Oh, and if you are also participating in International Book Giving Day (and why wouldn't you, it's easy!), you can download these marvelous book plates for your books.
These toddler books (age 0 - 2) should be part of everyone's home library (in my humble opinion) and they are the ones I will actually miss reading. No doubt we can all think of books we will not miss!
Sneaky, sneaky.
Who can choose just one Boynton book? You won't be able to, but start here.
It's also hard to choose just one Leslie Patricelli book.
Only Emily Gravett could make four words so entertaining.
Slapstick is for toddlers, too.
Come to think of it, I don't think the boys will outgrow this one.
Does a gentler book exist?
Hilarious. Hilarious.
The danger of making a list of "Top Books" is that inevitably some gems will be left off, or later I might think "I wish I had included this instead of that." It's impossible to include every book and I've left off the biggest one of them all: Goodnight Moon (or did I just include it?). This is why I am working on a 100 books list for this blog (are you excited?).
So leave a comment and let me know what toddler books you'll miss reading (or which ones you won't).
I'll be linking to What My Child Is Reading and Book Sharing Monday.
Boynton's "Pajama Time" was so standard at our house, I can still recite (almost) the whole book. We last read it around 2005/2006.
ReplyDeleteRichard Scarry's "Best Storybook Ever!" was a childhood favorite for me and one I bought for my kids. Every few pages is another story or spread of labeled items (like all the things one could have for breakfast).
Somehow I've never read Scarry to my kids. I'm not sure how that happened.
DeleteMoo, Baa, La La La is one of my all-time favorites! Believe it or not, we haven't read any of the others much - time to check them out of the library!
ReplyDeleteB. Potter's A Fierce Bad Rabbit was my toddler daughter's favorite for a long, long time. Luckily, I loved it too. It made reading it ten times a day bearable.
ReplyDeleteLike Butter On Pancakes... something about it. And Where The Wild Things Are, because now that I have a little boy I GET it. (And Love You Forever, for the same reason. I was never really into it when I read it to my girl, but after a rough day with my little guy it reminds me how much I love him.) I will totally miss reading Bed Hogs, because I love reading it with a "country" accent. We also love Goodnight, Gorilla. I'm amazed by the hundreds of different ways we end up reading that book.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for your top 100 post!!
Ok Since my little bitties are getting bigger... this one made me cry! Thanks for the reminder. Great list of books.
ReplyDeleteGreat list. Richard Scarry books were always among our favorites. Thanks for joining WMCIR!
ReplyDeleteim enjoying the comments :) keep up your good work:)
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, yes! I miss reading some of the little classics. I think it's a mix of a great book, but also remembering them being so small.
ReplyDeleteI NEVER have to stop reading picture books because it's my job! Bobo and I have lots of favorites... Lift-the-flap books like Spot and Karen Katz (Where's Baby's Bellybutton). The Dinosaur VS books (the potty and bedtime, especially). One that gets him laughing is There's a Monster at the End of this Book, Grover voice is a must!
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