#kid's books

[velvet-vhs]

from 𝑰 𝑺𝒑𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 (1994)

[thelatestkate]

So cute 😆 If you're interested in a copy for yourself or a loved one you can find retailers listed here < ! 🙂

[arconinternet]

Little Lost Kitten (Book, Lois Lovett & Dale Maxey, 1962)

You can digitally borrow it here.

[mbrainspaz]

kid from work got me to read the Magisterium series. I just started book two and I—this 12 year old (or whatever) pondering his evilness is way too funny to me. I remember being 12. The melodrama. It's so silly but I can't say it's unrealistic.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ALL MY TAILS HAVE POINTS UPON THEM. ALL MY TEETH ARE SHARP AND BLUE."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1205×760 -- Spotlight on a double-page spread of a three-headed European mythology-style dragon, artwork by the late, great Eric Carle (1929-2021), from the 1988 children's book "Dragons, Dragons and Other Creatures that Never Were."

"Let me tell you about me. Children love me, You're a child. All my heads are green and handsome. All my eyes are red and wild. All my toes have claws upon them. All the claws have hooks. I blow smoke through all my noses. It is hotter than it looks. All my tails have points upon them. All my teeth are sharp and blue. I won't bite you very badly, I am fond of you. All my scales are shaped like arrows. They will hurt you if you touch. So, although I know you love me, Do not pet me very much."

-- "Dragon" by KARLA KUSKIN

Source: www.fairyroom.ru/?p=56315&fbclid.

[machetelanding]

[intothestacks]

Adventures in Librarian-ing

I've found another book that makes little kids lose their minds: Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown.

They already get riled up at the title, but they really lose it at the last line of the book, where the main character's mom says "[Children] really are the worst."

"WHAAAT!"

"Excuse you!"

"We are NOT!"

And then they lose their minds all over again when the last page reveals that the bear cub now wants an elephant for a pet.

[best-kids-media-adult]

So who is the best kid's media adult?

Adults in kid's media tend to be useless, enabling the young protagonists' adventures. They tend to be bad, an antagonist for your young heroes to band together against. They tend to reflect the many ways adults in the real world are terrible to children, from the banal to the monstrous. They tend to be, in other words, The Worst.

Here, we set aside those adults in favor of the best. The ones who serve as helpful mentors, who give insightful advice or desperately needed aid, who are just plain fun to watch or to imagine yourself around.

This tournament is inspired by @best-childhood-book and @character-of-all-time. (Feel free to mention other relevant brackets in the notes!)

[angelx1992]

[ezraomii]

And because a puzzle wasn't enough....,,,, I bought this book for kids 😀😀😀

[madfishmonger]

When I was a kid in the 80s I had a book about some ragdoll sisters who lived in a cottage in the woods and one had a strawberry garden. I really can't remember much more than that, does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

[velvet-vhs]

from 𝑰 𝑺𝒑𝒚 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 (1994)

[arconinternet]

Charlie Brown's Super Books of Question and Answers (Books, 1978)

You can digitally borrow them here.

These were later packed as Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia in 1980/1981 and 1990; various volumes of both versions of the 'Cyclopedia can be found here.

[whiteredrose13]

Look, all I'm saying is that if I wasn't supposed to grow up goth/goth-appreciating, then WHY did my parents let me read Stellaluna and watch the animated movie when I was a tiny child, huh? Answer that one for me!

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

""THIS IS MY GIFT TO YOU. ITS LEAVES ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN GREEN PLUMES...""

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the feathered serpent god of Mesoamerican culture, Quetzalcoatl, from Eric Carle's "Dragons, Dragons, and Other Creatures that Never Were" (1988), illustrated by the late, great Eric Carle (1929-2021).

"In the world's young days, Farmer met Quetzalcoatl in a field by one rustling plant. Like the wind, he whispered in Farmer's ear, "This is my gift to you. Its leaves are more precious than green plumes, its heart richer than jade." Farmer asked, "what is its name?" And the serpent whispered, "Maize.""

-- TONY JOHNSTON

Source: www.fairyroom.ru/?p=56315.

[thedupshadove]

Okay this is a long shot but I'm trying to remember this thing...

In my middle school library back in like 2011-2013, there were two of a series of very simple chapter books that were like. Magic Tree House but for classic literature. Our main characters were a couple of kids who, through some magical contrivance I can't remember the details of, were able to enter into various classic books and sort of...walk along with the plots. They could talk to and interact with the characters (who were always remarkably willing to tell all their business to a couple of strange children) but couldn't do anything to change the story. If they ever tried to say anything to the effect of "This is a story, I know what's going to happen next, don't do X because it's dangerous", the characters would just act confused, as if they had started speaking vague nonsense. When the story was over they left the book and were back in their world.

I know the series included Romeo and Juliet and Dracula, and I remember they boy being shown in illustrations as blonde and the girl being shown as Japanese-American. Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the series or the author.

By any chance, does anyone have the slightest idea what I'm talking about?