Illustrated Children's Books

The following is a list of my favorite illustrated books for young children.

• The Biggest Bear
• Floss
• The Story of Ping
• Goodnight Moon
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Prayer for a Child (the original is beautifully illustrated)
• Caps For Sale
• The Story of Babar
• Crictor
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
• Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
• The Little Engine That Could
• Blueberries For Sal
• One Morning in Maine
• Make Way for Ducklings
• The Story of Ferdinand
• The Important Book
• Madeline
• Madeline and the Bad Hat
• Madeline and the Gypsies
• Madeline's Rescue
• Madeline's Christmas
• Madeline In London
• Where the Wild Things Are
• Frederick
• Doctor De Soto
• Perfect the Pig
• The Little House
• Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
• White Snow Bright Snow
• The Dancing Bear
• Stone Soup
• The Runaway Bunny
• Pat the Bunny
• Farmer Duck
• Ox-Cart Man
• Curious George (complete series)
• Harry (complete series)
• Mittens (the original is the most beautifully illustrated)

Terrific authors:

• Dr. Seuss (Cat in the Hat etc.)
• Beatrix Potter ( The Tale of Peter Rabbit etc.)
• Eric Carle (The Grouchy Ladybug etc.)
• A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
• Richard Scarry (Smokey the Fireman etc.)
• Mercer Mayer ( All by Myself etc.)
• James Herriot ( terrific children's illustrated collection i.e. Moses the Kitten etc.)
• Ingri D'Aulaire
• Robert McCloskey

Some of my favorite Little Golden Books:

• Play With Me
• So Big
• The Boy With the Drum
• The Pokey Little Puppy
• Tootle
• My First Counting Book (I love Garth Williams' illustrations)
• The Saggy Baggy Elephant

Some of my favorite children's poets:

• Robert Louis Stevenson
• Margaret Wise Brown
• Rudyard Kipling

And of course:

• Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
• Grimm's Fairy Tales
• Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes