The kangaroo is sitting on her bed and is demanding wrinkle-free sheets, the oppossum is in her bathroom and is complaining that her toothpaste is too sweet and among other crazy animal antics, she has a llama in her room wearing her favorite jeans. What is she going to do with all of them? This is an adorable story with a twist at the end that your kids will love.
Oh me, oh my…how many times have I read this book? This was a super huge hit in our house when our boys were toddlers/preschoolers. There are a zillion things to look at on each page and although it is a fiction book, there are some fun things to learn. The book is divided into “chapters” which are also good stopping points so your little one doesn’t talk you into reading the whole book in one night. For example, one chapter shows how Betsy Bear’s letter gets all the way to her grandma’s house, another chapter shows how trees get chopped down and all the ways we use their wood and another chapter shows how new roads are built. I loved Richard Scarry when I was little…his stories are timeless and his illustrations are endearing.
This is a FANTASTIC book for toddlers and early preschoolers. Not only does it have animals in it, but it talks about different body parts AND invites the children to do the actions along with the animals. For example: I am a monkey and I wave my arms. Can you do it? So much fun!
A sweet book that includes many of the bedtime rituals that your family might go through every night as your little one(s) get ready for bed…one more kiss, one more hug, one more drink, one more snuggle…it is the perfect bedtime book.
This is the perfect cuddly-time-go-to-sleep-book to share with your little one. Not only does the text almost rock your child to sleep, but the illustrator’s soft and whispery illustrations match the mood of the book perfectly.
This book was a favorite at our house for quite some time a few years back. The animals at the zoo have gone on strike. The giraffes are wearing turtlenecks to cover up their necks, the zebras have painted in their stripes, the tigers have stopped growling…you get the idea. The zookeeper is trying just about anything he can to pacify the animals but the animals still aren’t happy. Things take a turn, however, when the zoo gets a special visitor who is heart broken by the animal strike. The animals quickly realize how important their jobs are and return to their posts ASAP.
In this tale, an Inuit girl asks her mother a lot of “what if” questions to see if there is anything she could do that would make her mother stop loving her. What if she threw water on the candle and made it go out…what is she put salmon in her mama’s parka…what if she put an ermine in her mama’s mukluks…what if she dropped the ptarmigan eggs…what if she turned into a mean polar bear with sharp teeth…no matter what she says her mother reassures her that the love she has for her is unconditional. Not only is this a sweet story of the love a mother has for her daughter, the book also has beautiful illustrations.
Mother mouse is trying to get her son to bed and she kisses him good night. He tells her he wants “another, mother” and she misunderstands and thinks he wants another mother. So she finds some other animal mothers such as a pig and a frog and they kiss him goodnight and sing him a good night song. Poor baby mouse only wants another kiss from his own mother. In the end they get their misunderstanding all straightened out and she, of course, gives him another kiss goodnight. Not only is this a very sweet story that is also funny, but the illustrations are fantastic as well.
This is the story of a poor bird who falls out of his nest right after he hatches. His mother was out looking for worms when he hatched so he doesn’t know what she looks like, but he is determined to find her. He asks a kitten, a dog, a pig, a hen, a cow, a plane, a boat and several other things if they are his mother, but of course they are not. My boys thought it was funny that the bird thought all of these things were his mother-that’s just silly! 🙂 I think the part they loved the most though was that, in the end, the bird is safely reunited with his mother and all is well.
There was a time in our house when this book was THE book. There are flaps in this book and flap books are huge with the toddler set. HUGE. You have to look under the flaps to find Spot. He is late for dinner and his mom is looking for him. Is he behind the door? Is he inside the clock? Is he in the piano? Children love looking for Spot and finding all of the silly animals along the way.
