Looking for Must Have Books for Toddler

Can You Hop? don't remember the author.

My kids in my toddler classroom loved this book. We did a whole theme on it for weeks since they were so interested. There is lots of repetition and they love hearing it over and over. They can also do some actions with the book if you show them how (stomping, flapping their arms, etc).

My little girl (who will be 2 in May 2009) very much enjoys any Boynton books. Also, a recent favorite of hers is "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". Can't remember right now who the author is but we got it at B&N.

If you haven't before, try to find an Usborne book seller. I hosted a party when my second child was a toddler and we love the books. They have everything from feel and learns to easy readers to pre-teen educational books and everything in between. My kids favorite right now is the Farmyard Tales with two characters named Poppy and Sam. They have a website www.usbornebooks.com. Happy reading!

Our daughter loves "Llama Llama Red Pajama" and "Llama Llama Mad at Mama" by Anna Dewdney. To be honest they are my favoite also. They are really fun to read because you can really express a lot of emotion with them.

If You Were My Bunny by Kate McMullan and Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz are our household favorites for the moment. Both are great fun to read. Do you receive books from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library? If not I highly recommend it. Children under the age of 5 receive 1 book a month totally free. They come in the mailbox and they're nice quslity books. This would keep your library refreshed. I think I got my application at the Dr's office but you could probably find something online.

My 2.5 y/o LOVES "I love you, Stinky Face" and anything about the "Three Little Monkies".

My kids loved Chick a Chick a Boom Boom.

I don't recall the name of the author, but my son and daughter loved "Ten Little Ladybugs."

What about Chica Chica Boom Boom......there are also CD's of the song that you can get?

Potty Poo Poo Wee Wee by Colin McNaughton is a favorite of our boys even after potty training! The Grumpy Morning by Darcia Labrosse is another good book. My youngest also loves Piggies by Don and Audrey Wood. Any of the other suggestions by the other posters are great too! You can never have too many books in my opinion! My philosophy is when you have too many books for your bookshelf, build another one! Good luck!

llama llama MAD at mama, It's not a box, anything by David Shannon, bear books by Karma Wilson such as Bear Feels Sick, I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean, Skippy John Jones book series.
I could go on all day, but these are a few to get you started!

My kids loved the Blue Hat, Green Hat by S. Boynton, I Went Walking by S. Williams, The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss, Catalina Magdalena by T. Arnold, Alphabet Adventure by Wood, Eric Carle books, How Do Dinosaurs... series when they were little now we read Piggie Pie and Zoom Broom by M. Palantini, Magic Tree House series, A to Z Mystery series, Junie B. Jones series, Readdy Freddy series. We go to library every couple of weeks they also like to check out Arthur books and I always go to the award books, Beaver's Fancy Meal we have now. Your older one might enjoy Holes dont remember the author.

I almost sure that wal mart has brown bear and I think I also seen it broaders and and the other big book store chain. Can't think of it right now. I love Eric Carl

My toddler loves Mercier Mayer's Little Critter Books. We have Just Me and My Little Brother, Earth Day, Just Go TO Bed, All By Myself, and one about dreams, can't remeber the name. They are funny, and I enjoy reading them as much as my son likes hearing them. I got ours from Walmart.

Iza Trapani has great books telling stories by extending songs like row row your boat, twinkle little star etc.
John Graham "I love you, mouse" very sweet book and you kind search for the next animal on the page.
Dr. Seuss "Mr. Brown can Moo"
Tan Koide "May we sleep here tonight?"
"The wide mouth frog" is a fun popup book

There's a book we love called, "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus". It's short, but I really get into it and the kids think it's hilarious.

I love the Dr. Seuss books. Maybe he'd like "Ten Apples Up on Top", "Are You My Mother" (By Eastman?) "Mr. Brown Can Moo" has great sounds for a two year old to mimic. "Cat in the Hat" and several others seemed a little long until my kids were a little older.

My son loved the Wibbly Pig books by Mick Inkpen. They have some at the library...
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I'm a big fun of "I love you, Stinky Face"! "There is a Wocket in My Pocket" and "Green Eggs and Ham" are must haves by Dr. Suess. Have you read "No, David"? Very good and a VERY easy read:o) I can't think of his last name that wrote it..David something.

I carry MANY wonderful books as well! "Goose on the Loose", "Toad Makes a Road", "Big Pig on a Dig", "Who's Making that Noise?", "Who's making that smell?", "Who's making that Mess?", "How Big is a Million?"

Too many to name!

Please go to my online catalog:
www.ubah.com/W2474

I have over 1,300 books to choose from and 75% are less than $10 :o) There are diffierent ways that you can get your books for free, if you are interested!

Let me know how I can help further,
S.

Sandra Boynton books are awesome! Also any Skippyjon Jones books, Ten Little Fish, and Mama Do You Love Me (it's an Alaskan Eskimo book).

I too would like to know what i popular these days.

My girls love the Biscuit books. I don't know the Author, but we started with Bedtime for Biscuit, and Bathtime for Biscuit. Buscuit is a puppy, and his owner a little girl is telling him things to do and of course he is being a difficult puppy. This is one the kids memorize easily, soon they are reading it to you.

Mem Fox books.
My son loves Where is the Green Sheep

He is also addicted to picture books with just objects such as a page with different types of clothing and another with different types of animals. I think it is because we interact more and I ask him to point to different things and he likes to try to say the words.

We are big readers in our family too- I would STRONGLY recommend ALL of the Skippyjon Jones books by Judy Schachner (there are at least 4 picture books, a few board books and some pop up and sticker books too)! All Dr. Suess books, "Leonardo the Terrible Monster" by Mo Willems, "Go To Sleep Russell the Sheep" by Rob Scotton, "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves" by Julia Rawlinson, "The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone" by Timothy Basil Ering. A little less traditional to most people, we read a lot of poems by Shel Silverstein too- "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "A Light in the Attic" and many others. My son is 2 1/2 years old and LOVES these books! My 6 month old gets a kick out of watching his older brother laughing from these books :) You can get them at Borders, Barnes and Noble, On-line... all pretty available! Have fun!

"chicka chicka abc" is fun, although short - but i bounce my son up and down on my knee whenever it gets to the "chicka chicka BOOM BOOM" part and he loves it. also LOVE LOVE LOVE "the monster at the end of this book", it's a little golden book with grover from sesame street. my mom read it to me as a kid and did this wierd pseudo-grover voice, anyway i do the same thing and my son loves it too. there's "where the wild things are" but your son might not be quite old enough for that, my two year old will barely sit still for it. just some ideas, some of the ones our family likes :) good for you for encouraging reading in your kiddos. sounds like you're doing a great job.

we love Sandra Boynton's books, especially Your Personal Penguin and The Belly Button Book. Very cute!

http://www.workman.com/boynton/

My boys both love Jane Yolen's books, the How Does a Dinosaur books. There is How Does A Dinosaur Say Goodnight, How Does a Dino. Go to School, or Get Well Soon, or Eat their Food, Count To Ten, Pick up their room and I am sure I am missing some. They both really love these books. Also the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom books they really like. There is also 3 books by Ted Arnold cald Parts, More Parts and Even More Parts. These are about a little boy who doesn't quite get why certain things are happening to him. Like in the first one he finds fuzz in his belly button and thinks his stuffing is coming out, stuff like that. They are really cute books.

Karma Wilson is a fantastic author. You can not go wrong with any of her books!