Tonight, my roommate and I were talking about some of our favorite children's books when we were little. The conversation started because of a new movie is coming out called "Where the Wild Things Are" based on a children's book.

So, I decided I would show some of my favorites from when I was little.


The Baby Beebee Bird This was a story about a bird who was nocturnal and would keep all the animals up at night. One day, all the animals kept him awake all day. Then they all slept happily through the night. I would make sure my mom read every single "beebeebobbibobbi". This is the only picture I could find online of the original version. Since then, Steven Kellog has been the illustrator for the new version. He is actually the illustrator for the next book.




I had two of these "Jimmy's Boa" books. The first one I got was one about Jimmy's boa eating the wash. These stories are really funny because the narrator for them is always a child telling a story about Jimmy's boa. The stories are always told backwards, so the parent being told the story is always surprised and asks questions. At the end, it finally all makes sense.








The next book is called "Arthur's Tooth". I believe Arthur was an aardvark. Anyway, this was about Arthur loosing his first tooth.












And last, but not least (I kid you not), this was my potty training book:
Apparently there is an animated version of it HERE