Post by usuallylurking on Oct 17, 2013 0:54:12 GMT -5
Steam Train, Dream Train - I love this one Any Thomas book Snowmen at Night - I adore this one. I think it's my favorite along with Snowmen at Christmas. No Matter What Little Red Caboose He loves the Biscuit series Any with Clifford as a puppy - we have the Halloween and Christmas ones
The Betsy Lewin and Doreen Cronin books- Click Clack Moo, Dooby Dooby Moo, Giggle Giggle Quack, etc Rocket learns to Read; Rocket Learns to Write Le Petit Prince Alice in Wonderland (pop up) But No Elephants Hop on Pop This version of The legend of Sleepy Hollow: www.amazon.com/Legend-Sleepy-Hollow-Washington-Irving/dp/0824956036
E is into - Curious George Mr Brown Can Moo, Can You? Alphabet books like - Apple Pie ABC Boynton books - Blue Hat, Green Hat What the Ladybug Heard
I like - Tad Hill books -- Rocket or the Duck & Goose series Karma Wilson -- the Bear series -- Bear Wants More, Bear's New Friend, etc. Zorro Gets an Outfit & Say Hello to Zorro, by Goodrich The Boss Baby How Do I Love You? Big Red Barn The Quiet Book
Dr. Seuss - I was partial to One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Green Eggs & Ham, and Oh the Places You'll Go (although the last one didn't come out until I was in my teens, I think).
Tikki tikki tembo
The 5 Chinese Brothers
Bernstein Bears - my faves were the one where Sister Bear is born and the one with the VERY MESSY ROOM.
Bread and Jam for Frances
Where The Wild Things Are
The True Story of the Big Bad Wolf and Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Halloweiner (so stinking cute!) You Are a Lion and other fun yoga poses (love this!) Dancing Feet (lisa craig marc brown) tickle hands book Dance feet book Splat the Cat series
Amazon the last 2 years has been offering "collection" books, for $5-10. So we have a Seuss collection, Berenstain Bears and something else. Much cheaper to buy that way.
Sandra Boynton. Her board books are hilarious and awesome. The Going to Bed Book and Hippos Go Berserk are two of my personal favorites, and the first time I read 15 Animals it made me LOL. My girls also love Blue Hat, Green Hat.
Ditto Brown Bear.
And pretty much anything by Julia Donaldson. The Gruffalo is awesome and it was made into an adorable, Oscar-nominated animated short film. The Gruffalo's Child is good, but not quite as good as the original. The Snail and The Whale is great, and right now my girls are loving Room on the Broom.
ETA: Oh, and for Harry Potter lovers, the Gruffalo animated movie is a hoot and full of familiar voices -- Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt (Ollivander) and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) as the Gruffalo.
I was going to come in here and recommend these two, LOL. Those two, along with Goodnight Moon are the only books that my 1 yr old will sit still through. DS actually wiggles all around in my lap when the "Hippos go berserk!" It's adorable.
DS also loves Hug and Goodnight Gorilla. I personally love I Love You, Stinky Face.
Sandra Boynton books (DD still likes The Going To Bed Book - she's 3.5) Guess How Much I Love You Goodnight Moon Good Night Gorilla Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? Dr Seuss books - Red Fish Blue Fish is a particular favorite of DD's right now Curious George Knuffle Bunny This is one of my favorites - The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore. I love it and the kids like it, too.
The Betsy Lewin and Doreen Cronin books- Click Clack Moo, Dooby Dooby Moo, Giggle Giggle Quack, etc Rocket learns to Read; Rocket Learns to Write Le Petit Prince Alice in Wonderland (pop up) But No Elephants Hop on Pop This version of The legend of Sleepy Hollow: www.amazon.com/Legend-Sleepy-Hollow-Washington-Irving/dp/0824956036
Some of the Doreen Cronin books have a surprisingly political bent for kids books, I think. Click Clack Moo is basically about union organizing and negotiation, and Duck For President is, well, about politics. I think I found that one more amusing than my kids.
My favorite of the ones we've read is Giggle, Giggle, Quack.
I'm a sucker for interactive books (going beyond the ubiquitous "Pat the Bunny" and "Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar"): "Press Here" by Herve Tullet (the instructions on each page lead to the illustrations on the next page) "The Robot Book" by Heather Brown (there are gears and cogs to move and I like the illustrations. Apparently there is a version without the moving parts. don't get that one.) "Beautiful Oops" (this has been mentioned) "Alphabet" by Matthew Van Fleet (animal alphabet. Every letter has an extra sensory aspect - a texture, or shiny, or a pop up pull to move something. Pick it up in person so you can inspect it. Half the copies at the store end up with something amiss.)
I agree on Mo Wilems and Sandra Boynton ("But Not The Hippopotamus" is my favorite of hers)
No one has mentioned Oliver Jeffers. Lovely illustrations and fun stories. "Lost and Found" and "Up and Down" are my favorites (a boy and his penguin friend).
Good rhythm and rhyming are always great ("Green Eggs and Ham," "Bear Snores On" and "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb" have been mentioned) "I Love You as Much" by Laura Krauss Melmed (lovely pictures of mother animals and children) "Over in the Meadow" illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats (the same illustrator as the wonderful book "Snowy Day" for this lovely little song)
Books with nice illustrations and a story without words are great so that the child can add their own thoughts: Where's My Monkey? by Dieter Schubert (there is a version with words. don't get that one) Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day (a dog babysits)