Who Said Boo? Halloween Poems for the Very Young by Nancy White Carlstrom – OK Favorite, my son enjoyed reading this because it had Halloween pictures, but I think we both prefer a story to poems.
Shawn and Keeper and the Birthday Party by Jonathan London – Almost Favorite, this was a cute little story about a boy celebrating his birthday with his dog. My son loved reading it since we just celebrated his birthday.
The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman – OK Favorite, I really enjoyed this book and thought it was such a good idea with nice rhymes. It was a little too long for my 3 year old, but he still enjoyed it. I love stories about big families, since I’m the baby of 6 kids.
Happy Birthday, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom – Almost Favorite, this was another good birthday book for my son. We’ve read 1 or 2 other Jesse Bear stories and they are fun. My son likes this bear.
The Piggy in the Puddle by Charlotte Pomerantz – Almost Favorite, I thought this would be like the book, Yummers, by James Marshall…since the pig looked similar. But James Marshall just illustrated this one, and did not write it. My son enjoyed it, but I thought it was a little too repetitive. Boys like reading about puddles though, especially my son who is obsessed with stepping in every single puddle he sees.
Good Thing You’re Not an Octopus by Julie Markes – Favorite, my son really liked reading this cute little story about different animals. He is just learning to dress himself, so he liked being compared to an octopus with eight legs or a caterpillar with 16 feet.
You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Prei Weitzman – OK Favorite, this book had no story, just illustrations. My son did enjoy looking at these pictures and following the balloon, but I really did not like making up my own story to describe what was happening.
Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch by Alyssa Satin Capucilli – Almost Favorite, this book was mostly for my 1 year old, but my 3 year old liked it too. They both enjoyed going to the pumpkin patch this season, so they enjoyed reading about a dog going as well.
The Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg – Almost Favorite, this was a cute little story about playing in the snow and losing your mitten. I loved the imagination of planting your mitten and growing a huge mitten tree so you’d have plenty of them in the future. And the story was a good length for my son.
