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Position:Home>Books & Authors> My stepsister is having a baby and I want to get her some children's books,Question: My stepsister is having a baby and I want to get her some children's books, what are some "classics"!? that should be in every child's collection!? I am thinking about books s/he will read when s/he is a little older, like:
Green Eggs and Ham I Love You Forever If You Give a Mouse a Cookie The Very Hungry Caterpillar Rainbow Fish The Poky Little Puppy Goodnight Moon The Mitten Chicka Chicka Boom Boom can you add to my list!? Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: One Fish, Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Harry the Dirty Dog Green Eggs and Ham were my favorites!.!.!. As a children's librarian, I purchased for myself: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: Mo Willems Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late: Mo Willems The Pigeon Finds a Puppy: Mo Willems There is a Bird on Your Head: Mo Willems (Mo is a newer author/illustrator, but VERY popular with little kids (and the adults who love them!.) Llama Llama Red Pajama: Anna Dewdney Llama Llama Mad at Mama: Anna Dewdney Little Hoot: Amy Krouse Rosenthal Little Pea: Amy Krouse Rosenthal I'm Not Cute: Jonathan Allen I'm Not Scared: Jonathan Allen Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed: Eileen Christelow Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree: Eileen Christelow Some other great books are: The Teddy Bears' Picnic by Kennedy If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (and other books) by Laura Numeroff I Went Walking by Sue Williams Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear (and other Jesse Bear books) by Nancy Carlstrom Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kundhardt Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson Max and Ruby series by Rosemary Wells Raffi's song books Anything by Sandra Boynton, Tomie DePaola, Kevin Henkes, Robert Munsch, Mercer Mayer, Eric Carle, Dr!. Seuss, Bill Martin, Jr!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carlie "Duck And His Friends" Mike Mulligan's Steamshovel Katy The Snowplow anything by Richard Scarey Www@QuestionHome@Com I loved the book "The Color Kittens" by Margaret Wise Brown (it was one of the Little Golden Books) - I can't wait to read it to my children someday!Www@QuestionHome@Com The Kissing Hand is a really good book!. As well as any Jan Brett books are great!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Curious George BabarWww@QuestionHome@Com 'spotty' by margret rey!. its great 'fritz and the beautiful horses" by jan brett!. i love it! Www@QuestionHome@Com How about Mother GooseWww@QuestionHome@Com And for Christmas time, Polar ExpressWww@QuestionHome@Com Guess how much I love you! Time for Bed If you give a mosse a muffin! Those were my favorites!Www@QuestionHome@Com I bought our son a book of classic nursery rhymes that he ABSOLUTELY loves!. He's two and he can revite quite few of them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |