Feature & Follow Friday: September 20, 2013

Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

This weeks question:

What were some of your favorite picture books as a kid? If you have kids, what are your favorites to read to them?

The first book I ever remember reading is Goldilocks & the Three Bears. I have searched the entire internet looking for the exact copy that I had as a kid but can't find it ANYWHERE. I can't remember who wrote this particular one or what the exact title was but my mom read it to me so many times that by the time I was 3 I had the exact words memorized as well as when to turn the page. It was just this thin square little book with a light green cover but at that age it was my absolute favorite book. 

As I got older I found a love for Dr. Seuss books. My favorite of all his books was Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! I remember wanting a big balloon swimming pool floating over my house just like Kitty O'Sullivan Krauss, but alas, that did not happen.

Now that I have a child of my own, I'm reading to him all the time. He's just as fond of Dr. Seuss books as I was but he also has another favorite book that he enjoys my reading to him. It's called If I Built A Car. It's all about this little boy who is riding in a car with his dad and dreams up his own car and what he would put in it if he built one himself. And I must say, I wish I had one of them!

Of course those aren't the only books I read to him. He has two shelves full of books that we read together. He also enjoys 5 Minute Marvel Stories and Grandfather Buffalo. He's even fond of books in which he has to find things in the pictures so I bought him some I Spy books through the Scholastic Book Club this year. And several other books as well. I think altogether I bought him 12 books. I believe I may be turning him into a book hoarder..


This weeks features:
Simply Sensational Book Fanatics
Fantasy is More Fun

I prefer:

So now that I've shared my favorites, what are yours??

Happy Friday!