Favorite kids books

SandraPB1220 · February 2014

I quickly searched the previous posts and didn't see anything similar, but if I missed it, let me know : ) My MIL and I were having a discussion the other day about our favorite books from childhood. Do you guys have any books that your parents/grandparents/babysitter read you EVERY day that you now want to buy for your LO? If you already have kids, any books you can recite from memory because you've read them so many times?

Mine are Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkin that my dad read to me every night (complete with silly voices and actions) and Morris the Moose Goes to School by Bernard Wiseman that my brother read to me all the time.

EmbracingChange · February 2014

Harold and the Purple Crayon is my favorite. Brown Bear, Brown Bear is DS's favorite. Rainbow Fish and The Very Hungry Caterpillar are DD's favorites.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is also one they love.

brideybridg · February 2014

Goodnight moon, Love you forever, Corduroy, Are you my mother... Love anything by shel Silverstein too!

temursgirl · February 2014

I always loved Caps For Sale too! And The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I have to admit that's the one thing I've already started buying because I have so many favorites: The Little Fur Family; Peter in Blueberry Land; The Birthday Goat; The Best Word Book Ever; Go Dog Go; Blueberries for Sal; Pelle's New Suit; Runaway Bunny; The Frog Band and the Onion Seller; Babar; Make Way for Ducklings... There are so many!

Gbseder · February 2014

As a teacher, I could go on for hours about my favorite read-aloud books! But caps for sale is classic and I'll admit that a few weeks ago, I recorded myself reading it so that I can play it for my belly almost daily. Never too early to read to your child, I figure! Other favorites: agree on hungry caterpillar and any Eric Carle, cat in the hat (and came back), green eggs and ham, the sneetches (I grew up on Dr. Seuss), corduroy, are you my mother, ten apples on top... Anything by Mo Willems... Reading anything to a child makes me happy!! Check this out for more ideas!!: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/read-aloud

Also something I'll share with you all is a special idea I have for my LO. I have great memories of making my own books on tape with my dad when we were little. So I plan now to ask any family or friend who is interested to record their own version of a book on tape on a digital file (sign up on a google doc) so eventually I have a massive collection of audio books from loved ones for my baby girl

really looking forward to reinforcing a love for reading in my family!

whoberry · February 2014

If you Give a Mouse a Cookie was one of my favs! I also have a few Care Bear books and It Zwibble from when I was a kid.
Eta: spelling and capitalization

Mia081081 · February 2014

I had a book of Spanish fairy tales read to me so that's probably not much help. For DD, I really love reading her Extra Yarn. One of our faves.

Bozzy2 · February 2014

I loved reading hop on pop to my little sister when I was younger.

dragonfly711 · February 2014

As a teacher, love this!!! Anything Eric Carle and Dr Seuss. My nursery theme is Dr Seuss!!

There are so many more too hard to name all!!!

liberty95 · February 2014

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was one of my all time favorites as a child.

gregsgurl81304 · February 2014

EmbracingChange said:

Harold and the Purple Crayon is my favorite. Brown Bear, Brown Bear is DS's favorite. Rainbow Fish and The Very Hungry Caterpillar are DD's favorites.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is also one they love.

If you Give a Mouse a Cookie is one of my favorites, and DS loves it too as well as Brown Bear, Brown Bear. He also really likes Baby Bear's Books, and it's one of my favorites to read to him.

LaurelJoy91 · February 2014

The main one that comes to mind for me is Goodnight Moon.

MNOpea · February 2014

My favorite was Rainbow Fish. DS's favorite book changes regularly as he's only 21months but he has a collection of over 600 books. My favorites to read to him are On the Nigjy you were born (and other books by Nancy Tillman) You are my I love you, and red fish blue fish, and lots of others!

hjl050308 · February 2014

My sons favorites are Brown Bear Brown Bear, Goodnight Moon, polar Bear Polar Bear, Rainbow Fish, and anything Dr. Seuss. I love reading them On the Night You Were Born and Mommy Kisses.

SecondTimeinMSU · February 2014

DS goes though phases. He'll usually want to read the same three books every single night for like weeks and weeks then suddenly he'll get into another random collection. We love a mix of classics like the Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, curious george along with some newer tiles I'd found and loved like Goodnight Construction Site and How to Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. As for books I read as a kid he's started to get into Bernstein Bears which I had a ton of as a kid and I like there is always a good message.

RedMar · February 2014

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!

bebemac · February 2014

We just recently got our LO his first little book!

Mia081081 said:
I had a book of Spanish fairy tales read to me so that's probably not much help. For DD, I really love reading her Extra Yarn. One of our faves.

Do tell more about these fairy tales!

mtrhomegirl · February 2014

i love the book On the Night You Were Born for a before bedtime book.....also DD loves Curious George and The Bernstein Bears:)

Neuron79 · February 2014

My all time favorite as a kid was the Pokey Little Puppy so I plan to buy that. I also second Rainbow Fish as it has beautiful illustrations. I also loved Jack and the beanstalk but I will say, the stories often aren't as good as I recall! Some of the stories are down right messed up. Haha.

arekeweg · February 2014

I grew up with tons of the Little Golden Books so I loved many of them. My favorites of them were:

- The Monster at the End of this Book

- The Train to Timbuctoo

- God Made Kittens

- The Pokey Little Puppy

mtrhomegirl · February 2014

i love the book On the Night You Were Born for a before bedtime book.....also DD loves Curious George and The Bernstein Bears:)

bebemac · February 2014

I liked Paddington Bear!

Dharmatron · February 2014

The Velveteen Rabbit :x

jclester614 · February 2014

@Temurlang1 --- The Little Fur Family!! That's my favorite, hardly anyone I know has heard if it!

I also adore the Frances books (Bread and Jam for Frances, etc.).

temursgirl · February 2014

@jclester614 they look so cuddly and I love their tree house! And I was always a fan of Frances too!

MommaAshley12 · February 2014

Little Bitty Mousie--it's a rhyming Abc book so cute.
Sandra Boynton books---moo,ba,lalala
snuggle puppy. Cute board books, rhyme, fun to read
Dr. Seuss anything.
Can't wait to read to my baby! I love reading!!
I love rhyming books, so much fun!

chloephoebecali · February 2014

We loved the Peekaboo line of books when they were little. They have different textures and they loved to flip the page to see what was under. We do the Eric Carle like pp mentioned and some other books mentioned (Berenstein, curious George). I like the Llama Llama books, too. Now it's a lot of Thomas, dinosaurs and princesses.

b48kate · February 2014

Dharmatron said:
The Velveteen Rabbit :x

I can't even make it through three pages of the Velveteen Rabbit without bursting into tears!

Valie18 · February 2014

I have so many!

The first book that I begged my parents for was A Very Hungry Caterpillar.
My favourite Munch is Something Good.
I loved having Something from Nothing read to me.

hollygb22 · February 2014

DD is 15 months old..the favorites in our house right now..well for me it's any board book since she' rips pages...

Dear Zoo

Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

Peek a Who

any of the Usbourne books..i think that's the author...That's not my Monkey, That's not my Puppy, etc

lola4411 · February 2014

You all listed my favorites too! Great idea for your showers: ask people to give their favorite children's book instead of a card. They can sign it to your LO too! We registered for several books to try and avoid overlap.

Valie18 · February 2014

lola4411 said:

You all listed my favorites too! Great idea for your showers: ask people to give their favorite children's book instead of a card. They can sign it to your LO too! We registered for several books to try and avoid overlap.

A great idea if you are a guest. Not a great idea as the MTB to ask this of the host.

Valie18 · February 2014

joules235 said:

lola4411 said:

You all listed my favorites too! Great idea for your showers: ask people to give their favorite children's book instead of a card. They can sign it to your LO too! We registered for several books to try and avoid overlap.

A great idea if you are a guest. Not a great idea as the MTB to ask this of the host.
hmm I kinda think requiring a specific present is kinda tacky no matter who asks.

Agreed.

LindsayDesigner · February 2014

Madeline
Any of the Sandra Boynton books
But No Elephants
Dr. DeSoto
Sylvester's Magic Pebble
The Francis books (later, they are kind of wordy)
The Llama Llama books
CinderEdna

Between our house and the grandparents' houses we have a TON of books!

feistybear · February 2014

I always loved anything Dr. Seuss and where the wild things are, I bought them all for DD. Her favorite book right now is, "I know a rhino".

lola4411 · February 2014

Valie18 said:

joules235 said:

lola4411 said:

You all listed my favorites too! Great idea for your showers: ask people to give their favorite children's book instead of a card. They can sign it to your LO too! We registered for several books to try and avoid overlap.

A great idea if you are a guest. Not a great idea as the MTB to ask this of the host.
hmm I kinda think requiring a specific present is kinda tacky no matter who asks.

Agreed.

when i filled out my registry at buy buy baby, they added a ton of books and it was listed as my "theme". totally up to personal preference here, but i dont think suggesting a book is tacky. i think most people dont hang onto cards, but a book will be a gift/memory to share with LO and the gift giver. just like this thread where everyone was so excited to share their fav books, i think shower guests will really get into it. again, just an idea

Valie18 · February 2014

lola4411 said:
when i filled out my registry at buy buy baby, they added a ton of books and it was listed as my "theme". totally up to personal preference here, but i dont think suggesting a book is tacky. i think most people dont hang onto cards, but a book will be a gift/memory to share with LO and the gift giver. just like this thread where everyone was so excited to share their fav books, i think shower guests will really get into it. again, just an idea

Just to clarify:
I think that it is lovely to register for books and to have a shower with a reading/story theme.
I think that you would give a book instead of a card is lovely, and the practice may naturally catch on within your circle if they also think that it is a great idea.
Anything to suggest a gift beyond providing registry information in a shower invitation is tacky.

ETA: there may exist an exception to that last one, but I can't think of one atm.

Lindsleigh77 · February 2014

So many great ones already mentioned. I also love anything by Robert Munsch especially Love you Forever

lola4411 · February 2014

Valie18 said:

lola4411 said:
when i filled out my registry at buy buy baby, they added a ton of books and it was listed as my "theme". totally up to personal preference here, but i dont think suggesting a book is tacky. i think most people dont hang onto cards, but a book will be a gift/memory to share with LO and the gift giver. just like this thread where everyone was so excited to share their fav books, i think shower guests will really get into it. again, just an idea
Just to clarify:
I think that it is lovely to register for books and to have a shower with a reading/story theme.
I think that you would give a book instead of a card is lovely, and the practice may naturally catch on within your circle if they also think that it is a great idea.
Anything to suggest a gift beyond providing registry information in a shower invitation is tacky.

ETA: there may exist an exception to that last one, but I can't think of one atm.

well i love the idea so i guess i am tacky

lefriday · February 2014

lola4411 said:

Valie18 said:

lola4411 said:

when i filled out my registry at buy buy baby, they added a ton of books and it was listed as my "theme". totally up to personal preference here, but i dont think suggesting a book is tacky. i think most people dont hang onto cards, but a book will be a gift/memory to share with LO and the gift giver. just like this thread where everyone was so excited to share their fav books, i think shower guests will really get into it. again, just an idea
Just to clarify:
I think that it is lovely to register for books and to have a shower with a reading/story theme.
I think that you would give a book instead of a card is lovely, and the practice may naturally catch on within your circle if they also think that it is a great idea.
Anything to suggest a gift beyond providing registry information in a shower invitation is tacky.

ETA: there may exist an exception to that last one, but I can't think of one atm.

well i love the idea so i guess i am tacky

I'm headed to a shower Saturday...invite included the cutest book plate to include in a book for the mom-to-be. I don't think it an original idea but it was executed well. I'm excited to share my dad's fave book--pete the cat

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