31 Day Blog Challenge!
23 dream job -- well, I always wanted to be a rock star, and I am now working professionally as a musician, so I guess that is pretty close. :)
24 favourite childhood book(s).
One of my favorite things about childhood is books. I still love and read children's books all the time. Let's see.
Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever, including all time favorite I am a Bunny by Ole Risom, illustrated by R. Scarry.
My favorite Dr. Seuss books are One Fish Two Fish, The ABC Book, and I can lick 30 Tigers Today.
Inside Outside Upside Down by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
Three Bedtime Stories, a golden book illustrated by Garth Williams.
Fairy Tale book (will look for exact title).
D'Aulaires' Greek Myths.
The Cricket in Time Square, by George Selden.
The Treasure is the Rose, by Julia Cunningham.
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare.
The X Factor by Andre Norton, and many others.
Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum, my favorite Oz book. The digital revolution is so amazing in so many ways. Many people have experienced something like my memory of traveling to England for my Junior Year abroad and wrestling with which cassette tapes to take along to listen to over my walkman. Now of course I currently have a thousand songs on my Kindle and over 10,000 on my laptop. But I also have the complete set of Oz books on my Kindle now, which I downloaded for a dollar. When I was a kid, I tried and tried to get a hold of those books. Del Rey started to reprint them and I haunted the local B. Dalton bookstore waiting for them all to come out.... I still don't think I have them all... then last month while we were on a camping trip my son wanted a bedtime story and I downloaded the entire set of Oz books -- presto! along with several other amazing children's classics. Wow.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, and many others. My friend gave me a t shirt that is the old Scholastic cover of this book. so fun!
As a grown up with my own child I have come to adore Beatrix Potter. I downloaded her complete set of tales onto my Kindle. Yesterday we read Timmy Tiptoes, and the Roly Poly Pudding, both of which are hilarious.
Also, of course, Winnie the Pooh.
I could go on, but those are the highlights. If you read this please comment with a few of your favorite children's books.
25 my five favorite blogs. I guess I'm not really a reader of blogs per se. I used to love Dave's Long Box, which was about comics. And of course Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half -- her book has a release date!! I spend all my time reading fic. :)
26 old photo of me. There is a great photo of me as a toddler in a bucket. My dad was a farmer. He is standing in the hog pen with me in the feeding bucket. It is one of my favorite pictures ever. I don't think I have a digital copy of it, which I need to rectify.
24 favourite childhood book(s).
One of my favorite things about childhood is books. I still love and read children's books all the time. Let's see.
Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever, including all time favorite I am a Bunny by Ole Risom, illustrated by R. Scarry.
My favorite Dr. Seuss books are One Fish Two Fish, The ABC Book, and I can lick 30 Tigers Today.
Inside Outside Upside Down by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
Three Bedtime Stories, a golden book illustrated by Garth Williams.
Fairy Tale book (will look for exact title).
D'Aulaires' Greek Myths.
The Cricket in Time Square, by George Selden.
The Treasure is the Rose, by Julia Cunningham.
Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare.
The X Factor by Andre Norton, and many others.
Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum, my favorite Oz book. The digital revolution is so amazing in so many ways. Many people have experienced something like my memory of traveling to England for my Junior Year abroad and wrestling with which cassette tapes to take along to listen to over my walkman. Now of course I currently have a thousand songs on my Kindle and over 10,000 on my laptop. But I also have the complete set of Oz books on my Kindle now, which I downloaded for a dollar. When I was a kid, I tried and tried to get a hold of those books. Del Rey started to reprint them and I haunted the local B. Dalton bookstore waiting for them all to come out.... I still don't think I have them all... then last month while we were on a camping trip my son wanted a bedtime story and I downloaded the entire set of Oz books -- presto! along with several other amazing children's classics. Wow.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, and many others. My friend gave me a t shirt that is the old Scholastic cover of this book. so fun!
As a grown up with my own child I have come to adore Beatrix Potter. I downloaded her complete set of tales onto my Kindle. Yesterday we read Timmy Tiptoes, and the Roly Poly Pudding, both of which are hilarious.
Also, of course, Winnie the Pooh.
I could go on, but those are the highlights. If you read this please comment with a few of your favorite children's books.
25 my five favorite blogs. I guess I'm not really a reader of blogs per se. I used to love Dave's Long Box, which was about comics. And of course Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half -- her book has a release date!! I spend all my time reading fic. :)
26 old photo of me. There is a great photo of me as a toddler in a bucket. My dad was a farmer. He is standing in the hog pen with me in the feeding bucket. It is one of my favorite pictures ever. I don't think I have a digital copy of it, which I need to rectify.