I have decided to randomly give book reviews of children's books that I have come to love.
None of them are compulsory or in any way endorsed by anyone other than
myself and my own personal opinion. I just feel like it. And fantastic
children's literature is hard to come by.
I have
recently realized that growing
up I was rather spoiled with an above average sampling of wonderful
children's books. I have a wonderful Aunt who started the
tradition of bequeathing upon her many scattered nieces and nephews
great children's literature for their birthdays. I believe the
tradition lasted until the ripe old age
of 12 or so. They were meticulously scouted out for their amusing
prose and beautiful illustration. But especially for the gorgeous
illustrations. She didn't just pick out the standard classics, or
simply scour only the Caldecot winners, but also found truly obscure and
wonderful tomes. Which left me as a kid, thinking that children's books
were effortlessly of a higher caliber than is actually the case. And
just may have fueled a hunger and expectation that eventually resulted
into my
meandering entrance into the same field.
So I will endeavor to showcase old favorites of mine (that I
painstakingly traipsed around the Internet for my own copies of) as well
as newly discovered favorites. It is hard to foster a voracious love of literature in childhood, if there are only mediocre books around. As I lack the funds to purchase them and distribute them as gifts to all in my sphere of acquaintance, you will have to settle for my personal and anecdotal recommendations.
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