Author: Barbro Lindgren, translated by Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator: Eva Ericsson
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 1983 (orig.1982)
Age: 2-6
Themes: Mothers and sons, imaginations, stories in rhyme
Opening: Baby Ben was twice as wild as any other ten, there never was another child as wild as Baby Ben.
Summary: (from my library catalog) While his mother cleans house, rambunctious baby Ben sets sail in a wooden box and has many adventures.
I like this book because: the main character is just too cute! For those of us cooped up inside today, Baby Ben shows us we can still have adventures, you just need a little imaginative. Perfect book for these difficult times!
Resources/activities: get out the cardboard boxes, the laundry baskets, the pillows, blankets, and brooms! Bon voyage!
For more Perfect Picture Book Friday picks with teacher/parent resources, check out the list on Susanna Hill’s blog HERE.
julie rowan-zoch 
Perfect book for children right now. I think I may have read it years ago. Really good books linger in your mind. Love the illustrations!
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They do linger! That’s why I think it’s I important as a new PB writer to study the old as much as the new ones!
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Julie you find the best books! I loved making forts and my kids at the best fun with a freezer box. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
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I would often bring home an unusually large box for my neighbors – not because they asked, but I couldn’t fathom that they wouldn’t want to play in it!
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