When We Were Very Young....and other stories....

I've been waiting so long to think of an excellent idea for a contest and i have thought of one....

So i had the most nostalgic moment now reading through a list of the 100 CLASSIC kids books that we ALL grew up on -or- had some contact with....and i felt that kids don't really get a chance to read them like we all did....thus i felt that these books are still in our hearts even though we might have forgoten them all....

so my contest is to write a poem on these books [i will give some examples and a link soon] and how they made you feel first reading them, how they make you feel now reminiscing, how you wish they'd make kids today feel, -or- pretty much anything, being the nostalgic person i am, all i am really looking for is a feeling of nostalgia in your poems....

here are a list of books that i love, so i am recommending them, but you may choose whatever you like:

Bridge to Terabithia [Katherin Paterson]
Where the Wild Things Are [Maurice Sendak*]
Where the Red Fern Grows [Wilson Rawls]
Island of the Blue Dolphins [Scott O'Dell]
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry [Mildred Taylor]
Ramona the Pest [Beverly Cleary*]
The Giving Tree [Shel Silverstein*]
Charlotte's Web [E.B. White]
James and the Giant Peach [Roald Dahl*]
Sarah, Plain and Tall [Patricia MacLachlan]
Goodnight Moon [Margaret Wise Brown]
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? [Bill Martin Jr.]
Leo the Late Bloomer [Robert Kraus]
The Snowman [Raymond Briggs]
Curious George [H.A. Rey]
Corduroy [Don Freeman]
The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Eric Carle*]
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very bad Day [Judith Viorst*]
Arthur's Eyes [Marc Brown*]
Strega Nona: An Old Tale [Tomie dePaola*]
Ameila Bedelia [Peggy Parish]
Mama, Do You Love Me? [Barbara M. Joosse]
Stellaluna [Janell Cannon]
Junie B. Jones [Barbara park]
The Stories Julian Tells [Ann Cameron]
When We Were Very Young [A.A. Milne*]

*these are marvelous authors and they have many other works, so any by them are welcomed....

i kinda got carried away giving examples, but the complete list is on this site: http://www.kidsreads.com/lists/baby-classic.asp

Rules:
1. no profanity
2. no sticky caps
3. make sure to mention the book somewhere when you enter the poem
4. have fun

feel free to contact me with any other questions ;]

Godbless you all and enjoy


P.S.: thank you Rose-Quartz for donating 150 points towards this contest!!!!