# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29065 "2014-09-09T16:08:50Z")

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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon
8. The Hungry Caterpillar

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29066 "2014-09-09T16:49:11Z")

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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon
8. The Hungry Caterpillar
9. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29067 "2014-09-09T16:58:51Z")

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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon
8. The Hungry Caterpillar
9. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
10. [Snoozers](http://www.amazon.ca/Snoozers-Bedtime-Stories-Lively-Little/dp/0689817746#reader_0689817746)

I think I read that book every night for something like 5 years.

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29068 "2014-09-09T16:59:50Z")

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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon
8. The Hungry Caterpillar
9. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
10. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29069 "2014-09-09T17:13:22Z")

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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon
8. The Hungry Caterpillar
9. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
10. [Snoozers](http://www.amazon.ca/Snoozers-Bedtime-Stories-Lively-Little/dp/0689817746?tag=8013085-20#reader_0689817746)
11. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel  
Fixing ninja.

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29070 "2014-09-09T17:21:15Z")

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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon
8. The Hungry Caterpillar
9. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
10. Snoozers
11. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
12. Everyone Poops

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29071 "2014-09-09T17:38:51Z")

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13 Books for Kids

1. The Cat and the Hat
2. Bridge to Terabithia
3. The Poky LIttle Puppy
4. The Bronze Bow
5. Good Night, Moon
6. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
7. Harold and the Purple Crayon
8. The Hungry Caterpillar
9. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
10. Snoozers
11. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
12. Everyone Poops
13. The Five Chinese Brothers

I’ll pass.

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29072 "2014-09-09T18:06:17Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s _Messiah_

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mnTQo3WS7rM/hqdefault.jpg "Handel's Messiah - Pastoral Symphony") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTQo3WS7rM)

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29073 "2014-09-09T19:10:01Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s _Messiah_

2. Bach's Little Fugue in G
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zO8i5D2uz84/hqdefault.jpg "Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29074 "2014-09-09T19:12:16Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah [Handel's Messiah - Pastoral Symphony - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnTQo3WS7rM)
2. [The Four Seasons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA) -Vivaldi

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29075 "2014-09-09T19:16:40Z")

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1. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zuh3WyfVL2M/maxresdefault.jpg "Albinoni's Adagio in G minor (Karajan)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuh3WyfVL2M)

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**Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29076 "2014-09-09T19:42:17Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s _Messiah_

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. [The Four Seasons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA) -Vivaldi

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29077 "2014-09-10T14:28:16Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. The Four Seasons -Vivaldi

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

5. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, #2, 3rd movement  
[Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 - 3. Allegro assai - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6HNGUy-SM)

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29078 "2014-09-10T14:32:26Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. The Four Seasons -Vivaldi

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

5. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, #2, 3rd movement  
[Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 - 3. Allegro assai - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6HNGUy-SM)

6. Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” from the opera _ **Dido and Aeneas** _

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ivlUMWUJ-1w/hqdefault.jpg "Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Dido's lament") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlUMWUJ-1w)

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29079 "2014-09-10T15:24:43Z")

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avorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. The Four Seasons -Vivaldi

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

5. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, #2, 3rd movement  
[Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 - 3. Allegro assai - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6HNGUy-SM)

6. Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” from the opera Dido and Aeneas

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ivlUMWUJ-1w/hqdefault.jpg "Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Dido's lament") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlUMWUJ-1w)

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1. Zipoli, Aria in F major.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KyJB5DdOdPU/maxresdefault.jpg "Zipoli Aria in Fa (Jean-François Paillard)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyJB5DdOdPU)

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29080 "2014-09-10T16:06:01Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. The Four Seasons -Vivaldi

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

5. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, #2, 3rd movement  
[Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 - 3. Allegro assai - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6HNGUy-SM)

6. Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” from the opera Dido and Aeneas

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ivlUMWUJ-1w/hqdefault.jpg "Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Dido's lament") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlUMWUJ-1w)

1. Zipoli, Aria in F major.

8. P.D.Q. Bach, The Art of the Ground Round
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OkjR3cdXSS8/hqdefault.jpg "P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele) - "The art of the ground round"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjR3cdXSS8)

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29081 "2014-09-10T16:17:43Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. The Four Seasons - Vivaldi  
[Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA)

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

5. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, #2, 3rd movement  
[Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 - 3. Allegro assai - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6HNGUy-SM)

6. Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” from the opera Dido and Aeneas  
[Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Dido's lament - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlUMWUJ-1w)

7. Zipoli, Aria in F major.

8. P.D.Q. Bach, The Art of the Ground Round  
[P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele) - "The art of the ground round" - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjR3cdXSS8)

9. William Boyce, Symphony No. 5 in D major, 1st Movement  
[William Boyce, Symphoni No. 5 in D major, First movement - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyC4XbSKYE)

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29082 "2014-09-10T20:20:44Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. The Four Seasons - Vivaldi  
[Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA)

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

5. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, #2, 3rd movement  
[Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 - 3. Allegro assai - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6HNGUy-SM)

6. Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” from the opera Dido and Aeneas  
[Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Dido's lament - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlUMWUJ-1w)

7. Zipoli, Aria in F major.

8. P.D.Q. Bach, The Art of the Ground Round  
[P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele) - "The art of the ground round" - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjR3cdXSS8)

9. William Boyce, Symphony No. 5 in D major, 1st Movement  
[William Boyce, Symphoni No. 5 in D major, First movement - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyC4XbSKYE)

10. The Swingle Singers “Going Baroque”  
[J. S. Bach-Swingle Singers - Transcription of 1st Movement from Brandenburg Concerto n. 3 BWV 1048 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn3ge3lzH_I)

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**Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29083 "2014-09-10T21:20:12Z")

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Favorite Baroque music, with links

1. Pastorale from Handel’s Messiah

2. Bach’s Little Fugue in G  
[Johann Sebastian Bach - ''Little'' Fugue in G minor, BMV 578 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO8i5D2uz84)

3. The Four Seasons - Vivaldi  
[Four Seasons ~ Vivaldi - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA)

4. Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

5. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto, #2, 3rd movement  
[Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047 - 3. Allegro assai - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY6HNGUy-SM)

6. Purcell’s “Dido’s Lament” from the opera Dido and Aeneas  
[Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Dido's lament - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivlUMWUJ-1w)

7. Zipoli, Aria in F major.

8. P.D.Q. Bach, The Art of the Ground Round  
[P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele) - "The art of the ground round" - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjR3cdXSS8)

9. William Boyce, Symphony No. 5 in D major, 1st Movement  
[William Boyce, Symphoni No. 5 in D major, First movement - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyC4XbSKYE)

10. The Swingle Singers “Going Baroque”

11. Yngwie J. Malmsteen, “Trilogy Suite, Op. 5”  
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaV-I5C90zk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaV-I5C90zk)

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