Showing posts with label toddler books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toddler books. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

our favorite dinosaur books


When we're not reading about poop, we've got our current lineup of favorites: Harold and the Purple Crayon, The Paper Bag Princess, The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark, Usborne's Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Clip-Clop.
Then there are the dinosaur books, which have been a constant for months. Randomly collected from grandparents, the bookstore and I'm not even sure where. And all five must be read in exactly the same order every time starting with Touch and Feel Dinosaur and winding up with How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food. (Side note: I much prefer Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp over the endless Danny and the Dinosaur which is currently hidden at the back of the bookcase.) Of all the things he could obsess over, I love that my kid is a dino buff. And I think the books are a really good mix of stories, rhymes and education-y, tactile type of books. I hope it's of some inspiration if you're looking to expand your dinosaur library.

Monday, October 31, 2011

on our reading list

If B. had to list his favorite authors over the past two years it would probably go something like this: Dr. Seuss, Sandra "Moo Baa LaLaLa" Boynton, Leslie "Yummy Yucky" Patricelli and Eric "Brown Bear" Carle. But lately we've been stalled on Green Eggs and Ham and five random dinosaur books that we had to read in the exact same order every single night. After Googling a bunch of "Best 100 Kids' Books" lists we ordered these books on eBay and Amazon. They've just started showing up and I'm beyond excited to have something new to read!

The Knight and the Dragon
Duck On a Bike
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Strega Nona
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Knuffle Bunny
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
A Giraffe and a Half
Everyone Poops
How I Became a Pirate
Curious George