tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post114936281432070743..comments2024-03-14T00:16:32.077-07:00Comments on 50 Books: BOOKS: The Reading Habits of Extremely Short PeopleTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151612790782900022006-06-29T13:26:00.000-07:002006-06-29T13:26:00.000-07:00Nomination #2 for "Harold and the Purple Crayon," ...Nomination #2 for "Harold and the Purple Crayon," which was my favorite book as a child and is kind of maybe sort of a little still my favorite book now.<BR/><BR/>I am afraid to have children because if they hate it, I might put them up for adoption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151489628195836022006-06-28T03:13:00.000-07:002006-06-28T03:13:00.000-07:00As the mother of an almost 2 year old (how old is ...As the mother of an almost 2 year old (how old is Sam?) firm favourites in this house are anything with dinosaurs, anything with construction equipment ('C for Construction' was a big hit), anything with animals. Tonight's story was 'The Puzzle Duck' which the boy found hilarious, simply because it had ducks in it. No, i don't get it either. <BR/><BR/>Does Sam have a library card? My monkeyfrog LOVES getting books from the library, and we HAVE to go to the library at least 2 days a week. Helps that the library is just over the road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151423425611042452006-06-27T08:50:00.000-07:002006-06-27T08:50:00.000-07:00I have a 3 year old and we love the following:The ...I have a 3 year old and we love the following:<BR/>The Daddy Book<BR/>The Mommy Book<BR/>10 Little Lady Bugs<BR/>8 Silly Monkeys<BR/>Curious GeorgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151360910363142792006-06-26T15:28:00.000-07:002006-06-26T15:28:00.000-07:00My friend's two year old loooves A Home for a Bunn...My friend's two year old loooves A Home for a Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown) and Richard Scarry. Two of my favorite books to use in toddler storytime are Toddlerobics and Toddlerobics: Animal Fun, both by Zita Newcome. They're tons o' fun and the toddlers love 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151358640672228592006-06-26T14:50:00.000-07:002006-06-26T14:50:00.000-07:00Byron Barton also has a book called My Car, which ...Byron Barton also has a book called My Car, which my son loved. It's full of small words which he soon recognized as reading. Later, he found it hysterical to substitute the word "poopy" for every noun in the book as we read them aloud together. (Boys, oy.)<BR/><BR/>Another of my favorite children's books is The Piggy in the Puddle (Charlotte Pomerantz), a wonderfully tongue-trippy little story.Sweetie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416965246408509899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151350598542298412006-06-26T12:36:00.000-07:002006-06-26T12:36:00.000-07:00My boys (now 4 and 6) loved "Chicka Chicka Boom Bo...My boys (now 4 and 6) loved "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", and I did enjoy reading it.<BR/><BR/>And I have to second the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" and other Eric Carle books.<BR/><BR/>If he's into the dinosaur thing, "Dinosaur Roar" is great, as well as "How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?"<BR/><BR/>The first "long" book my boys were able to sit through was "Go Dog Go", which was followed soon after by "Are you my Mother?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151347369552337812006-06-26T11:42:00.000-07:002006-06-26T11:42:00.000-07:00Doppelneice and Doppelnephew like a book called "I...Doppelneice and Doppelnephew like a book called "I Love You, Stinkyface" by Lisa McCourt. It's about a child and his/her (child is not gender specific) mother talking before bedtime. The child keeps asking "Would you still love me if..." Another good one is "Amos's Sweater" by Janet Lunn. In this book there is an old sheep who gets angry when he is sheered and watches his wool being turned into a sweater for Uncle Henry. You and Sam will be able to check out these books and hundreds of others when you come for your visit this summer. WooHoo!Doppelsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047131391069169474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151340547846835252006-06-26T09:49:00.000-07:002006-06-26T09:49:00.000-07:00Good toddler board books:More More More Said the B...Good toddler board books:<BR/><BR/>More More More Said the Baby (by Vera B. Williams)<BR/>A You're Adorable (if you sing it to him)<BR/><BR/>We're Going on a Bear Hunt<BR/>anything by Eric Carle (that's the Very Hungry Caterpillar guy), especially From Head to Toes, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear<BR/>anything by Sandra Boynton, especially Snoozers and Dinosaur's Binkit<BR/><BR/>Harper Growing Tree was a pretty reliable source of good board books. One called "Show Me!" was a huge hit. So was "How a Baby Grows".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151296022771499492006-06-25T21:27:00.000-07:002006-06-25T21:27:00.000-07:00We like Richard Scarry and Dr Seuss (especially Th...We like Richard Scarry and Dr Seuss (especially The Lorax and Are you my mother?), but we also go in for a lot of English books like Spot, Kipper the dog (I adore him!), Maisy (yuck, but the kids like her), Thomas the tank engine, The Large family (Jill Murphy), and any of the board books with tractors, trucks, firemen, diggers,etc with moveable parts. My son is 3 1/2 and still loves these.<BR/>Being an Aussie I have to endorse the Alison Lester recommendation, and Bob Graham is fantastic too. <BR/>Go to the library and read your son a heap of books while you're there (if you're anything like me you'll avoid storytime like the plague - way too many screaming children). You'll soon see what he gravitates to. Have fun!lazy cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756448890246596503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151189839662809962006-06-24T15:57:00.000-07:002006-06-24T15:57:00.000-07:00Great post, thanks for the shout. I'll recommend "...Great post, thanks for the shout. I'll recommend "Click, Clack, Moo" which has always appealed to the labor activist in me!landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151163509807148522006-06-24T08:38:00.000-07:002006-06-24T08:38:00.000-07:00I don't have any suggestions, being child-free mys...I don't have any suggestions, being child-free myself - but I loved Richard Scary as a child and still love them now when I come across them as a thirty-something, so Scary all the way. So many things to catch the eye and keep you busy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151146913154477342006-06-24T04:01:00.000-07:002006-06-24T04:01:00.000-07:00Sam sounds like a very intelligent child. Let him ...Sam sounds like a very intelligent child. Let him read and encourage him in his enjoyment of books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151130627232899742006-06-23T23:30:00.000-07:002006-06-23T23:30:00.000-07:00Rosie Sips Spiders, or anything by Alison Lester, ...<I>Rosie Sips Spiders</I>, or anything by Alison Lester, really. I'm not sure how available she is these days, but the <I>Rosie</I> books - <I>Clive Eats Alligators, When Frank Was Four</I> - are great. Each page has an illustration of seven children, and some simple text about what they do. Of course, looking back, they had a pretty blatant message about diversity - seven kids of different backgrounds doing the one thing slightly differently - but what I remember is the lovely repetition and screeching out whatever the last line was. "Ernie eats porridge, but CLIVE EATS ALLIGATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORS!"Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029799456905683767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151116061457588342006-06-23T19:27:00.000-07:002006-06-23T19:27:00.000-07:00Oh my! I'm getting all of those for my nephews, pl...Oh my! I'm getting all of those for my nephews, plus a good few suggested here in the comments. At 3 months, he's still a ways off from reading on his own, or even HOLDING the dang books, but it can't hurt to start him young, right?J-dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10245446897310386130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151114389205158002006-06-23T18:59:00.000-07:002006-06-23T18:59:00.000-07:00Just polled the mother, who recalls more of my ear...Just polled the mother, who recalls more of my earlier years.<BR/><I>Love You Forever</I> by Robert Munsch.<BR/>Heck, anything by Munsch.<BR/>Harold and the Purple Crayon.<BR/>Actually, those are probably better in a year or so.<BR/>Huh. Board books...<BR/>There's one cool one that has holes in the pages and the pictures are incomplete and your kid can complete them by sticking Cheerios in the holes.<BR/>It's fun <I>and</I> snacky!Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894215177878536537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151114023908365952006-06-23T18:53:00.000-07:002006-06-23T18:53:00.000-07:00I was really into the Brambly Hedge books growing ...I was really into the Brambly Hedge books growing up. Am still slightly convinced that there are whole metropolises hidden underground and in hollowed out trees.<BR/>And the Jolly Postman books. Good God those were like baby!crack. I'm told by my elders that I'd sit and stare into the cardboard fold-out 3D scenes and go crosseyed out of wonder when I was a wee thing.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894215177878536537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151112469847579502006-06-23T18:27:00.000-07:002006-06-23T18:27:00.000-07:00My two-year old nephew LOVES for us to read him Dr...My two-year old nephew LOVES for us to read him Dr.Seuss's "Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?" I think it's primarily for the dark joy of watching us embarass ourselves while mooing, booming, splatting, etc., all the while stubbornly refusing to make the noises himself. Heh. I love a dignified toddler. I can't wait until he's a little older to break out "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and "If You Give a Pig a Pancake." Less silly sound effects and more plot, those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1151107363693291352006-06-23T17:02:00.000-07:002006-06-23T17:02:00.000-07:00The Boy Robin (that's what my little guy calls him...The Boy Robin (that's what my little guy calls himself) got totally obsessed with Richard Scarry books at about 2-1/2 -- he's a bit over 4 now and still loves them. Get them all, every one of them, because they don't lose their appeal. I love the goofy, oompah-y middle-Europeanness of them. A friend who's a wonderful illustrator confesses the Scarry books got him started drawing. The big "Best Storybook Ever" is the best value once Sam is old enough to hold a book that size -- great airplane read! It's the one with a lion on the cover, or as The Boy Robin insists it's called, "Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever Called the Lion Rides!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com