How fun! Here are four favs. right now in our household:
I Stink, Wild About Books, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, and House Mouse Senate Mouse.
I have two chapter books for the older girl set: The Gabi the Great series (incorporates some Spanish) and The Felicity books from the American Girls Collection (Historical and about Williamsburg, VA).
The little girl in my house loves Dora's Big Dig and A Little Golden Book Collection of Eloise Wilkin Stories. Enjoy!
I love any of the books by Amy Krouse Rosenthal:
Little Pea--about a Pea who only ate candy for dinner and wanted his dessert-spinach!
Little Hoot--an owl that hated staying up late at night
Duck! Rabbit!--is it a duck or a rabbit?
And a fan of Waking Beauty.
We read at least 2 books a night at bedtime plus some scattered throughout the day.
Our family love and enjoy books very much! My book suggestions are ~
Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmot
Skinnybones by Barbara Park
Bedbugs by Megan McDonald
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Please count our family in!
Many thanks, Cindi
Some faves:
Pirates Ho!
Llama llama red pajama
The Monster at the end of the book (Grover)
Peter Pan
Current favorites of our grandchildren:
Monster in my Backpack
Bad Kitty
Jenny and the Cat Club
How to Be
OOOOOOhhhhh, I love it!! I'm in!
Here are our four faves this week:
1. Pocket Poems by Bobbi Katz (great mix of short poems for kids!)
2. Let's Eat and
3. Sleepy Time by Gyo Fujikawa (simple text but beautiful pictures)
4. Bear Snores On (and all the Bear stories. . . ) by Karma Wilson
Hmmm, this is hard. My kids are 7 and 9 and this year my 9-year old son's favorite was Roald Dahl:
1) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2) James and the Giant Peach
3) The Twits
4) Matilda
I'll post 4 of my 7-yr old daughter's favs next week.
First of all, we've got a fan of the TRANSFORMERS series over here too!
Here are the latest four books in circulation (by the way, all from scholastic):
CLASS CLOWN by Robert Munsch
HELLO 1ST GRADE by Joanne Ryder
MOOSE'S LOOSE TOOTH by J. Clarke
WIBBLE, WOBBLE by M. Moss
Thanks for the giveaway!
My 3 year old son loves:
1. If I built a car- it really gets the imagination going
2. Pirate Pete's Talk like a Pirate- partly because he loves to shout "walk the plank" and hear mom and dad imitate a pirate.
My 6 year old daughter is into the following series:
1. Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
2. Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems- we laugh everytime we read them, especially "Today I will Fly"
Hi Jessica! Four that we currently enjoying:
(1) What do you hear when cows sing? by Marco and Giulio Maestro
(2) The Best Bug Parade by Stuart Murphy
(3) Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
(4) Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Our current favs:
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Frankenstein Takes the Cake
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
My little ones loves reading! 
Here is some of what we have been reading with our 2.5 year-old daughter lately:
Elmo Love You! by Sarah Albee
Busy Penguins by John Schindel and Jonathan Chester
The Peace Book by Todd Parr
Hug by Jez Alborough
My 3 1/2-year old daughter and I love:
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon--Such a sweet story about a bat raised like a bird until her Mother finds her again
Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal--Teaches big, important words in ways little people can understand them (in the language of cookies!)
Kiss Goodnight by Amy Hest: We've loved this for years and still do--a great nighttime book about a bear who isn't ready for bed until he gets his all important kiss!
The Tushy Book by Fran Manushkin--Who doesn't love the word "tushy?" This book celebrates it.
Hi Jessica,
Thanks for the great ideas. Our household also loves Amy Krouse Rosenthal, specifically "Its not Fair". Perfect for the older sister of 2 year old twins.
Other favorites include: How to be a baby by me, the big sister
Lady Lollipop (chapter book)
Everything You Need to Know: an encyclopedia for young minds
Enjoy!
Hi Jess,
I am a huge book fiend and am down for free books anytime. Could not narrow it down to 4, being a preschool teacher and mommy, I have many favorites....
-Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley...takes the scary out of monsters
-Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems..."aggle flaggle klabble!"
-Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! again by Mo...the kids love to say "NO!"
-What Are You So Grumpy About? by Tom Lichtenheld..."did your gravy touch your peas??"
-Silly Sally by Audrey Wood.."silly sally went to town"..very silly
- "No, David", by David Shannon...another "NO" book
- Skippyjonjones by Judy Schachner...a Simaese cat who thinks he is a Chihuahua, bring your very best Spanish accent!
-Olivia by Ian Falconer..."she even wears herself out"
-Love You Forever by Robert Munsch...a "MOM" favorite
-Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sednak...a classic
-The Peace Book by Todd Parr...excellent, simple book, love anything by him
last but not least,
-Gallop by Rufus Butler Seder...the pictures move!
Thanks
My 1st grader loves both the "Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope and "A to Z Mysteries" by Ron Roy.
My 4-year old loves anything by Mo Willems (especially the Elephant and Piggie books), Olivia by Ian Falconer, and Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin
My Buddy, Slug
Duck & Goose
Moosetache
Guji Guji
are our favorites.
Thanks for all the good book ideas.
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Peter Pan
Little Engine That Could
If You Give A Moose A Muffin
Thanks for the giveaway!
Firstly - LOVE LOVE LOVE Madeline L'Engle!
But for our 3 year old boy:
Dig, Dig, Digging - Margaret Mayo...wonderful language and of course, trucks!
Russell the Sheep - Rob Scotton
Wiggle by Doreen Cronin
The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz
The Giving Tree
Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
Tiki Tiki Tembo
Don't let the Pigeon drive the bus!
Pig Pig goes to camp
Peter Pan
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
Captain Underpants (always a favorite for boys!)
Hi Jessica,
We LOVE LOVE LOVE to read at my house and found it difficult to narrow down to four of our favorite stories:
1-Llama Llama Red Pajama (and the other Llama Llama books).
2-Tale of Desperaux
3-Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that type (and the rest of the series)
4-Are You My Mother?
Thanks again for the great blog!
The Gruffalo is a great book
Pants, a british book that has been very helpful in creating an interest in underpants, thus an incentive to potty train.
Hucklebug has a nice moral to the story
I Spy books have been helpful in keeping busy at airports and on car rides.
we love: magic treehouse series
fairy series
the bear wants MORE!
wild about books
goodnight gorilla
everything curious george
Highly recommend:
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Elephant and Piggy series (also by Mo Willems, the guy is a genius)
10 minutes 'til bedtime
Oh no, Gotta Go! (introduces some spanish words)
Thanks, Jessica!
Hi Jessica!
Thanks for the great blog and the giveawys!
My 3 1/2 year old son LOVES books and his current favorites are:
1. Cock a Doodle, Quack Quack by Ivor Baddiel
2. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
3. The Littlest Llama by Jane Buxton
4. My visit to the aquarium by Aliki
He also loves the Bear series by Karma Wilson; I'm Dirty, I Stink, I'm Bad and I'm Mighty by Kate McMullan; anything Curious George; Mo Willems books Pigeon & Pig/Elephant.
New books are always a treat, here is our name in the hat. Our favs include (since limited to 4):
1) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2) Goodnight Frances
3) How I Became A Pirate
4) The English Roses
If anything, great list this is accumulating! Thanks all!
1) The Mystery of the Monkey's Maze
2) President Adams' Alligator and Other White House Pets
3) Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
4) Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Ancient Egypt
For my 7 year old dd
i read to my almost 2 year old daughter every night.
we read-
dora the explorer- Little star
fancy nancy-
oh my baby little one
super why- 3 little pigs
(those are her faves right now)
i would love to win this!
WE read alot but some of my favorites, mostly because they don't talk down to kids, are:
Pelly and Peak by Sally Wittman
Tickets to Ride by Rogalski
The Story of Frogbelly Rat Bone by Timothy Basil Ering
I saw an Ant on the Railroad Track By Macky Pamintuan
My daughter is 3 years old
Great!
Fish is Fish
David Goes to School
Dinosaur Roar
The Letters Are Lost
1. Any Magic School Bus books (My 4 year old is crazy for them)
2. My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanock Piven
3. No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli
4. The Cloud Police
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
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