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CS Lewis once said, “No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally worth reading at the age of fifty.” In other words, if a grown adult can’t stomach a children’s book, why should a child be expected to? I think I agree with his words.
Charlotte Mason was a pioneer in children’s education during the 19th century, and her ideas have led to one of the primary methods of homeschooling. She also coined the term “twaddle.”
Twaddle: Dumbed-down literature; absence of meaning.
Homeschooling or not, I believe children (and adults, really) should invest their time in living books, and not waste time on twaddle. And quite frankly, there’s a lot of twaddle out there in the world of children’s literature.
My children are very young, so I’m up to my elbows in early childhood literature. Here are my top 10 favorite preschool-age books, in random order, and all twaddle-free.
Madeline (and all the Madeline books), by Ludwig Bemelmans
All the Madeline books have a great cadence of words, and the illustrations are delightful. What little girl doesn’t want to live in an old house in Paris that is covered in vines?
Best Friends for Frances (and all the Frances books), by Russell Hoban
Frances is a lovable badger with a wild imagination, silly songs, and a bag full of tricks. In Best Friends, she learns that a sibling can be a friend, too.
Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
I loved this story as a kid, and my daughter loves it now. Ferdinand is a laid-back, gentle bull who’s been recruited for a Spanish bullfight.
Frog and Toad are Friends (and all the Frog and Toad books), by Arnold Lobel
I adore this pair of amphibians. You’ll laugh along with your children at Frog and Toad’s sense of logic, and you’ll love their close-knit friendship.
George and Martha (all the stories), by James Marshall
A hilarious duo of hippos who have more personality than common sense. Adults get a kick out of them, too.
Make Way For Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
A classic tale of a pair of ducks living in Boston. This story has enthralled generations of children - my daughter enjoys my original book.
Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
This is the classic, non-Disney version. No child should miss the delightful tales of Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends. The language is beautiful, the illustrations, sweet.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (and all the If You Give… books), by Laura Numeroff
My mother-in-law gave this treasury to our daughter for Christmas, and we’ve read it almost daily since. The stories are brilliant, the illustrations are hilarious, and I can honestly say I don’t tire from reading these stories.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst
Both you and your kids will identify with Alexander, who’s having a day when nothing goes right. Good for kids who get frustrated when things don’t go their way.
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (and all the Lyle books), by Bernard Waber
A pet crocodile comes to stay with the Primm family. A fun story about friendship and loyalty.
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It is genuinely difficult to hone this list to ten! Other good classics are Curious George, Harry the Dirty Dog, Where The Wild Things Are, Ira Sleeps Over, Caps for Sale, Blueberries for Sal, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, The Little House, all the books by Mercer Mayer, several Dr. Seuss classics, and the Spot stories.
When my daughter turns 4, I hope to start reading a few classic chapter books out loud, such as The Chronicles of Narnia, A Bear Called Paddington, and The Incredible Journey.
I also strongly recommend the resource Honey For a Child’s Heart, by Gladys Hunt. Now in its fourth edition, this book is a must-have for parents who want a trusted guide for quality literature. It’s chock-full of annotated lists of books for ages 0 to 14.
What are your favorite early childhood books? What are your preschooler’s favorites? I know a number of you are educational experts, avid readers, and great moms to the three-foot-and-under crowd. Please share your loves!
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I completely agree with ‘Twaddle Free’. There are some terrible books out there. Our favourite books get read time and time again. I don’t know why we read them though - the children know them by heart, they could just recite them!
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Our three year old has a love for reading which his Dad and I both have and encourage in him. No time is ever a bad time for a story in our house!
Here’s just a few of our favourites:
- “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
- “Amazing Machines” Truckload of Fun (Amazing Machines) by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker. Yep all ten books in this series. We have been known to have all ten in one sitting requested, one after another!
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My daughter is 5 and really into factual books. I’ve discovered that the Usbourne range are great. They are informative, aren’t too PC and explain the facts of something like the reign of Elizabeth I or The Aztec’s without being patronising to little ones.
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Love love love Jim Trelease’s “The Read-Aloud Handbook –6th ed.” It is perfect for lists of books to read aloud, how to get the reluctant child to listen to reading and it explains the “why” we read aloud to our children.
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Carrie Reply:
October 6th, 2008 at 12:05 am
I couldn’t agree more. Jim Trelease’s book is an incredibly thorough book in convincing adults of the importance of reading aloud to their children.
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I knew I’d learn about some new books when I posted this article. Thanks so much for sharing your favorites! Keep ‘em coming.
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My 5 and 3 year old both love ‘The Tomten”
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I totally agree with the statement of C.S. Lewis…there are thousands of books for kids at the library - but I’m convinced that to write a book for kids - one does not necessarily need to have skill or talent. Many authors do - but the lame books I come across - make me wonder. Anyway - if I’m going to spend hours a day sometimes reading to my children (ages 6 & 9) - they need to be books that are relatively interesting to me as well. I pretty much don’t do Dr. Seuss. A few books have been worthy - but not all!
Here is my list of favorite books for children:
An Edward Lear Alphabet
Bill Peet books
Bread and Jam for Frances
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Frog & Toad
Island Boy
Linnea in Monet’s Garden
Locust Pocust
Mud Pies and Other Recipes
More Spaghetti, I Say!
One Thumb, One Thumb, Drumming on a Drum
Owl at Home
One Morning in Maine
Roxaboxen
Snowflake Bentley
Stellaluna
The Ox-Cart Man
A Child’s Garden of Verse
Blueberries for Sal
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Heidi
Love You Forever
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Winnie the Pooh
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What a great post about good children’s books! I’m a lover of older-children’s books (what librarians call Young Adult Literature), and I haven’t spent much time thinking about literature for kids of this age. What do you think about the illustrations in kiddie lit? Does it have any influence on the overall quality of the book, or is it just icing on an already high-quality book?
(Also, sorry to be a wet blanket, but my mother-in-law has a daycare, and one of the daycare moms started reading the Chronicles of Narnia to her daughter when the daughter was about 4. Mother-in-law reports that the daughter had nightmares during her naps…about lions and witches and scary forests…and closets with false backs. You might want to wait till after the 5-7 Shift to read fantasy books, even such delightful fantasy books as the Chronicles of Narnia to your girl.
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My three year old loves the Fancy Nancy books by Jane O’Connor. The family in the stories is delightful and the pictures are choke full of interesting details. It is the ultimate ‘girly’ book.
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Perfect timing! Great list.
I have realized how much more aware I’ve become of books we read at together now that my kindergartner turns in a monthly reading log. Awful, I know. Peter Rabbit, Madeline, and The Little House have made big comebacks in this house. Although the original motive was lame, I’m thankful to actually be reading “the good stuff” again.
My 100% favorite is The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton. But with 3 kids under 6 we read and/or enjoy good basic picture books as well. Freight Train by Donald Crews is a constant. Other current favorites are Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies , Ladybug Girl by Jacky Davis, One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies, and The Bad Mood by Moritz Petz.
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Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems is a favorite around here, along with the “How Does a Dinosaur…” series.
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Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems is a favorite around here, along with the “How Does a Dinosaur…” series.
We’re also big fan of the Charlie & Lola books- the illustrations are fabulous, and they truly capture the perspective of a young child. Plus, they are so much fun to read.
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This house would not run without the books of Mo Willems and Bob Graham. I can read Knuffle Bunny over and over again and not tire of it. I love that Bob Graham’s parent characters are androgynous and subtly non-traditional, not to mention urban and imperfect.
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Thank you for this great list of books. I wrote them all down for future reference! I am currently expecting our first child, and I have been anticipating all the time we will spend together over books! I love reading, and hope to instill this love for reading in my child(ren).
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I love the Francis books, Bread and Jam for Francis. I also love Give a Mouse a Cookie, but I think I love If you Give a Moose a Muffin more. I also love Corduroy.
My daughter is older and loves Junie B. Jones, when we read these together it makes me laugh outloud.
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I love to read. As a new parent I am already thinking about what books to read Sirius as he grows. When he was a newborn I would read him all my favorite poetry, and I swear he seemed to like it.
As for books when the kids get a bit older:
The Secret Garden (still one of my all time faves)
Little Women
Thanks for the helpful suggestions for little kids books!
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Great post! We are Charlotte Mason homeschoolers, and I am thoroughly enjoying all the books I am reading to my 1st and 2nd graders! One of my very favorite are titles from Snip, Snapp, Snurr and Flicka, Ricka, Dicka. They are both about triplets, a boy set, and a girl set, and are filled with great character building lessons, and a delight to read! Our favorite that will bring tears to your eyes is:
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Yellow Sled
It should be in everyone’s library!
Sara
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Where to begin? I’m now parenting teens and pre-teens, but I still delight in children’s literature, and I think they secretly do, too, since they suddenly find things to do around me when I’m reading to the five year old in the house. Wolf Story by William McCleery is a great first chapter book, and one that was well loved in our house, especially by the boys. All the EB White books have been read and re-read here. And we still quote from Swallows and Amazons–a great adventure series for the little biggers in the house.
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Thanks for that recommendation “Honey for a …” I’ll check it out!
I write about quality children’s books almost every Monday (from a mom and Speech Therapy perspective). We’ve moved up to chapter books here and some great ones we read this summer are: The Tale of Despereaux, The Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There are a lot of great books out there, but even then I am VERY picky about language, grammar, and illustrations.
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I could talk about books all day.
@Krista - Thanks for your insight. I’ve heard similar stories to yours, along with stories of little kids who completely ate up Narnia, and it completely excited them to learn to read on their own. We’ll just start out with a smidge, and see how it goes. Also, I think illustrations are more than just icing - a book can’t have good pictures with mediocre words, but a well-written book with sub-par illustrations just kinda makes us less enthusiastic about the book. Ya know?
@Peggy - If You Give a Moose a Muffin is my favorite, too! If You Give a Pig a Pancake is a close second, but the Moose illustrations are so funny, it wins me over.
I completely forgot about Peter Rabbit and Corduroy - also excellent choices. And as far as chapter books go, Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prairie are great.
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We too love Make Way For Ducklings. Other favorites are The Velveteen Rabbit, Stranger in the Woods, and Pelican Pete (a cute story about St. Augustine where we live and taking care of your environment).
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Other wonderful chapter books for pre-schoolers are the Gramma’s Attic books by Arleta Richardson. Great read alouds for the whole family from 3-93… we adore them.
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I adore The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. The illustrations are these vivid, incredible pieces of art, and the story is a sweet reminder of the power of generosity.
Also really fun is A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon. Again, the illustrations are amazing and the story is about being yourself, no matter what.
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I love children’s books. I don’t no who gets more excited when my kids get them as gifts - them or me. My kids are still pretty young and I love any of the books by Karma Wilson, my favorite is The Bear Snores On. I love that you included Mike Mulligan - it’s one of my all time favorites!
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Some of my family’s all-time favorite books for young children are the Sandra Boynton board books. They short, but have a great sense of humor and rhythm. My faves include “Barnyard Dance,” “The Going to Bed Book,” “Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs,” and “Moo, Baa, La La La!”
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Lamplighterpublishing.com has wonderful books chocked full of vivid imagery and delightful characters. Their books would make Charlotte Mason smile.
I like all of your suggested list except the Mercer Mayer books. We have several (my son loves them) but my husband and I don’t like how the parents are portrayed (stodgy and mean). There’s lots of sarcasm in the book that I don’t think my 4 y.o son understands - it is funny to adults, though. We have talked about throwing them away *gasp* but just haven’t done it yet.
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mrs. piggle wiggle books!
amelia bedelia books!
anything by shel silverstein
olivia the pig books (just bought a few of these for my four-year-old neice)
the very hungry caterpillar!!! (this was my FAVORITE as a child)
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i totally forgot …
the babar books and the bearenstein bear books … both great series’ for 3 and 4-year-olds!
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Some fabulous books, both in the original post and in the comments. Talking of non-Disney versions, Dodie Smith’s 101 Dalmatians is a wonderful book to read aloud, terrific prose, great story. Also The Wind in the Willows - every other chapter is the story, interspersed with whimsy which you can either paraphrase or skip altogether according to the child’s temperament. I’m sad my children are really too old to be read to these days (the youngest is 16), but it’s time to reinstate the habit we had in the early days of our marriage of reading aloud to each other … it works well for “difficult” books you might be tempted not to finish (Victorian novels, that sort of thing)
Joanna
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I could talk children’s books all day, as well.
Honey For a Child’s Heart is an excellent resource! Many on your list are favorites. Frog and Toad (or anything by Arnold Lobel) is at the top of my list. I tend to go by authors.
~William Steig: Amos and Boris (or The Real Theif and Dominic for chapter book read-alouds)
~Barbara Cooney (literally anything with this author/illustrators name on it!!): Roxaboxen, Miss Rumphius
~Sarah Stewart/David Small: The Gardener, The Library
~James Harriot’s Treasure for Children (Don’t miss!!)
~Cynthia Rylant: The Relatives Came
~Holly Hobbie: Toot and Puddle
~Virginia Lee Burton: Mike Mulligan, Katy and the Big Snow, The Little House
~Tasha Tudor: Corgiville Fair
~Robert McCloskey: Lentil, Make Way for Ducklings
For mostly wordless book that children can spend hours, days, months gazing at, I highly recommend Anno’s Journey by Mitsumasa Anno (and his others if you can find them) or any of Peter Spiers’ books (The Circus, Rain, People).
I wish I could spend all day reading books to the boys.
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Argh! That would be James Harriot’s *Treasury* for Children
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One you should check out from the library is Amelia Bedelia. You might have to buy it. I have loved this books since I was a kid. I also was a huge fan of Louis Sachar (he wrote Sideways stories from Wayside School, Holes, and some other fun books) and Shel Silverstein (Light in the Attic, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends). And I have to say I found some new ones based on your list, and some oldies but goodies.
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We love books! My 5 yr old will now disappear into the rocking chair for an hour at a time to read Alice in Wonderland, Charlotte’s Web, or any other book that strikes her fancy. We have too much twaddle on the shelf - gifts from well meaning relatives who know we love books. But we’ve got some great stuff, too. My official rule has always been this: I will read the same book countless times during the day - but never the same book twice in a row!
When my daughter was little, we loved Sandra Boyton - and my 1 yr old son is in that phase now, too. For “older” picture books, my faves are:
For story content, rich vocabulary, or ‘moral’
A Chair for My Mother
Zara’s Hats
The Big Box
Horton Hears a Who!
Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Orso, The Troll Who Couldn’t Scare
For wonderful stories with gorgeous illustrations:
The Tin Forest and The Dragon’s Eye by Helen Ward
Creation by McDermott
The Fairy Tales, a collection by Jan Pienkowski
And for humorous books:
Math Verse and Science Verse by Jon Scieszka
The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln
Stinky Cheese Man
And then there’s our “school” book shelf, with many of the other books already mentioned - Blueberries for Sal, Caps for Sale, Millions of Cats, and many, many more. We love to read. While I love to own books, I’m incredibly grateful that we have a library a few miles from home. We’ve discovered some awesome books that way.
Thanks for all the recommendations!
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What about Kevin Henkes? I LOVE his books. If you haven’t read on you should make it a point. They are great. My all time fav is Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. You can check out his other books here…http://www.kevinhenkes.com/
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What about Kevin Henkes? I LOVE his books. If you haven’t read one you should make it a point. They are great. My all time fav is Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. You can check out his other books here…http://www.kevinhenkes.com/
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I picked up a copy of Honey for a Child’s Heart…it’s really good! Another good book is Harold and the Purple Crayon and I love Eric Carle’s books with the wonderful illustrations!
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I’m a former art teacher turned stay at home mama. I had to take a whole class on children’s literature when I was in college, but all I REALLY learned was that the books my sister and I loved as a child were truly good ones.
Like I needed proof!
We loved The Trumpet and the Swan, Alice and Wonderland, Rebecca of Sunnybrooke Farm. As an adult I also enjoyed Hatchet.
And I can’t wait to share Narnia with my boys!
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Oh! And there’s always Mo Williams. They weren’t around when I was little, but Knuffle Bunny will always have a special place in my heart! And I always used Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus with my second graders, but I bet my two year old son would love it too!
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Yes, there really are so many good books you all have listed - isn’t it hard to just mention a few without feeling like you have to mention so many more?
With this list, I ended up narrowing it down to our personal favorites at the moment. My preschooler is a bit past board books, hence the reason Sandra Boynton books aren’t mentioned - but we definitely love those. Same with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, but I think my youngest will be into that very soon.
And for some reason, she’s actually scared of Amelia Bedelia! Can’t figure that one out - but we have the whole collection. I’ll try them on her again down the road. Who knows - she isn’t scared of books with all kinds of animals in them, but Amelia - watch out.
@Julie - That’s interesting you see the Mercer Mayer books that way. The four we have seem to portray the parents wonderfully. Perhaps there’s some we don’t have.
@Robyn - Yes, the Berenstain bears! We have about 10 of those, all originally mine as a child. I love them.
@Joanna, and others - Yes, I plan to pick up Wind in the Willows when we’re stateside this winter. I think my daughter would love it!
@Heidi - Anything you love, I’m sure I would love. We have Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier (it was my husband’s childhood book), and we could look at that thing forever. Such amazing illustrations.
@Rebecca - I adored Sideways Stories from Wayside School in late elementary school!
@CiderSapling - Yes, Alice in Wonderland and Charlotte’s Web! I also plan to pick up these soon.
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Oh, I’m going to be making a huge list of books! My 2 1/2 yr olds favorite books at the moment (at least the ones I enjoy reading as much as he enjoys hearing) are:
Kitten’s First Full Moon
Too Many Frogs!
Zen Shorts
Zen Ties
Trout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant
And of course the Sandra Boyton books (What’s Wrong Little Pookie is a favorite, since we’ve been calling him Pookie since he was a baby.)
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Our kids love the following:
Farmer Dillo Paints His Barn by Jesse Adams
The Cranky Blue Crab by Dawn L. Watkins
Once in Blueberr Dell by Dawn L. Watkins
These are all from http://www.bjupress.com and they have a lot more that are really good and for all ages. We got Farmer Dillo for my son when he was 2 and he loves it still today (he’s almost 4). It may be worth your while to take a peek.
Chapter books…. my girls 7 and 5 like The Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace and my 8 year old boy love the Sugar Creek Gang books. They have been revised or “twaddled” but we have my husbands from 20 years ago and they are excellent.
Also, the Christian Heroes: Then and Now are biographies written for kids and they are really good. We read Hudson Taylor over the summer and the kids loved it but then when they watched some of the Olympic coverage they talked a lot about it since he was a missionary to China. Great post!!!
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I just started to read to my three and a half year old “Little House in the Big Woods”, “Stuart Little” and “Charlotte’s Web” one chapter at a time, usually about five to ten pages max and she loves them. They all have color pictures now in the paperback editions. I will read a chapter before nap time of one and bedtime of another. She has really good comprehension of the stories. She loves Little House the most, so I am so excited to read the whole series to her. I like the idea of twaddle-free books too, I am definitely enjoying reading these books too.
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As an elementary school teacher and parent of three, I love the list. Your site is a great resource. Thank you!
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This is fantastic! Your recommendations and those of the other commenters are great! I will be getting many of these books on our next few library runs.
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This is hard! Like trying to choose one favorite dessert
Here are a few of our favorites…
Charlie and Lola books by Lauren Child
Room on a Broom, The Gruffalo, Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book - anything by Julia Donaldson
The Olivia books by Ian Falconer
Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie
Curious George
We also love the Mouse Cookie Treasury
Anything Dr. Seuss
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A few series I don’t see mentioned but that my kids love:
Oliver & Amanda Pig
Poppleton
Clifford
Anything by Robert Muensch (author of Love You Forever)
But my absolute favorite preschool book is “Five Minutes Peace.” Sorry, I don’t know the author. But it’s about a Mama Elephant trying to get five minutes to herself. I laughed so hard I could hardly read it.
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I have grandsons - no girls yet - but The Icky Sticky Frog by John Lescroart and Salina Yoon and The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A POP-UP BOOK by Keith Faulkner and Jonathan Lambert were big hits. Though these books are intended for very young children, they both have a plot twist and are a delight to read. The kids still ask for them even though they are a few years older.
Good Night Moon was another great one. The words flow in such a slow, melodic way that I could never think of it as “twaddle.” I also love to read scripture to them at bedtime after story time is over. It bridges the gap between story time and lights out - it’s amazing to me how they listen quietly as they drift off to sleep. My favorite scriptures are from the “overcoming idolatry” section of “Praying God’s Word” by Beth Moore. She has chosen awesome scriptures that tell of the wonder and majesty of God often using pictures of nature.
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As a teacher and parent, I love books! I can’t name all our faves, but my 4yo son’s new fave is The Magic Tree House series. He heard one on cd from a kid’s meal and was hooked! Thanks for this post, I love to see all our faves named one by one!
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Thanks for your great list! A lot of yours are favorites of ours too! Our daughter is still pretty young but we love the Berenstein Bears & Dr. Seuss books… one of my favorites is called “Summer” (I’d tell you the author but it’s the same room as a sleeping baby) -it’s a Suess early reader type book too. I stumbled this!
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P.S. I like your blog’s facelift!
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