tashagwen Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 What are some of the books your K'er just fell in love with? Any books you think "every" K'er should be read? What books on tape/cd did your K'er love to listen to? Right now my DD loves the book "Nothing" by Jon Agee & we just checked out other Agee books that she is enjoying, it seems she has found her first favorite author :001_smile: ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 This is the list I created for my dc and used when they were that age: Picture books Every Child Should Read. They are in order by Lexile level, and we just worked through them in order. One book not on there that my dc adored is Bear Snores On. Green Eggs and Ham Chester Goodnight Moon Sammy the Seal Nate the Great The Cat in the Hat Danny and the Dinosaur Amanda Pig and Her Brother Oliver Little Bear Amelia Bedelia The Bravest Dog Ever Curious George If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Henry and Mudge, The First Book Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea Floss Frog and Toad are Friends Angus and the Ducks George and Martha The Very Hungry Caterpillar Swimmy Little Red Hen Poky Little Puppy The Egg Harold and the Purple Crayon Madeline Harry the Dirty Dog Caps for Sale Stone Soup A Chair for My Mother Bread and Jam for Frances The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Horton Hatches the Egg Where the Wild Things Are Emperor's New Clothes Corduroy A New Coat for Anna The Little Engine That Could The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Doctor De Soto Billy & Blaze Millions of Cats Velveteen Rabbit (abridged) Thunder Cake Andy and the Lion And to think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street The Story of Ferdinand Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Polar Express, The Miss Rumphius Story of Babar, The Strega Nona Blueberries for Sal The Tale of Peter Rabbit Little House, The Story About Ping Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel The Ox-Cart Man The Pied Piper of Hamelin Sylvester and the Magic Pebble John Henry Flat Stanley Make Way for Ducklings If I Ran the Zoo Tikki Tikki Tembo Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale Little Red Riding Hood Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile St. George and the Dragon Librarian Who Measured the Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Well when my dd was little like that I tried to read her: -things she wouldn't be able to read soon for herself -things that stretched her vocabulary or sentence structure -things that conveyed the rhythm and beauty of language -things that spoke to the heart (a la the Honey for a Child's Heart book recommendations) Those things weren't necessarily all found in one book. The heart books tended to be picture books or SL read alouds. I used nursery rhymes for the rhythm and beauty, and now to that with my ds I add poetry. For the language and sentence structure, I tried to chose solid read alouds: the Lang fairy tales, anything by C.S. Lewis or E.B. White, stories of Uncle Remus (Julius Lester's), etc. The only thing I'm doing differently with ds is to try to weave more non-fiction into that mix. I didn't do that enough. The rest was great. To tell what she'll be reading soon, look at the reading lists in the VP catalog. The only exception I made to that is Dr. Seuss. I'm ga-ga for Dr. Seuss, so I read that to her prolifically and still quote from it. I found that our read alouds at this age (4-6) became the books she loved most and wanted to reread for herself as her skills improved. Chose them well. :) PS. We also did the FIAR books. They're amazing on many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onaclairadeluna Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Pooh Charlotte's Web A Child's Garden of Verses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Love this thread. Thanks for starting it ... I've got a K'er and am all :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmother Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I love the ones already mentioned, we've read most around here, but I'll add a few more fun ones. Nine for California A House for Hermit Crab The Biggest Bear Song and Dance Man Click-Clack Moo & Cows that Type (there are several by this author and they are just plain fun to read). Mine have also enjoyed the Curious George & Franklin series. Max Lucado books are some favorite children books of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skandarkeynes294 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 DD loved Skippyjon Jones especially with CD (the songs are the best). My favorite is "Where the Wild Things Are" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I know I'm repeating myself (I was just looking at the 11yo boy book thread) but wow! really great lists everyone! I'm seconding all of these and also wanted to add Chrysanthemum, Julius,the Baby of the World, Wemberly Worried, among others written by Kevin Henkes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Paddington Bear is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketgirl Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 When I taught ps kindergarten I loved reading Curious George stories to my class, and the Bear books: Bear Wants More, Bear Feels Sick, etc there are about 5 - those were lots of fun for comparing & contrasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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