Thursday Thirteen - My favorite 13 Children's Books

These are not necessarily in order.

1. Where's Wallace by Hilary Knight : a precurser to the Waldo books but with an actual story and terrific illustrations

2. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss : a must have to teach the little ones about conservation and the environment

3. I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato by Lauren Child : one of the Charlie and Lola books ( they now have a tv show on Disney) - it won the Kate Greenway Medal, kind of like the Caldecott

4. Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak : speaking of the Caldecott

5. Eloise by Kay Thompson : this is just the most fun, said to be based on Liza Minelli who lived at the Plaza Hotel and was Kay Thompson's Goddaughter, illustrated by Hilary Knight

6. Olivia by Ian Falconer : if Eloise was a pig she would be Olivia

7. Franny B. Kranny There's a Bird In Your Hair by Harriet Lerner, ill. by Helen Oxenbury

8. Toot and Puddle Top of the World by Hollie Hobbie

9. I Am Not Sleepy and Will Not Go To Bed by Lauren Child : this is always a favorite a bookfairs

10. The Librarian by Sarah Stewart, ill. by David Small : based on a real woman

11.A Bad Case Of The Stripes by David Shannon ( of No, David! fame) : has some of the best illustrations I've ever seen

12. Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss

13. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes : for anyone out there who has an unusual name