Month: June 2007

Curious George at the Baseball Game by Laura Driscoll – OK Favorite, somehow George always does something good after a lot of mischief 🙂

Cha-Cha Chimps by Julia Durango – Favorite, very fun story about 10 chimps and very creative rhymes

Up in Heaven by Emma Chichester Clark – OK Favorite, another weird story about pets

This Car by Paul Collicutt – Almost Favorite, my son enjoys looking at cars and this author’s other book about Trains

Moving Day by Robert Kalan – Almost Favorite, funny story about a crab finding a new shell

The Dream Jar by Lindan Johnson – Not So Much Favorite, we only read this once and my son wasn’t interested

Little Cloud by Eric Carle – OK Favorite, nothing special…too many plain pictures of clouds

Totally Polar by Marty Crisp – Favorite, my son loved all the different things this boy did..especially drinking hot chocolate – great rhyming story and creative idea

Big Mama by Tony Crunk – OK Favorite, a fun title and ok story

Gossie & Gertie by Olivier Dunrea – Almost Favorite, my son doesn’t love these books like he used to

Bunnies and their Hobbies by Nancy L. Carlson – Almost Favorite, it’s fun to read about animals acting like people

The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting – OK Favorite, my son seemed a little bored with this since it was a little longer, but I thought it was a wonderful story and would get emotional almost every time

Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill – Favorite, cute little flap book

The Smushy Bus by Leslie Helakoski – OK Favorite, a little too long and too much math for a little toddler

Shhhh by Kevin Henkes – OK Favorite, somewhat entertaining

Mrs. Armitage and the Big Wave by Quentin Blake – Favorite, we’ve read some books from this author before and they are very fun and creative

Where do I sleep? by Jennifer Blomgren – OK Favorite, we don’t like dark pictures and it was a little boring

Rabbit’s Wooly Sweater by Mark Birchall – Almost Favorite, cute story about a little rabbit and her doll

Good as Goldie by Margie Palatini – Favorite, fun book to read to an older sibling who has a baby brother (which my son does)

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins – OK Favorite, nice colorful pictures, just got bored reading it over and over

Bark, George by Jules Feiffer – Favorite, we all liked this one…funny idea from the author

We’re Going on a Picnic! by Pat Hutchins – OK Favorite, we like picnics in our family but this book wasn’t too exciting

Stella’s Dancing Days by Sandy Asher – OK Favorite, a fun story about a cat who danced

The Pumpkin Fair by Eve Bunting – Favorite, very nice rhyming and good story…this author has a lot of good ones for all different ages

Arthur’s Perfect Christmas by Marc Tolon Brown – Almost Favorite, we enjoy Arthur and Christmas…so a good mix!

A Long Way by Katherine Ayres – Favorite, I thought it was way too short at first but my son loved the pictures and story of the girl pretending her box was different things

Snowball Fight! by Jimmy Fallon – Favorite, interesting to find a book by this Saturday Night Live actor, but it was actually pretty good. Fun rhyming story about snowball fights and great illustrations!

This is my Family by Gina and Mercer Mayer – Favorite, we love the Little Critter books and this one is especially good to teach about a family

I was so Mad by Mercer Mayer – Almost Favorite, I don’t want my son to think about running away like Little Critter, but this is a pretty good book for a toddler learning about his feelings

Thomas and the Hide-and-Seek Animals by Rev. W. Awdry – OK Favorite, my son doesn’t like Thomas as much as other boys seem to

Marshmallow Kisses by Linda Crotta Brennan – Favorite, our whole family loved this one…there are just good memories reading this and also her other book, Flannel Kisses

Who are you, Baby Kangaroo? by Stella Blackstone – OK Favorite, a little too long but good for teaching children about baby animals

I Lost my Dad by Taroo Gomi – OK Favorite, fun type of flap book

Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch – Almost Favorite, my son loves Birthdays so he enjoyed this even though it was quite repetitive

All by Myself by Aliki – Favorite, my son loved reading about “up with the bottoms, down with the top” and still quotes it when he tries to get himself dressed