Favorite Children’s Books of the Library Faculty and Staff
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater (Dorothy Meaney)
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Dubose Heyward. Subtle, subversive and charming. (Jenne Heise)
Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf (Lucy Marks)
Garth Pig and the ice cream lady by Mary Rayner. (Susan Crater)
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann (Cheryl Oestreicher)
Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Weis Brown (Matthew Beland, Lois Sechehay_)_
Linnets and Valerians by Elizabeth Goudge (Jody Caldwell)
Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik (Cheryl Oestreicher)
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (Johanna Edge)
Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey, Robert. (Lessie Culmer-Nier)
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton (Johanna Edge)
The Real Mother Goose (Cheryl Oestreicher)
Richard Scarry (Cheryl Oestreicher)
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd. (Jim Farrugia)
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Linda Connors)
A Story A Day: 365 Stories and Rhymes by Kathryn Jackson & Richard Scarry (Johanna Edge)
The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden (Dorothy Strong)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. (Cathy Ryan)
The Tall Book of Make-Believe by Jane Werner (Jenne Heise)
Uncle Wiggly’s Travels, by Howard R. Garis (Andrew Scrimgeour)
Note for the parent:
http://childrensbooksonline.org/library.htm has a number of scanned antique children’s books online, including some Uncle Wiggly stories.
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Cheryl Oestreicher)
Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne (Cheryl King)
Anything by Milne (Bruce Lancaster)
Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne. A far more subversive book than many on this side of the pond realize. (Sue Unger)
Series: Curious George by H.A. Rey, Berenstain Bears; Authors: Eric Carl, Maurice Sendak, E. B. White, Richard Scarry (David Cupo)