Kids Books

I read a fair number of kids books in my line of work. Some are excellent, while others should never have been published. Here's a short record (updated sporadically).

The Good

• Horton Hatches an Egg, by Dr. Seuss. "An elephant's faithful 100 percent", ending is biologically implausible.
• Church mice books, by Graham Oakley. Classic British humor.
• Salty Dog books, by Gloria and Ted Rand. Great art, and fun sailing stories.
• Katy and the Big Snow, by Virginia Lee Burton.
• Something Big has Been Here, by Jack Prelutsky. Fun poems with the largest vocabulary of any kids book I've ever seen.
• Most books by Dr. Seuss
• The 12 original Magic School Bus books (not the movie tie-in books, or the Scholastic reader books)
• Most Dorling-Kindersley Eyewitness books (example)
• Christina Katerina and the Box, Patricia Lee Gauch

The Bad

• Clifford books
• Amelia Bedelia books
• Pretty much any Disney or movie/show/product tie-in book