We at The Broke & the Bookish did top ten childhood favorites back in 2011 (see my picks here), so this time around I’m limiting my picks to picture books. My parents subscribed to a Parents Magazine children’s book program, so pretty much all of my favorite books came from that collection. Those stories were wonderful, and I’ve spent years buying used copies on Amazon and eBay for my own collection.
Sherlock Chick and the Case of the Night Noises by Robert Quackenbush
Only Sherlock Chick can solve the case of the mysterious loud noises that are awakening the farm animals every night. I have a very old home video of me laying on the floor as a 3ish-year-old reading this book to my baby sister. I loved the entire Sherlock Chick series.
Henry’s Awful Mistake by Robert Quackenbush
Henry the Duck has invited his good friend Clara to his home for, but as he starts preparing the food, he sees an ant in his kitchen. He decides the ant absolutely must go, and by the end Henry is basically homeless. This story cracked me up so much.
The Ghost In Dobbs Diner by Robert Alley
Little scaredy-cat Jana could handle a friendly ghost that pops out of the old green bottle Mr. Dobbs finds in his diner!
No Carrots for Harry! by Jean Langerman
Harry the rabbit wants nothing to do with carrots until he goes to his aunt’s house for dinner. I loved this story, and hate carrots too!
The Old Man and the Afternoon Cat by Michaela Muntean
Proof that a sweet little orange and white tabby can melt even the frostiest of old men.
But No Elephants! by Jerry Smath
A salesman stops by the sell lonely Grandma Tildy an animal, and she’ll take pretty much anything that’s not an elephant.
Elephant Goes to School by Jerry Smath
After seeing some children on their way to school, Elephant decides he wants to go to school too.
Who Put the Pepper In the Pot? by Joanna Cole
Fancy Aunt Tootie is coming for dinner, and everyone adds so much pepper to the pot that it’s kinda… whoa.
Miss Mopp’s Lucky Day by Leslie McGuire
While walking through the woods to deliver her cakes, the unobservant Miss Mopp avoids disaster when the threat of a rain storm makes her remember something she forgot.
The Biggest Shadow In the Zoo by Jack Kent
Goober the Elephant loses his shadow when he falls into a moat, and wonders how he will ever save it.
I don’t know about you, but I REALLY loved this trip down memory lane!
Did you ever have any Parents Magazine books, or were these before your time?
What are some of your childhood faves, picture book or not?
Yes, Henry’s Awful Mistake!! I brought my old copy home from my parents’ house and my son loved it, and we ended up tracking down copies of three other Henry books as well. Most people have never heard of them!
I subscribed to the Parent’s Magazine books for my kids and we loved reading them. They loved The Clown Arounds and the Henry the Duck books a lot. I just read But No Elephants to my grandson and he really liked it. Great choices Jana.
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None of these are familiar to me, BUT those ones with elephants on their covers look so cuute! Especially the one about being the biggest shadow at the zoo. SO cute. :)
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Great list! I never had a Parents Magazine, but all of these look really cute. My favorite stories as a child were Oscar Wilde’s short stories, like The Happy Prince.
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I went with series books for mine, but your take is such fun (what a cute story about reading to your sister!) that even though I don’t know any of yours, I’ll share 10 of my favorite picture books here:
1. Animalia – Graeme Base
2. Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm – Alice & Martin Provenson
3. Fritz and the Beautiful Horses – Jan Brett
4. The Unicorn and the Lake – Marianna Mayer
5. The Mud Pony – Caron Lee Cohen
6. The Whingdingdilly – Bill Peet
7. Angus and the Ducks – Marjorie Flack
8. Make Way for Ducklings – Robert McCloskey
9. The Velveteen Rabbit
10. Four Little Kittens (Little Golden Book) – Kathleen Daly
Angus & the Ducks and a different McCloskey book are on my list! Velveteen Rabbit nearly made the cut as well.
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OMG, I had forgotten all about THE GHOST IN DOBBS DINER until just this minute. I think the ghost helps the diner by cooking for everyone. That’s what I remember. And I also had BUT NO ELEPHANTS too!!
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Nice ones! These are pretty much new to me ones. I had a hard time finding children books so mine are more like childhood and middle grade! Lol.
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No Carrots for Harry looks so cute. In fact, all of these titles do!
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Oh my goodness yes! I hadn’t thought of Henry’s Awful Mistake in years, but it was hilarious. Poor Henry. These are all of my era, I’ll have to see if I can find them, I need Sherlock Chick in my life.
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All of these books look like such fun reads.
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I don’t know these, but I sure like the sound of The Old Man and the Afternoon Cat. What a fun looking list you’ve got this week!
I loved But No Elephants as a kid! Thanks for reminding me.
Great list! So many of these sound adorable – I have a feeling I recognise No Carrots for Harry. :)
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Such a fun list! I didn’t use picture books on my TTT, but if I had The Napping House and King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub would have been on it. :)
Nicole recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday ~ Childhood Favorites
So many cool-looking picture books on this list! See I only got into reading a few years ago so I don’t have any childhood favorites. Instead, I made a list of books I would like to re-read together with my future child, with different reasons for each book. It was so much fun to make!! Thanks for inspiring ideas like this with the Top Ten Tuesday prompts <3 :)
Nikki @The Night is Dark and Full of Books recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday || Books I want to re-read with my future child
This was really a fun prompt, and likely to generate a huge variety of posts. I look forward to spending hours perusing everyone’s responses.
Your picks look super cute. I think “Robert Quackenbush” sounds suspicious for someone who’s writing about chickens and other fowl!
Wendy @ Falconer’s Library recently posted…TTT: Childhood Favorites (and there sure are a lot of them!)
I love the picture book route! These all look and sound wonderful. Makes me want to grab some of my favorites and read them with my kids.
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I don’t think I’ve read any of these, but it’s cool seeing all the old children’s books today!
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You’re clearly much younger than I—I don’t remember any of those picture books from my childhood!
For my post, I went with books I read over and over again in elementary and middle school… and still couldn’t get it down below 25 authors (and a lot more books.)
Lark @ The Bookwyrm’s Hoard recently posted…My Favorite Books from Childhood
All are unfamiliar to me but they’re probably before my time! Although I have trouble remembering any of the picture books I read. I hope you enjoyed your trip down memory lane though!
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