The other day, my friend and I were walking around the city and found a book shop. Book shops have become a bit of an endangered species over the past few years, since most people have begun buying books over the internet, so we were very excited and entered. Walking around the different genres, admiring all the books and pointing out what we've read, what we recommend and what we have been planning to read, we finally stopped in one section and stayed there for the next hour. And that section was the kids' picture book section.
Although there were many new picture books, there were still heaps of books from when we were growing up, and as a result, we decided to relive our childhood and look through all of the beloved stories from our pre-school days. First there was 'Where's Wally-' and I discovered that my observational skills have greatly improved since I was three (which I'm very happy about).
And there was the very much loved 'Hairy Maclary' series, with my favourite characters, including Schnitzel Von Krumm, as well as many other books from my childhood, like 'Possum Magic,' 'Diary of a Wombat,' 'There's a sea in my bedroom,' 'We're going on a bear hunt,' 'The Jolly Postman,' 'Owl babies' and 'Where's Spot' (with the accompanying toy!) just to name a few, and believe me, this is really just naming the hundreds that we found in this incredible bookshop.
And to my absolute delight, we found some of my favourite picture books as well: 'Guess how much I love you,' 'Where the wild things are,' 'The very hungry caterpillar,' and 'The rainbow fish' (which I have to admit, I still have the poster of it hanging in my room). Okay, I have to just emphasise how amazing 'The rainbow fish' is, but I have to warn you, this is a plot spoiler: it is about a fish that has scales the colour of rainbows and sparkles, and he was very proud and wouldn't play with the other fish because he thought he was more special than everyone else. Then one day a small fish asked if they could have one of his scales, and he was like "NO!" and all the other fish then didn't want to have anything to do with the rainbow fish. And the rainbow fish got sad, and I quote "I really am beautiful. Why doesn't anybody like me?" and he saw this octopus, who said that the only way to be happy would be to share the scales with the others and be friends. And at first the rainbow fish was like: how can I be happy without my beauty? But he realised that he was beautiful and lonely, so when the little fish came back, he thought: what was the harm of giving one? And then seeing how happy he made the little fish, he began sharing his scales with all the others, until he had only one sparkly scale left. And he was happy and had friends at the end. It is such a beautiful story with a fantastic moral/ life lesson!
Anyway, hopefully some of these book titles brought back fond memories for you, as they did for me. My friend and I then continued talking about favourite kids TV shows we used to watch, but I guess that nostalgia can be saved for another post for another day.
Although there were many new picture books, there were still heaps of books from when we were growing up, and as a result, we decided to relive our childhood and look through all of the beloved stories from our pre-school days. First there was 'Where's Wally-' and I discovered that my observational skills have greatly improved since I was three (which I'm very happy about).
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| Can you find Wally? He is there |
And there was the very much loved 'Hairy Maclary' series, with my favourite characters, including Schnitzel Von Krumm, as well as many other books from my childhood, like 'Possum Magic,' 'Diary of a Wombat,' 'There's a sea in my bedroom,' 'We're going on a bear hunt,' 'The Jolly Postman,' 'Owl babies' and 'Where's Spot' (with the accompanying toy!) just to name a few, and believe me, this is really just naming the hundreds that we found in this incredible bookshop.And to my absolute delight, we found some of my favourite picture books as well: 'Guess how much I love you,' 'Where the wild things are,' 'The very hungry caterpillar,' and 'The rainbow fish' (which I have to admit, I still have the poster of it hanging in my room). Okay, I have to just emphasise how amazing 'The rainbow fish' is, but I have to warn you, this is a plot spoiler: it is about a fish that has scales the colour of rainbows and sparkles, and he was very proud and wouldn't play with the other fish because he thought he was more special than everyone else. Then one day a small fish asked if they could have one of his scales, and he was like "NO!" and all the other fish then didn't want to have anything to do with the rainbow fish. And the rainbow fish got sad, and I quote "I really am beautiful. Why doesn't anybody like me?" and he saw this octopus, who said that the only way to be happy would be to share the scales with the others and be friends. And at first the rainbow fish was like: how can I be happy without my beauty? But he realised that he was beautiful and lonely, so when the little fish came back, he thought: what was the harm of giving one? And then seeing how happy he made the little fish, he began sharing his scales with all the others, until he had only one sparkly scale left. And he was happy and had friends at the end. It is such a beautiful story with a fantastic moral/ life lesson!Anyway, hopefully some of these book titles brought back fond memories for you, as they did for me. My friend and I then continued talking about favourite kids TV shows we used to watch, but I guess that nostalgia can be saved for another post for another day.
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