(Photo: By Brad Paris/New York magazine)
As I read New York magazine tonight, I couldn’t help but smile when I stumbled across the #50 reason why New York is a city worth loving: “Because Even Our Kids Are Book Obsessed.” The magazine devoted a two-page spread to photos of children holding books and quotes detailing the children’s favorite part of the book(s) they happened to be holding. I adore the photo of the baby and the “Goodnight Moon” book. That was one of my favorite books growing up. The author — Margaret Wise Brown — and I share the same birthday.
It makes me happy when I see mothers and fathers reading to their children. To instill the written word in children is to invite them into a world of imagination and wonder, a world where they can escape from the rigmarole of life and just … be.
What was your favorite book growing up?
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But No Elephants and Teddy Trucks, both of which I still have, were at the top of the list. I’m sure there are others, but those are the first two that come to mind. Goodnight Moon was also high on the list.
I never read “But No Elephants and Teddy Trucks” growing up. I might just have to find it now and read it. I also loved Margaret Wise Brown’s “Runaway Bunny.”
Haha, sorry, they are two different books. I forgot to put in them quotes.
Haha, oh, that makes more sense now.