Book recommendations

Pesky · April 2011

I have a shower to go to for a gal in my cooking club/local board. This is their first baby and they are team green (finding out the sex when the baby is born). I figure that she will get Goodnight Moon and probably some Sandra Boynton which I usually see at baby showers. Thoughts for other books to give her?

jarbatz · April 2011

DD's favorite books when she was a bit younger was this set of Sesame Street books she received as a gift. There's 4 of them, they're short and the pictures are big and colorful - here's the link on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Beginnings-Four-Book/dp/B001GFYARC/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302289444&sr=1-9

The Karen Katz books she also loves...most of them are lift-the-flap books, which are great.

For a while she was obsessed with this book too - it's a flap book but also touchy-feely!

https://www.amazon.com/Pig---Boo-Farmyard-Peekaboo-Book/dp/1416972269/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302289588&sr=1-1

BostonGayGal · April 2011

Ferdinand the Bull

randa603 · April 2011

In addition to the Sandra Boynton books and Goodnight Moon, I also see these at showers...

Goodnight Gorilla

The Very Hungry Catapillar

Any of the Karen Katz books

Gallop

Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see?

On The Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

Also, a lot of the books come in a boxed set that include a plush like this one below.

https://www.amazon.com/Udderly-Shrink-Comes-Stuffed-Animal/dp/1846104920/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1302310235&sr=8-2

This little "Moo Cow" as we call him has been one of my daughter's favorite companions since birth. Must be the contrasting colors. Good luck:)

KirstieC · April 2011

Love You Forever

https://www.amazon.com/Love-You-Forever-Robert-Munsch/dp/0920668364

Betty Jane's grandfather gave her this book. It's so beautiful. Guaranteed at least one good cry. Personally, whenever I try to read it to her I can't get past the 1st page. sniff... sniff

Piranha54 · April 2011

I will second Goodnight Gorilla - this is one of DD's favorites! Two other board books that WE BOTH really enjoy are Jamberry and So Many Bunnies. And maybe consider the "indesctructable" books by Karen Pixton - search for them on amazon, there are a slew - these have been great for tummy time, diaper bags, etc. I love the pics and I've washed all of ours numerous times and they still look great.

peeper72 · April 2011

I have developed a bit of an obsession for childrens books. Ada does love, LOVE the Karen Katz books. She illustrated some written by Margaret Wise Brown (A Childs Good Morning Book).

Others I love:

All the Places to Love

The Rain Babies

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

The Paperbag Princess

Emily's Balloon

Kitten's First Full Moon

Smudge

Chyrsanthemum

All Things Bright and Beautiful

mamaprof · April 2011

We love reading....

Some of our favorites are: Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307165485

A Treasury of Curious George: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618538224

Anything by Sandra Boynton but especially Dinosaur's Binket: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689822030

and The Belly Button Book: https://www.amazon.com/Belly-Button-Book-Boynton-Board/dp/0761137998/ref=pd_sim_b_13

I also love Good Morning, Good Night: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Morning-Night-Teresa-Imperato/dp/1581172796/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302507440&sr=1-2

Oh! One of the best books for an infant/early toddler is First 100 Words: https://www.amazon.com/Board-First-Words-Bright-Baby/dp/0312495412/ref=pd_sim_b_22

Gah! And this one, Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: https://www.amazon.com/Head-Shoulders-Knees-Board-Books/dp/0859537285/ref=pd_sim_b_5

Good luck.

Dragonflyer · April 2011

These are a couple of my favorites

See You in The Morning (makes me cry, love it)

https://www.amazon.com/Ill-See-You-Morning-MORNING-BOA/dp/B0029PEXHU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1302531866&sr=8-2

Bless Me

https://www.amazon.com/Bless-Me-Childs-Night-Prayer/dp/0439623324/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302531911&sr=1-1

kj07 · April 2011

I got 3 Goodnight Moon's but nobody got me Goodnight Gorilla (which I even put on my registry).

I Love You All the Time (https://www.amazon.com/I-Love-You-All-Time/dp/0970115504) is currently our bedtime book.

I love On the Night You Were Born, but it makes me cry too much so we don't read it very often.

My mother got me some great books that are just black, white, and yellow, with very simple graphic designs that DS is really interested in, but I can't find a link to them (I think she got them in Australia).