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Children's Books
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Collection maintained by: Hilary Morrison, morrison@evol1.mbl.edu
(Originally compiled by Laura Dolson, dolson@crl.ucsd.edu)
Last updated: March 14, 1995
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will add it to the list. If you have additional comments about
certain books, think a book belongs in a different category or
want to add to this list, send me e-mail. Also there is a list of
books that do not have age recommendations, on which I would like
advice. Please remember that the ages are approximate in any
case. For example, one contributor's 2 yr old really liked Just
So Stories, which are usually recommended for older children. If
your child is quite verbal, or just loves books, don't hesitate to
try out some of the "older" ones, especially if they are well-
written classics. Many 2 and 3 year olds will sit through Pooh
stories, especially the illustrated versions.
Note: near the end of the list is a list of children's books on
certain topics. I am interested in contributions to this list,
particularly books that have helped your children to deal with
difficult issues or help them through transitions.
Send submissions, changes, etc to morrison@evol1.mbl.edu
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.........Children's Books Suggested by misc.kids parents
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[Picture Books/2 years and under]
#1 for the younger end of this group is books with large, clear
photographs of familiar objects and babies/toddlers doing
familiar things. Also flap books and baby board books.
Aardema, Verna:What's so funny, Ketu? (featuring our household
catchphrase "Fat, juicy people", which is a thought of a mosquito
in the book. Ketu gets a gift of understanding animals thoughts
but can't tell, and his wife thinks he's laughing at her.); Why
Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears (a Caldecott medal winner.
Mosquito sets off a chain of events which makes everyone mad at
him); Rabbit Makes a Monkey out of Lion (Rabbit outsmarts Lion);
Anansi Finds a Fool (A lazy guy wants to find a partner who will
do all the work while he reaps all the rewards, and his partner
tricks him at his own game) (African folktale picture
books...There are a few other books by this author) [Cici]
Ahlberg, Janet and Allan:The Baby's Catalogue (this was one of his
favorites before he turned 2. [Rec. unknown]); Peepo!; Peek A
Boo!; Each Peach Pear Plum (rhyme [Peggy R.])
Amery, Heather:The First Hundred Words (Also available in Spanish
and French...I would never have bought something that sounded like
a vocabulary wedding book, but this was recommended to me and it's
great. Each open double-page shows a "typical" hectic family
scene with a mother, father and three kids. In each one, the
author has paid some attention to showing the father being very
involved with the kids. So in the living room scene, for example,
mom is hanging a picture with the help of her daughter, dad is
about to give a crying baby a bottle, little boy is stacking up
some cups, dog is watching a TV commercial for dog food, cat is
about to leap on the baby, etc. It's all chaotic and fun. Other
scenes show getting dressed, eating breakfast, washing dishes,
swimming, playing in the park, etc. This book has been a favorite
of my daughter from 14 months through now (20 months) [Tina Van
R.]).
Base, Graeme:Animalia (a really beautiful and colorful alphabet
book by an Australian artist; "the best alphabet book in the
world" There's only one problem with the book - it's far too good
to give to a toddler. Contains a Waldo-esque stripe-shirted child
hiding out in the background. He's on every page - the problem is
to find him! Graeme Base invented and drew the type-face for each
page, because he couldn't find type-faces which complemented each
drawing. [Jane P.])
Baum, Susan:Gear Bear's Busy Farm; Gear Bear's Busy Town
Berenstain, Jan & Stan: The Bears' Picnic (all the picnic spots
that Papa Bear find turn hilariously bad); The Bike Lesson (Papa
Bear teaches Small Bear to ride a bike with examples of what NOT
to do); The Bears' Vacation (Papa Bear teaches Small Bear about
safety at the beach by demonstrating what NOT to do) (these books
belong to the same category as Horton - I remembered them from my
childhood [Cici])
Bess, Clayton:The Truth about the Moon (boy is fascinated with the
moon and is frustrated by the many different folk stories everyone
tells him about it [Cici])
Boynton, Sandra: various titles.
Brett, Jan (Well liked illustrator [Rec. unknown])
Briggs, Raymond:The Snowman
Brown, Margaret Wise:Big Red Barn (illustrated by Felicia Bond.
The illustrations really complement the signature style of Wise
Brown. I especially love the butterfly which appears on most (but
not all) pages--Dylan loves to point it out. [Diane L.]);
Goodnight Moon; Runaway Bunny; Little Fur Family (My daughter is
only marginally interested in the story of this book; its charm is
that is is covered in fur! It's a tiny book that she loves to
carry around. [Kathleen R.]); Wait Till the Moon is Full (One of
my favorites from my own childhood. I always loved the Garth
Williams illustrations and the haunting songs that the mother
racoon sings to her son.[Mimi W.])
Brown, Mark: Hand Rhymes
Cameron, Polly:I Can't Said the Ant (Rhymes. I found
this to be just "ok" [Bruce G.])
Carle, Eric:The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Very Busy Spider; The
Very Quiet Cricket
Cartlidge, Michelle:Mouse in the House
Degan, Bruce:Jamberry [Peggy R.]
Dijs, Carla:Who Sees you at the (ZOO, FARM, FOREST, OCEAN) (Pop-up
Books)
Dobbs, Norah?:Everybody Eats Rice (A young girls mother sends her
out into the neighborhood to look for her little brother at dinner
time and as she stops at each neighbor's house (in a wonderful
multi-cultural neighborhood) every family is cooking an ethnic
rice dish and she is offered a taste of each one (Barbadan, Puerto
Rican, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, and Haitian) When the girl
finally arrives home she is too full to eat her mother's *risi e
bisi*--Italian rice with peas. AND at the end of the book the
recipes for all the dishes are included. [Nola Van V.])
Dodd, Lynley:Hairy Maclary series (from New Zealand. They're about
a rambunctious little shaggy dog and his adventures around the
neighborhood. Great rhyming books, and not dummied down for tots.
[Caren F.])
Eastman, P.D.:Are You My Mother? (classic about hatchling
desperately trying to find his mother [Cici]); Go Dog, Go (NOTE:
this book gets mixed reviews;some parents like it; others (e.g.
Paula B.) think it's terrible (sexist))
Edens, Cooper:The Glorious Mother Goose
Geisel, Theodore (Dr. Seuss):Horton Hears a Who (a favorite of
mine as a kid, and now a favorite of my son's - in case any of you
don't know, an Elephant discovers a microscopic community on a
dustball, vows to protect them [Cici]);Oh, The Thinks You Can
Think [Mike F.]; The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins;Bartholomew
and the Oobleck (Normally, Jamie has little time for Seuss books,
but these are a hit! [Nancy J.N.])
Hadithi, Mwenye and Adrienne Kennaway: Lazy Lion (Bossy Lion tries
to order the other animals to build him a house, but he's not
satisfied with any of them, so he doesn't have a shelter & has to
sit out in the rain); Crafty Chameleon (Chameleon tricks Leopard &
Crocodile into leaving him alone) (African animal tales with great
illustrations - there are several more in the series, but these
are our favorites [Cici])
Herriot, James:The Christmas Day Kitten; The Market Square Dog
etc. [Nancy J.N.]
Hill, Eric:Where's Spot? (a lift the flap book)
Hoban, Tana:White on Black (big pictures with lots of contrast).
Hoberman, Marry Ann:A House is a House for Me (not really a story,
but a fun, rolicking rhyme) [Peggy R.]
Hughes, Shirley:Alphie Gives a Hand; Dogger (a favorite); Alphie
and Annie Rose; Up and Up; The Alphie and Annie Rose Story Book;
The Concrete Lorry (another favorite) [Nancy J.N.]
Johnson & Johnson:Where is Baby Bunny
Jonas, Ann:When You Were A Baby
Kunhardt, Dorothy:Pat the Bunny; Pat the Cat
Larche, Doug:Father Gander NURSERY RHYMES, rewritten by Father
Gander (aka Doug Larche). (Since young ones love the simple rhymes
of Mother Goose, this is a perfect introduction to rhymes,
rewritten to be non-violent, non-sexist, and multiethnic--
LOVELY!!! [Diane L.])
Lear, Edward:The Owl and the Pussycat (illustrated by Jan
Brett...this is an unusual interpretation, in that the
illustrations (which are lovely) are set in the Caribbean.)
Lester (?), Alison:Imagine
Margolies, Barbara Anne:Rehema's Journey: A Visit to Tanzania
(photos and story about a young Tanzanian girl who goes on a trip
with her father from her village to the Ngorongoro Crater [Cici])
Martin, Bill Jr.:Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
McCloskey, Robert:Blueberries for Sal; One Morning in Maine; Time
of Wonder [Rec. unknown]
Merrill, Susan:Washday (Probably out of print; the copy we've
borrowed twice from the library is about to fall apart. A simple,
lovely book about a family doing the wash together. Good for
toddlers. [Mimi W.])
Meryl, Debra:Baby's Peek-a-Boo Album (illustrated by True Kelley.
This book allows you to paste in photos of your own baby, which is
pretty neat. However, Dylan never really got a big kick out of
seeing himself hiding. Indeed, he was too engrossed in finding
the little mouse that was always in the picture (except for the
bathroom scene), or finding the hummingbird. [Diane L.])
Munsch, Robert:Love You Forever [Rec. unknown] (Mixed reviews)
Mwalimu & Adrienne Kennaway: Awful Aardvark (how it came to be
that aardvarks sleep in the day and eat termites at night [Cici])
Myer, Mercer:There's a Nightmare in My Closet (delightful drawings
[Judy L. T.]); Just for You (actually, I haven't seen a MM book I
haven't loved [Judy L. T.])
Numeroff, Laura:If You Give A Moose A Muffin
Oxenbury, Helen and Michael Rosen:We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Oxenbury, Helen:Good Night, Good Morning; Mother's Helper;
Shopping Trip; Say Goodnight; Tickle Tickle (We accompanied the
reading of "Say Goodnight" and "Tickle Tickle" with suitable
actions, eg: Up, Down, Up in the Sky - lift and lower baby/ Swing
Low, Swing High - swing baby as if on a swing/ Buppity, Hold on
Tight - bounce baby on leg/ Hush Little Babies, Say Goodnight! -
hold finger to mouth and say "shhh" [Drew C.])
Peet, Bill:Buford, the Big Horn Sheep; Chester the Worldly Pig;
Cyrus the Unseaworthy Sea Serpent; Encore for Elenore; Hubert's
Hair Raising Adventure; Huge Harold; Jethro and Joel Were a Troll;
Jennifer and Josephine; Kermit the Hermit Crab; Merle, the High-
Flying Squirrel; The Wing Ding Dilly; Wump World; Zella, Zack, and
Zodiac; Bill Peet's autobiography [Nancy J.N.]
Pfister, Marcus:The Rainbow Fish (A very good story about sharing.
Unfortunately it cost 16 dollars (due to fancy sequins glued on
the pages which were needed for the story). The rainbow fish
finds happiness and belonging by giving one sequin to each other
fish so that they all became rainbow fish. [Bruce G.])
Pienkowski, Jan:Various board books
Poluskin, Maria:Mama's Secret; Mother, Mother, I Want Another; Who
Said Meow?
Potter, Beatrix:Peter Rabbit, etc. series (mixed reviews [Rec.
unknown])
Provensen, Alice and Martin:Peaceable Kingdom--A Shaker
Abecedarius (rhyme [Arti N.])
Rey, Margret and H.A.:Curious George series [Bruce G.]
Ricklin, Neil: Baby's Book of Colors series of photo books
("Baby's Book
of Toys", "Daddy and Me", "Mommy and Me", etc)
Sadler, Marilyn:PJ.Funnybunny [Mike F.]
Scarry, Richard (?):I am a Bunny
Sendak, Maurice:Chicken Soup With Rice; Where the Wild Things Are;
In the Night Kitchen; Outside Over There
Shapiro, Richard:Jonathan & the Dragon (a dragon comes to town,
and the mayor tries futilely to get him to leave, ignoring a small
boy who ultimately solves the problem by politely asking the
dragon to go away...this one may be out of print - it was saved
from my childhood. I actually memorized the entire rhyming text
of this book and occasionally recite it to my son at the grocery
store! [Cici])
Shaw, Nancy:Sheep in a Jeep (also sequels:Sheep in a Ship, Shop,
out to Eat) (rhyme) [Peggy R.]
Spier, Peter:Gobble Growl Grunt(I hesitate to include this book
because I get so tired of reading it! It is a favorite of my
daughter's however. It's just a bunch of animals, reptiles, etc
and their respective animal sounds [Kathleen R.])
Steig, William:Shrek! and other books [Rec. unknown]
Stevenson, Robert Louis:A Child's Garden of Verses
Stone, Jon:There's a Monster at the End of This Book (Little
Golden/Sesame Street Book)
Tafuri, Nancy:Junglewalk (this has no words, but terrific
illustrations that tell a story of a boy and his cat's dream of
their walk through the jungle [Cici])
Taylor, Barbara:The Animal Atlas (illustrated by Kenneth Lilly,
published by Knopf. This is clearly not *intended* for toddlers,
but when we realized that Dylan was hooked on animals, we bought
him this book which had realistic drawings of animals. This
was/is a favorite, and Dylan loves to turn pages and point to all
the birds or cats on the page, or have us name the animals that he
points to. [Diane L.])
Theobalds, Prue (Illustrator):Old MacDonald Had a Farm (This is
the traditional nursery song, wonderfully illustrated, showing the
old Scottish farmer and his charges. Of course, one has to sing
the text, which delights babies no end. [Diane L.])
Unknown:Ballerina Bess (rhyme [Arti N.])
Unknown:Fun with Babysitter (board book)
Unknown:The Little Learner's Library for children under 3 (sets of
bright, appealing board books and some related items (puzzles,
etc.) that form a series in beginning geography and nature
studies)
Unknown:Willie and the Whale (rhyme [Arti N.])
Van Allsburg, Chris:The Polar Express; Jumungi; The Stranger; Just
a Dream [Nancy J.N.]
Van Laan, Nancy:Possum Come a-Knockin' (rhyme) [Peggy R.]
Various:Pudgy Pal Board Books (Grosset and Dunlap, publishers)
Weiss, Nicki:Where Does the Brown Bear Go?
Wells, Rosemary:Max's Ride; Max's Bath (there are at least 8 board
books about Max. [Graeme W.])
Williams, Jay:Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like [Rec.
unknown]
Williams, Vera:More More More Said the Baby (Wonderful book
featuring multi-cultural and interracial families [Wendy B.])
Wood, Audrey and Don:The Napping House [Rec. unknown]
Yolen, Jane:Owl Moon [Rec. unknown]
Ziefert, Harriet:Nicky's Picnic (lift-the-flap series. This
series is a little more mature than Spot - a little more narrative
[Graeme W.])
Zion, Gene and Margaret Bloy Graham:Harry the Dirty Dog (dog hates
bathes, runs away & gets so dirty his owners don't recognize him
until they give him a bath); No Roses for Harry (dog hates the
roses on his sweater so he tries to lose it and eventually a bird
unravels it for him); Harry By the Sea (dog gets separated from
family at the beach, gets covered with seaweed, and frightens all
the beachgoers while he tries to find his owners); The Plant
Sitter (boy looks after neighbors plants over summer vacation,
turns his house into a jungle, and researches how to trim and make
new plants from the cuttings); Dear Garbageman (new garbageman
doesn't want to throw anything away, so instead he gives it all
away to eager patrons, but the next day is disappointed to find
that all the things are back in the trash with a note); The Sugar
Mouse Cake (baker creates a spectacularly decorated cake, but then
has his pet mouse stand in for a broken sugar-mouse and many
mishaps ensue) [Cici]
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[2 to 6 years]
Ahlberg, Janet and Allen:The Jolly Postman or Other People's
Letters (2 to 7 years. Get this book! It's fun! - Kathleen R.)
Alborough, Jez:Where's My Teddy? (This is a cute book about a
small boy and a BIG bear who both lose their teddy bears in the
woods. It's a good one for really getting into animating the
character's lines. It's an oversized book with great
illustrations. I first noticed it in Chinaberry's catalog.(Erin
H.)
Aliki:Feelings (Great for toddlers and slightly older. Good for
exploring many feelings - Mimi W.)
Allard, Harry:Stupids Family series (And of course, let's not
forget the series of books about the Stupids family, such as The
Stupids Step Out; The Stupids Die [Bruce G.])
Anderson, Clarence William:Billy and Blaze series (It is about a
medium-sized boy, probably from California and almost certainly a
Republican, finding mountain lions, alerting the slow-witted
townspeople when a fire threatens, and generally galloping about
doing heroic deeds on his horse, Blaze. These are the only books
that my wife and I have to regularly censor when we read them
aloud, mostly for sexism, I think. [Graeme W.])
Bang, Molly:The Paper Crane
Barker, Marjorie:The Magical Hands
Barrett, Judy:Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Brett, Jan:Annie and the Wild Animals; Mother's Day Mice;
Goldilocks; The Mitten (I LOVE her illustrations, but sometimes
the text lets me down [Tina Van R.])
Burton, Virginia Lee:Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel; The
Little House
Cole, Joanna:The Magic Schoolbus series (lots of interesting
science facts [Rec. unknown])
Cooney, Barbara:Hattie and the Wild Waves;Miss Rumphius
de Beer, Hans:Little Polar Bear
de Paola, Tomie:Strega Nona (having to remedy our mistakes)
Demi:Thumbelina
Duvoisin, Roger:Petunia (Petunia is a goose)
Edens, Cooper:Caretakers of Wonder
Ehlert, Lois:Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf; Fish Eyes
Flack, Marjorie:The Story About Ping
Freeman, Don:Corduroy
Gannett, Ruth Stiles:My Father's Dragon Trilogy (consists of My
Father's Dragon, Elmer & the Dragon and Dragons of Blueland )
Gay, Marie-Louise:Angel and the Polar Bear
Guarino, Deborah:Is Your Mama A Llama? (illustrated by Steven
Kellogg. (Paperback, ISBN #: 0-590-44725-4) Great for any animal
lover, with nice drawings and simple rhymes. [Diane L.])
Henkes, Kevin:Chrysanthemum
Heyward, DuBose:The Country Bunny and the Golden Shoes (Easter)
Hines, Anna Grossnickle:Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti (anti-
stereotyping [Rec. unknown]); also It's Just Me, Emily; Bethany
for Real and many others
Hoban, Russell:Frances books (Russell Hoban has written books for
both adults and children. Both show his amazing ear for
dialogue.)
Hughes, Shirley:The Alfie books (Alfie is a pre-schooler)
Jennings, Sharon:Jeremiah and Mrs. Ming [Rec. unknown]
Joosse, Barbara M.:Mama, Do You Love Me? (..Inuit woman who tells
her daughter she would love her no matter what she did. I like the
idea, but felt the concept was beyond the age group the book is
targeted to...4-6. [Deantha M.])
Joyce, William:A Day at Wilbur Robinson's (I doubt it can be
described. Go buy it; you'll see. [Robert P.])
Keats, Ezra Jack:The Snowy Day (Caldecott award winner)
Kipling, Rudyard:Just So Stories (illustrated by Safaya Salter.
(Hardback, ISBN #: 0-8050-0439-4) We were pleasantly surprised
when our son took to these short stories, because some are quite
long and have no illustrations at all. If you had told me that a
2-year old would sit through three pages of uninterrupted text
with no illustrations, I wouldn't have believed it (unless said
child was asleep at the time :-0). But, I take that as testimony
to Kipling's marvelous style and fanciful imagination. Wonderful
reading right before a visit to the zoo! [Diane L.])
LeSieg, Thoe:The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice ( aka Theodore Seuss
Geisel)
Lindbergh, ?:The Midnight Farm (lovely book with illustrations by
Susan Jeffers); Benjamin's Barn (about a boy with a very large
barn It's so big that he could fit all sorts of interesting things
in it--pirate ships, elephants, pterodactyls, a princess (because
it's enormously soft), a part for the king and queen (because it's
enormously clean), etc. It has beautiful color illustrations and
rhymes on each page about what could fit in the barn. I would
recommend it for toddlers (2 - ?). [Judy L.T.])
Lobel, Arnold:Fables (Paperback, ISBN #: 0-06-443046-4. An
updated, 20th century version of Aesop's Fables, though I prefer
Lobel's morals, I think (e.g. "All's well that ends with a good
meal." [Diane L.])
McCloskey, Robert:Blueberries for Sal; One Morning in Maine; Make
Way for Ducklings (McCloskey's books have old-fashioned, less
colorful illustrations, but are still very nice [Graeme W.])
Minarik, Else Homelund:Little Bear (Written as a reader for
beginning readers, it's enjoyable for toddlers, too. - MW); Little
Bear's Visit; A Kiss for Little Bear (series; these books seem
old-fashioned. [Graeme W.])
Monro, Roxie:Inside Outside Book of London (Paris, New York,
etc.). I've posted before about Graham's desperate love of the
"Inside Outside Book of London". Since the book has no words save
the descriptions of the sights, (British Museum, Tower Bridge, St
Pauls, Tower of London, House of Commons, Big Ben...) it must
be the graphics that have him so enraptured. If you've never seen
these books, they are truly wonderful. Beautiful drawings, and
filled with fun things to look at and count. There's one
on Washington DC too. [Marjorie P.]
Munsch, Robert:The Dark; Mud Puddle; The Paper Bag Princess (in
which a princess rescues her fiance who was stolen by a dragon,
This one is GREAT!!); The Boy in the Drawer; Jonathon Cleaned Up,
Then He Heard a Sound or Blackberry Subway Jam; Murmel Murmel
Murmel; Millicent and the Wind; The Fire Station; Mortimer;
Angela's Airplane; David's Father; Thomas' Snowsuit; 50 Below
Zero; I Have To Go!; Moira's Birthday; A Promise Is A Promise;
Pigs; Giant or Waiting For The Thursday Boat; Something Good; Show
and Tell; Love You Forever (in which a young boy grows to
adulthood with a strong sense of his mother's love for him (just
try to read this one without getting a lump in your throat or a
tear in your eye...Although my 2 year old loves it, my husband and
many friends REFUSE to read it. It deals with death, pretty scary
to those of us past 30! [Amy U.])
Numeroff, Laura:If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (2 to 6 years)
Ormerod, Jan:Various titles
Paterson, Katherine:The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
Peet, Bill:Nice Families Don't; other titles (Bill Peet has
written a lot of books about cute animals doing cute vaguely human
things. I can tolerate about one a week, but our three year old
son loves then. [Graeme W.])
Perlman, Janet:Cinderella Penguin (there is also a video by the
National Film Board of Canada, it's very funny)
Pomerantz, Charlotte:The Piggy and the Puddle
Prelutsky and Trelease, Eds:Read Aloud Poems for the Very Young
Rey, H.A. and Margret:Curious George series
Sciezka, Jon:The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
(I also found a book that was voted the best book by the kids in
my son's school...contains satires of fairy tales and interactions
with the narrator and the book itself. In The Really Ugly
Duckling, the ugly duckling grows up to be just a really ugly
duck. [Bruce G.]
Seeger, Pete:Abiyoyo--Pete Seeger's Story Song (illustrated by
Michael Hays)
Sendak, Maurice:Where the Wild Things Are; In the Night Kitchen;
Pierre
Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Geisel):All books by Dr. Seuss
Shalev, Meir:My Father Always Embarasses Me
Silverstein, Shel:The Giving Tree (this is controversial-some hate
it. [Judy L.T.]); The Missing Piece; The Missing Piece and the Big
O
Thornhill, Jan:The Wildlife ABC; The Wildlife 123
Thurber, James:Many Moons
Unknown:Disney Read-Aloud books (this is a series you get by mail)
Unknown:National Geographic Action Books for children over 3
(beautiful books with pop-ups and pull-tabs on a variety of
animals and ecosystems. These are my daughter's favorite books. I
think there are 6 sets of 2 books each, for about $20 a set.)
Unknown:The Smell Stealer (great if you don't have morning
sickness! A scratch and sniff book about smells that have been
switched [Mylene M.])
Various:Sesame Street growing up books--No Red Monsters Allowed;
It's No Fun to be Sick; Just Like Ernie; I'm Angry, etc. (these
are wonderful because they deal with real problems children face
[Judy L.T.])
Viorst, Judith:Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very
Bad Day
Waber, Benard:Ira books; Lyle the Crocodile books
Ward, Lynd:The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
(For older toddlers. A nifty book about how size doesn't dictate
importance [Mimi W.])
Williams, Margery:The Velveteen Rabbit: or How Toys Become Real
Wood, Don and Audrey:The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry,
and The Big Hungry Bear (2 to 5 years, but try it on a younger
baby, also)
Yolen, Jane:Owl Moon
Yorinks, Arthur:Louis the Fish (Think of it as Kafka's
_Metamorphosis_ for kiddies. Your classmates will love it.
(you'll need to be able to manage a passable Flatbush accent,
tho)); (Great suggestion! I love Yorinks. Also highly
recommended is _It Happened in Pinsk_ which allows you to do a
great Yiddish accent. It is also somewhat Kafka-esque, but
hilariously funny.)
Zion, Gene:Harry the Dirty Dog and other Harry books
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