moonlight Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 With so much of my energy and resources focused on my older two, I just realized that it has been years since we have bought picture books! What are your some of your all time favorite picture books? I want to buy about 10 really really good ones. We don't have access to a library here. These would be for my 3 1/2 year old boy. We have some favorites, but definitely could use more. Thanks! PS our favorites are The Gruffalo and The Gruffalos Child. Not sure how popular these are in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiden Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 We love the original Curious George stories. We also love the Paddington Bear stories--there's a compilation called The Paddington Treasury for the Very Young, which has great illustrations and slightly simplified storylines. That's the one we've been reading to her so far, though I think we may add some others soon. We also love several of the books from Sonlight's P3/4 core--their website is a great place to look for ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysanders Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Some of our recent favorites are: How I Became A Pirate by Melinda Long and David Shannon The Day The Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice Ransom and Felicia Bond Snowmen At Night by Caralyn Buehner Anatole by Eve Titus The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman And their current #1 is Count The Monkeys by Mac Barnett. I'm so sick of reading this one because they keep wanting to read it over and over! It's more fun and games than it is a good story. But they love it! Where do you live? I have found The Gruffalo is popular in most English speaking countries. It's definitely a good one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Ten books? Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm How My Parents Learned to Eat The Dragon Machine Sam and the Tigers The Ugly Vegetables The Hello, Goodbye Window Love and Roast Chicken Ananasi and the Moss Covered Rock Cowboy and Octopus Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (naturally, every booklist has to include at least one Mo Willems!) Of course, I don't know how easily you can obtain these books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 We loved the books by Patricia Polacco. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 When my three girls were that age, we enjoyed: Make Way for Ducklings Blueberries for Sal The Story About Ping Caps for Sale Goodnight, Moon If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (and others like it) The Little Red Hen (and other folk tale books by Paul Galdone) The House That Jack Built Corduroy Harry, the Dirty Dog Harold and the Purple Crayon Miss Rumphius The Parrot Tico Tango (very fun to read aloud) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale Tikki Tikki Tembo (take a deep breath, LOL!) Millions of Cats Where the Wild Things Are Curious George (treasury) Madeline (treasury) Babar (treasury) Dr. Seuss (treasury) Berenstain Bears (we bought them all) Franklin (series) Beatrix Potter tales Thornton W. Burgess (not exactly picture books, though) Classic Fairy Tales (illustrated by Scott Gustafson) DK Illustrated Children's Bible (by Selina Hastings, but it's essential to get the larger version [10" x 8"], because in the small book [6" x 7" ??] the print is so tiny as to be indecipherable, HTH) Little Golden Books (not the Disney spin-offs, :tongue_smilie: but the classic children's tales :001_wub: ) Little Jewel Books (these are Mennonite and nicely done) I used to get ideas for picture books from these lists: http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/junior-kindergarten-read-aloud-program http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/kindergarten-read-aloud-program http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/first-grade-read-aloud-program http://www.sonlight.com/homeschool/preschool-curriculum/ http://www.sonlight.com/homeschool/pre-kindergarten-curriculum/ http://www.sonlight.com/KMSP.html 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Anything by Dr. Seuss, especially Solla Selew and The Sleep Book and Fox in Socks Anything by Eric Carle Anything by Robert McCloskey Richard Scarry books Anything by Jan Brett Any of the If You Give A Mouse A Cookie series Billy and Blaze Blackbear the Pirate (Yes, Blackbear) All the Places to Love and Three Names, Patricia Maclachlan Petite Rouge Riding Hood (This is ridiculously silly, Red Riding Hood set in Baton Rouge and read with an accent.) Cock a Doodle Hoo (also very silly, but sweet) Poky Little Puppy Go Dog Go and Are You My Mother -- my preschoolers ask for these two a lot, even though they're more like toddler level. (Along the same level, Goodnight Gorilla and Five Minutes to Bedtime, both of which I think are tedious, but they make the kids giggle so much, and they have fun "reading" them on their own.) Stranger in the Woods, Lost in the Woods, and First Snow in the Woods (real photographs of real animals, and they loooooove these.) Any books in the "Come Look With Me" series -- real classic art, geared toward children, and my 3yo and 6yo love picture study. I Grew Up On A Farm Corduroy Katy No Pocket Angus Lost, Angus and the Cat, Angus and the Ducks And Pooh, which isn't a picture book, but its chapters kind of function like a series of picture books, and the pictures are lovely. And now I need to go look through our shelves and pull out some new ones to highlight for my little guys! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlight Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Thanks! When we moved here, we weren't sure if we were going to have a third child and had gotten rid of a lot of picture books except for some absolute favorites. These are great recommendations! And we have a few of them already mentioned too which is nice. We just need to liven up our collection. Also, I'm able to order from Book Depository and get free shipping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Some of my kids' favorites: The Complete Brambly Hedge by Jill Barklem Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice & Martin Provensen Big Book of Farmyard Tales by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright (I see there is also a "Complete Book" that has 4 more stories) Burt Dow, Deep Water Man by Robert McCloskey Lentil by Robert McCloskey Yoko by Rosemary Wells The McDuff books by Rosemary Wells One of my kids had the huge Thomas the Tank Engine compendium. That got a LOT of use although I have to admit I'm glad I'll never have to read it again! My middle schooler is now nostalgia-tripping on the Yoko and Friends school days easy reader series by Rosemary Wells. "I remember this!" Maybe I should open that cabinet more often. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlcc Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Building Our House by Jonathan Bean Seven Silly Eaters, and anything else illustrated by Marla Frazee Big Sister and Little Sister Obadiah books by Turkle Three Billy Goats Gruff by Galdone, and other fairy tales by him too De Angeli's Book of Nursery Rhymes Alfie books by Helen Oxenbury Dogger by Oxenbury Thanks everyone for all the new ideas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Some of DD's favorites: Robert the Rose Horse Pickle-Chiffon Pie If You Give a Mouse a Cookie We Help Mommy (Eloise Wilkin) Animalia (Graeme Base) Rapunzel (ill Paul O. Zelinsky) Tikki-Tikki-Tembo Curious George treasury 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharisma Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 At that age DS really liked Roadwork and Little Blue Truck. Both are oversized board books. They have seen a lot of love. His sister now enjoys them. Roadwork by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallytired Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 We love...Lynley Dodd's Sniff-Snuff-Snap!Mike McClintock's Stop that Ball!Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham Any of the Hobans' Frances books Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings Those are the ones I can come up with off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 We liked the George and Martha books. They're fun for children AND adults. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanikit Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Have you tried: Room on the broom Charlie Cook's favourite book also by Julia Donaldson - my youngest likes any of her books Judith Kerr's The tiger who came to tea - this book makes me laugh because it portrays ideas about adults and genders terribly and yet it is a sweet story and my kids love it Phoebe and the Hot Water bottles by Linda Dawson - this is an old story, but my kids love it Curious George Lyndley Dodd books - any of the picture books Lauren Child's books about Charlie and Lola 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 But Not The Hippopotamus Sheep in a Jeep Sophie and Sammie's Library Sleepover The Very First Easter (Christian) The Christmas Mouse Rechenka's Egg Grandpa Bear's Fantastic Scarf I Love You As Much The Runaway Bunny The Sneetches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Did anybody write about Virginia Lee Burton's works? Mike Mulligan and His Big Steam Shovel is a beloved favorite around here. I love The Little House, too. I cry every time! We also love Katie and the Big Snow. I really, really love the mapping in Katie and the Big Snow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is one of our favorites. In fact, I need to buy a new copy because ours is worn out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Andrew Henry's Meadow - perfect for a little boy Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar Blueberries for Sal Red Fish, Blue Fish Any Iza Trapani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Caps for Sale Runaway Bunny Any Frances books Harper Collins Treasury My kids LOVE Perfectly Arugula, even though it is SO pink. Sterling has some great picture books, very fun. Richard Scarry just for the visual feast Green Eggs and Ham Classic Robert Munsch, like Mud Puddle The Story About Ping Franklin, preschoolers love that guy Lots of good recommendations here 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 This may go without saying....but only buy what you LOVE. I haven't always followed this rule, and those books ended up being shelf wasters. If you don't enjoy it, you won't read it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Ugly Fish.Bad Kitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnMomof7 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Oooh, The Story About Ferdinand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swainsonshawk Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 If you like magical stories Heckedy Peg and Elbert's Bad Word by Don and Audrey Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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