And, from The Little Shelf....

I am lucky in that I come from a family of readers and thus have a constant resource of books either from my childhood or from suggestions. Here are CityBaby's favorites (and mine, too):

The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Suess - This is my all time favorite Dr. Suess book and you have probably never heard of it. The title story is about the Sneetches, a unique tribe where some have stars on their belly and some don't. But it's really about understanding other people's difference and tolerance plus it has a guy named Sylvester McMonkey McBean who is a Fix It Up Chappie. And there's also a little obscure poem in there about Mrs. McCave who has 23 sons and she names them all Dave. Hilarity ensues.

How To Make An Apple Pie and See The World by Marjorie Price - This books takes you on a journey around thw rold to acquire the ingredients to make an apple pie. Brilliant.

The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola - a poignant story about DePaola as a boy and his search to express himself through art. All of Dipoala's books are great.

Annie The Apple Farmer by Monica Wellington - in Spanish with English subtitles about Annie and how she grows her apples on her farm in upstate NY then sells them at, what I am guessing is, The Union Square Farmer's Market. CityBaby loves this one.

We also read a lot of the typical like Mike Mulligan and His Steamship and Goodnight Gorilla and, of course, Good Night Moon but hopefully the above will give you exposure to a few you haven't seen.