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 …
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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
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Found more books on another bookcase Kids like diversity in their reading material right
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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
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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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45. Charlotte's Web welphttps://twitter.com/mikeets14/status/1289329699735257088?s=19 …
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46. The Big Brown Bear Another extremely dumb book and I loved it when I was three Long-suffering wives with dumb husband's appears to be an ancient trope Sorry
@selentelechia we become the stories we readpic.twitter.com/9nViIvWz1j
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47. The Gashlycrumb Tinies A firm, morally-upright traditional British alphabet bookpic.twitter.com/wH0ZRq8lSK
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48. Bare Bear An ethnographic extract regarding the vile sartorial habits of polar megafauna Hilarious to four year oldspic.twitter.com/WOmzLqCUWn
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49. Various Eric Carle books Overall would rate: Caterpillar: 10/10 Ladybug: 6/10 Bear: 7/10 Spider: 9/10 Rereading I was slightly irritated that they're overengineered pedagogical devices rather than just stories but the art is gorgeouspic.twitter.com/Nwbxvyt4JQ
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50. The Story of Ferdinand, The Bull Who Just Wanted to Grill, Por Deo's Sake vaguely offensive to the entire Iberian Peninsula probablypic.twitter.com/zjmZ58ckdq
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51. The Tyger Voyage From the man who brought you Watership Down and Shardik, a Victorian tale of a father-son voyage (they are Tigers) No horrifying animal deaths but there is an element of the occult Newer versions have replaced the g-word with the preferred "Vistani"pic.twitter.com/3NMHYSuW8K
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52. Dorrie's Magic From a mutual's recommendation. Very much a learn-to-read book, I found it charming Dorrie just wants her room to be cleaned and she doesn't want to do it herself. Deeply relatable, with an ultimately Petersonesque messagepic.twitter.com/x77dPWTmPN
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53. The Sleeping Beauty Another Hyman retelling, very much not Disney-style A story about the importance of party etiquette and the ineluctability of Fate Illustrations include tasteful nudes and corpsespic.twitter.com/wChyIq7FHr
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54. Where the Sidewalk Ends Various horrifying poems and illustrations by Shel Silverstein, a strange man Beloved by third graders who have to read a poem for school I have to say they have stuck with mepic.twitter.com/DDBrAryXIK
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55. A Child's Garden of Verses By Robert Mother Louis Fucking Stevenson! Probably more for reading to than reading by; poems about life from the perspective of a child. Gorgeous art neaveau illuminations I think
@orthonormalist told me to get this one, glad I did.pic.twitter.com/EqDcppPb8c
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56. Alice I am dismayed to report I somehow never got this as a child; seems right not to repeat this error (although another book had Jabberwocky and the illustration and that was absolutely terrifying at four) Recently reissued in glorious color; Carroll remains uncancelled.pic.twitter.com/xaOixWwmDQ
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57. The Little Island A little jewel of a book, a year passing from the perspective of a wise little island Its discourse with a visiting cat is provocative (good sense)pic.twitter.com/g9s4nb1ZX7
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58. Mr Wuffles! Like the last book, recommended by a mutual. No words; I understand the game is to ask your child to tell /you/ a story based on the pictures. What do you imagine is happening?pic.twitter.com/FQcTR2M4DZ
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59. Time for Bed, Miyuki Guys I love this book, this book is a wonder, consider this book Miyuki, her Grandfather, and the tasks she insists on completing before bed Scale gives way to more important matters in S-tier art Miyuki and Grandfather will appear again soonpic.twitter.com/RYucdcqE6a
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60. Well they say that Richard Scarry owns one half of this whole town With political connections To spread his wealth around Born into society a banker's only child He had everything a man could want Power, grace, and style But I work in his factory And I curse the life I'mpic.twitter.com/VIA38Pj3FJ
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61. Merlin and the Making of the King Hyman and Hodges at it again A gentle introduction to the Matter of England Gorgeous, well told, perfect aesthetic delivery; gold(?) foil marginaliapic.twitter.com/CuyzVVI8s7
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62. A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me A book of nonsense illustrated by Wallace Trip Recommended by I think
@mr_archenemy? Sadly twitter search is broken Absurd stuff I am confident it will be loved. (Cat-approved)pic.twitter.com/8Q8lipttPX
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63. The Lorax My favorite book at three; I remember going to the library with my grandmother to pick it up. Perfect for your budding, civic-minded mathematicianpic.twitter.com/86LAHI20Pd
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64. The Buried Moon Maybe mutual-recommended? Picked up for obvious reasons but wow this book is scary as hell Illustrations are fantastic and your child will fear marshes forever (rightly so) but iirc Kids Love Scary Shitpic.twitter.com/P1JJWbefre
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65. The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat Annals of books with unusual form factors A book one of my parents inherited from their childhood, I think? Our original copy was lost in a flood Content is probably mostly subversive lies from the +×+clock+×+pic.twitter.com/q7YzXMvX5I
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66. Jane, Wishing Back to earth, a sweet book about Jane, quotidian, who wants to be Amanda or Elizabeth. Wishes in color; life in greyscale Maybe good for a daughter especially? I'm not going to lie, last week I went and just bought a dozen books that Hyman illustratedpic.twitter.com/K0lR8FQJjx
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breaking for now but I really appreciate all of the recommendations.
I am bookmarking each and will go through them when I have a little downtime (and pending spousal budget approval
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I also have to say--it's incredibly validating, as I make this list, to hear from people with strong and specific recommendations of their favorites from their own childhoods. If books stick like that--well. Maybe evidence this exercise will be loved in the way I hope
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