Update: Seeking book recommendation for 2 and 3 year olds

[ilovetivo]

ETA: List updated 1/27 with 130+ books, including Toddler 411 recommended books on post #12 below.

I've searched BBB and haven't quite found the age group or the list I was looking for. I want to expand DD's library. She just turned 2. Board books, paperback, hardcover are all ok. Some we have already include (pls forgive spelling and shortened titles):

Jamberry
Corduroy
If you give a mouse a cookie/pig a pancake etc
Oh My Dinosours
Carrot Seed
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Penelope books (at school, in winter, at the farm, says goodnight)
Mama mama/papa papa
Taro Gomi books - Everyone Poops, My Friends, Bus Stops, Spring is here
Is your mama a llama
Your Personal Penquin
Barnyard Dance
Olivia
Goodnight Moon
Moo, Ba, La, La, La
Once upon a potty
The Potty Book
TIme for bed
Miss spider books
Brown Bear
Hungry Caterpiller
SIlly Sally
Guess How much i Love you
Time for Bed

[SnuggleBuggles]

Ones I don't see on your list:

the sequels to Corduroy
How do Dinosaurs [say goodnight, clean their rooms...]
Bear Snores On
Bear Stays Up
Bears' New Friend
Bear Wants More (I love te Bear books!!)
Giraffes Can't Dance
Ten Little Ladybugs
Don't Let the Pigeon [Stay up Late, Eat a Hotdog, Drive the Bus]
Knuffle Bunny (very cute!)
Little Quack
Little Quack's Bedtime (I also love Little Quack)
Color Zoo (a really good board book)
The Mitten (my ds doesn't really like it but his aunt has fond memories of that book)


My ds loves the Little People lift the flap books. They have them at Target. He enjoys "reading" them himself.

Beth

[elaineandmichaelsmommy]

those are great,here's some of our favorites

grover monster at the end of this book
green eggs and ham
mcgelligots pool
stranger in the woods
what moomies/daddies do best
olivia forms a band
olivia and the missing toy
little critter books
thomas the train
curious george

The Very Noisy Night
Snowmen at Night
Snow Day
Polar Bear, Polar Bear
Olivia (and sequels)
The Little House
Curious George
Madeline
Dr. Seuss (DD loves The Cat in the Hat and One Fish, Two Fish especially)
Tom and Pippo books


Mary

[TracyBee]

My Monster Mama Loves Me So
Fancy Nancy
Scrubbly Bubbly Carwash
Kittens's First Full Moon
Zin Zin Zin a Violin
Click Clack Moo
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

When DD wakes up - I'll go browse her bookshelf. That's all I can think of (not already mentioned) off the top of my head.

[SnuggleBuggles]

How could I forget "My Monster Mama..." That book is so sweet! It is one of my favorites. :)

Also, the whole "I Stink," "I'm Mighty," and "I'm Dirty" books are lots of fun if she is at all into garbage trucks, boats or construction trucks. :) I really like "I'm Mighty."

Beth

[elliput]

Panda Bear, Panda Bear (to round out the Bears)

My Mom sent two books by Tasha Tudor to DD for her birthday: Around the Year and A is for Annabelle, A Doll's Alphabet. These are beautifully illustrated in a Victorian style.

[mom2emma]

My DD who is 2 really likes

In the Night Kitchen (Maurice Sendack)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Bill Martin)

Bess

[ilovetivo]

Snow Day by Lynn Plourde or The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats? I know the latter is a classic. 1st African American main character/protagonist

[ilovetivo]

The Mitten - Alvin Tresselt's version or Jan Brett's? On amazon some people like Tresselt's version better.

One preschool teacher/parent said "In Brett's version, the animals in the mitten each let the next one enter out of fear. I think this can be a dangerous lesson to teach young children. Tresselt's animals let each other in because they want to help them when they see them suffering from cold. I think it conveys more positive and humane values, and it also told with gentle wit and wisdom."

Interesting.