[LMB] RE: OT: RE: picture books

[Christine Forber]

At 07:17 PM 2/1/2007 +1300, Katrina Allis wrote:
>
>_Where Is My Mother?_ or _Are You My Mother?_ - can't remember what the
>exact title is, but it involves a baby bird (I think) looking for its
>mother.  Can't remember the author, either.  But it was fun.

I think it is "Are you my Mother?". We have a copy in the 
basement. Many many moons ago, I took my younger son, while 
an infant, to visit the place where I worked, while I was 
off on maternity leave. One of the women took him while I 
made a quick trip to the bathroom. He'd detected the 
stranger and was fussing. The woman said to me, "I guess I'm a 
snort." We both got a good laugh. Great book. But I haven't 
seen it as a board book, it is a "to be read to child" book.

Now that I've added to this thread, here are my suggestions 
as board books that my boys liked:
Boynton board books. We went through several copies of some 
of these. "Moo Baa La La La" was the family favourite.
"Goodnight Moon" classic and deservedly so.
"Pat the Bunny" a bit fragile, but both boys loved it.

Non-board books that the boys loved to have read to them.
"Franklin the turtle" books. Lots of detail in the 
illustrations and fun stories, esp the earlier books in the series.
Anything by Robert Munsch.
"Where the Wild Things Are". Had that one memorized for years.
Anything by Dr. Suess.

Probably lots more if I checked the children's bookcase in the basement.

Christine