Can we start a favorite books thread?

[DebbieJ]

My ds will be two soon and I'd like to make a list of book titles to give to grandmas, aunties, etc, so they can pick some out for his birthday and Christmas.

Share your favorites please!

~ deb
DS born at home 12/03

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[jadamom]

DD is 3 1/2 now, but loves Curious George, Richard Scarry, Madeline, Olivia, Dr. Seuss, and Little Critters. She's also just started reading Bob books. Please note that most of these books are not board books and can be ripped easily. While DD was 2, every few months she'd surprise me by ripping up another one of her books, just when I had thought she'd finally outgrown that stage. Now she's fine. Interesting enough, her little sis who is only a year old never rips books at all!

[August Mom]

0-12 Months:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Eric Carle

Time for Bed by Mem Fox

I Love You as Much... by Laura Krauss Melmed

Lift-the-Flap Books by Karen Katz (especially Where Is Baby's Mommy?, Where Is Baby's Belly Button? and Toes, Ears and Nose)

DK Publishing Books (letters, numbers, colors, NFL series)


12 months - 2 years:

(Continued with 0-12 month books)

FP LP Lift-the-Flap Books (the farm was great)

Maisy books

Pop-ups like Snappy Little Farm

Dr. Seuss - Foot Book, Go Dogs Go, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?

Sheep in a Shop and Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Some magnet books (like Snappy Travel Book and Thomas magnet books)


2/2.5 - 3+ years:

Anything from the Curious George series

Anything from the Franklin series

Hermie & Friends series (by Max Lucado - Christian themed)

Great Buginnings (also by Max Lucado - concept books like counting and shapes)

Froggy series by Jonathan London

Hairy Maclary books by Lynley Dodd

"Rabbit books" as DS calls them by Alan Baker (his favorites are Brown Rabbit's Shape Book; Gray Rabbit's Odd One Out; and Little Rabbit's First Time Book)

Dora the Explorer books

Thomas books (he especially likes the Dr. Seuss ones, Go Train Go, Stop Train Stop and Crack in the Track (you can get them at TJ Maxx)

Little Miss Spider books by David Kirk

Books by Laura Numeroff (If You Give a Pig a Pancake, etc.)

Little Bear books

Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell

Duck in a Truck (and to a lesser degree Fix It Duck) by Jez Alborough

My Little Red Toolbox by Stephen Johnson It's just as much as toy as it is a book, but it's very neat. You can take the tools out and use them in the book.

[kmty]

If you are interested in non-board books, these are some of the ones that capture my son's interests

- Almost any Dr. Seuss
- Ten Little Ladybugs
- Where the Wild Things Are
- The Little Engine that Could
- Curious George
- The Great Gracie Chase
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Leo the Late Bloomer
- Harry the Dirty Dog
- The Bookshop Dog
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Happy Shopping!

[darby24]

This is our basic favourite list from age 2 on. Lots of the same as PP as well.

We're pretty biased about trucks, diggers and tools. Anything else just sits on the shelf. We seem to like series that are all similar (authors Byron Barton, Tony Mitton and Anne Rockwell as examples - they all have the same type of books; one on trucks, one planes, one trains, etc.)

My Truck is Stuck - Kevin Lewis

Lot at the end of my block - Kevin Lewis

Amazing Machines series - Tony Mitton (Tremendous Tractors, Flashing Fire Engines and Tough Trucks are our favourites.)

B is for bulldozer - June Sobel

Digger Man - Andrea Zimmerman

Good Morning Digger - Anne Rockwell

Emergency - Margaret Mayo

Beaver the Carpenter - Lars Klinting

Anne Rockwell's transportation series (Fire trucks, Trains, Planes, Trucks, etc.)

The Diggers - Margaret Wise Brown (weird/stupid story but nephew *loves* it to pieces!)

I Love Trucks - Philemon Sturges (yet another series as well, "I love_____" [Trains - School - Bugs - Planes])


Any of these series:
Curious George
Franklin

Any of these authors:

Richard Scarry (busy town, cars and trucks and things that go and what do people do all day are favourites.)

Byron Barton (any of the single themed books -airport, trains, trucks, planes, etc.- as well as his stories -building a house, Buzz buzz buzz, etc-)

At three my nephew will still read any "DK my first _____ board book" while in the car, stroller or restaurant (my younger nephew is now into these with a passion as well.) Hope this helps you out.

[crl]

Curious George books here too.
Duck on a Bike
How Do Dinasours get well?
The Big Red Barn
Yum, Yum Dim Sum
The Very Hungry Catepillar
Still likes Sandra Boyton Books
Go Dog. Go.
Hands are not for hitting (I don't like this one much as it is a bit, well, preachy for my tastes, but DS really likes it. . . .)

HTH,

[sntm]

how do dinosaurs... great series
caps for sale
corduroy
where the wild things are
chicka chicka boom boom
papa please get the moon for me


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[ajmom]

It would be easier to tell you my favorite authors! I LOVE the classic timeless picture books the most and I'm trying to create a great literature library for my children! I love anything by:
Tomie dePaola
Kevin Henkes
Steven Kellogg
Mem Fox
Patricia Polacco
Eric Carle
Gene Zion
Jannell Carroll
Harry Allard
Judith Viorst
Eve Bunting
Cynthia Rylant
Laura Numeroff

and so many others!!

[mommyb]

My DS is almost three and these are his current favorites:

Curious George (especially the pancake one)
A Bad Case of Stripes (altho this is a long one)
Dinos to Go (Sandra Boynton)
Put Me in the Zoo (a personal favorite)
A Monster (and Another Monster) at the End of this Book
Sheep in a Jeep (another personal favorite)
Mouse Paint/Mouse Count
Any Miss Spider, Thomas the Train or Wiggles Book
The Very Busy Spider
Close Your Eyes
Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You
Wocket in my Pocket
Pajama Time
Snappy Little . . . (anything) (caution - fragile)
Head to Toe

DS has been very into rhyming books for the past 6 months. I also noticed that his attention span increased in the past 2 months.

Good luck - we have many books that have gone in and out of favor over the past 3 years. DS was a book lover from the time he was very little. My other DS (10 months) has not interest in books or TV!

[jakobsmommie]

My DS LOVED the David Shannon books at that age. In fact he still loves them, and now my DD loves them too. She is 20 months old and will always bring me the Duck on a Bike book.

David goes to school
David gets in trouble
No! David
Duck on a Bike

There's another book she loves from a different author. The authors name escapes me at the moment, the title of the book is Under The Bed.
It was perfect when my DS started being afraid of the dark and afraid of "monsters in his room" My DD loves it too.