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What is on your "books to buy for baby" list? (and/or what were your favorites when you we

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My "to buy" :

Sparkle and Spin: A Book About Words by Paul Rand

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs/Follow the Line Through the House by Laura Ljungkvist

 
My design background makes me picky!
 

 

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  • DR&RN04DR&RN04

    Books by Eric Carl, Sandra Boynton, Dr. Seuss, Shell Silverstein, etc.

    Also read a lot of Pat the Bunny, and simple cute books w/ just pictures, or one word per page, etc at first.  Peek-a-boo books are fun too.

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  • 17Apes17Apes
    If you haven't had a shower yet... for my shower we asked people to bring a book for the baby instead of a card.  Then they wrote a special message on the inside of the book to the baby.  I have so many books for DD for all ages up to to 3 or 4 years old, I have only bought her one book so far.  
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  • nrbg116nrbg116

    Disney stories like Little Mermaid & Cinderella

    Corduroy- One of my favorite books growing up

    The very hungry caterpillar

    I have a large collection of books already for her. I love to read so I'd like to pass that on. I work at a hospital and every couple months they have a Books are Fun sale- I never walk out empty handed. I got 10 disney story books for $12 last time. I also got 12 berenstain bears books for $12.

     

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  • hopkins5hopkins5
    My baby has a huge library already lol my brother and I still have our giant collections from when we were young. During my pregnancy I've been reading Dr Suess' "Oh Baby The Places You'll Go" (a book meant to be read in utero) and Robert Munsch's "I Love You Forever." Both of those authors collections are must-haves! We also enjoyed the Berenstein Bear collections later on, and Beatrix Potter, just to name a few.
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  • tinamachinatinamachina

    image17Apes:
    If you haven't had a shower yet... for my shower we asked people to bring a book for the baby instead of a card.  Then they wrote a special message on the inside of the book to the baby.  I have so many books for DD for all ages up to to 3 or 4 years old, I have only bought her one book so far.  

    I love this idea! 

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  • KatieKim0815KatieKim0815 member
    Robert Munsch books and Dr. Seuss and definitely a few on family diversity.
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  • OctoberBabyHOctoberBabyH
    My hostesses have already included something like this on the shower invite, though I do love the classics. (Dr. Suess books, Shel Silverstein, etc.)
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  • JoannaJesJoannaJes member
    More Sandra Boynton books. I think those are universally appealing to babies. She has a great sense of rhyme and rhythm. Also, probably a couple more books with actual baby faces in them. Babies are captivated by those.
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  • DR&RN04DR&RN04

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    More Sandra Boynton books. I think those are universally appealing to babies. She has a great sense of rhyme and rhythm. Also, probably a couple more books with actual baby faces in them. Babies are captivated by those.

    I definitely agree.  And books w/ pictures (real and drawings) of animals.  Those were definitely some of the favorites of the baby stage.  

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  • NicoleWINicoleWI member

    These are DD's favorite books so far:

    Good Night Gorilla (awesome)

    Moo Baa La La La 

    Big Red Barn (love it)

    Diaper David--she's ready for toddler David now but these are great books.

    Tails--can't remember author offhand but it's a GREAT book with things to touch, feel, pull, etc. We also have the alphabet one, which is also good, but she prefers Tails.

    At this age, she actually really likes the books that just have lots of pictures of things with the words as labels--the learning words books

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    Paddington Bear (it's the one longer book that she really likes so far. I paraphrase the story)

    Anything with Sesame Street characters, especially Elmo

    When she was really little I read her the Little Bear stories by Maurice Sendak, and those are really sweet. She will like them again when she is older but they don't have colorful pictures.

    Definitely also get a few touch and feel books--whatever looks good.

    Get board books. Babies/toddlers like to turn pages, try to rip pages, and chew on books. :) 

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  • rayaraya
    My son has an insane amount of books thanks to my SIL unloading her kids' old books on us. I've been reading to him since he was born and he loves books, and I think it contributes to his amazing vocabulary and his overall verbal skills. Some of our favorites are: Goodnight Moon (great for labeling), all Leslie Patricelli books (Yummy/Yucky, Big/Little, etc.), Eric Carle books, Animalia (visually stunning), and the Giving Tree, which makes me sob like a baby each time.
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  • Randi1986Randi1986
    Besides the great books already mentioned, I will be buying "Love You Forever" and "Roll Over" they were books I was read and were my favorites when I was little and I can't wait to share that with my LO. I loved it when my Grandma would read to me... I can still hear her voice in my head as she sang the little song from the book "Roll Over". Smile
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  • CopperT0pCopperT0p member
    I'm trying to build up the entire Dr Seuss collection, and will likely build up a Robert Munsch collection as well since both these were my favorites as a child.  My mom has also saved a lot of my books from when I was a child, so I'll have a small library started ahead of time.
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  • IncogNeatoIncogNeato member

    I'm a teacher and I looooooooooooooooooove Mo Willems. He writes the Pigeon books (Don't let the pigeon drive the bus) and the Elephant and Piggie books They crack me up and have great but subtle messages.

    I *might* have picked up 5 of them at B&N the other day when they were buy one get one half off.... 

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  • LW2410LW2410

    My mother is a retired elementary school librarian, so I'm sure I'll get lots of books from her :)

    Personally, I want anything illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, if I can find them. I grew up with her books, but they perished in a flood. She illustrated a lot of beautiful fairy tales.

    We will also get bilingual/Spanish books because getting MH to speak Spanish at home is like pulling teeth (his family is from Guatemala). I'd like to be fluent (I can speak at a naughty kindergartner's level) and I would like my children to learn, as well.

     

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