Best Childrens Book

[Badcat]

We're going on a bear hunt, By Michael Rosen
How to live forever By Colin Thompson, This book has amazing pictures with a lot of intertextuality... I loved it!

intertextuality???

WTF?

[BuFfY]

intertextuality???

WTF?

It's when a book puts pictures of famous paintings (like the Mona Lisa) or characters into their pictures. It can also be when a TV programme mentions characters from a movie etc. It can be used to provide depth to the fictional reality they are creating.
Authors also refer to their own books in other books to encourage people to read them!

[Biff]

The Gruffalo.....

Amongst others already posted here, including Winnie Pooh, Charlie Chocco farqtree etc

And pretty much everything ever written by Roald Dahl.

[ManDownUnder]

The cat in the hat...

"ahem* (from memory...)

The sun did not shine it was too wet to play.So we sat in the house all that cold, cold, wet dayI sat there with Sally.we sat there, we two.And I said "How I wish we had something to do! ... GREAT book. Or "Too many Daves" (Seuss again) Or "The Sneeches" (same dude) Hell I read them (and the kids liek them too...)

[**R1**]

Twist of the wrist 2, my 3yo duznt get it tho!!! might have to get her checked for birth defects....

[ManDownUnder]

Twist of the wrist 2, my 3yo duznt get it tho!!! might have to get her checked for birth defects....

Keep in mind that if you'd been reading "flick of the wrist 2" you wouldn't have a 3yo...

[Sniper]

And pretty much everything ever written by Roald Dahl.

Amen.......

[Beemer]

The Velveteen Rabbit - brings tears to my eyes every time! The version I've got has the most gorgeous illustrations in it too.

Another favourite is I'll Always Love You, about a boy and his dog.

[Colapop]

The story about the giant and the wall he builds around his garden.... Can't remember the title?
The version we've got at home is by Orson Wells - very powerfully written, but ok for kids to understand.
We've got a storybook with various stories that are all pretty good. Many is the night I kept reading the story out loud after they've gone to sleep.

[Cookie]

Where The Wild Things Are.

[Biff]

Where The Wild Things Are.

Oh yeah - I forgot about that one. Big rispekt.

[mstriumph]

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So what is the best Childrens book ever.

I'd go for Peter Pan. It's got everthing. Pirates, fairys, the perfect family, adventure and a happy ending.

Skyryder

........... DEFINATELY the bible

its contradictory, written in archaic language, full of arcane concepts, makes overwhelming but improbable promises/dire threats and is so mainstream to our culture that everyone has to deal with it sooner or later .........

.......making it the perfect means of introducing kiddlies to the realities of leases, hire purchase agreements, insurance proposals and the million and one OTHER bits of legalistic paper that's gonna litter their pathway thru adulthood to the grave ......

[MSTRS:Me]

Keep in mind that if you'd been reading "flick of the wrist 2" you wouldn't have a 3yo...

"You must spread..." DAMN that deserved a greenie

[Krayy]

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Or "Too many Daves" (Seuss again)
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I love reading this story to the girls as you can go completely manic when going through the names. The only suspect moment is when Suess suggests that one of the Daves be called "Soggy Muff"

But my favourite Dr Suess story is "The Big Brag" where a Rabbit and Bear try to outdo each other and are finally trumped by a smart-ass worm.

[miSTa]

A mate bought a friend of his a book the other day "The Joys of Anal Sex" from Borders - it has adventure, fairies, and a happy ending. Probably not really suitable for children...

Seriously though Skyryder, for what age and sex, i.e. best for who?

BTW I like Bimbo and Topsy, Enid Blyton.