This was Children’s Book Week! What a great time to think about the children’s books you know you’ll always love. Thanks for voting! (It’s never too late to vote– just click on the “comments” below and add your name/email address/ favorite books.) The two winners are: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.

OTHER PICTURE BOOKS YOU VOTED FOR:
Barrett, Judi Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Brown, Marcia Stone Soup
Cannon, Janell Stellaluna
Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon
Kepes, Juliet Run Little Monkeys! Run Run Run!
McCloskey, Robert Lentil
Perrault, Charles Cinderella
Pilkey, Dav Dog Breath
Pochocki, Ethel The Gypsie’s Tale
Schachner, Judith Skippyjon Jones
Seuss, Dr. all of his books
Spier, Peter Bored, Nothing to Do

YOUR FAVORITE CHAPTER BOOKS:
Bianco, Margery Williams The Velveteen Rabbit
Brink, Carol Ryrie The Pink Motel
Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl
Coville, Bruce Sarah’s Unicorn
Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
DuPrau, Jeanne The City of Ember
Hoban, Russell How Tom Beat Captain Najork and his Band of Hired Sportsmen
Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth
Le Guin, Ursula A Wizard of Earthsea
Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia
Lovelace, Maud Hart Betsy-Tacy
Paterson, Katherine A Bridge to Terabithia
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Voigt, Cynthia Homecoming
Voigt, Cynthia A Solitary Blue

Hey, it’s election day and I voted. Ok, so maybe you are not old enough to vote in a school board or city or state or national election but you can vote for your favorite book instead! Next week is Children’s Book Week. What a great reason to vote for your favorite book here on our kids’ blog. In the comment box below, write in your favorite kids’ chapter book, picture book, or nonfiction book. (Your email address will be kept a secret.) I’m voting for: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Also, starting January 2008 (a presidential election year begins!), you will be able to nominate your favorite picture book or chapter book on VoteForBooks.com. Vote and see if your book makes all the rounds and wins next November. See you at the polls!