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Let's get in the time machine and talk about some picture books from back in the day. First, let's go with an obscure favorite from my childhood: Teaser and the Firecat by Cat Stevens (1972). Before he got a little wacky, Mr. Stevens wrote and illustrated this book which shares its title with one of his albums. In the book, the moon falls from the sky and a young boy and his cat try to get it back to where it belongs.
Virginia Lee Burton is best known for Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, but The Little House (1942) is also a gem. Probably the first and maybe only children's book to address urban sprawl, it is beautifully illustrated and won the Caldecott Medal.
And finally, everyone knows A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, but his other books are just as wonderful. Two of my favorites, which also feature Peter, are Whistle for Willie (1964) and Peter's Chair. Whistle for Willie is a summer book and Willie is Peter's dachshund. In Peter's Chair (1967) there is a new baby sister in the house that Peter must share his things with.
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