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My Top Five Favorite Picture Books

By Heather Idoni

Updated Thursday, April 24, 2008

My very favorite "perfect" picture books to read aloud!

  1. Johnny the Clockmaker by Edward Arizzone - NEWLY reprinted! :-)
  2. The Sorely Trying Day by Russell Hoban
  3. Wings For Per by Edgar and Ingrid Parin D'Aulaire
  4. Least of All by Carol Purdy
  5. The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz

Those are my personal top 5, but we have MANY others we love!

  • Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
  • The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
  • Henry the Explorer books by Mark Taylor - Being reprinted SOON! :-)
  • The Red Carpet by Rex Parkin
  • The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
  • Corduroy stories by Don Freeman - You must see THIS NEW ONE!
  • Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton (board book)
  • Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sarah Weeks




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