children's literature authors

Well, here it goes. My first real blog.

Three authors and their books that are read over and over in my household are; Robert Munsch's Love You Forever, Audrey Penn's The Kissing Hand and A Pocket Full of Kisses, and Judy Schachner's Skippyjon Jones. Munsch's book and Penn's books are more thoughtful of the relationship between mother and child. I remeber the first time I read Munsch's Love You Forever and I could not finish reading it through the emotion that clogged my throat. It was so sweet because my little boy just looked at me and asked why I was so sad. I didn't know how to tell him that book reminded me he was going to grow up some day. He was only about four. Now my son is a fifth grader and he reads the book to me. It is amazing that my son is still interested in this story. I like to read Penn's
books because it reminds me that children need to be reassured of grown ups feelings for them. I have noticed whenever I read her to my second grader it opens up questions of insecurities he may be having. Schachner's Skippyjon Jones is a hilarious story about a Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua. My kids love this story. Even as grown up as my fifth grader says he is, he still chuckles at the silliness. When I taught pre-K, I would always tell my little ones, you can be whatever you want to be. Never to let anyone make you do something you don't want to. This story is the best illustration I think I have ever seen.

http://www.robertmunsch.com/

http://www.audreypenn.com/

http://www.judithbyronschachner.com/