So, I'm guessing you might mean a children's story aside from fairy tales like Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, and that sort of thing?

In which case, perhaps I can point out at least one that I found amusing (even at my ripe old age of 22). "Gregory the Terrible Eater" is a story about a goat who, instead of eating garbage like most goats, wants to eat food like eggs, fish and orange juice! It becomes a learning lesson in balanced eating for little Gregory the goat, as well as for his parents as they try to raise him right.

The author's name is Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey.

My family has a ton of children's books left over from our growing-up years, so I could readily supply more ideas/resources if this is the sort of story you were looking for.

Berenstein Bears! 😀

Well how children ish do you want?

Because the first things that came to my mind were The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Terry Pratchett), Mortal Engines (Phillip Reeve, I think. Its definatly not fuzzy though) and any of the Redwall series. Which are all called childrens books... But so arn't really ^^;

Since I'm guessing thats not the sorta thing you need I'm trying to scour my brain for more likely suspects...

The only childrens book I remember reading and enjoying was the Mr Majeika series by Humphrey Carpenter. I absolutely adored everything about them, and it's the only book I've ever read more than once (I've read it about 5 times).

War and Peace.

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Ooh I know. The Witches by Roald Dahl. Sure, there are a few illustrations around by Quentin Blake, but they're pretty idiosyncratic, and they just punctuate the book. Plus you get to draw furry, *almost* anthropormorphic mice scurrying around doing stuff; who could possibly not like the idea?

One of my all-time favorite books (even all these years later), Dinosaur Bob (hence my user name at the other forums I go to, dinosaur_bob(well, that and the fact that I'm a guy named Bob who likes dinosaurs, but maybe that's why I like the book so much))!

My favourite story is from The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry.
The Three Railway Engines: The Sad Story of Henry.

Once an Engine, attached to a train
Was afraid of a few drops of rain.

He went into a tunnel,
Squeaked through his funnel,
And never came out again.

Fantastic Mr.Fox by Roald Dahl and The Eleventh Hour by Graham Base. Don't know if either of these will be a help, but you did ask.

My favorite kids book would be this little number:

The Ernie & Bert Book. It was the first book I ever read, or rather memorized by heart. It consists of Ernie putting a bunch of stuff in places they're not supposed to be because he broke Bert's piggy bank. Ernie's all "I broke your piggy bank, so I put the money in this pot." Or like near the end, Ernie puts something in Bert's crayon box, I think it's soap. And Bert's all "Where did you put my crayons?" And Ernie's all "In the fish bowl, Bert!" And Bert's all "Ernie, where are my fish??" And Ernie's all "In your cowboy hat, Bert!"

Good book.

I'd say anything by Dr. Seuss, specifically Green Eggs and Ham.

Agree with SSD, anything by Dr. Seuss is good. I'm more attached to one my grandmother used to read to me even if she didn't get why the bird kept asking everything (even a car) if they were his mother... "Are You My Mother" by Dr. Seuss

"Charlotte Sometimes" by Pennelope Farming is another favorite of mine.

"Vampire Plagues" by Sebastian Rook, this one is published by Scholastic

wow, a bigger response then expected. thank you! ^^

those of you who saw my 'What's a Cat?' illustrations would know that i tend to draw for a younger audience, those about 8 or younger.

i've done projects on pratchett before, and my mind is too influenced by those wonderful images the new cover artist draws. ^^; i'd never be able to better his work!

*bops those of you with silly suggestions, or those who didn't say who wrote the books* i'm in england, i may not be able to find these books without the name of the writer! 😛

right, i'll specify further. a published, but relatively unknown book would be great. fairytales have been done over and over, i'll have to avoid them.

How about How the Sun was Brought Back to the Sky by Mirra Ginsburg, Jose Aruego, and Ariane Dewey. Amazon has it in stock. I forced my mom to read it to me all the time when I was a kid.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault is a pretty good children's story as well.

My favorite childrens' books (and possibly some of my favorite books, period) are the surprisingly complex Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, particularly the fifth book onward. And most especially, the final book, which was released last Friday, which was absolutely excellent.

I dunno if that's too "old," or too well-illustrated, but in any case people should read them. They're a lot more intelligent than some of the drivel that's written for adults these days.

Mark Haddon, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time"? Story written from the perspective of an autistic boy, set in London I believe. The themes _might_ be a bit mature for an 8 year old audience, but I guess you could consider it

Hey, someone else remembers "Charlotte Sometimes"! I loved that book. I think I may still have it somewhere.

May I suggest "Moondial" by Helen Cresswell? Or Robin Jarvis' "The Whitby Witches" trilogy? Or indeed his "Wyrd Museum" trilogy? Pretty much by Susan Cooper or Joan Aiken or Diana Wynne Jones? Lucy M Boston's "Children of Green Knowe" series?

Sorry, there's no way I could choose a favourite

DW

Curious Incident is definately NOT a children's book, despite being an amazing book that I highly recommend.

Then again, I was gonna recommend The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales (by Jon Scieszka), but that isn't any good either.

Yeah - Curious Incident is a bit too mature for 8 year old, IMO.

Then again, people bring their three year old kids to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre, so what do I know? xX;;

ahh, i love robin jarvis' books. i've all six of the ones about the mice. ^.^

wow, seriously..thanks for all the help you guys have given me! ^^ i've quite a few books to look up now!