What children’s books should every child grow up with? My son is 9 months and is needing to expand his collection.
What children’s books should every child grow up with? My son is 9 months and is needing to expand his collection.
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My sister has been collecting Little Golden Books for my nephew since before he was born. He’s one now and has acquired quite a book collection for someone who can’t even read yet!
I did that with my girls. I still have them . I can’t believe what they are priced at now
I get such a feeling of peace seeing those spines!!!
Read whatever interests him. You are laying a foundation for lifelong learning. When my son (13 now) was little he loved board books about trucks, construction vehicles., and the ever popular school buses. He also loved If you Give a Pig a Pancake. He love the cause and effect of that book. Just keep reading . I still read to my 13 year old. He enjoys Harry Potter now.
When I was a kid, I adored ‘the tiger who came to tea’ I had the book for so long that most of the pages were taped together to hold the book together.
Seuss is a must have. There are just sooo many good ones! I’ll Love You Forever is great. I started reading to mine at 3 months. Mostly rhyming books.
That’s good advice. I love to read but I haven’t read to him much.
I’d say whatever picks their interest. When I was a child I used to love fairy tales, so my mum bought me all the books on fairy tales she could find. And then when I was a bit older, she used to take me to the bookstore and would let me pick freely books according to my age. And now that I’m an adult, I always recommend Dr. Seuss for children, they’re amazing and I wish I would’ve had them as a kid. And Dahl too, his stories are great for kids.
I love Knuffle Bunny and Llama Llama Red Pajama as well as the Piggy and Elephant books.
I personally love (and loved when I was younger) the books of Roald Dahl.
I loved Rainbow Fairies series, it’s for girls, but boys might love it too. Also Lily the Witch series
Going On A Bear Hunt, anything by Julia Donaldson, Pumpkin Soup….
I adored Enid Blyton as a child.
Yessssss Enid Blyton ♡
I’m currently reading Winnie the pooh and harry potter for my 6 and 2 yr old
Pooh was my first obsession as a child. ❤ I have loved it since I was two. ❤
Tigger is my spirit animal ♡ but the stories are so good
Dr Seuss, Eric Carle, Llama Llama Books, and little blue truck are great ones to look at! I’m a Barefoot Books Ambassador and we have lots of great kids books- the singalongs are some of my son’s favorites. http://www.barefootbooks.com/Christina-Lumbreras
Winnie he pooh, bernstein bears, goodnight moon, Dr, seuss
Dahl books are always a winner! Also, when they’re old enough, HARRY POTTER!!!!
My Dad use to read me lord of the rings when i was little. I actually loved them ?
My favorite book when I was a child was Jamberry
Curious George was my favourite when I was a kid! Also Sesame Street books.
Winnie the pooh, harry potter, Jacqueline Wilson and roald dhal
The giver tetralogy by Lois Lowry ?
Bear snores on series is cute and the illustrations are beautiful. Clifford and berenstein bears are good too… when he’s older obviously Harry Potter
The Spider and the Fly! Ferdinand! Stone Soup!
Peter Pan and Wendy, Chronicles of Narnia, Winnie the Pooh, Junie B. Jones, Anne of Green Gables, anything Shel Silverstein, etc
Shel Silverstein is a must!
Erik Carle
I LOVE the Llama Llama books. I used to work at a daycare in the two-year-old room. Other books would always start to bore them, but Llama Llama NEVER did. I wouldn’t have survived that class without the help of Llama Llama. The book was so torn to shreds by the time that I left the Daycare, that I was able to take it home with me. (They have plenty of new books now.) It’s taped in so many places, but was definitely well loved. I love that keepsake. ❤
My favorite children’s book when I was growing up was If You Give A Moose A Muffin.
I am currently collecting all my favourite childhood books for my daughter. She is only 2 but by the time she is reading, there will be so many titles for her to explore. Right now though she loves the BabyLit collection. Have you seen those? They are so amazing.
Yes! I came to recommend BabyLit, too. My toddler loves them and is learning so much from them! And they’re board books so they’re sturdy!
Yes they are so good! And so pretty too. I’ll keep them forever for her!
Pete the cat!!
Anything Robert Munch is amazing
These, originally Dutch, books are perfect for ages 1 to 3 or 4.
That’s so cute!
Charlottes web
I bought The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton as a Christening gift. 🙂
The Richard Scary books are great for younger kids . my daughter loved the Bernstein Bears books.
Also board books are great when they’re real young so you can let them look at them on their own and not have to worry about them destroying them.
The Little Prince by St. Exupery is also a must
Goodnight moon, and llama llama red pajama are my daughters favorites
Harry potter
Books by Dr. Seuss & Roald Dahl.
A Bad Case of the Stripes, Goodnight Moon, Llama Llama, Fright Night Flight, and Roald Dahl’s entire collection.
The Chronicles of Narnia for sure! I also loved the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series when I was a little older!
i loved julie of the wolves, a tree grows in brooklyn and the giver when i was a kid
Mo Willems books are fun. Dr. Suess and Eric Carle.
Enid Blyton and Beatrix Potter books. I believe all kids should grow up with these classic authors!
The giving tree
Blueberries for Sal. My dad used to read this to us all the time and it’s still one of my favorite books. Also Cloudy with a chance of meatballs and Alexander and the no good, terrible, horrible very bad day. As you rkid gets older I would recommend reading him Series of Unfortunate Events, this was another one my dad always read to us (one or two chapters a night) and these are the 4 books/series I can really attribute my love of reading to!
Where the wild things are!!! And I love Ferdinand the bull
Dr. Seuss is great
The Trumpet of the Swan, My Friend Flicka, Narnia, Marley and Me, Harry Potter for sure
My three year old sister loves Sandra Boynton books!
Any Sandra Boston book. They are amazing! Pete the cat is good.
Rainbow Fish, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Love You Forever, and Goodnight Moon were some of my favorite picture books
Goodnight Gorilla!
Are You My Mother? And Where the Wild Things Are
Yes! ❤❤❤
Every child must read the 7 habits of highly effective kids
Dr. SUESS BOOKS!
Dear zoo, anything by Julia Donaldson, maisie mouse, spot the dog
Frog and Toad
Read him Ronia, The Robbers Daughter when he gets a little older 🙂 You’ll probably enjoy it yourself too
The velveteen rabbit
Matilda
●BabyLit covers the classics in a fun way so little ones can learn things like colors, shapes, etc.
●Goodnight Moon is an every single night book for us.
●Where the Wild Things Are
●The Stinky Cheese Man
●The Lorax
●Journey, Quest, and Return by Aaron Becker (these are wordless but are so amazing).
Chapter books for when he’s older:
●My Side of the Mountain
●Hatchet
●Stuart Little
●The Boxcar Children
●Peter Pan
Sandra Boynton’s books! They’re mostly geared for younger kids and are lots of fun to read, (especially Hippos Go Berserk) and her art is just wonderful.
Anything by Dr Seuss. Also Marmaduke Duck series. Can’t recall who wrote them but they are literally the best.