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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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
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
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
uh @selentelechia we had better get that bookcase we are very much running out of room in the nursery
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
)
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 
67. A House Is a House for Me This book OWNS It is a children's introduction to abstraction It begins by listing literal homes in which animals live and then stretches the concept beyond all recognition in perfect meter Strong recommendpic.twitter.com/o89z3rcooB
68. Patience, Miyuki
Miyuki returns! In a slightly more complex story wherein she learns to be a little more patient and makes friends with a flower
So beautiful
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69. Dragons Dragons Somewhat older appreciate Eric Carle, a Beastiary of legendary and fantastic creatures and Gods Described by literary excerpts worthy of the renowned poor devil of a sub-subpic.twitter.com/MTxV48reLS
70. Homer I found these fellas at a reasonable price. I'd say they're elementary appropriate--stories are probably a little long for preschoolers. Thoroughly illustrated but maybe not an early childhood aesthetic. Still I appreciate the work and it had me thinking about Mythpic.twitter.com/aHE2Sl5QOy
71. Stories from the History of Rome
This book slaps so fucking hard. Get this book.
Check the preface (3d image) for background. Stories are crisp legible and engaging.
Recommended by someone--@PereGrimmer?
Thanks whoever it was! Children should learn these stories.pic.twitter.com/ebrU11ngdg
72. Rosalie I was looking for some more Girl-coded books and found this one Really more early-elementary but it is beautifully written (with my Kind of typography and writing Conventions) and illustrated It is a paean to Female Friendship and virtue Recommendpic.twitter.com/sYp5QzUW2Y
73. Snow and Rose Snow White and Rose Red, of course this is not the same fairy tale as the one with the dwarves This is maybe second or third grade level, it is longer than I had expected I did not read it but nevertheless I assume it is very goodpic.twitter.com/y6I6SLtwBF
74. Moominbooks Your children will need a firm moral grounding compatible with the future Anarchic world order and this is the path to such an outcome Charming, mischievous, full of love, there is a reason everyone has a Snufkin avipic.twitter.com/62xPTSyd1D
75. The tale of tsar Saltan, of his son, the glorious and mighty knight prince Guidon Saltanovich, and of the fair Swan-princess
Just what it says on the tin
I mean it's translated Pushkin illustrated by Bilibin so
sucks it's long out of print
may have been USSR propagandapic.twitter.com/OucFxQjGHg
76. City, Pyramid, Castle, Cathedral
Line drawings of the construction of mighty works
Easily understandable by young grade schoolers
History and engineering
I love these they are wonderful and I wish I'd had them growing up
Go with the black + white
ht @halvorz and otherspic.twitter.com/v97bMdi03q
77. Blueberries for Sal A clarion warning. A message for our times. A disaster averted--this time. Warn your children about ursine treachery.pic.twitter.com/4ZJ52a6ugF
78. One Morning in Maine The Great Bear War has been won by the humans, but at great cost. Sal, older, struggles with an old wound from the Second Battle of Blueberry Hill. Her growing family struggles to find food; the economy is a shambles. Will they survive the winter?pic.twitter.com/yP4ghen0fO
79. The Ghost-Eye Tree Got this at a Scholastic book fair when I was seven because I liked scary things A boy and his brave big sister go to fetch their mother milk late at night and are nearly eaten alive by a haunted tree A lovely meditation on fear and braverypic.twitter.com/wWnhZ13Gcc
80. The Stork King A fairy tale introduction to domestic violence A lad makes his bid for the hand of a princess; she tries to kill him with black magic and he repeatedly tricks her with the help of a magic bird Their wedding night is a scene of unimaginable violence Ages 1-3pic.twitter.com/qdhAm4TSdk
81. Yes and No Stories
Recommended by @browserdotsys, by the Papashviliys, we got a signed copy somehow (?!)
Exceptional people and my absolute favorite book of fairy tales.
When men speak of heroes, let them sometimes remember Ajam Boglay's name.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Papashvily …pic.twitter.com/QxhL0oAbg9
82. The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat Quite a stupid book remarkable only for the fact that it was I think the first book I read on my own It was all downhill from there An introduction to the nature of entitled cats which has also been a constant theme in my lifepic.twitter.com/j2fZXW0nV5
83. A Madeline Treasury While I mentioned Madeline above I was compelled to get a complete collection of the originals for recently-uncovered Kabbalistic reasons Classic mischievous stories I expect I will be reading quite a lot This book is a bit cumbersome for small hands :(pic.twitter.com/Psq75Twzg2
84. Pockets I mostly don't like new books but this (1998) is robot bait Art and revelation and fashion, hidden passions, foreign words, discoveries, a journey to Byzantium So beautifulpic.twitter.com/vawKo1FhpF
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