Favorite LO Books?

AnAtoZday · February 2014

Looking to start a collection of books for our first babes. Would love to know your favorite authors or books to see what to add to our Library?

What is your favorite? Or what did you love as a little kiddo?

(Sorry if this was posted already, I searched but didn't find one)

AnotherPreggo · February 2014

I also like the On the Night You Were Born book. Very sweet.

We really like Eric Carle books... especially Brown Bear.

At this age, she really enjoys books that are just a picture with the word, to help build vocabulary. She is obsessed with books.

mcvgal · February 2014

The Giving Tree, Los Besitos/The Kisses, and Moo, Baa, LaLaLa

lindslalala · February 2014

Where the Wild Things Are is our favorite. All of the Sandra Boynton board books are great.

katnipeverclean · February 2014

Love You Forever is a classic. My mother read to me as a child and I read it to DD but only when DH is not there as I dissolve into a puddle of snotty tears.

DD Loves:

Dinosaur, Roar

I Am a Bunny

Good Night Moon

Anything by Eric Carle

For her birthday we are getting her several new books about construction equipment because she LOVES construction equipment! So far Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site is on the list and I am trying to find a few more!

ETA: DOG, CAT & MOO by Mathew Van Fleet. These books are so beloved by DD that we wore out all three of our original copies and had to buy new ones. They are great books; I've never met a kid who didn't love them!

susanskowera · February 2014

My sisters and I all loved the Little Critter books when we were 'little critters'

Also- I think we had like every Golden Book from before 1990...I might try and talk my parents out of them!

*LrCg* · February 2014

My kids loved flap books when they were super young but the MOST favorite books are the "Pat the Bunny" and "Pat the Cat" series. We would read these to our kids as early as 6 months and they would sit and interact. My current 14 month old makes me read it over and over again. A great flap book would be "I wrote to the Zoo" and anything that teaches body parts. Once my kids hit 2 years of age that's when I could have them settle long enough for Dr. Seuss, Thomas the Train and the Nancy Tillman books (which each child has a special one all to their own and love them!). Also, I introduced the library at a very young age. I think most people forget about it. I do buy "special" books for my kids but they just love books so there's something special for us about the library. Its a good way to see what your child is interested in before you invest in a ton of books. And to be honest, when I get my 1 year old the board books- yes I do Clorox wipe them down (I'll admit to that embarrassingly enough).

shamyfowler · February 2014

I just love Guess How Much I Love You. And anything by Sandra Boynton. DD loves Berenstain Bears and anything in the Pinkalicious series.

BW1088 · February 2014

I love the Golden Books, but they might be for later on when DD is older. We do a lot of Baby Einstein books because they're simple and bright/colorful. DD has loved those since she was tiny and now has most of them memorized. I'm amazed at her vocaulary now! She's also starting to like Dr. Seuss.

abundancenow · February 2014

DH bought me, "I Love My Mommy Because..." when I had DS and I still tear up when I read it sometimes because it is so simply sweet.

My mom bought me, "On the Day You Were Born" and I rec getting the cd because the music is very soothing and unique and the author reads the book over the music in different tempos and songs.

sraexx · February 2014

I second Sarah Boynton and lift the flaps. Also the Baby Lit series is fun and If you give a mouse a cookie.

ashcross · February 2014

I just ordered a bunch from the classic's area on Amazon.

Guess How Much I Love You

Dinosaur, Roar

I Am a Bunny

Good Night Moon

Cars And Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry

Busy Busy Town by Richard Scarry

runrinserepeat · February 2014

Right now DD's favorites include

Are you a cow?
Peg+Cat The Chicken Problem
Madeline
Sleep tight, Elmo
Brown bear, brown bear what do you see?

mrscurlygurl · February 2014

lindslalala said:

Where the Wild Things Are is our favorite. All of the Sandra Boynton board books are great.

Except the book "The Going to Bed Book." I couldn't get over how they get dressed in pajamas and then go have an exercise party. It makes no logical sense, so I returned that shiz. DS LOVES "Moo, Baa, La La La" though. He practically reads it along with me now at almost 23 months

We mostly read board books right now because I don't want DS ripping the paper pages of some of my favorite children's books :P

I particularly like this book (and there are a lot of ones like it) because it has great sensory pages for the LOs.

Katieryan13 · February 2014

Good Dog Carl- Alexandra Day

I loved this book!

pfeilele · February 2014

Brown Bear, brown bear what do you see
Baby bear, baby bear what do you see?
In my den
In my nest
The very busy spider
On the night you were born
Where's spot? (All the flaps are missing

)
Jamberry
The packs of small baby Einstein books are awesome-great for shoving in a diaper bag

futuremrsgorski · February 2014

Llama llama books are huge hits with my little guy! Llama llama hoppity hop Llama llama zippity zoom Llama llama nighty night Llama llama wakey wake. All come in board books We also have other llama llama books in paperback. They teach lessons with pictures that little ones relate to.

allardr · February 2014

DD loves Sandra Boynton books. Silly rhymes and such. Lately her favorite is Pajama Time. But we also like Moo Baa La La La and The Going to Bed book. Love the comment above about the excercise after PJs in that book. I think of it as playtime after pjs. For DD we do dinner, bath & pjs then roughly 30min of play before we lay her down so it fits for us

My personal favorite is Time for Bed by Fox.

Also have this book with 100 First Animals. Love how it's just pictures with names. DD flips through and just points to each so we practice the names.

hupp0013 · February 2014

Where's Spot is a huge favorite in our house.

Nichole8787 · February 2014

Wilbur by Leslie Helakoski is a great one. It's about a little lamb who loves to be himself even though it means being different.

redhotmama7 · February 2014

My all time favorite is
I Love You So...
It's sincerely the cutest book about how love doesn't change and how unmeasurable it is.
My next favorite is
Barnyard Dance

reils500 · February 2014

DS's favorites right now:
Click Clack Moo
Runaway Bunny
Wheels on the Bus

marsalisails · February 2014

All the books above, plus I like:
I love you, Stinky Face
I love you through and through
The very bad bunny
It's tough to be a bunny
Chickens aren't the only ones
Curious George book of 5 minutes stories
If I Built a House
If i Built a Car

AutumnBonfire · February 2014

I have all my books from when I was a kid and I loved The Berenstain Bears, so I'v been buying more. I like books that actually tell a little story rather than just rhymes (the popularity of Goodnight Moon baffles me) and DS seems to like everything so far. Right now we're reading books based on the movie Cars that SIL gave us. They are really long so its only a page or two a night, but DS likes cars and will point to them and ask.

I also like

A Cuddle for Little Duck (its about a duckling spending the day with his mommy)

Ten Little Dinosaurs

A Bedtime Kiss for Chester Racoon

shamyfowler · February 2014

allardr said:

DD loves Sandra Boynton books. Silly rhymes and such. Lately her favorite is Pajama Time. But we also like Moo Baa La La La and The Going to Bed book. Love the comment above about the excercise after PJs in that book. I think of it as playtime after pjs. For DD we do dinner, bath & pjs then roughly 30min of play before we lay her down so it fits for us

My personal favorite is Time for Bed by Fox.

Also have this book with 100 First Animals. Love how it's just pictures with names. DD flips through and just points to each so we practice the names.

My favorite part is the exercise part! It's just silly! My favorite Sandra Boynton is Barnyard Dance.

@reils500 I lOVE Click Clack Moo! (I keep saying, my favorite, I like...)

Books DD likes, but I'm not crazy about are the Biscuit ones. Woof! Woof!

ghostof5letters · February 2014

Llama Llama books!!!

AnAtoZday · February 2014

Y'all are SO great! I added these all to my library hold list and will check them out! SO excited to start reading to the little one, even if it feels a bit odd still.

PregsMcSnoozalot · February 2014

These are such great suggestions!!! Thank you all so much for posting! I just added a million books to my registry!

taylorjeanne84 · February 2014

These are great suggestions. Another vote for Love You Forever. I made a little tune up to the main words and sing them to DS. So precious.

Myanswer true · February 2014

So glad to see I'm not the only one who can't get through Love You Forever without bawling...

My personal favorite as a kid was Minnie the Moo, and I love it even more now. Its about a very self-centered cow who then has a baby calf and has to take care of it.

Mrs.DeRuysscher · February 2014

i love all robert munch books and anything related to that as well as books that help the children grow and learn and create imagination. when i was younger i had a huge book of fairy tales from disney!

Dream123456778 · February 2014

The very hungry caterpillar

Chicka chicka boom boom

Make way for ducklings

Harold and the purple crayon

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Stellaluna

Anything Patricia Palacco

Strega Nona

Ferdenand

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Caps for sale

Raggedy Ann and Andy books! My parents have the entire set and won't let me take them.

and it goes on and on and on

Gosh I have to start buying more books half of what I want to read to LO are in my classroom lol.

BP607 · February 2014

Any book with touch and feel

Peekaboo books published by DK, there are dog ones, cat, farm, christmas, etc

Books that have the sounds along the sides to press as you read though these are hard to find

Sandra Boynton

Brown Bear

We have SO many books, I'm addicted to buying books for LO and we spend probably 30 minutes a night reading books

We have a subscription to Highlights Hello, they send a little book each month and DS LOVES these little books as well

We do have Clifford, Biscuit things like that but he is more interested in the short, rhyming books right now

I also love Bearenstein Bears and can't want until he's more in to books like that

allardr · February 2014

I do suggest checking them out at the library first. I try to always do this. Even though I love Sandra Boynton books for example there are a few I just don't care for. Also Amazon generally gives you an "inside peek" so you can read a few pages of a book to see if it's for you.

Also check out Thrift Books. I buy most of DD's books there. Even little board books new are fairly expensive at $7 or more. At thrift books they are gently used (I always look for Great or Good condition, avoid acceptable) and they ship free. I get like 6 books for $20! I do always buy flap books new though since kids are just soooo rough on those!

earichar23 · February 2014

Make Way for Ducklings!

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