I'm thinking by country might be a good idea, because it's occuring to me that I may have never read a childrens book set in the US.
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:10 (twenty years ago) link
What happened to Winnie the Pooh? I thought it was doing O.K. but I must have missed something!?
― quincie, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
NOW you're talkin, Carey! Loved both of them, though (stuffed) Babar was easier to cuddle up to at night.
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
I only had curious george on tape, but I think I read a friend's copy of barbar.
― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
And to answer the question up-thread, the Pippi Longstocking books were popular over here too. We're suckers for Scandinavian kid-lit.
― MikeyG (MikeyG), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:45 (twenty years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:46 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago) link
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― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago) link
and another
his mother called him “WILD THING!” and max said “I’LL EAT YOU UP”
so he was sent to bed without eating anything.
That very night in Max’s room a forest grew... and grew...
and grew until the ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around
and an ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max
and he sailed off through night and day, in and out of weeks and almost over a year
to where the wild things are.
And when he came to the place where the wild things are,
they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth,
rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws
till Max said “BE STILL” and tamed them with the magic trick of staring into all their yellow
eyes without blinking once
and they were frightened and called him the most wild thing of all
and made him king of all the wild things...
“And now,” cried Max, “let the wild rumpus start!”
“Now stop!” said Max and sent the wild things off to bed without their supper
and Max, the king of all the wild things was lonely
and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
Then all around from far away across the world he smelled good things to eat,
so gave up being king of where the wild things are
But the wild things cried “Oh please don’t go, we’ll eat you up, we love you so”
and Max said “NO.”
The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth, rolled their terrible
eyes and showed their terrible claws, but Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye
and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day
and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him...
and it was still hot.
Now you've read Where the Wild Things Are, you nutballs.
― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:16 (twenty years ago) link
― ModJ (ModJ), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:18 (twenty years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:39 (twenty years ago) link
― ModJ (ModJ), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 17:41 (twenty years ago) link
I've read a lot of what was mentioned. Other books that popped to mind that haven't been mentioned:
Just So StoriesStuart LittleThe Hoboken Chicken EmergencyThe Rats of NIMHAmelia Bedelia stuff, Ramona Quimby
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 18:08 (twenty years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 18:10 (twenty years ago) link
― webcrack (music=crack), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 18:18 (twenty years ago) link
I probably mention this on every children's book thread, but "The Elephant's Child" from Just So Stories is the coolest children's story ever.
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 18:50 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 18:51 (twenty years ago) link
― questionallthings, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:23 (twenty years ago) link
I dunno if it got mentioned earlier but WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT FROM? I totally forget. If it's one of the "Just So Stories" I don't even remember the story itself.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago) link
While on this tip, I'd like to give a shoutout to the Seven Chinese Brothers. One could drink a lake.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:44 (twenty years ago) link
One day Chang falls in the well, and his brother has to run all the way up the hill and say "Honorable Mother, Chang has fallen in the well". And the mother calls a bunch of people and they pull Chang out. But then T.t.t.n.s.c.b.u.p.p.p falls in the well and Chang has to run all the way up the hill and say "Honorable Mother, T.t.t.n.s..." but he gets out of breath and all muddled up and it takes a long time and they don't get the older brother out in time.
I think it is about why favouritism is a bad idea.
It was the 5 Chinese brothers. But I dont remember that one as well. One wanted to get married, I think.
― isadora (isadora), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:00 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:15 (twenty years ago) link
― isadora (isadora), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:41 (twenty years ago) link
I think one Chinese Brother got arrested for stealing (or summat) and the townspeople planned to excute him:
1) They tried to drown him (or the one they THOUGHT was him, but the fifth Chinese Brother could hold his breath underwater for eons);
2) They tried to behead him (but the fourth Chinese bro had a steel ring round his neck);
3) They tried to burn him, but the third Chinese bro couldn't be burned;
4) They tried to hang him, but they couldn't handle that, either.
...so they didn't catch on and he was let go. Lesson for today? If you're going to become a criminal, have superpowers.
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago) link
(a book i took to heart during my days in the overcrouded public school system because it was about alphabet letters being all smooshed together or something}
I hated the book about Ping the duck that had to get onto a boat otherwise his ass would get paddled and turn RED RED REDit was very melancholy...
― Cordelia, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:24 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link
I had all the lion, the witch and the wardrobe books. Are those the narnia ones or do I just have a horrible memory?
What was The Westing Game about? I remember having read it, but can't remember anything about it really.
I liked Tikki Tikki Tembo too!
(From "The Elephant's Child":)"'Rash and inexperienced traveller, we must now devote ourselves to a little high tension, because if we do not, it is my impression that yonder self-propelling man-of-war with the armor-plated upper deck' (And by this, O Best Beloved, he meant the Crocodile) 'will permanently vitiate your future career'.
This is the way all Bi-Colored-Python-Rock-Snakes always talk."
― JuliaA (j_bdules), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
was there a scary dramatised bbc version of it btw? or did i have a vivid imagination for cheap sets?
― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:49 (twenty years ago) link
Has The Little Engine that Could been mentioned yet?Ramona Quimby books?
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:50 (twenty years ago) link
Bagthorpe Saga, anyone? Three Investigators/Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew/Bobbsey Twins/Trixie Belden? The Witch Mountain books? _Make Way For Ducklings_? _Blueberries For Sal_?
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 23:29 (twenty years ago) link
Blueberries for Sal - I read that one just the other day.
― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 23:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago) link
― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 8 January 2004 00:40 (twenty years ago) link
Having read this whole thread I still refuse to believe a classic folk tale can have gone unread by all. Eg: sleeping beauty, Cinderella, Rapunzel, etc.
Surely?
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 8 January 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link