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Essential Animal Books for Young Kids
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It's funny, and the rhyme has a lot of personality when you read it. Fun, lilting story with just the right amount of words on each page to keep her attention. I recommend this book to everyone now!
The Gruffalo (Reprint) (Paperback) by Julia Donaldson
Wonderful classic story! Required reading for all kids
Where the Wild Things Are (25th Anniversary Edition)(Hardcover) by Maurice Sendak
This is one of my favorite kids book ever! I loved reading this to my daughter, and she loved listening to it. It was fun because I used different voiced for the dad and son. The humor is appreciated by kids and adults alike. Sweet storyline and great illustrations. I buy this for every baby shower I get invited to.
Tad and Dad|Board Book - David Ezra Stein
My parents read this book to me when I was younger. It was one of my favorites. The art style captures the mood of the book in a simplistic way.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?|Board Book
Llama Llama Red Pajama is an absolute gem of a children’s book. With its catchy rhymes and relatable storyline, it captures the bedtime routine in a fun, engaging way that kids love. Anna Dewdney beautifully blends humor and comfort while addressing ...
Llama Llama Red Pajama|Board Book
Reading these stories with my child has been such a sweet experience, and a real highlight of our evenings together. We've loved following along with Little Bear's adventures, whether he's waiting for his dad to come home or visiting his grandparents...
Little Bear 3-Book Box Set: Little Bear, Father Bear Comes Home, Little Bear's Visit|Paperback
The story about the hungry caterpillar is a great foundation to raise the child curiosity of the world of Nature. It teaches in a simply manner that even the smallest creatures are important part of the ecosystem, that they lifecycles are as much com...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - by Eric Carle (Board Book)
My daughter was OBSESSED with this book. It was her favorite bedtime book for almost a whole year. The story has minimal words, but the pictures easily tell the story of a gorilla who steals the night watchman's keys and lets all the animals out of...
Good Night, Gorilla
Love these books. Clever stories. Great for bed time.
Frog and Toad Are Friends (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) (Caldecott Honor Book)|Paperback
A little bunny wants to run away, but his mother always finds a way to bring him back, showing her unending love. A sweet classic, can't go wrong.
The Runaway Bunny - by Margaret Wise Brown
The illustrations are truly delightful and I have given this book to several friends to share with their children because it really is such a nice story also. It's such a treasure to find a book that will last in my daughter's library for years to co...
The Lion and the Mouse|Paperback
My daughter has loved so many books in the Corduroy series, and it all started with this board book. It's a sweet story about a little bear in a department store is missing a button, and a young girl works to get him home with her. She went on to f...
Corduroy (Board Book)
My daughter absolutely loved this book. I used to read it to her when we woke up in the morning as she held her blue jay beanie baby and we searched for birds out the window. It very colorful and introduces different species of real life birds. Re...
Birding for Babies: Backyard Birds: A Numbers Book, (Board Book)
I would recommend any version of Curious George, especially the original 1941 version. The story is sweet and the illustrations are delightful. I would not, however, recommend reading it all in one sitting to a toddler. I broke the story into two rea...
Curious George
This is a really cute story about a bear who wants to find a book the color of ripe, red raspberries. But, he's a brown bear and he cant get into the library, school, bookstore, etc. Eventually he decides to make his own book. Really colorful and ...
A Book for Bear