Category: Uncategorized

Sometimes it’s hard to tell which books are my son’s favorites. I know which ones I prefer reading, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he likes the sames ones. This week my husband and I both agreed that repetitive books are annoying to read. Repetitive books go like this, “pg 1 – This is the bed, pg 2 – This is the cat who sat on the bed, pg 3 – This is the tail of the cat who sat on the bed…” You get my point. I usually just shorten the phrases once they get too long and my son doesn’t notice. We got two of those books this week and my son really liked one of them, and seemed so-so with the other one. Here is this week’s list:

Five Little Monkeys sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow – Favorite, my son seems to really like monkeys so this was a good pick

The Chair Where Bear Sits by Lee Wardlaw – Favorite, this book has some neat flaps for the kids to turn, and my son really loved it (I tried to skip it a lot because it’s one of the repetitive ones, but he never let me)

The new Babysitter by Sheryl Berk – Favorite, my son didn’t like this book because of Barney, (he doesn’t know who Barney is) he liked it because of the milk and cookies with the babysitter

What did you Put in Your Pocket? by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers – Favorite, pockets are intriguing to 2 year olds – my son is just learning that he can stick things in his pocket and so in turn liked this book (but I didn’t really like the illustrations)

Where is my Mommy? by Julie Downing – Almost Favorite, my son liked seeing the different animals and their mamas

Gossie by Olivier Dunrea – Almost Favorite, this is a book in a series about goslings and Ollie the Stomper is still our favorite one

Gossie & Gertie by Olivier Dunrea – Almost favorite, same reason as above

Pearl’s new Skates by Holly Keller – OK Favorite, my son sat through it for several reads but never got too excited

Nosy Rosie by Holly Keller – OK Favorite, same reason and author as above

Christmas Morning by Cheryl Ryan – OK Favorite, this was one of those repetitive ones and I think my son only liked it because it’s about Christmas…there are some cute action ideas in the back of the book though, I didn’t try them out

What do you love? by Jonathan London – OK favorite, liked to say the title but wasn’t very excited while reading it

So at least there were no bad ones this week!

D.W. Rides Again! by Marc Tolon Brown – Favorite, Arthur books alway seem to be good

Silly Little Goose! by Nancy Tafuri – Favorite, my son loves books about geese, no idea why!

A chair for Baby Bear by Kaye Umansky – Favorite, I think my son likes babies and bears – so a baby bear was especially good

The Two Sillies by Mary Ann Hoberman – Almost Favorite, I was very impressed with this story and all the rhymes. It was a little long for my 2 year old, but I think the rhyming and story was silly and fun enough for him to enjoy it.

Thomas’ Big Storybook by W. Awdry – OK Favorite, I thought my son would love these stories since he loves to watch the “choo choo” videos, but the pictures and stories weren’t that great…perhaps when he’s older

Good night, Fairies by Kathleen Hague – OK Favorite, I can appreciate the imagination of the author…but a little too weird for my son

All by Myself by Ivan Bates – OK Favorite, my son likes elephants but the pictures were kind of boring

Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner – OK Favorite, my son has some dinosaur books that he loves…but this one had too many facts and not enough roars

Who sees the Lighthouse? by Ann Fearrington – OK Favorite, we’ve had too many counting books already, so even though this was a creative one it didn’t win my son over

Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown – OK Favorite, my son and I both tried to enjoy this book since he loves trains – but it was a little boring

Baby Beluga by Raffi – OK Favorite, this book was just the song written out and the pictures weren’t that great

Hands are not for Hitting by Martine Agassi – OK Favorite, this is a series and my son likes them OK

Why a Disguise? by Laura Joffe Numeroff – OK Favorite, this was a strange book and by such a good author…I guess you can’t win them all

What Aunts do Best: What Uncles do Best by Laura Joffe Numeroff – Favorite, great book idea…a book I’d like to give nieces/nephews

We’re Making Breakfast for Mother by Shirley Neitzel – OK Favorite, kept repeating itself and that got old

Chimps don’t wear Glasses by Laura Joffe Numeroff – Almost Favorite, pretty silly book

Arthur Lost and Found by Marc Tolon Brown – Almost Favorite, very cute ending

Grandfather and I by Helen Elizabeth Buckley – Almost Favorite, a good book about grandparents

You’re a good sport, Miss Malarky by Judy Finchler – OK Favorite, a little too long for my 2 year old

Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman – OK Favorite, kind of boring and pictures weren’t too exciting either

Mighty Mite: The Ear Mite by Tony Millionaire – Not So Much Favorite, very strange book I didn’t understand

Arthur’s Computer Disaster by Marc Tolon Brown – Almost Favorite, another good Arthur book

Once upon a dragon: Stranger Safety for Kids by Jean Pendziwol – Almost Favorite, a little long for my child but he seemed to like it still

Pajamas anytime by Marsha Hayles – Almost Favorite, a cute book sharing the months with different pajamas

Mouse Practice by Emily Arnold McCully – Favorite, my son really enjoyed this book about mice playing baseball

The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel – OK Favorite, a weird story for little kids

When Poppy and Max grow Up by Lindsey Gardiner – Almost Favorite, cute pictures and easy story

What Mommies do best/What Daddies do Best by Laura Joffe Numeroff – Favorite, we love these 2 sided books

Each Thursday I take my kids to the library and we check out some new books and go to storytime. My 2 year old seems to like storytime, though it seems like he enjoys going to the park behind the library afterwards more than anything else. We usually check out 5-10 children’s books each week and read those for a whole week and then get some more. And when I say read them for a whole week, I mean at least 2 or 3 times each day. So I’m going to post an entry each Thursday sharing the books for the week and which ones were favorites and which ones weren’t.

If you take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Joffe Numeroff – definitely a Favorite, we own some of her other books and he loves all of them!

When the elephant Walks by Keiko Kasza – Favorite, a fun book about animals and not too long

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine – Favorite, not sure why he liked this book so much since it’s very repetitive – perhaps he liked hearing Ella Sarah say NO! a lot (which I did not like and sometimes would say something else while reading it)

Emily loves to Bounce by Stephen Michael King – Favorite, a fun book for a kid with nice pictures

The Other Goose by Judith Kerr – Almost Favorite, he seems to like reading about geese though the book seemed a little long for him

Where’s your Smile, Crocodile? by Claire Freedman – OK Favorite – it’s a cute rhyme, with a crocodile named Kyle looking for his smile, and it has a good message – my 2 year old just seemed a little bored with it

Prancing, Dancing Lily by Marsha Diane Arnold – OK Favorite, a little long for a 2 year old but he seemed to like it all right

Good night, Baby Bear by Frank Asch – OK Favorite, my son liked saying the title but the pictures inside weren’t too exciting

Where’s Mary’s Hat? by Barroux – Not So Much Favorite, my son was very bored with this book and shut it on me a few times when trying to read it