Books

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We're always looking to add to our collection! I mostly try to pick books I don't mind reading so the intended audience is sometimes a little older than DD but she still seems interested enough when I read no matter what it is. We have lots of Little Golden Books but I find most of them too long, she tends to drop out ½ to ¾ of the way through.

What are you reading to LO these days?

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My favorites right now are 

• Rosie Revere, Engineer
• Iggy Peck, Architect 
• Adventures with Barefoot Critters

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chilibeansm0m said:

Golden books and any other actual paper books are hands off dd right now. Even if we read them she finds a way to rip them. 

DD likes to pull the covers off our new books so I've started laying her down in her crib before nap time to read my favorites to her. DD has only ripped two books, neither of which I cared much about but I have an old Mother Goose book from the year I was born and I keep it on top of the bookshelf in her playroom so she can't get to it, I'd be pretty upset if she ripped it up.

DCKate

We also LOVE Rosie Revere!

Some of our favs from the library are:
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio
Anything by Steven Kellogg
Curious George series
Dinosaur, ROAR

Mom2anAngel2

DS loves;

Corduroy
Golden books
Mike Muligan and his Steam Shovel
Dr Sues books
Curious Goerge books

He doesn't seem to rip the paper books anymore, so he actually has them on a bookshelf in his room and picks them out by himself.

sarums4

DS loves Steam Train Dream Train, the Little Critter books, and any lift-the-flap books. Of course, this changes daily, as one day a book will be his favorite and the next day he will scream NO! when we try to read the same book. Sigh...

spainy17

We have hundreds of books, literally.  Probably 50+ Little Golden Books saved from my childhood along with easily a hundred others (my parents were child book hoarders and it has been such a great thing!).  Oodles from gifts, garage sales, Goodwill.

DD LOVES reading, as do I so we are constantly adding/sorting the collection.

Favorites right now - LBG (always), Bearenstein (sp?) Bears, Fancy Nancy, Mr. McGee, Dr. Seuss, anything with a princess, train, or junk food (cake, cookies, etc.)

DCKate

We also like the Littke Blue Truck Series.

chrissynena

DD goes they phases where she only wants to read the same 3 or 4 books. Right now it is a time for bed Elmo book, a big and small Sesame Street book, and always a hit are the flap books (specifically the Where is Baby's...) we have a ton of those.

brachysira

Recently she has more mature tastes...Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willams are probably her favorite.  Also, anything about Fred and Ted.

ohiodoxiemama08

DD also loves flap and pull books. She got a Matthew Van Fleet book from BIL and SIL for Christmas that has textures, flaps and pull tabs. I highly reccommend his books. She also likes Charlie the Ranch dog and she got a book called Hot Dog Cold Dog that she really enjoys.

ConstanceGoodspeed

His current top 3:

Mighty Dads by Joan Holub

Llama Llama books by Anna Dewdney 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault 

He likes books that rhyme or have a rhythm. We have 100+ and go to the library weekly. He loves reading.

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I love Chicka Chicka Boom Boom too!

==N==

Our favorites are
Starlight Sailor
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Personal Penguin
And a few random picture books she loves. It's adorable to see her pointing and saying so many different words.

court115

Starlight Sailor is a favorite here too!