Do books for little children ever make you cry?

[PrettyCandles]

I'm a soft moo - Once There Were Giants sets me off every time.

The Robot and the Bluebird.
No Matter What
Alfie and the Birthday Present

BeerTricks - oh yes, Mole and the Baby Bird!!!!

I remember we had it out from the library and had to hide it because it made me sob uncontrollably!! There's a section that goes something like this: -

And because Mole loved the bird so much, he let it go and watched it fly away.
And because Mole loved the bird so much, he sat and cried.....

[Howls emoticon]

Stick man.

God, it kills me but I love it.

Dogger. It's got a happy ending, but when the sister does "a VERY kind thing" my voice just goes.

Ds won't let me read it any more. He says it's too sad. I don't think he listens past the page where Dogger gets sold.

Loveykins by Quentin Blake

Dogger, yes.
and Peepo
and Mousehole Cat.

Owl Babies

So glad you started this thread Pretty Candles, it reminded me of I Love You Forever and I looked it up on Amazon. Bought a new copy for less than £4.00 with free post. Which has cheered me up no end as I only have about a fiver in the bank.

Thank you.

Feeling a bit weepy just reading this thread.
I cry at adverts, kids movies, even particularly moving episodes of the Simpsons.

This emotional incontinence has definately got worse since having kids.

Agree re Once There Were Giants and Peepo.

Also, try The Big Big Sea if you dare..

Another vote for Dogger and the Big Big Sea.

The bit that always sets me off in Dogger is when he tries to tell the lady that it's his Dogger but she doesn't understand him. FGS - IT'S HIS DOGGER!!

Now oddly ds was absolutely fine with Goodbye Mog (me not so much).

So it's clearly ok for our cat to shuffle off this mortal coil - hopefully not too imminently - but the idea of his favourite soft toy being sold by mistake at a school fair is to much to be borne

Our cat's pretty scratchy to be fair. There's not a massive amount of love lost there.

Dogger
Bog Baby
Tatty Ratty
I must try Once There Were Giants

Peepo - I love but it doesn't make me cry..
Ditto Elephant and Bad Baby - interested to know what it is in those books that makes others cry?

I've noticed that the ones that get me haven't been dd's favourites (exception of Tatty Ratty I think). I don't know if its the sadness that turns her off or if the writing is just less appealing to her than it is to me....

Peepo, Guess how much I love you, Gorilla and Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes - currently DS's favourites and i well up every time. In fact Guess how much I love you made me cry in Waterstones when i was PG.

Never read Goodbye Mog and I think I will have to wait til DS is old enough to read it himself.

The Northern Lights trilogy made me weep like a child.

Oh Dogger

My sister and I sometimes take it in turns to read it to each other and see who cries first (we are in our thirties...)

In fact sometimes when we have had many a few pints we just put on a sad face and whisper "Dogger...." in mournful tones to set the other one off.

I Love you Forever - read a copy at a friend's house way before I had children, and it upset me so much I vowed never ever to have it in the house. It's made me cry just seeing the title and remembering. (I am not that weird normally!)

The Green Ship
Zagazoo (just love it that the parents are pelicans, hope that's not a spoiler)
Goodnight Moon just because I read it at a time when I probably had PND.

Oh yes!
I still remember sobbing at: The trouble with Mum (babette Cole)

The Toymaker by Martin Waddel

"And she made it with love, for she had not forgotten....."

I'm glad someone has already mentioned Owl Babies

We also have a book called 'I'm Sorry' by Sam McBratney, with beautiful illustrations, that always sets me off.

Once There Were Giants- what a great book.

Guess How Much I Love You

No Matter What by Debi Gliori

yes, Dogger
& the last Mog book
& Charlotte's Web

& others which I can't think of atm

DD1 is a secondary English teacher now & has to read aloud sometimes - obv books like Dogger aren't part of the syllabus but still, she struggles with things like Of Mice & Men, & To Kill a Mockingbird

How do actors do it? Can they switch off?

The Story of Holly & Ivy is another

Bloody 'Goodbye Mog' actually made me cry in the middle of the sodding children's library. Had to pick up the child to hide my face in and scuttle out of the door.