Knock Knock

Who's there?
Chicken
{hysterical laughter}

That was the first of hundreds of knock knock jokes Sophia made up. Sometimes she tells real ones, like

Knock knock?
Who's there?
Doris
Doris who?
Doris shut, that's why I'm knocking

Sometimes it's a hybrid like

Knock knock?
Who's there?
Banana
Banana who?
Banana why are you knocking

And sometimes she just speaks in knock knock joke

Knock knock
Who's there?
I'm still hungry
I'm still hungry who?
I'm still hungry and I'd like more noodles

But for some reason, the one that makes us all laugh is that interrupted chicken one. Sometimes just the word chicken will send us into a fit of giggles.

So we went to Barnes and Noble to get a book of Knock Knock Jokes, which reminded me that I wanted to share some of our favorite children's books (I know Lynnette posted about doing this too - I can't wait to see hers!)

We love books around here.

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So, in no particular order, here is a list of some of our current favorites. There are so many, I think I might do this post in parts and continue with the list another day. And remember, these are for the 0-3 age bracket, although I know (hope!) many of these will be loved for years to come...

Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman
One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola
The Childrens Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch
We All Went on Safari by Laurie Krebs
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Noisy Farm board book
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See and Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear by Eric Carle
Moo Baa La La La and Hippos Go Berserk by Sandra Boynton
The Foot Book and I Am Not Going to Get up Today and Put Me in the Zoo (obviously) by Dr. Seuss
Angels Watching Over Me by Julia Durango
Bean Soup by Sarah Hines-Stephens
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laurie Joffe
Love Song for a Baby by Marion Dane Bauer
Who Was Born This Special Day? by Eve Bunting
My New Baby by Annie Kubler
Skippjon Jones by Jdy Schachner
My Book of Thanks by B.G. Hennessy
Kiss Kiss by Margaret Wild
First Book of Sushi by Amy Wilson Sanger
All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil Frances Alexander
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Dogfish by Gillian Shields
The Little Red Caboose by Marian Potter
Seven Little Postmen by Margaret Wise Brown
The Legend of the Three Trees board book
1001 Things to Spot on the Farm by Gillian Doherty

Yes, this is getting long... to be continued...

P.S.
Tonight I'm really glad that my blog really is really only read by tens of people every day - it took me several tries to get that video in this post!

P.P.S.
I really want to know ALL of y'all's (yes, I said all y'all) favorite children's books! If you write about it, come back and leave a link to your post in the comments!!!!