This Mama Teaches Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I'm looking for books to add to our home library....any suggestions? I have a 4 1/2 year old son, 2 year old daughter and 4 1/2 month old baby boy! What are some of your favorites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 too many (especially for that age) to list. :lol: With children that age I would suggest getting some "books about books" as I call them. My favorites are: Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handbook More Books Kids Will Sit Still For Books To Build On New York Time's Best Books for Children I think if you invest in these (you could find them in a library first to see how you like them) you would have nearly all the info you would want about good books for this age. Also check Ambleside online and look at their year 0 booklist. I also really like Peak With Books for activities to relate to picture books for the prekinder age. A lot of people like Sonlight and FIAR's booklists. You may be able to find those online. There's a short list of books for that age in WTM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 If you have a good library, I wouldn't buy too much for that age. We always checked out loads from the library, bought from he thrift store, and then splurged when there was something we couldn't find at the library or that they really loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I'd definitely check out the book Honey for a Child's Heart. TONS of great recommendations there! Also, here's a link to a few blog posts I've written with lists of some of our favorite books. My kids are about the same ages as your older two. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishmommy Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Love, love, love all the Five in a Row books as well as the B4Five in a Row! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 (edited) Just a few of our dozens of "heirloom" books (DSs loved and wanted over and over again) to get you started: - board books (the wordless Carl books were much loved) - Golden books - Richard Scarry tall books (like "Cars & Trucks & Things that Go") - Dr. Seuss books (The Sneetches; On Beyond Zebra; If I Ran the Circus; Alphabet book) - Animalia by Graham Base - The Father Christmas Letters by JRR Tolkien (this edition) Edited April 7, 2012 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I would buy these again for another child or niece or nephew if I had one because they were loved either by me or family members as a child: Pat the Bunny Poems to Read to the Very Young a collection of Mother Goose, with lots of illustrations Oh the Thinks You Can Think! Winnie-the-Pooh a richly illustrated book of fairy tales, I like A Treasury of Children's Literature James Herriot's Treasury for Children Pickle-Chiffon Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 20th Century Children's Book Treasury Five in a Row books Sonlight 3/4 and 4/5 books Let's Read and Find Out level 1 science books We have to purchase everything, but honestly I am glad we did! We are starting to outgrow some of the titles, but I'm going to keep them forever and pass them on to grandkids someday. I love having the same, wonderful books permanently on our shelves, and the kids have really "bonded" with many of them :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 We have to purchase everything, but honestly I am glad we did! We are starting to outgrow some of the titles, but I'm going to keep them forever and pass them on to grandkids someday. I love having the same, wonderful books permanently on our shelves, and the kids have really "bonded" with many of them :001_smile:. :iagree: I've planned far into the future. There are books that I see myself storing oh so carefully for the day I have grandchildren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 We're partial to owning a lot of the Anholt's Artists series. Maybe you and your family will like them too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besroma Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Tumble Bumble The Napping House If You Give a Mouse a Cookie The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear Nora Gaydos readers My Big Green Pocketbook Blueberries for Sal My Little Picture Bible http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0756639972/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true&ref_=oh_o03_s00_i03_details Sarah Gillingham board books: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0811865568/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true&ref_=oh_o03_s00_i06_details http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0811870529/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true&ref_=oh_o03_s00_i00_details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 The Knuffle Bunny trilogy is pretty great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txhomemom Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 (edited) My 2-year-old is really into animals so some of her favorite series right now are: Curious George Corduroy Biscuit Spot Maisy She also likes: What Mommies Do Best (there are other ones in the series) Toes, Ears, and Nose (and others in the series, lift-the-flap books) Geraldine's Blanket Brown Bear, Brown Bear (and others in the series) The Three Billy Goats Gruff Peekaboo Kisses Lift the Flap Farm Mommy Mine A Color of His Own Z is For Zoo Ten Little Ladybugs My First Colors (DK) Cat (by Fleet) Time For Bed Barnyard Dance (Boynton) I Don't Want to Go to Bed (Sykes) The Very Hungry Caterpillar Peek-A-Who (board book with mirror at the end so they can see themselves) There are some older books that we have that have nursery rhymes that she likes as well. When my oldest daughter was younger she really loved a book called Clara Caterpillar (really cute book with the repetition of a lot of words that start with "C"). She also really liked If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and all the books in that series. Another cute one was Cookie's Week (about a cat, good for beginning readers). Click Clack Moo Cows That Type is really funny. The Kissing Hand (really sweet story), The Grouchy Ladybug, there are so many I could list! There is this old story called Donkey Donkey that is a really good story but it may be hard to find. Also, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Here are a few more: Chester (by Syd Hoff) I Love You So Much The Magic Porridge Pot Chrysanthemum Edited April 8, 2012 by txhomemom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Tumble Bumble Hand Hand Finger Thumb Goodnight, Gorilla Brown Bear, Brown Bear In the Garden with Van Gogh A Magical Day with Matisse That's Not My Mermaid / Fairy / Dragon / etc... Animals (Priddy Books) Colors (Priddy Books) First Words (Priddy Books) Five Little Pumpkins Barnyard Dance Peek-A-Who Baby Beluga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlyNC Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 For this age, consider great read alouds with good moral lessons & character. When Lamplighter books were first suggested to me, I thought, "My children will never like these! There are no pictures!" Little did I know, that these very books would be their first choice when we went to the selves for read aloud! I love it when I would find them out in the yard acting out a scene from a recent book like Hedge of Thorns, Helen's Temper, Jill's Red Bag, Little Threads, or Teddy's Button. All I can say is....PRICELESS! Enjoy teaching your children! KimberlyNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Some of my children's favourite books are I took the moon for a walk (and almost anything illustrated by allison jay) - and Oliver Jeffers - Stuck. My 4.5yo DS in particular loved the last one! Anything by Eric Carle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 The Knuffle Bunny trilogy is pretty great. We really enjoy these. Current favorites at our house: DK First Encyclopedias (Nature, Human Body, Animals) - hours of interest The Dragons Are Singing Tonight ~ Jack Prelutsky (a big hit here) There are so many beautiful or clever or just plain FUN picture books out there; we check out a lot from the library...too many to consider buying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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