My cousins little girl is turning 1 this weekend and I would like to get her some books along with the other gift we are giving her. I love when my kids get great books for gifts, and this cousin (and her sister) always get us great ones. So I am looking for some different ones than the standard "Goodnight Moon" or Dr. Suess books. One that we got from them and LOVE is "I took the moon for a walk", it's my 17 month olds "must have" before bed book.
Any suggestions on some favorites? unique favorites?
The Napping House (love the illustrations)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See (good for colors and animals)
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear (good for animal sounds)
It Looked Like Spilt Milk (good imagination book)
Jamberry (great pictures and rhymes)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (good for counting)
Rainbow Fish (good for concept of sharing & great illustrations)
Guess How Much I Love You (really sweet)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (great rhyming book about letters)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (all three of these or good if/then books)
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
The Butter Battle Book (Dr. Suess, but maybe for older 4 yrs. old)
Harry the Dirty Dog (a classic)
Gosh there are so many I can't pick just one, I just can't
"The Little Engine That Could", but I would loove to find the old one. My mom bought my daughter the new version and it's just not the same (I think the story is the same, just not the book).
They may be a bit old, but I LOVE the Skippy John Jones books. They are so funny! You can do good voices too. My boys also loved Marty and the Mango. Cute.
Laura
Jamberry,
Go Dog Go
Is Your Mama a Llama?
Are You My Mother?
Fletcher and The Falling Leaves (all the Fletcher books, actually)
Wombat Walkabout
The Quiet Book
Spoon
Little Owl Lost
Barnyard Dance
My absolute favorite is The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton. I searched high and low for it when I was pregnant with my first ...found it in Australia. That book is more appropriate for older kids though.
As far as a goodnight book: we love Time for Bed, by Mem Fox.
we've also come to love books by Leslie Patricelli. "Yes Yes, No No" "Big, Little" and "Yummy Yucky." My son loves these because they are very simple and he loves seeing what the baby is doing on each page. Highly recommended and kind of funny for us to read to :)
The "If you Give..." books are my 3 y/o's favs!!
We also like:
That's not my Dinosuar/Robot, etc books
Love You Forever is MY favorite and I think my boys just let me read it to them b/c they know how much I like it :)
Curious George books
Don't Wake up the Bear (my boys LOVE this one!)
Grumpy Cat
I liked all the suggestiions I recognized but wanted to add, "Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus. When I was little I LOVED Mrs. Piggly Wiggly's Magic.
Not sure what your families beliefs are, but a great book I got from Target is called Night Night Prayer. It is super cute, my boys loved it, and it has been a great gift I have used a few times.
I love 'Sheep In A Jeep'!
Any Sandra Boynton books
Also, consider getting her a classic like The Wind In The Willows or Black Beauty or James and The Giant Peach to enjoy when she's older. Books are such a great gift!
My favorite as a mother is, I Love You Through and Through. I love your top side. and your bottom side. I love your inside. and your outside. I love your happy side and your sad side. Your silly side and your mad side. I love your fingers and toes. Your ears and your nose. I love your hair and eyes. Your giggles and cries. I love you running and walking, silent and talking. I love you through and through, yesterday, today and tomorrow too.
Can you tell we read it every night?
My 2 year old loves beauty and the beast right now we read a chapter a night. As far as short bedtime books both my son and daughter are loving How does a dinosaur say goodnight
Good Night, Gorilla (by Peggy Rathmann)
Good Morning, Good Night! (by Melanie Mitchell and Laurie Young)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (by Iza Trapani)
The Itsy Bitsy Spider (by Iza Trapani)
Mary Had a Little Lamb (by Iza Trapani)
I Love You Because You're You (by Liza Baker)
Llama Llama Nighty--Night (by Anna Dewdney) - this one wasn't out yet when my daughter was younger, but we loved the other Llama Llama books.
These are my daughters current favorites: (we like Sandra Boynton a lot as you can see!)
But Not the Hippopotamus
Barnyard Dance
Moo, Baa, La La La
Snuggle Puppy
Fifteen Animals
Five Little Monkeys
Llama Llama books
Where is Baby's Belly Button