Today, documenting a bit more of our sweet baby, My Baby Love… I think Baloo (Bear in Hindi) is sharing a secret with him.
Though I think reading any book to your child is better than not reading any, I pride myself in reading books of excellence to our children. Though you will be familiar with some, others may not strike you as familiar. I enjoy seeking out a great book for our children and giving it a new home on our shelf.
Books That Every Parent Should Have In Their Child’s Personal Library Collection:
1. The Tinest Acorn by Marsha T. Danzig
2. The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt
3. Hurbert (The Caterpillar Who Thought He Was a Mustache) by Wendy Stang and Susan Richards
4. It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
5. The Enchanted Tree by Flavia and Lisa Weedn
6. Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
7. Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi
8. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
9. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
10. People by Peter Spier
11. Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
12. One Grain of Rice by Demi
13. You Are Special by Max Lucado
14. Zen Shorts by John J Muth
15. The Spider and The Fly by Tony DiTerlizzi
16. The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
17. The crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf
18. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
19. The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
20. Papa, Please Get Me the Moon by Eric Carle
21. Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
22. Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Suess
23. Hands Are Not For Hitting by Martine Agassi
24. I Kissed the Baby by Mary Murphy
25. Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
26. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstien
30. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (& other complete works) by Laura Joffe Numeroff
31. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
32. Narnia by C. S. Lewis
33. Little Cloud by Eric Carle
34. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
35. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
36. I Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
37. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willlems
38. The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss
39. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
40. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
41. Hug by Jez Alborough
42. Hello, Red Fox by Eric Carle
43. Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton
44. Guess How Much I Love You? by Sam McBratney
45. Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
46. I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis
47. 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle
48. God Gave You Us by Lisa Tawn Bergren
49. My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
50. I Ain’t Gonna Pain No More by Karen Beaumont
The above listed books are highly recommended. Not only were a lot of them tested out in the classroom, but more importantly- by Nishad and Arun.