My Favorite Books as a Child | Part 1

Hey, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well. In my 16 Books for my 16th Birthday post, I said I was going to do a post on books I read when I was really young, before I started elementary school. Well, here it is! These are all picture books that I repeatedly loved reading when I was around the ages of 3-5. They were all read to me, but I eventually learned to read them myself.

The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker

This was a book that was on repeat all the time. I loved how each sister had a different talent and they all worked together to save their baby sister. The illustrations are colorful and vibrant and I was happy to see people who looked like me represented.

Once there were seven Chinese sisters who lived together and took care of each other. Each one had a special talent. When baby Seventh Sister is snatched by a hungry dragon, her loving sisters race to save her.

Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root

I loved this book so much, it was read to me a billion times. It was written to be a very sing-songy read aloud. I loved the hilarity of the situation; it’s just pure goofiness with amusing characters and imaginative solutions.

Kids won’t want this hilarious read-aloud ride to end. Who says getting there isn’t half the fun? It’s hot. Hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it in their rattletrap car? It doesn’t go fast, and it doesn’t go far, but with the help of some razzleberry dazzleberry snazzleberry fizz, a beach ball, a surfboard, and a three-speed, wind-up, paddle-wheel boat, they’re off to the lake where it’s cool, cool, cool! Aaaahhh.
Phyllis Root’s wonderfully inventive wordplay and Jill Barton’s spirited and expressive illustrations make this a read-aloud road trip to remember.

The Piggy in the Puddle by Charlotte Pomerantz

Rhyming book supreme! Kids love when books rhyme and this a perfect book to do the job. And if you read it fast, it’s a tongue twister.

A determined little piggy absolutely refuses to leave her mud puddle in this rollicking book by Charlotte Pomerantz and James Marshall!

See the piggy,
See the puddle,
See the muddy little puddle.
See the piggy in the middle
Of the muddy little puddle.

Charlotte Pomerantz’s tongue-twisting nonsense verse—made even more hilarious by James Marshall’s illustrations—is sure to delight both children and adults.

Mouse Mess by Linnea Asplind Riley

We all hate it when a mouse gets into your house, so let’s read a book from the mouse’s perspective! It’s fun to identify all the food that the mouse eats and just read about getting messy.

There’s a mouse in the house, and when he wakes up, he’s going to be hungry for a snack. From cookies and crackers to olives, cheese, and sticky jam, MOUSE joyfully munches his way through the kitchen and makes a big MESS!

Titch and Daisy by Pat Hutchins

This was such a sweet book. I think I just loved the simplicity and happy ending of the book. When I look back on the book, I always forget Titch’s name. I know it starts with a T, but I can never figure it out.

Because he can’t find Daisy at the party, Titch hides in one place after another, until finally he discovers his friend hiding because she can’t find him.

The Dumb Bunnies by Sue Denim

This is a really dumb book. That’s the whole point, though. This is one of those pure humor books. These bunnies don’t have any brain cells. They go to bed in the morning, they put their soup in the microwave to cool it down, it’s just all over the place. And that’s why I loved it so much.

In a class all by themselves, the Dumb Bunnies have the dumbest, most hilarious adventures imaginable in the book that started it all.

Froggy by Johnathan London

This is another series that’s just made to be funny. Now that I think about, I really liked books that were about animals. We have pigs, mice, bunnies, and now frogs. Very interesting. I loved this series because of how it was read aloud.

Rambunctious Froggy hops out into the snow for a winter frolic but is called back by his mother to put on some necessary articles of clothing.

Mrs. Biddlebox by Linda Smith

This book was chaotic. And I loved it because of that. I enjoyed the concept of what happens when you wake up on the wrong side of the bed.

On a knotty little hill,
In a dreary little funk,
Mrs. Biddlebox rolled over
On the wrong side of her bunk.
Mrs. Biddlebox is having a really bad day. The birds are screeching, her belly is grumbling, and even her crumpets are stale. What is she to do?
Then, suddenly, Mrs. Biddlebox has the most bewitching idea!
With a pinch of magic and just the right amount of humor, Linda Smith and Marla Frazee have whipped up an enchantingly original tale that will charm anyone who’s ever woken up on the wrong side of the bunk.

Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor

Ahh, Fancy Nancy. My pride and joy when I was younger. I was obsessed with these books. My family even had a Fancy Nancy dinner, where we dressed up in ridiculous fancy clothing to eat.

Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy is determined to teach her family a thing or two about being fancy and using fancy words.

How Nancy transforms her parents and little sister for one enchanted evening makes for a story that is funny and warm—with or without the frills.

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Did you read any of these books when you were younger?
Have any of your siblings read them?

please tell me i’m not the only one who’s read these