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I am sure you will have some great ideas for soon to be new favorite books... so..please let me know which titles I should add
So far, these are the books in Tatiana's library, Im placing a * next to her favorites (we read a lot hahaha, so lots of favorites)
*Green hat, blue hat Sandra Boynton
*The going to bed book Sandra Boynton
*But not the hippopotamus Sandra Boynton
Bob and 6 other Xmas stories Sandra Boynton
One Two, buckle my shoe Lamaze International
*Are you my mother? PD Eastman
*Hop on Pop, Dr Seuss
*Pat the bunny... cant remember the author... :sorry:
Oh!! and Toño got her some In the Night Garden books, which she loves! but I dont know the titles...
She also has, but we havent read them since they are still too long and complicated
Cat in the hat
Green Eggs and ham
The Complete tales of Winnie the Pooh
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Polar Express
Im really looking forward to your suggestions :)
Britchick
19-05-2009, 10:03 PM
the hungry caterpillar - is that just a british book?
daveann
19-05-2009, 10:03 PM
beatrix potter books are wonderful keepsake books, peter rabbit and jemima puddleduck :)
*Bambi-Belle*
19-05-2009, 11:17 PM
Giraffes can't dance. - My now nearly 14 year old loved this book.:yes:
Guess how much I love you – My favourite, I love little nut brown hare lol :hearts:
Each peach pear plum
The snail and the whale
Commotion In The Ocean
The Gruffalo
We're going on a bear hunt
The velveteen rabbit
Elmer
Fidgety fish
Gorgeous – Connor loved little Zeb there is a follow up book but can't remember what it's called. Just remembered it's called naughty. Connor still talks about these books. The illustration are lovely. Google little Zeb lol :thumbsup:
Shh Santa – we still read this every Christmas Eve, It's a tradition lol :embarassed:
Where's Spot
Where the wild things are
I also remember a book about a little otter who couldn't swim but I've forgotten it's name.
Johnie
20-05-2009, 12:05 AM
Anything by Shel Silverstein. LOVE him!!
I'll Love You Forever....will have to look up the author....makes me cry everytime
Curious George by H. A. and Margaret Rey! :yes: Be sure to get the originals, not the "spin offs." They are nice, but not as good as the original Georgies. :D :D
Are You My Mother? We don't read this one to Seth :( but it's a nice one, regardless.
Where did the baby go? That's another nice one. It's a Little Golden Book, but I don't remember the author's name.
Beccaberry
20-05-2009, 01:40 AM
I'll Love You Forever is written by Robert Munsch...and it is a BEAUTIFUL book.
foreverducky
20-05-2009, 04:58 AM
So glad folks are reading to their kids! My mother use to read to me all the time and I feel that it has really played a huge role in my desire to read.
Anyway, let's see...
I will offer one that may be hard to find, but as a kid I thought it was fantastic.
It's about Grover and I believe the title is There's a Monster at the End of This Book.
Read the harder books to her. We read Dr Seuss to Steven when he was Tatiana's age. The pictures will enthrall her too. And you're never to young for Winnie the Pooh.
Spot the Dog
Kipper
Hug by Jez Alborough is a good one.
any books that have things to do - lift the flap, touchy feely things.
Be warned.
She will get a favourite book and drive you mad making you read it 300 times a day.
Claire
20-05-2009, 08:57 AM
We're going on a bear hunt is a favourite in our house.
Disneybumble
20-05-2009, 09:19 AM
The Tiger who came for tea. was a huge hit when they were little and Percy the Park keeper.
mumof2
20-05-2009, 11:41 AM
The Gruffalo and We're Going on a Bear Hunt get a thumbs up from me!
Oh, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff was a favourite too, with actions and voices of course! :yes:
Beccaberry
20-05-2009, 03:07 PM
I LOVED "Never Tease A Weasel" when I was a child.
Johnie
20-05-2009, 03:13 PM
So glad folks are reading to their kids! My mother use to read to me all the time and I feel that it has really played a huge role in my desire to read.
Anyway, let's see...
I will offer one that may be hard to find, but as a kid I thought it was fantastic.
It's about Grover and I believe the title is There's a Monster at the End of This Book.
I LOVE this book too!
MystikPiglit
20-05-2009, 05:31 PM
The Meg and Mog series by Jan Pienkowski.
Thank you for all the excellent suggestions!!! :)
It's about Grover and I believe the title is There's a Monster at the End of This Book.
Oh!! I had that one! and LOVED IT!! .. will look for it at my parents... maybe they still have it!
Read the harder books to her. We read Dr Seuss to Steven when he was Tatiana's age. The pictures will enthrall her too. And you're never to young for Winnie the Pooh.
Spot the Dog
Kipper
Hug by Jez Alborough is a good one.
any books that have things to do - lift the flap, touchy feely things.
Be warned.
She will get a favourite book and drive you mad making you read it 300 times a day.
I ll give the harder books a try Dawn :)
and yes... we have experienced the 300 times a day reading the same one...
lets see... hahahaha
a mother bird sat on her egg, the egg jumped... i must get something for my baby bird to eat.... hahahahaha
mumof2
20-05-2009, 08:54 PM
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Funny Bones by Allan Ahlberg
a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton. They live in a dark dark cellar of a dark dark house on a dark dark hill and so the word repetition continues through this lighthearted story for early readers. The skeletons venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, but everyone is in bed so they amuse themselves by scaring each other and playing with the skeleton animals that live in the zoo.
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Can't You Sleep Little Bear by Martin Waddell
While Big Bear tries to read his Bear Book, Little Bear tries to sleep, but can't. He's scared of the dark. So Big Bear keeps bringing him progressively bigger lanterns. But nothing seems to work, until he leads Little Bear out of the Bear Cave into the dark nights.
both these were also favourites, Funny Bones is funny and Little Bear has that awww factor!
Beccaberry
22-05-2009, 06:16 PM
A new one...I just read to one of my classes today....
HURTY FEELINGS
By Helen Lester
Despite her sturdy size and strength, Fragility the Hippo is a quivering bundle of insecurities. She perceives friends' innocent compliments as insults and quickly disintegrates into sobbing self-pity. It's no surprise that her friends grow weary of her theatrics and distance themselves. Then lonely Fragility stands up to the neighborhood bully, Rudy the Elephant, and the encounter gives her the confidence and perspective to hear sweetness rather than slights in her friends' remarks. Some children may have trouble following Fragility's delusional leaps as she twists compliments into insults, but Lester enhances the basic story about handling emotions with a satisfying slapstick humor that's beautifully extended in Munsinger's hilarious, wildly expressive illustrations of Fragility in all her moods. This is a good choice for read-alouds, but prepare for a chorus of listeners joining in with Fragility's whining refrain: "You hurt my feeeeelings!"
oh.. loved the name! Fragility the Hippo!!
will definetly add it!
Thank you!! :hug2:
You know? I used to really like the Ugly Duckling too. :yes: Is that story too old for your Tatiana? :unsure:
No!
I love it!!! :)
We actually have it in Spanish... we also have all the works by Hans Christian aNderson and by the Grimm Brothers... but again, in Spanish
Good! I don't feel so out of date now! :D
I liked Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates too. :yes:
When I got a bit older I loved the short series the Borrowers. I liked Misty of Chincoteague, and Stormy Her Foal too. I've always wanted to go to those islands off the outer banks and see the wild horses!
My grandfather allowed me uncensored access to his library, so as a child I read whatever I pleased. Some of it was well over my head at the time, but it laid the foundation for a lifetime love of books and reading. I'm sure your Tatiana will have that too!
I hope so Tink!
We also had open doors at the library in our house, and my father, although he NEVER read to us, would actually give us extra allowance if we retold him weekly what we had read :)
My Da didn't either, but did set the example of reading for us. :yes: My Grandfather was a great story teller. We preferred that he tell us a story to reading from a book!
It was essentially the same though, eh? Imparting a love of the word. :yes:
:)
yeap!
Although I always found it more intriguing when someone read to me aloud :)
Beccaberry
22-05-2009, 08:21 PM
Do you know that Andrew, at sixteen, still enjoys having me read to him? SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...don't tell anyone though, they'll likely pull his teenage angst card from him :D
*Bambi-Belle*
22-05-2009, 11:08 PM
Do you know that Andrew, at sixteen, still enjoys having me read to him? SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...don't tell anyone though, they'll likely pull his teenage angst card from him :D
Heeheeheehee! My 13 year old is the same we all still lay in our bed and read family books together. Well my DH reads and we listen. lol We also have the local libarary at the top of our street which is handy lol:thumbsup:
foreverducky
23-05-2009, 12:08 AM
:lol: I'm so glad others have heard about the Grover book.
Also, I just remembered that I use to love the Berenstain Bears! There are loads of those!
You know? I looked at that Grover book for Seth for Easter! I ended up not getting that one, but maybe I'll snag it the next time I run across it. :yes:
foreverducky
23-05-2009, 12:31 AM
It's so cute Tink! Well worth it.
meeshybee
13-12-2009, 04:29 AM
The Grover book (The Monster At The End Of This Book) has a follow-up with Grover and Elmo. It's title is something like Another Monster At The End Of This Book.
We also love
The Lorax, by Dr. Suess
I Am Not Going To Get Up Today, by Dr. Suess
Fox In Socks, by Dr. Suess
Three Little Pigs (the disney book that came with a tape from when I was little)
Go Dog Go, by PD Eastman
Limu (about a blue sea turtle who helps other animals)
as well as anything involving cars (for DS) or something remotely princess-like (for DD). And anything that has animals, especially farm animals.
arkvilla
13-12-2009, 08:48 AM
The Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's child
Great books - all 3 of mine have loved them. they have been read to them over and over again till we know the words of by heart :)
http://www.gruffalo.com/http://
Sandra
BigThunder
14-12-2009, 05:18 PM
I'll Love You Forever is written by Robert Munsch...and it is a BEAUTIFUL book.
I think this the one that makes me sob like a baby everytime I read it & actually, I can never read it aloud & make it thru the ending.
Beccaberry
15-12-2009, 01:55 AM
Me too :) I read it at our Mother's Day Tea this year and there wasn't a dry eye in the room!
BigThunder
15-12-2009, 01:57 AM
Me too :) I read it at our Mother's Day Tea this year and there wasn't a dry eye in the room!
I'm impressed with the fact you can read it (out loud) all the way through without breaking down, lol.
Johnie
15-12-2009, 03:31 AM
I cannot even speak about I'll Love You Forever without getting all choked up. I tried the other day :sorry:
minnie-me
13-01-2010, 06:41 AM
My children both loved
Isabelle's Noisy Tummy
Mr Men & Little Miss Books
The Hungry Catapillar
Postman Books - like a nursery rhyme book!
Hairy McClairey
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