| Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pinkerton, Behave! (Hardcover) Author: Steven Kellogg Illustrator: Steven Kellogg Publisher: Dial |
Ages 4-8 |
3/17/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Good ol' Pinkerton!
I recall when my elementary school class would take our once a week trek to our school library and hear a story or be allowed to check out one book, Steven Kellogg's Pinkerton alw...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 130 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (Turtleback School & Library Binding E... Author: Judi Barrett Illustrator: Judi Barrett Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush |
Ages 4-8 |
3/17/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I recently re-read this... simply hilarious!!!
The illustrations for this book are so wonderful because they really add so much and mirror the personality of the story. tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 2,782 Reviews | |||||
| 3. In a Blue Room (Hardcover) Author: Jim Averbeck Illustrator: Tricia Tusa Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books |
Ages 4-8 |
3/17/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: another lovely book with lovely illustrations. tags: Inspired me | |||||
| 154 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Last Night (Hardcover) Author: Hyewon Yum Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Ages 4-8 |
3/17/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I think this is a unique and wonderful book!!! tags: Inspired me | |||||
| 27 Reviews | |||||
| 5. Skippyjon Jones (Paperback) Author: Judy Schachner Publisher: Puffin |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: My mom actually told me about this book before I knew about it... and I immediately had to go read it.
She was describing it and well, it's hard to describe without laughing because this cute little'...more tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 1,232 Reviews | |||||
| 6. On Market Street (Paperback) Author: Arnold Lobel Illustrator: Arnold Lobel Publisher: HarperTrophy |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai tagged as: I recommend | |||||
| 30 Reviews | |||||
| 7. The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends) (Paperback) Author: George Selden Illustrator: Garth Williams Publisher: Square Fish |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Do you remember this book?
Didn't it make you want to cry?
And isn't Garth Williams wonderful?
I think so, too. tags: Inspired me , I read , I recommend | |||||
| 1,641 Reviews | |||||
| 8. The Story of Ferdinand (Hardcover) Author: Munro Leaf Illustrator: Robert Lawson Publisher: Viking Juvenile |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: This is my best friend's favorite book... which says a lot because she's not a children's book fanatic, like me... but she remembers this book from her own childhood- and I remember it, too!
I think ...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 2,041 Reviews | |||||
| 9. Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups (Hardcover) Author: Carol Thompson Illustrator: Hilary Knight Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Eloise, can we be friends? I would buy you ice cream, and curl your hair, and paint the walls together, and of course, rub our pugs bellies together with a hanger. tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 819 Reviews | |||||
| 10. Corduroy (Hardcover) Author: Don Freeman Illustrator: Don Freeman Publisher: Viking Juvenile |
Baby to Pre-K |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Just sink into the colors and the sweet story of Corduroy!
This is a must read... but I suppose that's why it's a classic? I just couldn't pass up putting this on my shelf...
There are too many, ar...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 3,498 Reviews | |||||
| 11. Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales (Hardcover) Author: Beatrix Potter Publisher: Warne |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Beatrix Potter's life is actually very interesting, too.
I didn't realize how huge her stuff is now in Japan as well... crazy! (although perfectly understandable).
I often wished I could paint like ...more tags: Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 1,595 Reviews | |||||
| 12. Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever! (Giant Little Golden Book) (Hardco... Author: Richard Scarry Illustrator: Richard Scarry Publisher: Golden Books |
Baby to Pre-K |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I think that Richard Scarry's books are some of the best illustrated.
tags: I recommend , Inspired me | |||||
| 431 Reviews | |||||
| 13. The Chronicles of Narnia (Hardcover) Author: C. S. Lewis Illustrator: Pauline Baynes Publisher: HarperCollins |
Ages 9-12 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I have been reading this actually over and over again... I leave it in my livingroom and pick it up whenever I can and just flip it open and start reading.
I have read each one, and still go back and...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 15,329 Reviews | |||||
| 14. The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (Paperback) Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Dave McKean Publisher: HarperTrophy |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Dave McKean paired with Neil Gaiman can do no wrong... not only did he also illustrate The Graveyard Book, but tons of other Gaiman works!
And the story is so inventive and wonderful...sigh, now I ha...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 230 Reviews | |||||
| 15. Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (Hardcover) Author: Mo Willems Illustrator: Mo Willems Publisher: Hyperion |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Anything Mo Willems!!
But really, these books have always been some of my favorite... who cannot relate? Who doesn't wish this pigeon were sitting on their shoulder? tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 1,202 Reviews | |||||
| 16. Wabi Sabi (Hardcover) Author: Mark Reibstein Illustrator: Ed Young Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: Another book that amazed me!
Isn't it wonderful that illustrators can take something and always find a new way to make art?
Beautiful! tags: Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 394 Reviews | |||||
| 17. My Little Girl (Hardcover) Author: Tom Douglas, Tim McGraw Publisher: Thomas Nelson |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: This illustrator is amazing!!!!!!
She also has a fun little blog called The Cinnamon Rabbit! Julia Denos is talented!!!
tags: I recommend , I read | |||||
| 144 Reviews | |||||
| 18. Amelia Bedelia (Spanish Edition) (Paperback) Author: Peggy Parish, Yanitzia Canetti Illustrator: Barbara Siebel Thomas, Fritz Siebel Publisher: Lectorum Publications |
N/A |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I read all of these when I was a little girl and really wonder where all of my copies are now!
If only my little self could have kept all of my children's books hidden away so my now grown self could...more tags: I recommend , I read | |||||
| 419 Reviews | |||||
| 19. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Hardcover) Author: Mem Fox Illustrator: Helen Oxenbury Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: This book is so incredible... I miss when my now 5 yr old nephew was only 3 months old...
tags: Inspired me , I read , I recommend | |||||
| 791 Reviews | |||||
| 20. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at... Author: Greg Mortenson Publisher: Puffin |
Ages 9-12 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I love this book...
My Grandma loaned it to me and Obasan.
Very inspirational!
tags: Inspired me | |||||
| 2,262 Reviews | |||||
| 21. Duck and Cover (Max the Duck) (Hardcover) Author: Jackie Urbanovic Illustrator: Jackie Urbanovic Publisher: HarperCollins |
Ages 4-8 |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I read this recently and totally loved it!
tags: I recommend | |||||
| 81 Reviews | |||||
| 22. Not a Box (Hardcover) Author: Antoinette Portis Illustrator: Antoinette Portis Publisher: HarperCollins |
Baby to Pre-K |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: This is definitely one of those books that I thought "I wish I had done that!"
tags: I recommend | |||||
| 295 Reviews | |||||
| 23. Obasan (Paperback) Author: Joy Kogawa Publisher: Anchor |
N/A |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: This is a book I think everyone should read!
My mother is Japanese and my father is Scottish-heritage, born American. I do not look very asian, but I went to Japanese School until I graduated high s...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 756 Reviews | |||||
| 24. Chalice (Hardcover) Author: Robin McKinley Publisher: Putnam Juvenile |
Young Adults |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: I have not read it yet, but this is her newest!
I will have to review it when I am done reading it...
A trip to the bookstore in the near future may be required sooner than I can afford it! | |||||
| 1,708 Reviews | |||||
| 25. The Hero and the Crown (Paperback) Author: Robin McKinley Publisher: Puffin |
Young Adults |
3/16/2009 Add | |||
| Mai said: This is one of my favorite books... I borrowed it from my sister and have yet to buy it!! Isn't that horrible? I almost never gave it back to her. I highly recommend anything by Robin McKinley! | |||||
| 2,741 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
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Mai Kemble - Occupation: Writer, Illustrator
- Company: Mai S Kemble Illustrations
- Birthday: June 14
- Locale: Long Beach, CA, United States of America
- Member Since: 3/14/2009
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