As a child, I had an unusual love for our local library and for children's books in general. I spent a huge part of my childhood lugging home a bag of books - and then reading, reading, and reading. Getting to pass down that love to my daughter is something I anticipated as soon as we found out we were expecting.
These are the books we read multiple times each week.
- Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
... a perfect book for papa to read at bedtime with a quirky pigeon voice.
- The Runaway Bunny
... a perfect book for a protective, new mama.
- Goodnight Moon
... in our bedtime routine, every night. It always brings on big yawns
- The Going-To-Bed Book
... even gets packed for bedtime when we are traveling.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
... chubby baby fingers fit in the holes where the caterpillar has been "eating."
- Charley Harper ABCs
... the colors and illustrations of the animals are seriously cool.
- The Rainbow Fish
... a book with sparkle and good moral at the end.
- We're Going on a Bear Hunt
... an adventurous sing-song book.
- Piggies
... The illustrations are amazing, plus it gives an excuse to shower your sweet babe with kisses. Don and Audrey Wood make my list of favorite children's authors.
- The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
... this book is seriously cute, from the same authors as Piggies.
You need to check out Little Blue Truck if you haven't already. It was one of those surprise books I had never heard of but now we totally love it!
ReplyDeleteWe just got a jumbo version of Piggies for Christmas. We need to crack it open (maybe tonight)
And I have never heard of don't let the pigeon stay up late! I'll need to check it out.
Great round up!
I haven't - going to check it out on amazon now!
DeleteI loved so many of these as a kid! Last week, we just got all of my husband's childhood favorites from my in-laws. It makes me excited for when we have kids :) Kudos to you on reading to your little one! Being read to/learning to read are still some of my most cherished childhood memories.
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