Ok, wow….I went to Amazon to get a couple of books for my DD, who’s 3. I
would have posted this in one of the parenting or book groups but I don’t
even lurk there..I figure someone here might know.
My DD has really taken to liking nursery rhymes (Humpty Dumpty, Jack and
Jill, Mary Had a Little Lamb, etc etc) and is showing interest in fairy
tales, too (Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, The Three Little Pigs). I am
searching high and low for 2 good books, 1of each, a book that has most of
the really popular nursery rhymes in one collection and same for fairy
tales. I personally love Rumpelstitlskin so am looking for a book that
includes that.
The problem is there are so many and I need one, for her, that’s tamed down
for young kids (because fairy tales can be kind of gruesome!) and also one
that has really engaging illustrations. There are lots of volumes of Grimm,
Andersen, etc for adults that lack simpler language and bright
illustrations. I was told by a friend to check dollar stores and bargain
places to look for individual stories. Since the stories are so old and out
of copyright there are a bajillion choices. Has anyone here found any
collection on Amazon or somewhere else that your kids like?
I want to strike while the iron is hot and my DD is enthused about this type
of thing. I am glad she is showing an interest in a wider range of books
than just the ones that go along with tv shows on Disney, Nickelodeon, and
Noggin. (Although I DO enjoy the fact that my daughter, at her age, loves so
many books at bedtime– Dora the Explorer, Charlie and Lola, Max and Ruby,
Spongebob, Oswald, etc—really, I mean, when I was little I had a book of
fairy tales and a pile of Little Golden Books! So there are so many choices
these days!)
Eh, BTW, any recs for good books for preschoolers in general? Or book recs
for pregnancy and new babies? I like to read, don’t want to bog the group
down, but if anyone is interested I have a list of my faves too)..
beyond the pale wrote:
> The problem is there are so many and I need one, for her, that’s tamed down
> for young kids (because fairy tales can be kind of gruesome!) and also one
> that has really engaging illustrations. There are lots of volumes of Grimm,
> Andersen, etc for adults that lack simpler language and bright
> illustrations. I was told by a friend to check dollar stores and bargain
> places to look for individual stories. Since the stories are so old and out
> of copyright there are a bajillion choices. Has anyone here found any
> collection on Amazon or somewhere else that your kids like?
Yes, my son really likes the Mother Goose Keepsake collection, which
is this one on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Keepsake-Collection-Thirteen-Different-Illustra...
The twin book is the Fairy Tales Keepsake Collection, but I couldn’t
find it on amazon. It includes Rumpelstiltskin. It’s a really good
one, I think suitable for young kids. My 3 year old likes it anyway.
The ISBN is 0-7853-5242-2
Hope this helps!
> Eh, BTW, any recs for good books for preschoolers in general? Or book recs
> for pregnancy and new babies? I like to read, don’t want to bog the group
> down, but if anyone is interested I have a list of my faves too)..
Yes, we really like books by Olaf and Lena Landstrom. The Will
series, Boo and Baa, The Little Hippo series. All really good for
this age.
I’d love to see some of the books you’ve liked. We hit the library
every 3 weeks, so it’s good that have selections in mind.
-Lora
beyond the pale wrote:
> Eh, BTW, any recs for good books for preschoolers in general? Or book recs
> for pregnancy and new babies? I like to read, don’t want to bog the group
> down, but if anyone is interested I have a list of my faves too)..
Chinaberry is a nice source. I don’t think I’ve ever
bought a book from them that the kids didn’t love.
http://www.chinaberry.com
They have some parenting books as well, though not an extensive
selection.
Best wishes,
Ericka
Oh yay! Thanks for the replies. I will make a list of the books that my DD
likes. Of course, my DD also likes the "character" books so like I said she
likes the Max and Ruby, Oswald, Dora, Winnie the Pooh stuff, she also loves
some other books. She’s just 3 so she’s not sitting still for most of the
books that are longer and take more concentration, she’s still in the board
book or thin paperback phase.
She likes the books by Lauren Child (Charlie and Lola)- especially the ones
about not ever eating a tomato and I will not go to sleep. The exact titles
are hard for me to remember. She loves all of Awdry’s (sp?) Thomas the Tank
Engine stories.
Her absolute favorite board books are Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown,
anything by Sandra Boynton (especially But Not The Hippopotamus), and the
Eric Carle books- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very
Quiet Cricket etc. She also loves, to my surprise, a bunch of books I found
at a dollar store that are just 4 pages long, of nursery rhymes. They are
3D- the cover has a hole and sewn inside are plush characters. I bought them
because they were cheap and quick reads but it is actually why she loves
nursery rhymes, and she gets excited when she hears nursery rhymes on tv.
She likes The Rainbow Fish (I don’t have it right now so can’t remember the
author)..and she does sit through some of the old Little Golden books- The
Pokey Little Puppy, The Shy Kitten, etc. Right now we are sort of
transitioning into the longer books, it depends on how restless she is. She
likes Dr. Seuss "Oh the Thinks You Can Think". I’ll have to look at the
hardcover (but not board books) she likes, they are not as well known I
don’t think.
If she likes Goodnight Moon then you should get her The Runaway Bunny
as well–I like that one even better.
We love Tomie dePaola books–and I got to meet him at a reading
festival this weekend! I was so excited.
More power to you if you can stand to read her those character books.
I hate them, and of course kids want you to read them. I love all
those beautiful Chinaberry books but my 6 year old never has had the
patience for the poetical beautifully illustrated books I’ve bought
from them.
George and Martha books are great. Where the Wild Things Are is a
great classic. The No, David! books are a more recent discovery.
You’re right about there being many, many choices for fairy tales and
nursery rhymes. I almost think that has to be guided by your own
taste. Do you have a used bookstore in town? That would be a great
place to shop around for a beautifully illustrated version. Or if you
have an illustrator you really like you might search on Amazon to see
if he or she has done any. We have a really pretty set called The
Baby’s Lap Book and The Baby’s Bedtime Book. I also like the
traditional "Big Mother Goose."
Leslie
Oh, Leslie reminded me of the book "No, David!", which we really love, and a
few other’s that David Shannon has done. "Duck on a Bike" is particularly
silly, and I love his illustrations.
There are also the Mo Willems books, such as "Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the
Bus", and another FAV, "Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale", which is
wonderful. In fact, in looking these up, I’ve found that there is a
"Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity", which looks fun.
In the silly category, which we love at my house, there is "Click Clack Moo,
Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsey Lewin. Then
there is a follow up called "Giggle Giggle Quack" which is great fun too.
The Olivia books are fun, by Ian Falconer, and we’ve just recently gotten
into the Fancy Nancy books ("Fancy Nancy" and "Fancy Nancy and the Posh
Puppy") by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, which my girls and I both
really love. Very girly and sparkly! Apparently there are a few more
Fancy Nancy titles coming out this fall…Christmas will be "fancy" this
year!
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On Jun 4, 3:05 pm, "beyond the pale"
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> Oh yay! Thanks for the replies. I will make a list of the books that my DD
> likes. Of course, my DD also likes the "character" books so like I said she
> likes the Max and Ruby, Oswald, Dora, Winnie the Pooh stuff, she also loves
> some other books. She’s just 3 so she’s not sitting still for most of the
> books that are longer and take more concentration, she’s still in the board
> book or thin paperback phase.
Babybudy is a great magazine for small folks, as is Ladybug for the
toddler set — short stories, pretty captivating, about $5/month if
you subscribe (most libraries do).
Everyone here *loves* Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad/Mouse Tales/Mouse
Soup/Grasshopper on the Road books – they’re appealing to a two-year
old, and just plain amusing and pleasant for an adult to read.
James Marshall (of the 2 hippos illustration fame — their name
escapes me, but I think they have a TV show) has a series of great
versions via Scholastic of The Three Little Pigs/Goldilocks/Little Red
Riding Hood which used to be a big hit here.
Rosemary Wells has an illustrated nursery rhyme book, although she
doesn’t go beyond the first verse of most rhymes (not sure if that
matters — I’m married to Mr. Second Verse of Jack and Jill, so this
book didn’t work for him to read).
> She likes the books by Lauren Child (Charlie and Lola)- especially the ones
> about not ever eating a tomato and I will not go to sleep. The exact titles
> are hard for me to remember. She loves all of Awdry’s (sp?) Thomas the Tank
> Engine stories.
"Bedtime for Frances" is a good one — at the toddler level, Goodnight
Gorilla is also great.
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> Her absolute favorite board books are Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown,
> anything by Sandra Boynton (especially But Not The Hippopotamus), and the
> Eric Carle books- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very
> Quiet Cricket etc. She also loves, to my surprise, a bunch of books I found
> at a dollar store that are just 4 pages long, of nursery rhymes. They are
> 3D- the cover has a hole and sewn inside are plush characters. I bought them
> because they were cheap and quick reads but it is actually why she loves
> nursery rhymes, and she gets excited when she hears nursery rhymes on tv.
> She likes The Rainbow Fish (I don’t have it right now so can’t remember the
> author)..and she does sit through some of the old Little Golden books- The
> Pokey Little Puppy, The Shy Kitten, etc. Right now we are sort of
> transitioning into the longer books, it depends on how restless she is. She
> likes Dr. Seuss "Oh the Thinks You Can Think". I’ll have to look at the
> hardcover (but not board books) she likes, they are not as well known I
> don’t think.
Dr. Seuss for us was hit or miss — "I Had Trouble In Getting To Sola
Solew" was a hit, the "500 hats of Bartholemew…" was not. I like the
Leo Lionni stories (Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse,
etc. ), and the entire Martha series by Susan Meddaugh was a hit here
with DD2 when she was 3 (‘Martha Blah Blah,’ ‘Martha Speaks’).
The best bet, in my experience, is to swing by your library (I feel
like the public service ad today for using the library, but truly,
it’s a great free resource), and pick up a smattering of books that
might align with your daughter’s interests, before going onto amazon.
Caledonia
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> On Jun 4, 3:05 pm, "beyond the pale"
> <beyondthepale997…@nospamgmail.com> wrote:
>> Oh yay! Thanks for the replies. I will make a list of the books that my
>> DD
>> likes. Of course, my DD also likes the "character" books so like I said
>> she
>> likes the Max and Ruby, Oswald, Dora, Winnie the Pooh stuff, she also
>> loves
>> some other books. She’s just 3 so she’s not sitting still for most of the
>> books that are longer and take more concentration, she’s still in the
>> board
>> book or thin paperback phase.
> Babybudy is a great magazine for small folks, as is Ladybug for the
> toddler set — short stories, pretty captivating, about $5/month if
> you subscribe (most libraries do).
> Everyone here *loves* Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad/Mouse Tales/Mouse
> Soup/Grasshopper on the Road books – they’re appealing to a two-year
> old, and just plain amusing and pleasant for an adult to read.
> James Marshall (of the 2 hippos illustration fame — their name
> escapes me, but I think they have a TV show) has a series of great
> versions via Scholastic of The Three Little Pigs/Goldilocks/Little Red
> Riding Hood which used to be a big hit here.
> Rosemary Wells has an illustrated nursery rhyme book, although she
> doesn’t go beyond the first verse of most rhymes (not sure if that
> matters — I’m married to Mr. Second Verse of Jack and Jill, so this
> book didn’t work for him to read).
>> She likes the books by Lauren Child (Charlie and Lola)- especially the
>> ones
>> about not ever eating a tomato and I will not go to sleep. The exact
>> titles
>> are hard for me to remember. She loves all of Awdry’s (sp?) Thomas the
>> Tank
>> Engine stories.
> "Bedtime for Frances" is a good one — at the toddler level, Goodnight
> Gorilla is also great.
Although I grew up with the "Frances" books and loved them, they are a bit
long for a 3 year old (at least for mine). Also, for me, Bedtime For
Frances was one that I bought and reread, and immediately put away for
later. If I remember correctly, the main issue is that she is scared to
stay in bed at night and keeps getting up. When I bought the book, Taylor
was about 2.5, and doing well at staying in her bed, and I didn’t want to
give her ideas that things might be scary, or that getting out of bed was
okay, etc, so we skipped that one. I do let them have "Bread and Jam for
Frances" because being a picky eater is pretty typical for most kids, and
mine at times, and I wanted them to see that she eventually got bored and
ate with the family again.
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You can read any words you like to your child now to "dumb it down."
Sometimes, just looking at pictures was enough at the age of your child. Go
to the library and you find lots of what your looking for. We had a big book
of nursery rhymes, but I can’t tell you which one. Just go to the book store
or library and look through them to see what you like.
–
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> Ok, wow….I went to Amazon to get a couple of books for my DD, who’s 3. I
> would have posted this in one of the parenting or book groups but I don’t
> even lurk there..I figure someone here might know.
> My DD has really taken to liking nursery rhymes (Humpty Dumpty, Jack and
> Jill, Mary Had a Little Lamb, etc etc) and is showing interest in fairy
> tales, too (Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, The Three Little Pigs). I am
> searching high and low for 2 good books, 1of each, a book that has most of
> the really popular nursery rhymes in one collection and same for fairy
> tales. I personally love Rumpelstitlskin so am looking for a book that
> includes that.
> The problem is there are so many and I need one, for her, that’s tamed
> down for young kids (because fairy tales can be kind of gruesome!) and
> also one that has really engaging illustrations. There are lots of volumes
> of Grimm, Andersen, etc for adults that lack simpler language and bright
> illustrations. I was told by a friend to check dollar stores and bargain
> places to look for individual stories. Since the stories are so old and
> out of copyright there are a bajillion choices. Has anyone here found any
> collection on Amazon or somewhere else that your kids like?
> I want to strike while the iron is hot and my DD is enthused about this
> type of thing. I am glad she is showing an interest in a wider range of
> books than just the ones that go along with tv shows on Disney,
> Nickelodeon, and Noggin. (Although I DO enjoy the fact that my daughter,
> at her age, loves so many books at bedtime– Dora the Explorer, Charlie
> and Lola, Max and Ruby, Spongebob, Oswald, etc—really, I mean, when I
> was little I had a book of fairy tales and a pile of Little Golden Books!
> So there are so many choices these days!)
> Eh, BTW, any recs for good books for preschoolers in general? Or book recs
> for pregnancy and new babies? I like to read, don’t want to bog the group
> down, but if anyone is interested I have a list of my faves too)..
First off, congrats that she’s showing a great interest in reading!
Our son is 3 weeks old
and I stocked up on books when the DW was
about 6 months! LOL
First off – Dr. Seuss! Dr Seuss! Dr. Seuss! Dr. Seuss!
No child should be without Dr Seuss! Great for all ages, even adults!
I LOVE reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish to my DS even
though he can’t comprehend a thing! The stories and illustrations are
just excellent and full of imagination and the rhymes are great too!
Here are the books the DW and I purchased in anitcipation of our DS
reading in the years to come and to kickstart our personal library:
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030717025X/104-3721388-0065563
Where the Wild Things Are
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060254920/104-3721388-0065563
Cordoruy
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670241334/104-3721388-0065563
Dr Seuss’s Sleep Book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394800915/104-3721388-0065563
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394800133/104-3721388-0065563
Black and White
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688119182/104-3721388-0065563
Not a Box
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061123226/104-3721388-0065563
Mother Goose: The Original Volland Edition
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517436191/104-3721388-0065563
Time for Bed
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152010661/104-3721388-0065563
Guess How Much I Love You
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076360013X/104-3721388-0065563
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399226907/104-3721388-0065563
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067167949X/104-3721388-0065563
Goodnight Moon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0694003611/104-3721388-0065563
Where is Baby’s Mommy
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689835612/104-3721388-0065563
(or check out all of Karen Katz’s books:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-3721388-00655...)
Board Books!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/104-3721388-00655...
I would HIGHLY recommend books that have the Caldecott Medal:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-3721388-0065563?url=search-...
Just check out the reviews on Amazon on some of these books you’ll see
the responses of many parents and grandparents!
Hope this helps! Good luck!
Paul
beyond the pale wrote:
> Eh, BTW, any recs for good books for preschoolers in general? Or book recs
> for pregnancy and new babies? I like to read, don’t want to bog the group
> down, but if anyone is interested I have a list of my faves too)..
All Theo Geisel (Dr. Seuss) books seem to appeal to little kids, things
like The Lorax, Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, And to Think That I
Saw it on Mulberry Street, etc.
gloria p
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> You can read any words you like to your child now to "dumb it down."
> Sometimes, just looking at pictures was enough at the age of your child.
> Go to the library and you find lots of what your looking for. We had a big
> book of nursery rhymes, but I can’t tell you which one. Just go to the
> book store or library and look through them to see what you like.
Good advice! I had never really tried this before on some of the longer
books that my daughter won’t sit through, until a couple days ago. She
pulled a Frog and Toad book off the shelf and prompted me to tell her what
was happening in the story based on the pictures. Of course she won’t sit
through even one chapter of the book read straight, but she sat through the
entire book of pictures with me talking to her.
I’m looking in stores now for compilations of kids stories, or longer books
that have really great pictures. I already have some Caldecott medal books
(and Caldecott Honors or whatever you call ones that are recognized but
didn’t win the actual medal)..but I discovered that if you look for very
nice illustrations there are loads of good books, things like compilations
of stories and thicker gift-edition types of anthologies etc. I used to just
look for the good stories only.
Thanks for the recs…I will be looking in bookstores and will put a post up
of any really terrific finds my daughter likes that may not be so
famous….it’s easy to get lots of recs for the classics and famous authors,
it’s harder to find more obscure stuff.