"A Giraffe and a Half" by Shel Silverstein

Suggested Book:

A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein

Suggested Patterns:

• Little Crochet Giraffe by Michele Wilcox (Free, Crochet)
  
  

• Giraffe Dishcloth by Lindsay Sasseville (Free)
  
  
• Giraffe by Susan B. Anderson (Found in Itty-Bitty Toys)
  
  
  

Cinderella

Suggested Book: Classic Cinderella stories for little girls.
Suggested Patterns:

• Cinderella Topsy-Turvy Doll by Jean Greenhowe
  
  

• Cinderella by Crochet Cute (Pattern Cost: $5.00; Crochet)
  
  
  

"Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll

Suggested Book:

Any Alice In Wonderland book by Lewis Carroll

Suggested Patterns:

• Alice by Debi Birkin (Free)
  
  
  
• Cheshire Cat by Debi Birkin (Pattern Cost: 2.50 British Pounds)
  
  
  

Beatrix Potter

Suggested Books:

Anything by Beatrix Potter

Suggested Patterns:

Alan Dart made a series of these patterns. You'll have to comb eBay as they do pop up every so often. These are out of print.

"Cat In the Hat" by Dr. Suess

Suggested Book:

Cat in the Hat by Dr. Suess

Suggested Patterns:

• The Cat's Hat by Straying Power (Free)
  
  

• Thing 1 & Thing 2 Tees (pdf) by Alison Hansel (Free)
  
  

• Thing 1 Hat by Suzy Rigby (Free)
  
  
  

"Thirteen Clocks" by James Thurber

I just stumbled into a podcast by Daniel Pinkwater and Scott Simon ala' NPR fame. They now have a segment discussing children's books.

Suggested Book: Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber
Suggested Patterns:

• A Felted Eye Patch (Link to PDF) by Crafting Jen (Free)
  
• Grinch Gloves by Susan B. Anderson (Free) - Only glove pattern I could find that sized for children - just leave off the grinchy parts. (In the story, the Duke has gloves)
• Lap blanket - Most of the book talks about how cold everything is. A nice quick lap blanket could be a nice pairing for this book. There are so many lap blanket patterns (Ravelry Link) out there. I'm not going to make any suggestions.
  

"Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!" by Dr. Seuss

Suggested book: "Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!" by Dr. Seuss

Suggested Patterns:

• Knitted Alphabet - A Pattern System For Knitting 3D Block Capital Letters by Kimberly Chapman (Cost:$12.00 USD)
  

• ABC Dishcloth Pattern by Designs by Emily(links to pdf file) (Free) -- The letters ABC done in Garter stitch
• The Alphabet Blanket by Debbie Bliss. This is found in her book, The Baby Knits Book
  
• Alphabet Pillows (Crochet, Free)
  
• Alphabet Dishcloths by Rhonda White (Free)

• Felted Alphabet Blocks by Jessica Sant (Free)

"Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Another great classic.

Suggested Book: Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Suggested Pattern: A Mouse and His Cookie by Jessica Spencer (Crochet, Free).

"Good Night Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown

A classic book!

Suggested Book: Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Suggested Patterns:

• Pocket Mouse Knitting Pattern by Barbara Prime (I came across the adorable mouse pattern - it's not free, but just WAY too cute to not share. Cost for pattern: $3.75) (Crochet)
  

• Bunny Hop Moon and Stars Baby Blanket by Barbara Breiter (Free)
• Star Illusion Blanket by Katie Ahlquist (Free)