List Lovers: Favorite Books from Childhood

I'm joining The Little List today with some of my favorite childhood bedtime stories. These books are pretty much synonymous with love and coziness and dreams, and I am still discovering ways in which they have influenced me.








The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats








A Child's Book of Poems, Gyo Fujikawa









Oh, What a Busy Day, Gyo Fujikawa

Great Swedish Fairy Tales, illustrated by John Bauer


Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, Bernard Waber









Peter's Wagon, Betty Biesterveld









The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant, Jean de Brunhoff










Bonhomme, Laurent de Brunhoff


Attic of the Wind, Doris Herold Lund










The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter










A Bear Called Paddington, Michael Bond








East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North, illustrated by Kay Nielsen