Toddler Books

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As folks who know us know, we read quite a bit in my family: books, scholarly papers, newspapers, magazines, laws, legislation, and blogs, to name a few media. The extent of such reading can be partially grasped by seeing our home, where evidence of such is, quite literally, everywhere.

My daughter has had her own library since birth, and cherishes her books. Sometimes a bit too much, and we need to remind her once in a while that they’re not to be used for teething.

We generally read together a couple of hours per day. We all enjoy the time together, and will also play different games with her using her books as tools, like identifying the different letters in a word in a book and identifying another word for that letter.

Example: GEORGE

G is for Grape

E is for Every

O is for Orange

R is for Rainbow

G is for Grape again

E is for Every again

Her latest fad is choosing one book to take to bed. She doesn’t like “reading” the same book in bed twice in a row.

Recently, some folks have asked for book recommendations, either because their child is looking for something new, or they’re looking for something new for their child. Parents often swap ideas for toys, classes, books and pretty much everything else under the sun. I’m generally flummoxed when asked about books on short notice, because I tend to get lost in the magnitude of possible suggestions.

Here are just a few ideas to check out on Amazon. It’s not meant to be exhaustive, and you may already have these books. If you have other suggestions, please let me know, because we’re constantly buying new material and take out 20 or so books for her from the library every week.

Whenever we’re at the library, we look for more of the books in these ten series. They all have permanent places in our home. This list is not exhaustive. Rather, it’s a sampling to move the conversation forward:

Dr. Seuss – We all know his work. Most of us read the stuff when we were kids. It still works today. We just read The Eye Book before today’s nap.

Maisy – Maisy is a mouse. She and her friends (and teddy bear) get into all sorts of fun adventures with great pictures that allow the books to be used in many additional learning games. She’s snoozing with Maisy’s Big Book right now.

Franklin – He is most definitely a turtle. He’s an only child, but some of his woodland friends have siblings. He’s adorable, and friendly. We read his going to school book before nap as well. We like him a lot.

Biscuit – He’s a very friendly silly puppy. He lives with his girl. We hope Biscuit has new adventures soon, because we’ve memorized all his current books.

Clifford – We’re just starting to read books about this red dog. Fun, with detailed drawings that can be discussed on a lot of levels.

Dinosaurs – We were actually on a waiting list to get the latest (How Do Dinosaurs Go Up & Down?) when it came out before Christmas. We even discovered some stickers for the series (that was SUCH a bonus!)

Knuffle Bunny – This is a very funny, much beloved trilogy about a girl and her bunny.

That’s Not My… – This series has kept us captivated since our daughter was an infant. She now likes to recite the stories and try to locate the words that she know must be there on the page.

Goodnight Moon – We didn’t realize that there were other books in the series until recently; there’s also a matching game. We love all of them.

Curious George – The original book is okay, but not one of ours faves. Rather, we’ve become transfixed by the 12-book phonics set. It’s simply awesome.

These are just some of the books in constant rotation here. It’s be great to hear what your kids love to read. Again, we’re always looking for new suggestions. Email me ideas!