Modern Children's Lit 101

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I just re-read My Bunny Diary to make me feel better about a situation that had been bumming me out. It worked. Now I want a scooter, to pretend it's a wild horse.

Some of you are new moms and dads, and some of you are curious about the world of modern children's literature. So before I wrap up these books I got for my nephews, I'll give you the info on them.

• My Bunny Diary by Dora Cottontail, AKA Tracy Dockray.
• The Son of the Sun and the Daughter of the Moon by Holly Young Huth
• Sara Nohair by Gillian Johnson (I think all typographers should read this book.)
• Mouse Tail Moon by Joanne Ryder

Other favorite kid's books, besides the standard Mother Goose, Alice In Wonderland, A.A. Milne, Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, and Leo Leoni:

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
• Rootabaga Stories
• Wacky Wednesday
• The Babar series
• The Madeline series, by Ludwig Bemelmans
• The Amelia Bedelia series, by Peggy Parish
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• The Bear That Wasn't by Frank Tashlin
• Mandatory reading for New England kids: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
• Finally, please don't raise a kid without reading them The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. As a companion book to Mother Goose and all the others, it can't be beat.

For more good recomendations, watch any episode of the PBS series "Reading Rainbow".