40 Years of the Very Hungry Caterpillar

Congratulations to 40 years of Eric Carle and the Very Hungry Caterpillar, which is quite possibly, the most popular children's picture book of all time.

According to an interview in the Times, Eric Carl owes his success to a hole punch! I wonder what I could do with a post-it note?

Google has paid tribute to Eric Carle today and it made me smile when I saw it on my homepage- it is fabulous!

It was certainly a favourite of mine (my mother tells me she had to read it to me at least five times a night before I would drift off!).

In the Bookseller today there was a picture of the window display at the children's bookshop Tales on Moon Lane. Sadly I cannot find a pic of this online but it was filled with Eric Carle goodies!

Here is a list of my top ten picture books for children and adults alike!

1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

2. When a Tiger who came to Tea

3. The Nickle Nackle Tree

4. The Gruffalo

5. Where the Wild Things are

6. Peepo!

7. Hairy McClary from Donaldsons Dairy

8. Olivia

9. The Tadpole's Promise

10. Angelina Ballerina

Top 20 Page Turners!

I thought I would share a list of my favourite books which had an emotive impact on me in some way or another.
When I worked as a bookseller, I found that personal recommendations were usually the best way of discovering a gem of a book.
All these novels they all have one thing in common...they are unputdownable!
Enjoy!

1. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
2. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
3. An Instance of the Fingerpost by Ian Pears
4. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
5. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
6. We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
7. The Book of Dave by Will Self
8. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
9. The Beach by Alex Garland
10. Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
11. Dissolution by C.J.Sansom
12. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
13. Curious Incident of the Dog at Nightime by Mark Haddon
14. Memoirs of a Geisha by Author Golden
15. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
16. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
17. Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M Auel
18. Watership Down by Richard Adams
19. Captain Corellis Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
20. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

(Not in any particular order!)