I started off with the usual picture
books and nursery rhymes that most children are introduced
to at pre school ages. One of my favorite picture book
series was the one by author and illustrator, Richard
Scarry. Despite his frightening sounding names, Scarry
is best known for writing Richard Scarry's Best
Word Book Ever, a treasure trove of page after
page of scenes from house hold and daily life where
every single item is illustrated and named. This was
the perfect way for me to learn about the items that
filled the world.
When I was ready for stories with
plots, I began with a set of Disney books, in which
Disney character enacted famous fairy tale, folk tales,
and other popular yarns. My favourite was Button Soup,
in which Daisy Duck is resourceful enough to field a
whole town on a soup made out of a "single button".
I was also introduced to Dr. Seuss and his famous children’s
book, which delighted generation with their matcap word
play, imaginative characters, and off-the-wall plots.
You may know Dr. Seuss's, most
famous creation, The Cat in the Hat, who comes into
the house of an ordinary boy and girl and manages to
make a tremendous mess out of every thing in the house.
This particularly disturbed me because I was always
worried about how the children would fix things before
their parents came home to punish them. Luckily, the
Cat in the Hat always repented for his sins and help
the children clean up the mess he had made.
A third series that I loved was
the one about King Babar, Queen Celeste, and their royal
adventures in Paris (in case you don't know,
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