read the more well-known story of Stone Soup and they are making it in her class. They all are going to bring in one item to add. I was so pleased. She added a new fav this week, The Real Story of Stone Soup, by Chang Compestine. I like it too. Three brothers trick their boss that they are making magic soup when they are cooking egg drop soup in a hole in the ground. It has the recipe at the end and she wanted to cook it. We happend to get Chineese this week and I got her some to try, but she didn’tlike it.


I mentioned that upthread. By a happy coincidence, my daugther’s teacher read the more well-known story of Stone Soup and they are making it in her class. They all are going to bring in one item to add. I was so pleased.

]]> By: BMBGoBlue http://www.imperfectwomen.com/childhood-favorites/comment-page-1/#comment-7035 BMBGoBlue Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:50:45 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=4319#comment-7035 I would read to my 2 boys every night before bedtime. Their favorites were Go Dog Go, Are you my mother, and I bought them a Sesame Street book bundle for a mere $10. at Sams Club which went through many readings to them both. The Monster at the End of the Book was a favorite especially w/my trying to do Grover's voice. I gave all my children's books to my nieces' children but my youngest son could not part with Grover so I still have "The Monster at the End of the Book". I would also take my oldest son to the library every week. He got into Garfield books and the librarian would always hold the new ones when they came in for him. I would read to my 2 boys every night before bedtime. Their favorites were Go Dog Go, Are you my mother, and I bought them a Sesame Street book bundle for a mere $10. at Sams Club which went through many readings to them both. The Monster at the End of the Book was a favorite especially w/my trying to do Grover’s voice. I gave all my children’s books to my nieces’ children but my youngest son could not part with Grover so I still have “The Monster at the End of the Book”. I would also take my oldest son to the library every week. He got into Garfield books and the librarian would always hold the new ones when they came in for him.

]]> By: Jennie@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/childhood-favorites/comment-page-1/#comment-6977 Jennie@IW Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:53:56 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=4319#comment-6977 <em>If You Give a Mouse a Cookie</em> is another great one. I also loved <em>Courderoy</em>. Cella, I think I know <em>The 10,000 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins, </em>but I may be confusing it with another book. Maybe <em>Caps for Sale</em> (I think that was the title) in which a salesman wanders the countryside selling caps that he has balanced, one atop another, on his head. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is another great one. I also loved Courderoy. Cella, I think I know The 10,000 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins, but I may be confusing it with another book. Maybe Caps for Sale (I think that was the title) in which a salesman wanders the countryside selling caps that he has balanced, one atop another, on his head.

]]> By: Cella@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/childhood-favorites/comment-page-1/#comment-6919 Cella@IW Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:58:50 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=4319#comment-6919 <em>Are You My Mother?</em> was the first book I read all the way through without help, so it's engrained in my memory. Does anyone else remember another Suess book (he may have only been the illustrator...I'll have to go dig it up) entitled <em>The 10,000 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins? </em>I think I've got the title right. It's about a boy who get it trouble because, when he takes off his hat to bow to the king, there's another hat underneath, and another, and another... I LOVE the Sandra Boyton books...little hardbacks full of funny rhymes and cartoon animals. (She also does greeting cards.)<em> </em>These were some of my son's favorite as a toddler. <em>Also:</em> <em>The Red Balloon</em> <em>The Adventures of Tintin</em> <em>Little House On The Praire (the whole series)</em> <em>Mary Poppins</em> <em>Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, The Bobsey Twins, The Alfred Hitchcock Mysteries (I had a phase where I kept asking my mom for a skeleton key)</em> <em>The Secret Garden</em> Are You My Mother? was the first book I read all the way through without help, so it’s engrained in my memory.
Does anyone else remember another Suess book (he may have only been the illustrator…I’ll have to go dig it up) entitled The 10,000 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins?

I think I’ve got the title right.
It’s about a boy who get it trouble because, when he takes off his hat to bow to the king, there’s another hat underneath, and another, and another…
I LOVE the Sandra Boyton books…little hardbacks full of funny rhymes and cartoon animals. (She also does greeting cards.) These were some of my son’s favorite as a toddler.

Also:
The Red Balloon
The Adventures of Tintin
Little House On The Praire (the whole series)
Mary Poppins
Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden, The Bobsey Twins, The Alfred Hitchcock Mysteries (I had a phase where I kept asking my mom for a skeleton key)
The Secret Garden

]]> By: Lily@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/childhood-favorites/comment-page-1/#comment-6916 Lily@IW Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:27 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=4319#comment-6916 <strong>Erin Kate, it is so fun to share our favorite books with the next generation, isn’t it?</strong> <strong> </strong> I agree, there's something special about it being the same book. I like reading the books I saved to my youngest. <em>Cloudy w/aChance of Meatballs </em>is one of those. I have a few from my childhood too, my mother would sometimes buy me some when we were grocery shopping. They mean quite a lot to me. Jennie, LOL, I saved all the Berenstein bears books and they are just sitting there. My daughter doesn't care for them. <strong>The , If You Give A Mouse A Cookie,series is great.</strong> <strong> </strong> We just read that this week. I didn't know it was a series. I will look for the rest. Sometimes, I feel so out of touch as old mom. I saw a spoof on it on the show "Robot Chicken" which is how I recognized it at the library. <em> Mrs Wishy Washy</em> was also a fav. Anya, yes, I loved Ramona, Beezuz and Henry Huggins. I am still a huge fan of Laura Ingalls, her daughter Rose and Roses's adopted grandson, Roger Macbribe. Actually, I even got to go the last home of Laura and Alamanzo in Mansfield, MO. It was a gorgeous house and they have Pa's fiddle on display. I recommend it if the opportunity arises or if you are close to there. I tried to have my daughter listen to an audio book of<em> Little House in The Big Woods</em> in the car about a year ago, but she was still too young and it was read too fast for her. Same thing w/<em>Indian in The Cupboard</em>. One other thing I loved watching w/my daugther is the schoolastic videos they use to show the older ones in school. The lib has most of them. <em>Cordurory </em>and the <em>Mouse and the Motorcycle</em> are ones we enjoy. Erin Kate, it is so fun to share our favorite books with the next generation, isn’t it?


I agree, there’s something special about it being the same book. I like reading the books I saved to my youngest. Cloudy w/aChance of Meatballs is one of those. I have a few from my childhood too, my mother would sometimes buy me some when we were grocery shopping. They mean quite a lot to me.

Jennie, LOL, I saved all the Berenstein bears books and they are just sitting there. My daughter doesn’t care for them.

The , If You Give A Mouse A Cookie,series is great.


We just read that this week. I didn’t know it was a series. I will look for the rest. Sometimes, I feel so out of touch as old mom. I saw a spoof on it on the show “Robot Chicken” which is how I recognized it at the library. Mrs Wishy Washy was also a fav.

Anya, yes, I loved Ramona, Beezuz and Henry Huggins.

I am still a huge fan of Laura Ingalls, her daughter Rose and Roses’s adopted grandson, Roger Macbribe. Actually, I even got to go the last home of Laura and Alamanzo in Mansfield, MO. It was a gorgeous house and they have Pa’s fiddle on display. I recommend it if the opportunity arises or if you are close to there. I tried to have my daughter listen to an audio book of Little House in The Big Woods in the car about a year ago, but she was still too young and it was read too fast for her. Same thing w/Indian in The Cupboard.

One other thing I loved watching w/my daugther is the schoolastic videos they use to show the older ones in school. The lib has most of them. Cordurory and the Mouse and the Motorcycle are ones we enjoy.

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