what childhood book must you show your child?

I know its a big list for some people...but at a pinch the first that comes to mind is the butter battle book. It's burned into my brain

 

oh and fantastic mr fox

 

The Little Prince.

 

The Enchanted Forest by Enid Blyton.

 

3 little piggys
red riding hood
hansle and gretal
all the harry potter books

 

well, you can imagine by sean o'huigin. check it out... google it

 

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Debby Does Dallas. ...Oh wait, what was the question again?!


----No I wouldn't do that-----but as soon as I saw the tile of this post I thought of a children's picture book that I bought in Japan---The title is Jigoku (Hell) it has what must be pretty scary pictures for young kids, of people that did bad things in life and ended up in one of the Japanese Buddhist hells. It starts with you crossing the river of death, a scary old man and woman take all your clothes from you, and then you meet Enmao-sama, the King of Hell. He looks at the list of what you have done and sentences you to one of the Hells. For example, if you tell lies, you will be sent to a hell where your toungue will be pulled out with giant pincers. There are pictures and descriptions of a Hell of needles, Hell of fire, a Hell where you are eternally carved into pieces. All kinds of wonderful things for the young kids to see and descriptions of the sins that will put them there.

But not to worry, at the end of the book it tells about Amida Buddha, and how he will pull kids who are innocent up out of hell with his staff----so if you die as a kid, all is not lost. But you better watch out...

I couldn't belieive this book when I saw it----I just had to buy it as a souvenir. In all fairness to Japanese, I have asked around and there are not many people that have ever seen the book----especially as a kid (though they all know the stories). So we can't really judge their kid-rearing habits by this. And Japan is filled with folk tales, some funny, some moral stories, and some that are just as scary as our own fairytales, that kids enjoy.

What would I really share with a kid, or what have I shared when my son was small? Fairy tales, and legends. These things are the basis of culture and are filled with the symbolism that has archetypical meaning. Later in life these images, themes, and motiffs may reappear in his dreams, to help him psychologically work out issues or give him unconscious guidance in his life.

 

I'll love you forever....

 

Where the Wild Things Are
Pickle Things

 

i know i got lots but having hard time remember..

one author for sure is the one and only Dr. Seuss

if i ever have children i want them to read/look at those books. make the child think for themselves when they look at his brilliant work.

 

Harold and the Purple Crayon!

 

#1 Classic ♥


#2 Classic ♥ (pun intended)

 

The Wind in the Willows and Where the Wild Things Are. The latter was completely pivotal to my childhood, and the first I read as a kid and am in the middle of now (eleven years later) and it's completely wonderful, even still, full of grace and wisdom and adventure...i love them both to pieces.

 

Where the Wild Things Are is a classic, plus my name is Max so it has always been special for me

The movie is coming out October 16

 

ShanaBanana beat me to it

 

i think it'd be funny to read war and peace to my kid when he's like 2. when he gets into high school and finally figures out what that book is, he can be like "yeah, i read that when i was 2"

 

i would let the kid decide what books they want to read.
when i was a kid 9 years old, i read h.p. lovecraft's short story 'at the mountains of madness.' i then eat up the works of lovecraft and poe.
i was a weird kid. i'm still weird to this day.

 

I can't wait until she's old enough for the Scary Stories series. Soon, I'm going to pick up a copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends for her. Currently reading her the Harry Potter series and the real Brother's Grimm fairytales.

 

Crime and Punishment as early as possible.