Here are some of my favorite books as a child. I remembered these all without looking at my book collection from back home. I'll probably remember more that I left out once I go back.

1. The Children's Bible in 365 Stories by Mary Batchelor
(David Kiner gave this book to me for my fourth birthday and it was my all time favorite bedtime story book.)
2. Bear and Duck on the Run by Judy Delton
(I would make my mom read this one to me over and over on the same night.)
3. Gus Was a Friendly Ghost by Jane Thayer
(Even if I heard it a million times, I would still laugh.)
4. Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck
(I just loved this so much. My second grade teacher read it to us.)
5. Care Bears' Book of Feelings
(This was the very first book I ever read myself. I actually memorized it by the pictures so some of the first words I learned to read before dog and cat, taught to me by my cousin Colleen, were sad, mad, happy, sorry, scared, and surprised.)
6. Peppermint by Dorothy Grider
(Every time I went to the doctor I read this book. Dr. Blefeld noticed. And he gave me the book to take home forever.)
7. Popcorn by Frank Asch
(Everyone brings popcorn to the Halloween party Little Bear has his house while his parents are away. They pop it all and it fills the whole house and overflows out of the chimney. They have to eat it all before the parents come home!!!)
8. There's No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack Kent
(AWWWWW I loved that book! But one of the pages tore out.)
9. Grandpa Bunny by Jane Werner
(Grandpa teaches all the bunnies to paint the flowers, leaves, mushrooms, eggs, sunsets and shadows of trees in the snow. When he dies, he becomes a rainbow.)
10. The Big Jump and Other Stories by Benjamin Elkin
(My favorite story in this book is "The Wish Sack." A little boy can make any wish he wants and it will appear in a sack. I used to dream of owning such a sack.)
11. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
(I do not like them Sam I Am!)
12. Me Too! by Mercer Mayer
(This was Joanna's absolute favorite.)
13. Catwings by Ursula Leguin
(Miss Marks read this to us in fourth grade and I fell in love with it.)
14. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
(Who didn't love Shel Silverstein growing up?)
15. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
16. Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
17. Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
18. What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? by John D. Morris
(I was obsessed with dinosaurs when I was little. More than dolls. I also liked playing in the woods with the boys at church. I was such a tomboy.)
19. The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible by Paul S. Taylor
20. The Little House on the Prairie Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
(This was the very last of the bedtime stories my mom read me before she said I was too old. I think this was in fifth or sixth grade!)
21. Sally's Room by Mary K. Brown
(A hilarious book about a girl's messy room that comes to life and tells her to clean it.)
22. The Jolly Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg
(My favorite librarian used to read us these books in elementry school.)
23. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond
(I thought it was so clever and cute.)
24. Robert the Rose Horse by Joan Heilbroner
(Hehehe!!! He was allergic to roses and always sneezed.)
25. The Stinky Cheese Man (and other fairly stupid tales) by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
(Twisted fairy tales...)
26. The Big Honey Hunt by Stan and Jan Berenstain
(I wasn't a big fan of the Berenstain Bears, but I liked this one and also the one where the dad tries to teach his son to ride a bike, but the son does better than the father who keeps falling off.)
27. Sam and the Firefly by P.D. Eastman
(Such a wonderful story. My sister and I made up the parts inbetween where the parts of the book were ripped out.)
28. Snow by P.D. Eastman
(My sister and I learned what snow angels were from this book. We also did everything in the book... making forts and keeping snow in the freezer until the summer.)
29. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
(Dumb little bird thought a bulldozer was its mom.)
20. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
(Such a sad story with lots of hidden meaning.)
21. The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fish Wright
(I memorized all the rhymes in this book.)
22. Do You See Me God?: Prayers for Young Children by Elspeth Campbell Murphy
(This was a very personal book. I wouldn't let my mom read it to me; I had to read it myself alone.)
23. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
(Have you heard the wolf's version of the story?)
24. Zack's Alligator by Shirley Mozelle
(I read this book every time I went to the dentist. The alligator kept getting bigger and bigger!)
25. Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard
(I thought the pictures were funny and I liked how they told the story more than the words did.)
26. Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
(I remember Joanna used to hate her freckles and wish she could get rid of them.)
27. How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz and Steven Kellogg
(I was always wowed by this book and the creative pictures.)
28. Whisper the Winged Unicorn: Rescue from Rainbow Forest by Christopher Brown
(I didn't care so much for the story line but I loved the pictures. I got my livejournal screen name from Whisper the Unicorn's boyfriend Sundance.)
29. The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole
(In fourth grade, I changed my name to Keesha (my favorite character in this book) and I made all the other kids call me that. They did, too!)
30. April's Kittens by Clare Turlay Newberry
(One of the first books I bought with my own money. I wanted it because it won the Caldecott Honor, which of course in my young mind meant that it was the best book in the world.)
31. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
(Did I mention I loved Dinosaurs?)
32. Julius by Syd Hoff
(A crazy gorilla who throws footballs.)
33. Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak
(Little Bear pretended that he went to the moon and his mother played along.)
34. A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak
(Grandmother says, "will you take this kiss to Little Bear, Hen?" Hen passes the kiss to Frog who passes it to Cat who passes it to Little Skunk and then Hen says, "TOO MUCH KISSING!" And finally give the kiss to the Little Bear.)
35. A Horse Called Starfire: by Betty Virginia Doyle Boegehold and Neil Waldman
(Ever since I read this book at the Stonington Library I wanted a white horse that I would name Starfire.)
36. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
(I loved Tikki's name and how long it was. I memorized this book.)
37. Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
(Fairy tales are THE BEST!)
38. The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Ruth Sanderson
39. Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
(Great Tales from Long Ago series)
40. Rip Van Winkle by Catherine Storr and Peter Wingham
41. Pocahontas by Jan Gleiter amd Kathleen Thompson
42. Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Chris Molan
(I loved Indians and always pretended that I was one. I was an Indian twice for Halloween.)
43. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox (by Jan Gleiter
44. The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Catherine Storr and Anna Dzierzek
(This was actually a dark, brooding tale and sort of morbid. Not really a bedtime story. But I liked it nonetheless.
45. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Jan Gleiter
(This also was a gloomy, depressing story but I still liked to read it.)
46. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
(I adored freaky stories. I was the best ghost story teller at camp because of all the scary books I read as a kid.)
47. Johnny Lion's Book by Edith Thacher Hurd
(Johnny started reading and became part of the book.)
48. Eloise Wilkin's Poems to Read to the Very Young by Eloise Wilkin
(I always loved poetry. This book inspired me to write my own.)
49. My Big Little Golden Book About God by Jane Werner Watson
50. Too Many Bozos by Lillian Moore
(About a boy who wants a dog named Bozo. His mom says no to the dog, so he keeps bringing home other creatures and naming them Bozo because his mom won't let him have a dog.)
51. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
(That crazy old Amelia. Always doing the most outrageous things.)
52. Come Back, Amelia Bedelia
51. Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
52. Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower by Peggy Parish
53. Clifford's Good Deeds by Norman Bridwell
(I wasn't much of a Clifford fan but I liked these books.
54. Clifford The Small Red Puppy by Norman Bridwell
55. The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed
(I always enjoyed books about old couples who longed for children but couldn't have them. Like Thumbelina and Hannah and Sarah from the Bible.)
56. Buzzle Billy: A Book About Sharing by Michael P. Waite
(GIMME HANDS!)
57. Handy-Dandy Helpful Hal (The Pooped-Out Parent’s Perfect Pal): A Book About Helpfulness by Michael P. Waite
58. Max and the Big Fat Lie: A Book About Telling the Truth by Michael P. Waite
59. Adam Raccoon in Lost Woods by Glen Keane
60. Bugs Bunny's Carrot Machine by Clark Carlisle
(I don't know why but I thought this was such a cool book. The dentist gave it to me.)
61. Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Tunnel of Lost Toys by Catharine Bushnell
(This was sort of weird but I liked it anyway.)
62. Matilda by Roald Dahl
63. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
64. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
(I always wanted to be Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter Longstocking. I got to be her in a play once.)
65. Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard
(I got this book for my sixth birthday along with the other books by A.A. Milne, such as The Hundred Acre Wood series, and also a revearsable sweatshirt with red roses on it.)
66. Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
67. The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola
(Like I said, I LOVED Indians and learning everything about them.)
68. The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin
(Another Indian story. It's like a cross between Cinderella and the miracle of Jesus where he heals a man by telling him to go wash in a pool.)
69. Blue-Wings-Flying by Elizabeth Willis De Huff
(Still another Indian story about a boy who names his little sister Rainbow Mist.
70. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
(African story about two beautiful daughters, one kind and one nasty.)
71. Biggest and Best Storybook Ever by Richard Scarry
(I just liked looking at the pictures.)
72. Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake by Barbara Park
(These stories cracked me up.)
73. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
74. Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth by Barbara Park
75. The Little Red Caboose by Marian Potter
(I don't even remember what this is about... just that I wanted it read to me a lot.)
76. Buttermilk by Stephen Cosgrove
(All the Stephen Cosgrove books had beautiful pictures.)
77. I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! by Dr. Seuss
(Story of my life.)
78. Five Minutes' Peace by Jill Murphy
(I felt so bad for the elephant in this story.)