Children's Book Recs

[abcmommy]

My DD is 15 mo and reading is definitely her favorite activity right now. She loves all of her books, but right now her favorites are Goodnight Moon and Little Blue Truck. I'm currently trying to compile a list of some other great books to buy for her as she gets older. What are currently your LOs favorite books?

[isolemnlyswear]

My nephew loves "the pout pout fish". It's great fun to read and the illustrations are great!

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My DD is 18 months and she likes "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See", "Smile Pout Pout Fish", and "Blue Hat, Green Hat"

[penguin129]

"The Napping House" is a really cute book. I second "Brown Bear" and "Blue Hat, Green Hat".

[barnabee]

Have you tried MO Willems Gerald and piggie series? My husband and I love reading them to our daughter and they were recommended to me by a teacher friend.

[jensriot]

Brown Bear, Brown Bear is awesome. Bear About Town is one of my kids' favorites. They also love love Hungry Bunny. I hate reading that one, but they love it, so I do it...over and over and over and...sigh.

[briarrose]

DS is still pretty little, but I like to read Berenstain Bears books and Little Critter books to him. I like that they have more of a story going on. They keep me interested too.

[andrewsgal]

Pout pout fish is awesome! We liked Brown Bear, Good Night Moon and Hungry Bunny

[thechickencoop]

DS loved, and still loves, any 'interactive' books. So any touch and feel/life the flap/etc type stuff. We have one 'Good Morning, Good Night' that's been one of his favorites for at least a year now; although, it's a paper book so I'm surprised it's still intact.

We rarely buy books now though, we have a good, varied collection, and I check out a ton for him every week or two from the library. Free, and if he isn't interested, then no harm no foul.

[BostonKisses]

Anything in the Olivia series. Its a guaranteed hit in my house!

[silentsara]

Anything by Eric Carle is great. I also love Chicca Chicca Boom Boom. I love kids books!

[abcmommy]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! We have some of these, but I'll look up the rest!

[bakingbetty]

Under age 2, my kids really loved the Lesli Patricelli (sp?) books:
No, No, Yes, Yes
Binky
Blankie
Big, Little
Quiet, Loud

Every once in a while I'll find them reading them even now

[mishkaroni]

All Eric Carle books. She loves her Frozen cardboard books. 5 little monkeys.

I've started reading Winnie the pooh, berenstein bears, and Dr seuss.

[cam]

Dr. Seuss books, Eric Carle books, Curious George books, some of the Little Golden books (we have all classic ones, so I don't know about the others), Clifford the Big Red Dog, a few different ones that are about construction equipment, 10 Little Ladybugs, ... He has a lot of favorites.

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jensriot Why don't you like the Hungry Bunny book? I've never read it, so I'm curious. We have a couple of books that we got from Dolly Partons Imagination library that I don't like. One was Good Night Moon...I thought it was boring since the zoo keeper is just saying good night to everyone, and the other was The Little Engine That Could...it is too long. I read it to S a few times and skipped a few pages to shorten it.

[jamjoyful]

We love the 5 minutes bedtime stories. It is all the classics like Hansel and Gretal, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Little Red Riding Hood. We have only been able to find them at Walmart though.

[strawberrytree]

Karma Wilson (the Bear books) is great. Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. The whole "That's not my..." Touchy feely books. I love all of Mem Fox's books too. The little Llama Llama board books are great a that age, or even the longer ones if they'll sit through them. Sheep in a Jeep series by Fiona Shaw. I love children's lit.

[mishkaroni]

The if you give a mouse books. I forgot about those.

[masonjar]

My little man loves the colors in "Goodnight Little One". I believe it's from the same author as "Goodnight Moon".

[ashiscute]

My LOs love Llama, Llama books, Pete the Cat, and most everything by Sandra Boynton.

[babywisher]

I will second The Napping House and Chicca Chicca Boom Boom. We are currently reading a lot of the little golden books. Her favorites are Nurse Nancy, Doctor Dan, and Daddies.

[lostinfaith225]

Ds is 11 months. He loves any flip flap books. Anything by the lady who does where is baby's belly button. He got a couple sound and feel books about trucks that he likes. He likes moo baa la la la. A L O T. I read it 5 times a day.

[masonjar]

Off topic, but I just discovered "Go the F to Sleep". If you're immature like me it's hilarious. There's a narration of the book on youtube if anyone is interested.

[jensriot]

Jan 20, 2015 23:44:10 GMT -5 @auri said:

jensriot Why don't you like the Hungry Bunny book? I've never read it, so I'm curious. We have a couple of books that we got from Dolly Partons Imagination library that I don't like. One was Good Night Moon...I thought it was boring since the zoo keeper is just saying good night to everyone, and the other was The Little Engine That Could...it is too long. I read it to S a few times and skipped a few pages to shorten it.

Oh, I like the book, reading it is just annoying. You end up listing foods for a while. It's great for shapes, colors and counting though, so I read on. Fun note, my 6.5 year old can read most of it now, so soon I will be free!

[sagen]

He likes so many books. Currently I would say his top three are Steam Train Dream Train, Snug House Bug House, and Brown Bear Brown Bear.

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Jan 21, 2015 13:26:07 GMT -5 jensriot said:

Jan 20, 2015 23:44:10 GMT -5 @auri said:

jensriot Why don't you like the Hungry Bunny book? I've never read it, so I'm curious. We have a couple of books that we got from Dolly Partons Imagination library that I don't like. One was Good Night Moon...I thought it was boring since the zoo keeper is just saying good night to everyone, and the other was The Little Engine That Could...it is too long. I read it to S a few times and skipped a few pages to shorten it.

Oh, I like the book, reading it is just annoying. You end up listing foods for a while. It's great for shapes, colors and counting though, so I read on. Fun note, my 6.5 year old can read most of it now, so soon I will be free!

Hmmm... In that case, I might have to look at it next time we're at the book store. I need something good for shapes.

[bobcat]

The Shel Silverstein books! Collections of super cute, funny, and witty poems! He does his own drawings, too.

[bobcat]

Also, has anyone else noticed that most classic fairy tales are actually pretty terrible? We have several collections, and hubby and I are always like WTF after we read one.

[butnotthearmadillo]

Jan 21, 2015 14:11:13 GMT -5 bobcat said:

Also, has anyone else noticed that most classic fairy tales are actually pretty terrible? We have several collections, and hubby and I are always like WTF after we read one.

For me the nursery rhymes are creepy, or rather odd. I am sure that "Hickety, pickety my black hen" is actually about prostitution.