The blog No Time for Flash Cards has a nice list up now, 27 Vintage Books Every Child Should Read.
The Story of Ferdinand (Wikipedia)
One book jumped out at me from the list, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf. Just reading the title conjured up in my mind the amazing, amazing illustrations by Robert Lawson: the odd-looking men from the city, the expression on Ferdinand’s face when he sits on the bee, the cork tree with actual corks dangling from it, the ladies at the bullfight, the rage of the matador… This book is a masterful example of the power of illustrations, as well as a wonderful tale of pacifism and remaining true to yourself.
If books from my childhood are now considered vintage, does that make me vintage too? I prefer the term classic…
Books on the list that I’ve reviewed here:
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Other books illustrated by Robert Lawson:
Rabbit Hill
Rarest Kind of Best 
The Great Screen-Time Tug-of-War
24 Jun 2013 1 Comment
by Kim in Commentary, Issues, Parenting, Technology, Television, Violence
Tug of war contested at the 1904 Summer Olympics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The screentime tug-of-war is, I’m sure, a very very common sport in households today. Technology offers us ever more brilliant and enthralling ways to entertain and educate ourselves, and the desire for knowledge is a good thing, right? And yet, and yet, many parents harbour great anxiety about the slippery slope of screen time.*
Steve Almond has written a great piece on this for the New York Times: My Kids Are Obsessed With Technology, And It’s All My Fault. More