Dropping in with an important question for everyone.
Since both my brothers are... significantly less interested in reading, I am taking it upon myself to compile the libraries for these babies. I've been making a list, but I'm not even scratching the surface.
List your favorite new and old babies/children's books. Here is what I have:
The Little Engine that Could
Geraldine's Blanket
Henrietta's hat
A Porcupine Named Fluffy
The Grown Up Day
Dr. Seuss
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Corduroy
Goodnight Moon
Curious George
Are You My Mother?
Where the Wild Things Are
How Fletcher Was Hatched
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Guess How Much I Love You
Pat the Bunny
Little Golden books
It's a mix of older kids and baby materials. I'm forgetting many books from my own childhood, and I'd like a bigger list for sure.
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There was a Mim Fox book that my kids loved about bed time, cant think of the name of it, but it was a good one with good illustrations. Another one that they still love is called Where Can Daniel Be?
I have basically the entire series of "Little Golden books", I blame my intelligence level on extremely early literacy (or lack thereof
), and the ORIGINAL little goldens were very easy to understand and memorize to the extent that they expanded my vocabulary at a very early age . Basically anything that was awarded a Caldecott medal, I have. My school used "book fairs" to get extra money. As far as what you're missing...Everything Shel Silverstein and Graeme Base . There's a Jewish one about monsters and Hanukkah (just say that in a book store and they'll know what you mean). I actually still have my entire collection at one of my parents houses somewhere...but I couldn't bare to part with them as they will see use when/if I procreate.
@Uek - Are you going to procreate? Just wondering, haha.
@SeeBeeWrite - I'm fairly certain I already have. I just don't have proof, and during the period of my life where this was a high possibility without my knowledge, I wasn't making a lot of money, so far I haven't had anyone knocking down my door for child support. But yes, I've set the process of starting a family in motion (I'm engaged :D ), whether it results in deliberate spawning, we'll see. I'd prefer to wait till my early-mid 30s and plan it appropriately.
Frog and Toad books, Jack's Garden, Blueberries for Sal, Madeline, The Little House, Tar Beach, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, The Spider and the Fly, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
@kazztazz - ooo frog and toad series, good one.
Bill Peet books!
Love you forever by Robert Munsch and Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman were my favourites as a young kid.
What about The mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
or Ramona and beezusoh man, These are series: The Berenstein Bears, Boxcar Children, Black Stallion. Stand alone books: Black Beauty (was my absolute fav when i was a little girl), anything by Margeurite Henry (horse books..sense a trend? lol), Neil Gaiman's children's book can be dark, but very good. I also have this Book of Goodnight Stories which seem to be sort of watered-down Grimm's Fairytales....
happy book hunting :DIf You Give A Mouse A Cookie was one that I remember my Dad reading to me. My mom it was Dr Seus - Green Eggs and Ham and In a People's House.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Yes!
My younger brother was reeeeally into the Little Critter series as a kid. Those are kind of fun. Babar & Madeline were a big favorites of mine, but I dunno if/how good they are in English.
anything by robert munsch- such as the paper bag princess. roald dahl is also good, although it seems like you're aiming for the even younger crowd- but Matilda was the first Dahl book I read, and that was in first grade, so as long as the kid can stick through it for a few days it's not impossible.
when my brother was younger he liked some series where the kids were traveling everywhere, to rainforests and things like that? sorry thats pretty nonspecific...
Shel Silverstein - Where the Sidewalk Ends
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Hungry Caterpillar
To Give a Mouse a Cookie
Good Night Moon
Muddy Paws
All faves of my niece and my son
Loved "The Little Engine That Could" and "Where The Wild Things Are"!!!
PS- Love you and miss messaging with you, Bee!!!
Beatrix Potter for $2.77
not a book but an annoyance! , some that are actually affordable!
a toy store I've been too!/ The "kite store"
for slightly older children again, my favorite is the "jumping butterfly- but thats a chocking hazzard and difficult for under 7s to set/use...
if you've taught your smarter whipper snapper to read big boy/big girl books and they've got the reading bug, John Dennis Fitzgerald's fictional "The Great Brain" series is a fun one similar to tom sawyer/hucklberry finn, but just before "choose your own adventure! books or the girls can have their babysitters club books.
a few random stories that just have to be read or be read too, story here but the book here 1,000 paper cranes. the boys who think it's DUMB can be shown how to make the working model of the paper crane which is hard enough that they'll think they're cool.... which leads to money origami which is neat....dupe the dumb boys into ART ;) play to the sentiment of girls.
Isaac Beshevis Singer for a couple of tales to teach them the fear of big books is needless!
The Bridge to Terabithia
and the
complete adventures of Curious Geoge
anything by Robert Munsch- Love You Forever, Purple Green and Yellow, The Paperbag Princess, The Sandcastle Contest.
Goodnight Opus.
The Giving Tree.