Iamasahm
Member
I have read all the books in the 3-5 year list! And loved them all. But now we are done and need some more idea's or thoughts on how to look for good books at this age. There are so many books at the library but how to pick good ones for the littles, I just don't always know and have come home with some real time wastings ones.
Just looking for suggestions for the little guy up to a new reader
Misty
baileymom
Member
We've liked:
Bread and Jam for Frances (series) by Russell Hoban
the Toot and Puddle books (series) by Hollie Hobbie
Billy and Blaze (series) by C.W.Anderson...maybe save for readers
books by Aliki...5 senses, Ah! Music, My Visit to the Zoo
Frog and Toad books by Lobel...also maybe save for readers
Even at this young age my boys (6 and 4) LOVE all the DK eyewitness books...I have to really go through those before I hand them over though.Right now they have one on Rocks...
If you Give a Pig a Pancake, Moose a Muffin, Mouse a Cookie...by Numeroff
All the Madeline books (even my boys)
HTH!
Kathi
hvfth99
Member
I second the books suggested by Kathi. We love the Numeroff books, Frog and Toad, and Madeline.
Have you read Babar? There are many in the series, and my girls really like them, too.
Faith :)
nancyg
Member
Hi Misty, Are you familiar with the book by Gladys Hunt, "Honey for a Child's Heart?" From a Christian perspective , she really expanded my vision for what sharing good books could mean for a child and for a family. It includes a bibliography, organized by type of book and approximate age appropriateness. More than 20 years old, I still pull my copy down occasionally. I commend you for the gift you are giving your children! At the risk of sounding sappy :)....
You may have tangilbe wealth untold
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be -
I had a mother who read to me. Strickland Gilliland
There's also a great poem called, "When Mother Reads Aloud." It's just too late for me to type it all, but maybe you can find it!!
God's blessings,
Nancy G.
csmamma
Member
Goodmorning Misty,
We enjoyed the "Five in a Row" books. I know some of them are already in the bookfinder but here's the list incase you're interested.....
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
Lentil by Robert McCloskey
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by Gladys Scheffrin-Falk
Papa Piccolo by Carol Talley
Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews
The Clown of God by Tomie DePaola
Storm in the Night by Mary Stoltz
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost (with illustrations by Susan Jeffers)
Volume 2:
The Giraffe That Walked to Paris by Nancy Milton
Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan
Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
They Were Strong and Good by Alice and Robert Lawson
Babar, To Duet or Not to Duet based on characters by DeBrunhoff
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Down, Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
The Tale of Peter Rabbit written and ill. by Beatrix Potter
Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car by John Burningham
All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
The Little Red LIghthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Gramma's Walk by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Volume 3:
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
Andy and the Circus by Ellis Credle
The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ill. by Ted Rand
Henry the Castaway by Mark Taylor
The Finest Horse in Town by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Truman's Aunt Farm by Jama Kim Rattigan
The Duchess Bakes a Cake by Virginia Kahl
Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty
Daniel's Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla
Warm as Wool by Scott Russell Sanders
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer
Climbing Kansas Mountains by George Shannon
Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
Little Nino's Pizzeria by Karen Barbour
Volume 4:
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
The Raft by Jim LaMarche
Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The Gullywasher by Joyce Rossi
Arabella by Wendy Orr
Higgins Bend Song and Dance by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Cowboy Charlie by Jeanette Winter
Grass Sandals by Dawnine Spivak
Albert by Donna Jo Napoli
The Hickory Chair by Lisa Rose Fraustino
Hanna's Cold Winter by Trish Marx
The Hatmaker's Sign Retold by Candace Fleming
The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold
Angelo by David Macaulay
Yes, I just clicked "copy" and "paste" or els my hands would be sore and I would be way over my time limit. lol :)
Have a great day!
Heather
Iamasahm
Member
WOW ladies I knew you would come through for me. Thanks for all the great information. You are all such a gift!
Misty
Here is another great site with lists...
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