The Girl reminded me of an author I loved when I was a wee boy. Check out these stories by Robert Munsch. You can listen to him read the stories too.
My particular favourites are:
It seems silly to post about this, but it brings back really great memories, and if anyone here has a child, or a nephew or niece, or just knows a kid who loves really fun stories, than have a listen to these and see what you think.
(Hey, who says I have to write only cynical stuff all the time?)
Yeah, Murmel Murmel Murmel was a really good one too, but that's my "All time, top 5 Robert Munsch stories, in alphabetacal order" (a la Rob Gordon-esque)