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I bought Peter in Blueberry Land last year. I love it. The illustrations are gorgeous and it goes so nicely with a reading of Blueberries for Sal. 
So I want to buy one more of her books now. They are expensive and I cannot invest in more than one or two a year. I want a storybook (as opposed to Around the Year, which is a poetry book). What's your favorite?
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Books -- we LOVE Beskow around here.
Our favorite, and the first one we bought for Maggie, was Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender; the second favorite -- especially for those of us partial to wool  would be Pelle's New Suit which was perfect for our wool unit we did last year.
All of Beskow's are exceptional -- the illustrations and the stories are very cute ... it would be hard to go wrong with any of them. Woody, Hazel and Pip is very "flower fairy" like as is the Children of the Forest.
Too many choices, huh?
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We have these two, besides Around the Year:
Children of the Forest
The Sun Egg
I like Children.... better, but I actually like them all quite a bit....
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My kids love Christopher's Harvest Time...I packed away in the fall box and they made me go into the storage closet and retrieve it because they couldn't bear the thought of going a whole year without reading it.
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Christopher's Harvest Time!
My older son just loved this book! We used it during the Autumn last year. My 8yo was just completely enchanted by this book. We got a couple more at Christmas last year, but Christopher's Harvest Time remained the favorite.
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Our fave is Children of the Forest. We have to read that over and over.
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Hmmmmmmmm...Christopher's Harvest Time and Woody, Hazel and Pip are calling to me, but I also like the sound of Peter's House...
Does anyone have that one?
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hey books, why don't you get them all from the library and then let the kids pick their fav? all around the year was my kids' fav last year.
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Mary, the library doesn't always work for us...its 30 minutes and is not easy with a baby and a toddler in tow.
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ahh, gotcha. does yours allow you to order online? because that is so helpful. i order my books online and then just run in to pick them up.
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Well, I splurged last night and I don't even have buyer's remorse! 
I got
Christopher's Harvest Time
Woody Hazel and Pip
The Sun Egg
I can't wait till they get here. Thanks for helping!
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Topic: Help me...Elsa Beskow?
