The Wonderful House

Nice Margaret Wise Brown book. Our 4 year old granddaughter's family is moving to a new house. At the back of the book we put a picture of her house so as she reads the book/the book is read to her, she is learning about houses of all variety of critters and there is her house.

My 2-1/2 year old nephew loves this book! Like most young children, he loves being able to predict what is going to appear on the next page...or WHO is going to appear in this case. The best part is hearing him use the word "wonderful" to describe other things. A lovely choice for a little gift.

Another classic from Margaret Wise Brown. Captures the wonderful essence of childhood that so many contemporary children's authors miss again and again. The illustrations are still fresh even though it was originally printed in 1950. The story is an uncommon blend of whimsey, fantasy and the unexpected. And...no one can make a movie out of it! Simplicity at its sparkling best. Buy one for every child you know.

This was one of my favorite books when I was little, and I started reading the same copy of The Wonderful House to my little boy when he was just over a year old. It is still one of his very favorites at the ripe old age of 3. He of course has it memorized word for word. The illustrations are fantastic. Our copy is just about to be retired from use, how wonderful we can purchase a new one! It tells of many creatures and where they live. "Who lives here?" is on almost every spread, then the answer follows on the next page. The magical wonderful house appears and everyone tries to guess who lives there.