Gosh, thank you all so much for the great ideas. I have a Pete the Cat book but didn't realize it was a series. I'll look for more. I'm very interested in the Harry McLary books, but interestingly my library doesn't have them! But they are on Amazon, so I'll give them a try. I was going to try to thank everyone individually, but worry I'll leave someone out, so I hope you'll know that I'll look at each of these and try them out. For anyone else reading this looking for ideas, my grandson loves a book I found called Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. And I can second the G'night, G'night construction site. How do boys seem to emerge with an affinity for construction equipment? At 2 and younger? It's crazy! Also, no one answered about Where's Waldo? I know it's older, but does anyone recommend it? If so, which one? Please keep adding books if you think of more. It's great to have them all in a place to check back with. Thanks again!

And here is Grandma (me) with 4 week old baby brother, Kieran! It did my heart good to go cuddle grandbabies for the weekend. There were a few pains, knowing that I'm missing one (Maison) but I know we'll be reunited with him one day, and in the meantime, I'm going to have all the cuddle time I can with the grandbabies we still have with us.

Hello, I'm new to this forum but am trying to find the name of a children's book I loved back in the '60s. It was about three British children who find a German airman who has parachuted out near the Brighton Beach pier. I think one of the children was named Gillian. Anybody have any ideas? Thanks!

You all are amazing. What a variety and wealth of info about kid's books (and so many other things)! I remember hearing of Lemony Snicket (didn't Jim Carey do a movie?) so I'll check those out. I looked at Beverly Cleary books, not sure he'd be drawn to Ramona, but the Mouse and Motorcycle looks like a great fit. He loves furry creatures and all things vehicle, so I think he'd love it. It looks like there will be a movie about How to Train your Dragon, and I think that might be a nice segue from the My Father's Dragon books (well, at least both about dragons), so will add that to my list, too. How fun Renogirl to write that blog. I'll bookmark it and watch for your other recommendations. We saw a children's theatre performance of Charlotte's web so that might not be a first choice for him, just because he knows the story, but I'll look at Trumpet of the Swan. Thanks! Illustrated classics looks interesting, too. Thanks! I'm probably the only person in the world who hates the Wizard of Oz (the movie, but it will have ruined the books for me), so he'll have to get that from someone else :-) I never read the Little House books, just grew up on the TV show, but I think he'd really like the pioneer aspect, how people used to live. I know I didn't personally address everyone who posted. I've been having terrible internet problems, so just gave up, but please know I so appreciate you all taking time to write your thoughts. I think we've got 7-10 about covered here! Thank you all.