What's Your Favorite Book?

For several weeks now, I have been watching friends tag other friends while posting the cover to their favorite books.  In the midst of this, I was tagged by a good friend, and until now, have yet to respond.

The truth is, I struggle with getting through novels.  Don't get me wrong, I desperately want to.  My nightstand has a substantial collection of them that I have the best intention of truly enjoying.  I want to, but struggle greatly to complete the books.  It's tremendously frustrating.

Recently, I was attending a teaching seminar in Washington DC and enjoyed as many of the museums as my off time allowed.  If you haven't spent time in the book section of a museum store, you are missing out!  Before the internet, the best place to locate a high quality selection of amazing literature was in a museum book store.  When I was at the National Gallery of Art and rounded the corner in the children's book section, I felt like I was home! 

THESE ARE MY BOOKS!  

To quote Thomas Jefferson, "I cannot live without books."  I just prefer my books to be children's picture books.

Over the last ten years, since I have focused on cataloging children's books through the lens of geography and history, a whole new world of literature has burst onto the scene.  Whenever I am sharing one of these pieces with my first graders, we always look to the back of the book at the author's note and the bibliography.  Just because it is a short picture book, does not mean that there has not been some research on the subject.  I like to use these examples with my kids to share what writers do for their craft.  

So...with this being said, I am going to challenge ten of my friends to post the cover of their favorite children's books, no other comment.  I will be posting too, picture books of course!!