Childrens Books

[watercolor]

In trying to build I's library, I have some of the classic's and such- but I wanted to know what were some of your all time favorites of your's or your childrens.

I have some that I want to add already

A Very Hungry Caterpillar
Goodnight Moon
Pat the Bunny


But I was wondering what were some of your ideas!

 

[Nickel]

Off the top of my head:

A good nursery rhyme book
If You Give a Pig a Pancake (and the other books in that series)
I'll Love You Forever (this one will bring tears to your eyes)
Where the Wild Things Are

 

[Tina2001aniT]

Off the top of my head:

A good nursery rhyme book
If You Give a Pig a Pancake (and the other books in that series)
I'll Love You Forever (this one will bring tears to your eyes)
Where the Wild Things Are

Good ideas Nickel....

I love love love the first series....

The second book is my absolute favorite book of all time, without question

 

[Nickel]

The Kissing Hand is another good one. My mom's preschool uses that in their orientation.

 

[watercolor]

I'll love you forever, eh? I will lose it if you say that it will bring tears to your eyes.

 

[Nickel]

My favorite when I was younger was "The Tooth Fairy" by Audrey Wood. I purchased most of J's books through Scholastic books. My mom's been a preschool teacher for years and they were always giving me the little flyers.

 

[Nickel]

And anything by Dr. Suess.

 

[watercolor]

That is a given Nickel!

 

[Lilypad]

Good topic!

Some of mine favs are:
Anne of Green Gables
Winnie-the-Pooh
The Black Stallion
Charlotte's Web
Most of Dr Seuss books
Beverly Cleary books
Little House in the Big Woods
Stuart Little

I could go on and on-these are the things childhood is all about; reading, being read to, cuddling in bed and learning to sit still.

 

[sarahblk]

My favorite was a little golden book.."The monster at the end of this book" It was the first thing I bought when I found out I was pregnant. My daughter loves "Brown bear Brown bear"

 

[camily]

Anything Shel Silverstein

 

[Nickel]

Also, I'd suggest not spending a ton of money on books at this point. Go to thrift stores and keep an eye out to see if the library will be selling any children's books. She'll most likely just end up tearing them up. J went through a phase where he tore every "pop up" out of his pop up books. Really any reading you do is beneficial.

 

[migtig]

The orginial Winnie the Pooh

The Wind in the Willows

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Where the Wild Things Are

The Cat in the Hat

Horton Hears a Who

The Complete Little House on the Prairie series

The Eugene Mudge series of books (can't think of titles but the author's name is Agee)

Charlotte's Web

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (and actually anything by Judy Blume)

These books range in age a bit, but it's a good start

 

[abbey]

In trying to build I's library, I have some of the classic's and such- but I wanted to know what were some of your all time favorites of your's or your childrens.

I have some that I want to add already

A Very Hungry Caterpillar
Goodnight Moon
Pat the Bunny


But I was wondering what were some of your ideas!

Elmer is a good one, my son has loved Elmer since he was a little toddler, and now he is 8 and we will still read Elmer together.

 

[greyhound]

In addition to all the great books mentioned:

Make Way for Ducklings
Doctor De Soto,
The Polar Express
Frog and Toad books
Madeline Books
Where’s Spot?
Guess How Much I Love You’
All books by Ezra Jack Keats
Goodnight, Moon,
Strega Nona
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Are You My Mother?,
Stellaluna
All Arthur books
Francis Books
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
The Story of Ferdinand
The Rainbow Fish
Little Miss Spider
Corduroy
The Snowy Day
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Clifford, the Big Red Dog

(Sorry If I repeated any already mentioned)

 

[teverheart2002]

I'll Love You Forever (this one will bring tears to your eyes)

OT, any Friends watchers?? Joey read this at Emma's 1st B-day party (Dramatic Reading). It was the first thing that I thought of when I read the title.

 

[RoseRed]

For a bit older...

My chick LOVES the Junie B. Jones book series.

 

[CableChick]

Also, I'd suggest not spending a ton of money on books at this point. Go to thrift stores and keep an eye out to see if the library will be selling any children's books. She'll most likely just end up tearing them up. J went through a phase where he tore every "pop up" out of his pop up books. Really any reading you do is beneficial.

Exactly! When I was pregnant with my oldest my hubby started our book collection from e-bay! Great GREAT deals! We have every disney book out there plus a ton more!!!

 

[cdsulhoff]

Elmer is a good one, my son has loved Elmer since he was a little toddler, and now he is 8 and we will still read Elmer together.

Love Elmer.. You can also get the puppets to go with the book. It adds so much more fun to the book...
Here are some of my sons favorite

Fables and Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
They love Dr. Seuss books
I grew up with the Golden Press books. I also loved the Morris Goes to School
Harold and the purple crayon.
Run away bunny is cute...
Shel Silverstein - Has good poem books
Stuart Little is a classic by E. B. White
And you cannot forget Go dog Go, and Are you my mother by P. D. Eastman
Spot books by Eric Hill are cute as well

Well here is a short list of books I can go on forever.. Hope this helps

 

[cdsulhoff]

Exactly! When I was pregnant with my oldest my hubby started our book collection from e-bay! Great GREAT deals! We have every disney book out there plus a ton more!!!

There is a second hand book store next to Pebbles in PF. They have really good prices.