9. Russian Fairy Tales I have no idea who wrote this and it doesn't matter because it was illustrated by Ivan Bilibin and I could look at his work all day Russian stories are spooky af and kids love scary stuffpic.twitter.com/hN3a2n3iG1
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19. Love You Forever I liked this book as a child (I don't think my parents read it to me) and it made me appreciate their love for me in a very real way. I also learned about growing up, maybe. I will not be getting it for my kids because it turns out it is heartbreakingpic.twitter.com/QwloJZJtCp
20. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom One of the dumber ways to introduce kids to the alphabet but its got a good beat and you can dance to itpic.twitter.com/AuhHNugyUI
21. The Runaway Bunny A cute book about motherly love for an age when kids aren't really ready to be aggressively independentpic.twitter.com/180hEBPYts
22. The Paper Bag Princess A book that teaches girls about the importance of being brave and clever and not tolerating bums And boys to appreciate brave and clever girls, and to not be bumspic.twitter.com/NcNsJtPEHv
23. Saint George and the Dragon The author adapted /Spencer/ for kids and Hyman illustrated down to marginalia. We shall see her work again. Kegan 3 is important for kids because good things are, Good and this book is an embodiment of this precept. A thing of beauty.pic.twitter.com/agcysFdTmm
24. Bilbo's Last Song It turns out that you can never introduce Tolkein too early. I only learned of this a week ago, and wasn't sure what I would get; I rather like it! A lovely poem, a nocturne, an elegy. Sleep well, kiddo, and dream of Amanpic.twitter.com/0MhS9vvgdu
25. The Little Prince Written by war hero Antoine de Saint-Exupery, needing no introduction, of course you must have known this book would make the list and everyone should read it BUT Did you /also/ know that some magnificent bastard made an unabridged pop-up version?pic.twitter.com/oedKYhCXv6
26. The Kitchen Knight This is another Hodge/Hyman collaboration, this time retelling part of the story of Gareth from the Matter of England Another entry in my Good Things are Good early childhood curriculum, upon which I shall expound going forwardpic.twitter.com/CWrjGSdG5K
27. East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Norse folk tales.
@orthonormalist has a fantastic reading list somewhere--preparation for a great books curriculum, but for kids.
I understand it's full of folk tales. This is not a mistake.
Children's books should be beautiful.pic.twitter.com/KWDQHK1DKt
28. Frederick There are many good ways to live. Frederick shows one of them.pic.twitter.com/aKjgZJQlui
29. Babar My parents took me to a children's theater production of Babar when I was six. The narrator was introducing the Elephant King with a series of astounded questions--"Who could this be?" I shouted "It's Babar, silly!" and he graciously granted me, "Yes, it's Babar."pic.twitter.com/nj3kFroTsr
30. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins I don't know whether this was a popular Jewish story before it was published in _Cricket_ but by the time I was nine even my semirural Catholic school had a copypic.twitter.com/3WAXpZECkz
32. Little Red Riding Hood Of course everyone knows this story, but everyone must also hear it for the first time. A problem with many stories is that they are written for the entertainment of a jaded reader, rather than for a naive child. Modern Disney movies exemplify this.pic.twitter.com/XUD5wY1eqf
33. The Stinky Cheese Man This book is a distillation of the phenomenon I mentioned above. It is nonsensical without a familiarity of the base material; it is an attaqq on decency and aesthetics; it is concentrated irony poisoning. It is however reasonably funny.pic.twitter.com/C6ZlHzRd7h
31. Oops I missed it Here's the name of the list I mentioned, haven't found a direct link Thanks buddy!https://twitter.com/orthonormalist/status/1288647840189698048?s=19 …
34. The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read Recommended by a mutual, this is the story of a sweet old man and his incredibly long-suffering wife. I suspect there is much empathy for illiterate kids here.pic.twitter.com/nz4rIDw9S4
35. The Rainbow Goblins
Another mutual's recommendation although @selentelechia remembers it from her childhood
A tale of wickedness, gluttony, and hubris
Sumptuously illustrated by an Italian Count, painting oil on oakpic.twitter.com/o4KQnAw1rA
36. Rapunzel I wonder what it was like to publish stories about heteronormative families with uncomplicated love for one another in the late 20th century. Especially as Hyman herself was divorced, with a child; she may have been gay. What was she looking for in her art?pic.twitter.com/eU85Yy1o5h
37. Calvin and Hobbes Extremely good to read as a parent or as a kid or just generally. The complete collection is very nice but heavy for small hands. I used to babysit a bright two year old named Phinneas who identified with Calvin intensely. He made his own transmogrifier.pic.twitter.com/ujo4U3BXB1
38. Swimmy A children's introduction to ecobolshevism, ethereally illustratedpic.twitter.com/8zA6es7Wdv
39. Strega Nona A good introduction to the multifarious dangers of witchcraft, and the corruption of even the clergy by that black art. Excellent preparatory material for a future scholar of Malleus Maleficarumpic.twitter.com/eMp3W4U067
40. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Stories are not actually scary. Appropriate for ages 0-3.pic.twitter.com/2Mg3tPZB4z
41. Where The Wild Things Are Monarchoprimitivist Calvin and Hobbespic.twitter.com/v9J6hVQ4qk
42. Corduroy Every think about how corduroy is probably actually a terrible fabric for a stuffed animal of any varietypic.twitter.com/8idYcX6Jt2
43. Goodnight Moon Deep lore: 1. My ex had a theory the old woman was actually a ghost 2. Some old biddy kept this out of the New York Public Library for decadespic.twitter.com/1fuP9pvPuO
Found more books on another bookcase Kids like diversity in their reading material right
Baby is not due til late February/early March and this is all I know how to do to prepare for being a dad I find myself getting more books about as quickly I list them here, another dozen or two are on the way along with a few dozen I have that I haven't posted yet Oh dear
44. Augie and the Green Knight
By @ZachWeiner and illustrated by @Bouletcorp
I backed this on Kickstarter but lost the original copy
It is extremely good, perfect really, for an unusually precocious grade schooler but might not be fully appreciated otherwisepic.twitter.com/UQCk6W9xrQ
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