Jocelyne Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I am putting together a baby shower gift for a very good friend of ours who has really helped us out a lot. My husband wants to generously give back and asked me to select a nice, large stack of picture books rather than heading to her baby registry because books can be long lasting rather than used up in the first year or so. I am excited to put together the stack (especially given the budget he thought was a good one to use!). We have come up with a short list of our favorites. But I wanted to see what picture books you think every child should have on his shelf. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 For babies I love Peek A Who by Nina Laden and Goodnight Moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I have many thoughts on this but my current favorite to give to new babies is Here's a Little Poem. You should also think about including a copy of The Read-Aloud Handbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Texican Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 We recieved a large stack of little golden books as a gift and it has truly been a treasure. It almost covers one row of one of my bookshelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Classic Bible Stories A Child's Garden of Verses The Little Engine That Could The Velveteen Rabbit Curious George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Another vote for Goodnight Moon and A Child's Garden of Verses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocelyne Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 I have many thoughts on this but my current favorite to give to new babies is Here's a Little Poem. You should also think about including a copy of The Read-Aloud Handbook. Great idea on the poem book. We have that one on our shelf and love it. Can't wait to share it again with my baby. I was also considering adding in the The Read-Aloud Handbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocelyne Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 For babies I love Peek A Who by Nina Laden and Goodnight Moon. My 10-month old LOVES Peek-A-Who. Both of these are on my list of possibles. They are on her registry so I am not sure I want to gift them because I think she'd buy them if she didn't get them as gifts. I'd love to stay unique as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 The Very Hungry Caterpillar. There's a nice board book version of it too. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlychan Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Some of our treasured favorites are authored by: Eric Carle Jan Brett Laura Numeroff Richard Scarry Shel Silverstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proverbs356lady Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 You've already gotten a great list started! We also like... The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (We love all her books) Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) * Mo Willems' Knuffle Bunny books were the great revelation of our first year. My husband now names them as one of his favorite trilogies across all media. :) * Time for Bed by Mem Fox, pictures by Jane Dyer * Songs that are based on nursery rhymes promote singing to the kiddo, even by people who aren't naturally musical. I'm a huge fan of all the ones illustrated by Pam Adams and published by Child's Play. * Baby Animals Black & White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes can be used with the tiniest infants and is darling, and almost...witty, if a wordless book for babies can be such a thing * I just stumbled across the HarperCollins Treasury of Picture Book Classics at a used book store and it has wonderful selections. It's really physically heavy, but it's a great go-to resource. If you need some help burning up all that money, I really like "lap book" formats for this age (oversize board books), so little babies with possibly blurry vision have a shot of seeing the pictures. Edited May 10, 2012 by kubiac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Knuffle Bunny (awesome, funny, and oh-so-true-to-life!) We loved Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson (great rhythm and delicious words) Come Along, Daisy (or other Daisy books) Red Hat, Blue Hat by Sandra Boynton (baby humour!) When Moon Fell Down by Linda Smith (gorgeous and poetic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 From my list of must-haves, for the 0-4 age group: Beginning – Collected Works and Retellings The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus Aliki Stories From Around the World Amery, Heather * The Mitten Brett, Jan * Stone Soup Brown, Marcia Random House Children’s Treasury Eisen, Armand A Story A Story Haley, Gail E. Better Homes and Gardens Storybook O’Connor, Betty, ed. * Peter and the Wolf Prokfiev, Sergei (Ill. Charles Mikolaycak) * Classic American Folk Tales Zorn, Steven * Beginning - Original Works Madeline Bemelmans, Ludwig The Velveteen Rabbit Bianco, Margery Williams Goodnight Moon Brown, Margaret Wise The Golden Egg Book Brown, Margaret Wise The Runaway Bunny Brown, Margaret Wise Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee The Little House Burton, Virginia Lee The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric Miss Rumphius Cooney, Barbara The Story of Babar De Brunhoff, Jean Jamberry Degen, Bruce Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss The Story About Ping Flack, Marjorie Corduroy Freeman, Don Ox Cart Man Hall, Donald Sammy the Seal Hoff, Syd Harold and the Purple Crayon Johnson, Crockett The Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack The Story of Ferdinand Leaf, Munro * Swimmy Lionni, Leo Frog and Toad (series of four) Lobel, Arnold Mouse Tales Lobel, Arnold Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Marin, Bill Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Martin, Bill Guess How Much I Love You McBratney, Sam Blueberries for Sal McCloskey, Robert Make Way For Ducklings McCloskey, Robert One Morning in Maine McCloskey, Robert Roxaboxen McLerran, Alice Little Bear (series of five) Minarik, Else Holmelund If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Numeroff, Laura Joffe Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy * The Little Engine That Could Piper, Watty Curious George Rey, H. A. Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day? Scarry, Richard Where The Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice The Giving Tree Silverstein, Shel Where The Sidewalk Ends Silverstein, Shel Caps For Sale Slobodkina, Esphyr Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig,William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocelyne Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Thanks everyone! My list is getting lengthy (as is my own personal list of those books that I had forgotten about and given away when I didn't think I'd be blessed with another). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Three favorites that I haven't seen listed yet: Good Night Gorilla by Margaret Wise Brown Frederick by Leo Lionni The Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 These are the favorites around here: The Little House Mike Mulliagan and the Steam Shovel The Story of Ferdinand Make Way For Ducklings Brown Bear Brown Bear Original Curious George Beatrix Potter Madeline Eric Carle books Harold and the Purple Crayon The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge Blueberries For Sal Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Dr. Suess books Mother Goose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAmomof4 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 You have to include Nancy Tillman, esp. On the Night You Were Born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Three favorites that I haven't seen listed yet: Good Night Gorilla by Margaret Wise Brown Frederick by Leo Lionni The Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak I second this one! Another wonderful mostly wordless picture book is The Night and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola. That has been one of my son's favorites for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weddell Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Kohls does a "Kohls Cares" thing where they sell children's books and a matching plush for a good price and donate the proceeds to charity. Right now they have some Eric Carle books clearanced for $2.50 each and some other books for $5 (their normal Kohls Cares price which is still a good price for most kids books) http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/landingpages/kohlscares/kidscausemerchandise.jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Most of my favorites have already been listed, but here are two that I haven't seen yet in this thread: Storm in the Night and The Gardener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 And another couple for you: Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 My kids loved GOING TO SLEEP ON A FARM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 We really like Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Other favorites Winnie the Pooh books Doggies by Sandra Boynton The Going to Bed Book by Boynton Barnyard Dance by Boynton The Gingerbread Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Anything Eric Carle. Mo Willems is great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 My two year old's current favorites are: The Big Red Barn and the Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown and Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen Library Lion is a newer book from 2009, but he thinks it's hilarious and loves to do the lion rawrs. It's also the first "longer" book he was happy to sit through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Things we have loved for babies/toddlers that haven't already been mentioned: Leslie Patricelli board books http://www.lesliepatricelli.com/ Goodnight Gorilla 10 Minutes to Bedtime anything by Sandra Boynton Clip, Clop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Good Night Gorilla The Flea's Sneeze Guess How Much I Love You The Little Red Barn Good Night Moon Tumble Bumble Chicka Chicka Boom Boom We're Going on a Bear Hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deacongirl Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 We are currently obsessed with the pigeon books. (Don't let the pigeon drive the bus) And Knuffle Bunny. Everyone in my house loves them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I would say some our top books have been Come on Daisy - Jane Simmons Winnie the Pooh No bed without ted - Nicola Smee The Gruffalo Driving My tractor-Barefoot Books Albert Le Blanc-Nick Butterworth Thats not my.....books-there are tons of them Lavender's Blue-Kathleen Lines & Howard Jones-compilation of nursery rhymes. Read Me a story Please - Edited by Wendy cooling. really good compilation of stories - we re-read it until it fell apart. The Puffin Baby and toddler Treasury-Contains loads of well known toddler stories, Spot, Beatrix Potter, Shirley Hughes, A.A. Milne, Raymond Briggs plus fairytales and stuff like the Gingerbread man and nursery rhymes Bedtime Rhymes (isbn 978-0721404936) such a lovely poem compilation Lots of Robert Louis Stevenson & Alfred Noyes amongst others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairlight Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Any book illustrated by Eloise Wilkin will be special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Agreeing with everyone's picks - so many great books to share with a young person! Here are a couple I haven't seen listed yet: Dear Zoo The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear We also love books by Kevin Henkes - Julius, the Baby of the World, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, Wemberly Worried, Chrysanthemum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Most of my favorites have already been listed, but here are two that I haven't seen yet in this thread: Storm in the Night and The Gardener Kathleen, we love Storm in the Night. I haven't heard of The Gardener - since you mentioned it, I'll look for it today at the library. Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Doggy Dog and other awesome books by Chris Raschka. - You are not a footstool- You are not a potato! Scranimals- My children will still pull out this book and laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 (edited) Jamberry Goodnight, Gorilla Where The Wild Things Are The Mitten (Jan Brett's) Shirley Hughes' poetry book, or the Alfie book about the birthday party A Child's Garden of Verses Goodnight Moon Harold and the Purple Crayon 10 Minutes Until Bedtime Good Dog, Carl There are so many great books, but these are the ones that very quickly came to mind. All beloved by my kids. I still remember by 18 yr old son giggling hysterically at that simple Gorilla book when he was 3. lol I can still hear him, and the memory warms me. :) Edited May 10, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocelyne Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Awesome you guys! This will be so much fun to shop for. And give!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundAbout Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I am putting together a baby shower gift for a very good friend of ours who has really helped us out a lot. My husband wants to generously give back and asked me to select a nice, large stack of picture books rather than heading to her baby registry because books can be long lasting rather than used up in the first year or so. I am excited to put together the stack (especially given the budget he thought was a good one to use!). We have come up with a short list of our favorites. But I wanted to see what picture books you think every child should have on his shelf. TIA I just did something similar ( but smaller) for a friend. I chose: The Read Aloud Handbook The Story of Ferdinand (Munro Leaf) Millions of Cats (Wanda Gag) Bats at the Beach (Brian Lies) These are books that my son still really enjoys at age 5 but also have repetition or rhyming to make it interesting for a little one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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