Favorite Kids' Books?

blainethetrain · July 2013

Whenever I go to a baby shower, I always bring a book in addition to my gift. I have a few that are in my regular rotation, but I'm looking for some new ideas. Obviously I want to avoid Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, etc. as those are almost a given.

In your opinion, what book is required reading for every baby/toddler?

brittnjoe · July 2013

The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown. It was my favorite book!!!

Rachel5782 · July 2013

DS lovvesss The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear. He also loves any Eric Carle books. When he was a year I had to hide the story Honk, Honk, Beep, Beep by Daniel Kirk. It rhymes and I had it memorized. I literally read it to him 5-10 times a day for months and months. I couldn't read it anymore!

Islandgirl1129 · July 2013

Any of the Bear Books by Karma Wilson
Any Book from the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series by Laura Numeroff
The Velveteen Rabbit
Is Your Mama a Lama?
On the Night You Were Born
Any Dr Seuss books

Fizzy8 · July 2013

I love the very hungry caterpillar. Still read that with my nephew now, he's 8!

jennseymour · July 2013

I usually do The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.

notkateanymore · July 2013

The If You Give series, Dr. Suess, Is your Mama a Llama and The Daddy Book were DD's fave as a kid.

tatianaazulay · July 2013

A great book that i love and usually give me friends that are having babies is "love you forever" by Robert Munsch!
Toddlers also love brown bear by Eric Carle

MrsRo731 · July 2013

jennseymour said:
I usually do The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.

This - I love that book.

katebusse · July 2013

All of those!! Also, the little engine that could, I love you stinky face, and nursery rhyme collections. My 2 yr old loves the Dr.Seuss pop up books and the pop up of bedtime bugs. She loved and destroyed the wheels on the bus pop up.

74dragonfly · July 2013

Sandra Boynton books like moo baa laa.

Islandgirl1129 · July 2013

Love the Stinkyface books!

74dragonfly · July 2013

tatianaazulay said:
A great book that i love and usually give me friends that are having babies is "love you forever" by Robert Munsch!
Toddlers also love brown bear by Eric Carle

DD hates love you forever. So do I. Kinda creepy with mom sneaking in the kids room. DD was so scared. I have heard other similar reactions.

Red_Dahlia · July 2013

Where's Spot, That's Not my Puppy, All the Sandra Boynton books, Jamberry, Brown bear, I Am A Bunny,

blainethetrain · July 2013

The new favorite around these parts is I Want My Hat Back by John Klassen.

insertclevername · July 2013

I Love You Stinkyface, most books from Sandra Boynton. My favorites are the books on Barefoot Books. The illustrations are great. My child loves How Loud is a Lion and Alligator Alphabet.

machanby · July 2013

"Go dog go" by p.d Eastman . Classic book for toddlers. If was my fav as a kid and when I found out I was expecting, it was the first thing my mom bought for me and baby

lp0 · July 2013

tatianaazulay said:

A great book that i love and usually give me friends that are having babies is "love you forever" by Robert Munsch! Toddlers also love brown bear by Eric Carle

I have that book for DS and I have yet been able to read it to him because it makes me cry every time I read it now. I never used to be this big of a wuss before I was a mother.

aessary03 · July 2013

Any of the Eric Carle books. My daughter loved Brown Bear. We used to spend hours reading "Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?"

Also any of the little books that you can feel the furry animals or books that have pictures of baby's making faces. My daughter would spend a lot of time looking at those other babies and imitate their expressions. It's fun.

backoffunicorn · July 2013

Any of the Shel Silverstein books including The Giving Tree which PP mentioned. Where the Sidewalk ends and Light in the Attic make beautiful gifts. Also, Eric Carle books as others have mentioned are a must. They also have board book sets for Eric Carle which are adorable.

Lawren · July 2013

Some of LO's favorites are Little Blue Truck, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Five Little Ducks, The Little Engine That Could...

Those are just a few of his favorites, he loves books.

rach10782 · July 2013

My son absolutely loved Pat the Bunny when he was very young. At 3 he still loves the Very Hungry Caterpillar . We bought a book on a whim at Barnes and Noble about 18 months ago called Time for a Hug and we read it almost every day. It's a really great book.

CaliforniaPeach · July 2013

It's probably not everyone's tastes, but I like Don't Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus by mo willems.

katebusse · July 2013

Oh...and for CLOSE friends, I buy Go the F*** to Sleep. For the Mommies:) It's hilarious, but the prose and illustrations are actually quite beautiful!

cherylnicole · July 2013

The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton or any of the Corduroy series books by Dan Freeman

blainethetrain · July 2013

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I've not heard of a lot of these. Others reminded me of greats from my childhood that I'd forgotten.

mamaj1220 · July 2013

The kids I teach love "Going on a bear hunt" and it's the type of book you can make into a game too. They also love Eric Carle books and some Dr Suess but those can get long depending on what book you get but There's a Wocket in my Pocket makes everyone smile. My personal favorite to this day is Strega Nona

aundrea1225 · July 2013

When I was little I read a lot of Dr. Suess, even before I could read my mom read them to me. But she used to read "I'll Always Love You" by Hans Wilhelm. It's about a dog, but it was my favorite.

mamaj1220 · July 2013

katebusse said:
Oh...and for CLOSE friends, I buy Go the F*** to Sleep. For the Mommies:) It's hilarious, but the prose and illustrations are actually quite beautiful!

You have no idea how much I'm hoping someone gets that for me I think that book is epic haha.

katmb2013 · July 2013

My students and my nieces all love the Pete the Cat books. They come with a free download of the digital book, that includes music and singing. They are very fun!

Mrbatesisinnocent · July 2013

Go Dog Go was one of my faves growing up!

MEP923 · July 2013

I'll Love You Forever. I just read that to DS before his nap. It is our favorite book. If I get a baby shower invite that says to bring a book it is the only one I bring.

KFED103 · July 2013

My DS's favorite book right now is "Little Blue Truck" and "Little Blue Truck Leads the way".

cherylnicole · July 2013

Yezbick9 said:

The Monster at the End of this Book starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover is absolutely the house favorite around here. I just bought a copy for the baby (we've already worn out several copies), and our boys wouldn't let me get through the door before they grabbed it and sat down to read it together.

For a girl, any of the Olivia books are awesome. As I understand it, they've turned it into a TV show. I have no idea how that is, but the books are terrific.

DS loves the Olivia tv show! I think it's pretty hilarious myself

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