Books for Little People

Little People's Books:


[This one is extremely incomplete, and it may mostly remain that way, as our family has moved up a level in reading and maturity.]

Judi Barrett - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs... (NOT the movie)

Margaret Wise Brown - Goodnight Moon, etc...

Jan Brett - beautiful artwork, many children's books

Jean de Brunhoff -  Babar series... (some of these more appropriately belong in the "Middle People" category as they often have accidents, and sometimes tragedies)

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) - (he wrote a few books which are NOT for children, but nearly all of them are for kids of all ages 1-99)

• Cat in the Hat
• The Sleep Book, etc.

Patricia Lee Gauch - Christina Katerina and the Box, etc... (almost all of these are out of print)

Mordicai Gerstein - The Man Who Walked Between the Towers  - [Caldocott Medal, 2004]

(I honestly do not know if the children LOVE this one.)

Roger Hargreaves -  Mr. Small, Mr. Big, Mr. Funny,  etc...  (some of these are currently out of print)

Juliette Kepes - Five little Monkeys  - [Caldecott Honor Book, 1953]

Arnold Lobel - Frog and Toad series

Frog and Toad are Friends  - [Caldecott Honor Book, 1971]

Frog and Toad Together  - [Newbery Honor Book, 1973]

Mercer Mayer - children's books,

• There's a Nightmare in My Closet
• Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo
• One Monster after Another,  etc...  
• Also his Little Critter books for even younger kids:  Just Me and My Dad, Just Me and My Mom, etc.

Beatrix Potter - Peter Rabbit,  etc.

Faith Ringgold - Tar Beach  - [Caldecott Honor Book, 1992]

Richard Scarry - children's books (try to get the originals--check eBay; many are now abridged, still good, but abridged--maybe they are trying to make it cheaper to print them?)

Maurice Sendak - Where the Wild Things Are  - [Caldecott Medal, 1964]

Lore Groszmann Segal - Tell Me a Mitzi,  etc...

Simms Taback - There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly  - [Caldecott Honor Book, 1998]

Annette Tison - Barbapapa books  (some of these are out of print and VERY expensive)

Mo Willems - Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus  - [Caldecott Honor Book, 2004]

[This is a very incomplete list, but it's a start.]