We were recently invited to submit lists of our favorite books for a roundup on No time for flash cards, and blogger Allie published a great list of kids' books from a bunch of contributors, including a few of our recs. After you check that out, take a look at the full lists of five books we each sent her. It's impossible to really nail down the "favorite" books we'd hold above all others, but we tried to offer a few interesting ones we thought many parents would love as much as we do.

Jenni's list:

• In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak


• Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney


• Free to Be... You and Me by various


• The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown


• Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss

Jeremiah's list:

• Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary (the edition illustrated by Louis Darling)


• A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban


• I Read Symbols by Tana Hoban (reviewed here)


• A Little House of Your Own by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (which we reviewed and discussed here)


• The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay

Of course, this was turned in before we discovered William Steig... we'll write about him soon, as well as publishing posts about several of these individual books we haven't yet given their own reviews. - Jeremiah