Charlotte turns one today and in celebration, the books you see this week feature my very favorite picture book characters of all time. World? Please meet Stella and Sam, a pair of realistic, creative, dynamic, and fanciful siblings that no child’s library should ever be without.
There are eight books in the Stella and Sam series, all cleverly written and beautifully illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay. Charlotte prefers the three books about Sam because they are smaller (thus, easier for her to hold) and have simpler, humorous story-lines. She especially likes Good Morning, Sam which tells the story of little Sam turning to his big sister, Stella, for help getting dressed. The part that always makes both of us laugh is when he gets stuck taking off his pajamas and panics thinking that his head has grown larger overnight.
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That right there is why I love these books. Author Gay not only manages to capture the innocence and overwhelming cuteness of childhood, she also does so with respect. Sam is a toddler and he has both the unique perspective and the mannerisms of his age. It is so easy to belittle such a young character, but the three Sam books instead focus on the way that he sees the world. Sam seems enchantingly whimsical to parents, but to small children he is fun and familiar. They identify with him.
And look, as far as I am concerned, children are never too young to find literary characters they can respect and relate to. My daughter cannot understand Stella yet, but she “gets” Sam. He is at once cautious and curious, hesitant and confident, sweet and innovative. Adults might see him as an endearing bundle of contradictions, but Charlotte sees him as a little kid. Just like her.
The Stella books are the bread-winners, though. There are five of them, all featuring a fiery, ginger-haired little girl with a boundless imagination. The last book in the lot, When Stella Was Very, Very Small is my favorite. It shows Stella as a baby and, let me tell you, little baby Stella is beyond lovable. She makes ordinary events, like taking a bath or playing in a sandbox, seem fantastic and captivating.
There is one page in particular that I find irresistibly charming: Stella is seen sitting at a table, looking at a book. A cup of milk is being spilled on the floor and behind her, crayons litter the floor and butterflies are drawn all over the wall. The text says: When Stella was very, very small, words looked like ants running off the pages. Butterflies flew on walls, and cups jumped off the table, just like that! Oh. My. Word. Go ahead. Try to resist the cute-ness. I DARE YOU.
Anyway, the other four Stella books are just as sweet. Those four are all, like the Sam books, conversations between the siblings. Sam is full of questions – What do snowmen eat? How do rocks grow so big? Does the moon have wings? Do catfish purr? – and Stella has all the answers. Bold and brilliant, she introduces her little brother to the pleasures of a snowy day, to the summer fun to be had at the beach, to the mysteries of the forest, and to the secrets of the sky.
In short, Stella and Sam are a classic pair and Gay’s books are perfect. They provide a glimpse into a magical childhood world that we all too easily forget and they are fun to read to children of all ages. The illustrations are lovely and filled with winning details, such as the companionship of the siblings’ loyal dog Fred. Every book can be used as a launching point for dozens of conversations, and they are all immensely artistic. None of the books have any adults or any lessons in them, which I think is nice. We have books with morals and books about love and family, but I also appreciate stories that can instill in my child a feeling of power. Best of all, since the books are pure whimsy, they are a superb way to introduce children to the larger world of fiction.
Reading tip: When your child loses interest, STOP. Reading should be an enjoyable activity, but the pleasure ceases when a child feels forced. So if your child fusses during story-time, get up and walk away. As they age, they will become more patient. And the longer they feel reading is voluntary, the longer they’ll love dipping into a book or two.
About the publisher: Groundwood Books was founded in 1978. They primarily (albeit not exclusively) focus on Canadian authors like Marie-Louise Gay. They publish a variety of multicultural titles and several of their Latin-American books are published in both Spanish and English. The Stella and Sam books are incredible – high-quality, beautiful colors, and phenomenal content. Based on those eight books, I would say, hey, Groundwood Books? Mission accomplished. You can follow Groundwood Books on Twitter by clicking here and on Facebook by clicking here.
What to do: You can enter this giveaway by leaving a comment below or sending me an e-mail answering this question: who are your favorite children’s book characters? All you need is an e-mail address. The giveaway ends when we reach three hundred entries - or in ten days. Whichever comes first. The winning details will be revealed in two weeks. You can enter once each day. There are no other additional entries because, well, every parent deserves a fair shot - no matter where you live, what social media you use, or how many books you already own. Children are all created equal.
To purchase these books: You can purchase any of the Stella and Sam books through Groundwood Books. Each of the titles listed below links directly to that book’s purchase page. The three with asterisks are the three that I most highly recommend, although I promise that all of them are fantastic. ** Stella, Star of the Sea Stella, Queen of the Snow Stella, Fairy of the Forest ** Good Morning, Sam Good Night, Sam Stella, Princess of the Sky What Are You Doing, Sam? ** When Stella Was Very, Very Small
Odin says: Please spread the word. Twitter about these giveaways, or post links on your Facebook, or write about them on your blog, or e-mail them to your parent friend down the street. If you have a chance, vote for me at Top Baby Blogs (click here) or Top Mommy Blogs (click here). The more people we reach, the more books we can put in homes and the more children we benefit. It’s that simple.
If you have a blog, I encourage you to take time this week to write a post about reading. Then link that post up below. If you want a button, you can find one by clicking here, and if you would like to link back to my website, that’s awesome. But you don’t have to do either of those things. As long as your post is legitimate, I’ll keep it linked – and I guarantee that as long as the link is valid, I will visit and comment. Parent blogs reach MILLIONS of people every day. Imagine the difference we can make if we work together.
*** The winner of last week’s giveaway for Me and You is Sara. Congratulations, Sara!
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I have fallen in love with Skippyjon Jones. I read the books to my 11 month old son all the time and we can’t get through them with out lots of giggles!
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With all the publicity for the upcoming movie, I’m reminded how much I loved Ramona Quimby when I was about 6 or 7 years old. She was so spunky!
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We love all the dr suess characters.
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I loved Ramona and Beazus.
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I’d have to say Curious George, Berenstein Bears, and Babar. Oh - and Richard Scarry’s characters, love them!
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Now with a baby on the way, I need to start entering your children’s book contests more often!
My favorite character was probably the Berenstein Bears (er, family of characters).
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The Boxcar Children were my favorite. I know they’re chapter books, but I remember my mom reading them to me when I was 3 or 4 years old. I’ve loved them ever since!
Happy 1st birthday, Charlotte! I hope she has a magical day!
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My favorite was Corduroy bear. Makes me smile just thinking about him. :)
Happy Birthday to Charlotte!
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My favorite is the Cat in the Hat because I read him to my baby girl from memory every night as I’m rocking her to sleep.
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Olivia!
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I loooove The Very Hungry Caterpillar… I buy it for all my friends and families little ones!
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Anne of Green Gables . . . totally!
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My favorite growing up was “the monster at the end of this book” by sesame street character Grover. My mom was a riot with the suspenseful reading with this book, I adore this memory! It was the first book I bought my little Katelyn…
Happy birthday to Charlotte!
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Anne Of Green Gables. I totally wanted to be her, or just live in her world for one day.
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Renee likes the Angelina Ballerina series and while it took me a a while to learn to like the whole ballerina thing, I think Angelina is fun.
Happy Birthday Charlotte!
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My favorites are Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden. Also, Alice from Alice in Wonderland and Harry Potter. My two year old’s favorites? Definitely Max and Ruby and Arthur. Just the old books, she knows nothing of the TV shows! Bliss! Happy, happy birthday, Charlotte!
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I love the mouse from the mouse and the motorcycle. It’s been years and years and years since I read those books but he stays with me.
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Happy First Birthday Charlotte!!
fastest. year. EVER.I have always been a sucker for a Dr. Seuss characters. All of ‘em. their feet and wispy hairs and weird little bodies. i love them!
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Clifford the Big Red Dog. I loved those books as a kid and now my daughter will have the chance to share those with me. :)
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I really enjoyed Amelia Bedelia as a child. My 6 mo old seems to prefer the Dr. Seuss books. I have a few of them memorized and I find myself speaking in rhymes when I’m talking to my husband :)
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i love reading the Dr. Seuss books a lot! my daughter really enjoys it though her attention span is rather limited at 4 months.
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My favorite characters from my childhood were Ramona and Booky. Not sure if Americans are familiar with the Booky series but it was fabulous when I was a kid.
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I loved a lot of books as a child! I’d say one of my favorite characters was Ramona!
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What cute pictures of Charlotte in this post! Happy birthday, Charlotte! :)
I’m glad I have 10 days, or 300 comments, to list my favorite book characters, because I have a lot.
Today, I’ll choose any of Kevin Henkes mice characters.
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I can’t wait to get my hands on this series! I’m sure Nolan will love it! :)
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ok… My sister and I lllloooooooovvvvveeedddddd babar! In fact, as I was going through Good night Gorilla with my daughter for the first time, I saw a babar book laying open in the elephant cage. Omg. How cute is that!? I called my sister and told her right away. In the meantime, my husband just ouldnt understand why I was squealing about an elephant book. Lol.
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Paddington Bear!
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Llama Llama - we’ve read Llama Llama Red Pyjamma and Llama Llama mad at Mama.
I need to get Llama Llama misses Mama. They are fun, the rhymes catch their attention they sort of teach too.
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Right now, Zoë‘s favorite character seems to be the baby in Where’s Baby’s Belly Button or possibly Mr. Brown in Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You?
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When I was teaching kindergarten the first olivia book came out. I just love Olivia because she was JUST like my kindergarteners! I’ve read one of the Stella books, but I need to check out the Sam books for my little guy! thanks!
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Corduroy Bear and Berenstain Bears….hmmm bears much!
happy birthday Charlotte
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Ooo…so many it’s hard to choose! I loved The Secret Garden and The Little Princess growing up.
Hope Charlotte has a great first birthday! I will work on a blog posting again, too.
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We love Llama Llama Red Pajama, too. Lately Brown Bear, Brown Bear is popular and two of my childhood favs: King Bidgood is in the Bathtub and The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear!
Happy to have found your blog. Enjoying ‘You Might Also Like’ and reading older posts!
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My son loves books about vehicles and adores Dump Truck Dan and Jack Truck from Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown Series. Both my kids also love the Pigeon in the Mo Willems books. Thanks for the introduction to this series about two siblings. I’m sure my kids would love to read them with me.
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I love the characters of “The Napping House” this is still my favorite book. Thanks for the great review and info!
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Happy birthday Charlotte! I can’t believe that a year has already flown by!!! These books look adorable. I’m definitely adding them to my must have list. When I was little I loved the Bernstein Bears. I still have all of my books and plan on reading them to our little panda.
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These books sound wonderful. I know my grandchildren would enjoy the Stella & Sam books!
Some favorites characters are Jack & Annie from the Magic Tree House series, Skippyjon Jones, Ramona, and also all the cute animal characters in the Sandra Boynton books.
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Oh! Perfect timing for this post…I am attending the birthday party of a 4yr old girl this weekend and she loves books. And I think she will just LOVE the Stella and Sam books. So shopping I go…YAY!
Also, HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE. You are absolutely ADORABLE!!
My favourite characters would have to be Robert Munsch’s characters - Elizabeth (Paper Bag Princess), Robin (Murmel, Murmel, Murmel), and Andrew (I Have To Go)...to name a few.
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Black Beauty!
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So, I thought I had commented, but apparently, I didn’t. I’m a dork. Anyway, my childhood faves were the Babysitter’s Club. I loved those books. I remember staying up way late into the night, reading with a flashlight so my mom wouldn’t come in and tell me to go to bed.
When I really young, I remember reading the Berenstein Bears a lot. I really liked those too.
I wrote a blog about reading and linked it up. I really love your book giveaways and think they are such a great idea.
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Happy Birthday Charlotte! My favorite characters were Curious George - which Cain now loves too. When I was a little bit older my favorite was Ramona Quimby.
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My favorite was all the Dr. Suess books and Lassie.
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I LOVE children’s books! In fact, my girlfriends threw me a “children’s book” shower, asking the guests to bring THEIR favorite story book as a child and to jot a note to Lailey, my then, unborn daughter, inside the book. It started her library out with a LOT of books and we read them every single day. I do not remember being read to much as a very young child, but my first memory of LOVING a book was the Miss Piggle Wiggle series.
Love your blog!! Baby Charlotte is a doll! Wishing her a very happy Birthday!
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i always enjoyed fairy tales as a child, and the character of little red riding hood was always a favorite of mine.
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I just bought When Stella Was Very, Very Small thanks to your book review :) Nolan loved listening to it! Can’t wait to buy more of the series!
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I love the animals in the Sandra Boynton books. They are simple and silly. The best part for me, though, is that I am always guaranteed an audience from Nate when I pick up one of her books.
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We are huge fans of Brother and Sister bear around here. Our little boy loves Berenstain Bears.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE! Savannah isn’t too far behind you.
Where in the world did this year go?!
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Oh the places we’d go, with Dr. Seuss books to make us giggle…
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Winnie the Pooh and the Berenstein Bears. We’re into bears around here! :)
Happy Birthday to Charlotte!
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We love Richard Munsch books and I can’t wait for my kids to get a little older and enjoy all the Narnia books and Beverly Cleary books with me!
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We love to read Go Train Go!
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I don’t think I’ve ever entered more than once, but I really want to win this time! :)
Pretty much all through elementary school (and still, who am I kidding?) I wanted to be Laura Ingalls. She’s not so much a character as a real person, but still, I LOVED her, loved her books. made lean-tos in my woods and pretended to be her for hours, day after day. -
Ramona Quimby is *still* my favorite book character!
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gosh, it’s so much fun to look at other peoples comments and remember those fun books. I loved Ramona too. I also remember a book about an ankle grabber… I don’t remember who it was by, but it helped my sister and I get over our fear of the dark.
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I loved the American Girl Collection. I every book book and oohed and aahed over all the dolls.
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One of my favorite current children’s book characters is Chico Bon Bon the Monkey with a Tool Belt in Chris Monroe’s books.
Also, I just wanted to let you know that I shared this wonderful giveaway on my website: http://www.ToolsOfGrowth.com
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I love the tiger in “tiger flower”...once he was king of the jungle, and now he is king of the grass because a huge wind blew up one day and carried everyone away to a land where that which was big becomes small, and that which was small becomes big.
At one point he notes that he is no longer hunted, but that sometimes he is carried away in bouquets of flowers. CUTE!
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Curious George! So sweetly troublesome!
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I love Max from Where the Wild Things are and Winnie the Pooh
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Milly Molly Mandy. My grandma is English and would send me these books from England to read. Lovely girl who lived in a English village.
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2nd entry
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Frog and Toad, Anne of Green Gables, Ramona and Harriet the Spy when I was a kid. Now my daughter has gotten me hooked on Olivia.
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I can vividly remember reading the Ramona books and can’t wait to share them with my girls when they are a little older. I also loved Curious George.
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I have so many favorites…
Oliva the pig
Madeline
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Didn’t I already comment? I thought so. Anyway, my favourite children’s book characters were probably the kids in the Swallows and Amazons series. Boy did I want to play with them!
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A few things: first, Happy Birthday to Charlotte! Second, I tried to link your reading button to my blog, but it didn’t work - probably because wordpress has different policies than blogger, they don’t allow ads and such. If any wordpress users read this and know how it works, let me know! Third, I wanted to promote your early reading work through the link, but not put name my name in the contest for the book give away, as I just won a book a few weeks ago.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos and lovely stories with the world, and best birthday wishes to your baby girl!
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We LOVE the Skippyjon Jones series! My soon to be kindergartener brings one of those to read before bed at least once a week!
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Happy birthday to your adorable little girl! Ramona Quimby forever (but I am excited at the prospect of discovering a brand new series with Stella and Sam)!
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I loved Nancy Drew as a child. I had two closets in my room growing up and one was set up as my library! :) My son like Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter.
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2nd entry I also liked Boxcar Children…
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I loved Anne from Anne of Green Gables when I was a child.
I’ve Only read Stella Star of the Sea and can’t wait to read these books with my little one. The line “starfish are just stars that fell in love with the sea” is one of my favorites!
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gosh, favorites are hard to pick. if i had to pick it would be the chronicles of narnia, which i read several times.
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I loved the Mercer Mayer Little Critter books as a child.
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second entry-I would really like to win this one!
My favorite book as a kid was A Special Trade by Sally Wittman. I love it to this day and still have my beloved and dog-earred copy which I now read to my son.
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Curious George. Love that little monkey.
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I was in love with the little house on the prarie series.
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The LM Montgomery “Anne of Green Gables” series was hands-down my favorite. And now I’m reading it to my own little redhead!
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One of my favorite characters is the little girl in KNUFFLE BUNNY. Cute book!
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(And happy birthday to Charlotte!! I can’t believe a year has gone by so quickly! She has grown from an adorable baby into a beautiful toddler!)
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Bunnies are for Kissing is an adorable book that my son loves.
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I love the mouse in The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood. His facial expressions are hilarious and make Molly laugh every time.
(I seem to have a mouse theme going on…)
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3rd entry.
I also loved Anne of Green Gables.
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My favorites were Amelia Bedilia, and Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, and The Bobbsy Twins.
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I love all of the Madeline books. We read them so much that I knew them by heart.
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this is gonna be quick cause my little man is crawling on the computer desk…I loved the little engine that could when I was little! :) I think I can, I think I can!
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second entry:
Bear and his buddies from “the bear snores on” and other books in the series—great rhymes and fantastic illustrations
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3rd entry:
Emily, from Emily Of New Moon, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Her “flashes”, climbing the alpine path, fights with Ilse and answering Teddy’s whistle. :) Delicious.
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The Berenstein Bears were my favorite children’s book characters.
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Max and ruby!
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4th entry… Loved the old fairy tales. One of my faves was about the farmers daughter that has to stay silent while knitting sweaters for her brothers.
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Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading all of the other linked up blogs. I hope you do another theme like this again! And I saw Anne of Green Gables and Nancy Drew mentioned. Two of my all time faves! I also really liked the Sweet Valley Twins…very intellectual :)
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Tried to vote yesterday so here’s 3rd vote
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....and my 4th vote for today
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I love Charlie and Lola! But I must admit, Stella and Sam look adorable!
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eloise! eloise who lives at the plaza!
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My 2 yr old is loving Curious George right now. I loved so many as a child - Ramona, Anne of Green Gables, the Babysitter’s Club. I just found your blog and am glad to come across such an advocate for reading with children! SO important!
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I also love Punchinello and Lucia from Max Lucado’s book, “You Are Special.“
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4th entry
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Today my favorite children’s book character is Wilbur of Charlotte’s Web. Charlotte is the heroine, of course, but Wilbur is a real sweetheart!
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the Berenstein Bears, Clifford, the author Richard Scarry’s book, Dr. Seuss, Nancy Drew, list goes on and on-we are a family that loves to read
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Entry #4:
Clifford the Big, Red Dog… :D
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5th entry. I also really loved all the Judy Blume books.
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Entry 5…
Luohi, the Witch of North Farm. She steals the sun and moon when they are at rest in the boughs of a birch tree and keeps them under lock and key. She soon finds out that the world is a sad, dark, cold place without them.
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Thing One and Thing Two and all other Seuss characters are a few of my favourites.
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Another favourite book from my youth is Charlotte’s Web - Wilbur, Charlotte and Templeton…I love them all.
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Today, I am thinking of Frances from the Frances books (Bread and Jam for Frances, etc). She is such a cute badger! Though her friend Thelma is a bit of a brat, I love her, too!
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When I was younger I collected all the Berenstein Bear books and then graduated to the R.L. Stine and Babysitter’s Club
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Oh, I’d love to win these books, they sound great! My daughter LOVES the Fancy Nancy books.
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Entry 6 (can you tell that I would love to win these?):
Flutterby (of the Serendipity series by Stephen Cosgrove) is adorable. Is she a horse? Is she a butterfly?
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Batman, Spiderman, X-Men…are they considered children’s characters? I read comics all the time as a boy…let’s face it, I still do. I probably appreciate them more today than I did back then.
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The Bernstein Bears were another favourite.
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Entry number 4 or 5….
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Today, I am thinking of Alexander in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. We all have days like that, don’t we! Thanks Alexander for helping us to realize we’re not alone!
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My favorite children’s series is Amelia Bedelia :)
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I really enjoyed reading all the Babysitter club books when I was small.
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I used to love The Little Engine That Could.
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love clifford. thank for doing this
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I absolutely adored Ramona, and still do.
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I also really over the book The Giver.
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I love Betty Bear from “Betty Bear’s Birthday”. It’s an old book but was totally my favorite when I was little.
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My fave childhood book characters were Curious George, all of the Richard Scarry characters, and a specific character from a Shel Silverstein poem of the same name, “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout [who] would not take the garbage out!“ Thanks for your great blog!
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Another of my favorite characters was Madeleine—I loved how brave she was.
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6th entry:
A friend bought us the Pinkalicious series and they are a hit.
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My favorite character was Paddington Bear! and Pippi Longstocking. . . and Madeleine
I never could pick a favorite!
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I LOVED the babysitters club growing up. Also, if you can get your hands on a book titled Miss Rumphius, I think you would really enjoy her company too :) Also really like all Mo Wilems characters. Especially the Pigeon.
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My favorite character was always Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle! How did she always know?!
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I always like Richard Scarry books. As a child, I ate up the illustrations!
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i love so many! i really like max from where the wild things are. i love george in bark george! and madeline of course!
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Sarah, Plain and Tall… :)
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Christy Miller Series by Robin Jones Gunn - one of my favorites as an adolescent
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Right now, we are loving the Richard Scarry clan and Curious George. I also have a stack of Mrs. Piggle Wiggle just itching to get brought out when my kiddos are a big older!
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I always loved Ramona, and I am definitely excited about the movie that’s coming out soon! :)
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Here’s my daily entry :)
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Today, my favorite character is Corduroy from the children’s book series. I just love that teddy bear! No surprise that my teddy bear was called Corduroy when I was little. Corduroy is the perfect balance of curiousity and innocence.
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My favorite character is definitely Rainbow Fish
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Any of Roald Dahl’s young heroes such as in “The Witches,“ “The BFG,“ “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,“ “The Twits” and more…!
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Another favorite is Lowly Worm from Richard Scarry’s books.
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I love, love, love the book Walk Two Moons.
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another entry (I have totally lost count)
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Robert Munsch’s character Mortimer (“Mortimer, BE QUIET!!!!“..)
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another daily entry!
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Here’s my 2nd entry. :)
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Today I read “Where the Wild Things Are” to my students so Max would have to be my favourite character today.
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Right now my daughters favorite character is…Olivia. She cannot resist any good Olivia book…and before Olivia entered our lives it was ALWAYS…Brown Bear, Brown Bear :)
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Today, the children’s book character I am thinking of is Mary in The Secret Garden. She is a beautiful example of positive transformation in a child!
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I’ve always liked Alexander from Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day :)
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just my daily entry…
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I forgot one of my absolute favorites, the Cat in the Hat! Dr. Seuss was truly a genius.
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I’m entering again :)- another suggestion- LOVE Anne of Green Gables.
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Curious George.. :D Especially since Jude resembles him these days.
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Here’s my daily entry. :D
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My daily entry :)
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The “BFG” by Roald Dahl is another favorite.
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“PEEPO” is one of my very favorite children’s books. The character is “a little baby” - nameless but adorable.
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Hi Sarah,
The children’s book character for whom I am full of appreciation today is The Velveteen Rabbit (by Margery Williams). This character & story shows how love transforms. Unfortunately, I can’t read the story without weeping, so I don’t read it as often as I’d like to!
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and another one…
We love Ella the elephant from “Ella Takes the Cake” and the others in the series by Carmela D’amico. She’s a great cross between Olivia and the Babar characters…and I totally want to live in their pachyderm paradise that looks like a great seaside French village. -
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Let’s see… One favorite was Max from Where the Wild Things Are.
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Hi Sarah, I know lots of other people have mentioned her, but I also adore Madeline. Who couldn’t love that spunky, little, red-headed French girl! I also love her hound, Genevieve (who makes her appearance in “Madeline’s Rescue”)!
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Winnie The Pooh… :D
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Another entry.
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Today’s entry :)
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My brain is fried today, so I am just entering… :)
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Darn, I didn’t read your notes thoroughly enough and thought you could only enter once! Never mind. Here is my 2nd entry, if it is not too late.
As a tween I was a huge Enid Blyton fan, the St Clare’s books, Mallory Towers, Famous Five, Secret Seven and the Faraway Tree… Classics!
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last entry…
saved the best for last—curious george and hundley, too.
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Ooh, ooh, I almost forgot Amelia Bedelia!
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Another entry
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Daily entry…also stopped by to link up a recent book review to your reading linky. We enjoyed City Dog, Country Frog this week.
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Hi Sarah,
Is this contest still open? Today, I am going to say that my favorite children’s book character is Winnie the Pooh (and Eeyore and Rabbit and Piglet, too). Honestly, every character I name is my favorite! I have so many! Actually, I’m kinda surprised I didn’t think to name the Winnie the Pooh characters the very first time I entered your contest. They are very near and dear to my heart! I think my favorite of all is Eeyore. A lot of days, I feel a bit Eeyore-iss! -
Just stopping by for my daily entry and to cast my daily votes for you :)
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Also Calvin and Hobbs. Love them.
By on July 20, 2010
When I was a kid I love the Berenstain Bears! Now I also love the Finnish Moomin Series.