{"id":1392,"date":"2011-01-28T07:43:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T07:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2011-01-28T07:43:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T07:43:42","slug":"what-are-your-favorite-picture-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/28\/what-are-your-favorite-picture-books\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Your Favorite Picture Books?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite parts of motherhood is getting to enjoy picture books with my children.\u00a0 I’ve been collecting good ones since before I had kids, and have far too many now but just can’t stop.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some of my all-time favorites.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Do’s and Don’ts, by Todd Parr (totally silly and colorful fun!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney (this book sums up my biggest goal in life)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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There’s a Nightmare in My Closet, by Mercer Mayer
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But Not the Hippopotamus, by Sandra Boynton (and just about anything else by Boynton!)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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More, More, More! Said the Baby, by Vera B. Williams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kiss the Cow, by Phyllis Root<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Please, Baby, Please, by Spike and Tonya Lee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Big Momma Makes the World, by Phyllis Root<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Napping House, by Audrey Wood<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Weird Parents, also by Audrey Wood<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I could go on, but there’s a start!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What are favorites at your house?
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One of my favorite parts of motherhood is getting to enjoy picture books with my children.\u00a0 I’ve been collecting good ones since before I had kids, and have far too many now but just can’t stop. Here are some of my all-time favorites. Do’s and Don’ts, by Todd Parr (totally silly and colorful fun!) Miss…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}