curious george

[sway2sway]

is out on DVD, of course we had to purchase it on the first day for Princess Marley.

[tinkerlion]

so is it just for the kiddies? i usually see most animated movies but have held of lately because they've mostly sucked. hoodwinked was the last one that i saw and enjoyed.

[sway2sway]

I like it, but I've always liked curious george, the good music in it doesn't hurt either.

[tinkerlion]

i was a big fan of the books growing up. might have to go rent it this afternoon. thanks for the info.

[sauce.baby]

oh cool! i want to get it so bad for the boys [ok, and me, too lol]. i was sad when i never got a chance to take them to see it in the theater. i know that pbs is showing the curious george cartoons again, but i can't remember what time.. i think it comes on after barney for us, which sucks, because barney is my cue to turn the tv off [stupid purple dinosaur].

[lietuvaite]

i used to love, love, love the books when i was little. when i buy baby shower gifts, i often buy books that are collections of stories - curious george and peter rabbit are my favorites b/c i loved them so much. i wonder if people hate it that i don't buy off the the registry.

[Barefoot2Dream]

i used to love, love, love the books when i was little. when i buy baby shower gifts, i often buy books that are collections of stories - curious george and peter rabbit are my favorites b/c i loved them so much. i wonder if people hate it that i don't buy off the the registry.

I just picked up a Don Freeman collection (remeber Corduroy the bear?) for my skittles this week as this was one of my all-time favorites as a kid. Peter Rabbit, Where the Wild Things Are, The Giving Tree,Harold & the Purple Crayon, Curious George, Hungry Little Caterpillar..... Isn't it amazing how years and generations later these stories still give us that warm fuzzy feeling?

Tink, as animated stories go, we took my little ones to see Cars and The Wild and both were great in my book. The Mr. even liked Cars which is saying a lot.;)

[lietuvaite]

Barefoot, i loved all of the books you mentioned, especially Corduroy! Every summer i went to sumer camp for two weeks; on the way home we would stop at a specialty kids book store and i could pick out a bunch of books. I still remember what the book store looked like, the displays, the recommendations the owner would make, etc. it's one of my favorite childhood memories that i will one day pass down to my kids (except for the fact that it will have to be at Border's or some other huge store lol). I also used to love Paddington Bear.

[the duke]

I've started collecting kiddie books for my non-existant kiddies (which may or may not eventuate)....I got the Cat in the Hat series a while ago...LOVE that....

Also loved where the wild things are, and hungary caterpillar...and the spot books...ooooh childhood relived :)

[tinkerlion]

yeah, we have a book and dvd collection for our future kids.

[allsphair]

I love the curious george soundtrack and the best part of it is that I can play it in my classroom.
Being a teacher, I have a TON of kiddie books. I love them. There is one, though, that I remember liking as a kid and as an adult/teacher, I HATE it.

Babar.

Elephants in clothes? and his parents get killed by poachers? It's messed up.

[the duke]

oh mate I remember Babar...it turned into a TV series..i loved it!

I'm sure that a lot of kids things are different now that we're a bit wiser than we were back then....

[Rensul]

I loved Babar...it was a great series of books:) I remember the show too...

[Rensul]

yeah, we have a book and dvd collection for our future kids.

I started doing that too...one of my favorites is the Wise old Turtle- great artwork and story...I'll have to go see who the author is can't remember off the top of my head...I kept alot of my old books hopefully our children will love them as much as I did:)

[ramble on rose]

Before we had our little one I used to buy kids cd's. I picked up a reggae for kids and jerry garcia and david grishman not for kids only. two great albums that she now loves. As for curious george the PBS show at least round my way comes on a 8am. Ash watches it every morning and while we have the movie soundtrack we have yet to see the movie but are super excited.

[tinkerlion]

my dad still has my collection of little golden books. we've got some really old ones too. does anyone remember this one?

http://www.pancakeparlour.com/Wonderland/Highlights/Thefuture/Short_Stories/LargeSambo/Anotherdozen/xsam018.jpg

it's hard to find now, but i loved the story growing up, how he turned the tigers into butter.

another one of my favorities

http://www.drtoy.com/images/items/goldenbooks2.jpg

http://www.littlejohn.co.kr/BookImage/cri200.JPG

i now read these to my niece when we're a my dad's house!

[Barefoot2Dream]

The Pokey Little Puppy was another one of my all time favorites!!!!I forgot about the little golden books. With the little train on the back full of all the various characters...

[lietuvaite]

allsphair, what grade do you teach?

[sway2sway]

The Pokey Little Puppy was another one of my all time favorites!!!!I forgot about the little golden books. With the little train on the back full of all the various characters...

I like that one too, strawberry shortcake and rice pudding, mmmm. I I just recently got that one in a collection with 'the friendly book' Know that one?
Here's one page:

I like stars
yellow stars
green stars
red stars
blue stars
I like stars
far stars
quiet stars
bright stars
light stars
I like stars
A star that is shooting across the dark sky
A star that is shining right straight in your eye
I like stars


(it has pretty pictures too)

[the duke]

Yeah I remember Golden Books....and the 'little miss' and 'mr men' books...they were COOL...i LOVE the one about mr hungry or something and he ate all the sausages....they were GREAT!

[allsphair]

I teach first grade. The Pokey Little Puppy was my favorite because it was me in canine form. It was my nickname for years. I have a lot of favorites now that it's the majority of what I read. some that I hate, though.

[lietuvaite]

okay, i've got one more... who remembers the sweet pickles books? i used to love Nuts to You Nighingale, Me Too, Iguana, ...

[ramble on rose]

I love sweet pickles books. I still have one left. Quail can't decide. Those take me back. Those and the Bearenstien Bears books.