In thine own cheerful spirit live,
nor seek the calm that other's give;
for thou, thyself, alone must stand
not held upright by others hand.
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder
By: Thedore Roethke
I Never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you anyhow,
I'd rather see than be one.
C.S. Lewis said "No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally worth reading at the age of fifty." I bring you a list of children's books that have been enjoyed by my family, both child and parent.
Katy and the Big Snow By:Virginia Lee Burton
Caps For Sale By: Esphyr Solbodkina
The Piggy In th Puddle By: Charlotte Pomerantz
The Mitten By:Alvin Tresselt
The Little House By: Virginia Lee Burton
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie By: Felicia Bond
Whistle For Willie By: Ezra Jack Keats
The Day Daddy Stayed Home By: Ethel & Leonard Kessler
Where The Wild Things Are By:Maurice Sendak (a personal favorite of my family)
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel By: Virginia Lee Burton
The Night the Crayons Talked By: Vick Knight, Jr.
The Runnaway Bunny By: Margaret Wise Brown
Peter's Chair By: Ezra Jack Keats
"Treasury of Vintage Home-Keeping Skills" By:Martha Greene
"Daughters of Destiny" By: Noelle Goforth
"Beautiful Girlhood" By: Mable Hale OR Karen Andreola
"Stepping Heavenward" By Mrs. E. Prentiss
"Secret Keeper" By: Dannah Gresh
"The King's Daughter" By: J.E. White
"For Such A Time as This" By: Lisa Ryan