I'm a sucker for reading, and for books. Our family has thousands of books, 4 eReaders, and almost every single popular magazines. Times, Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Fortune, People, National Geographic, The Horn Book, Money...to name a few; and this is not counting 
our professional subscriptions. I'm not an educator nor a writer, but after 40 years of reading and 3 children ranged from 7 to 15, I do know a little about book choices. Family and friends always ask for my recommendations, and I always happily oblige. It finally occurs to me to write them down somewhere, where I could just refer the post to the people who ask...
So here's my first list, best baby books:
Goodnight Moon - Almost everyone heard about this book, and have purchased this some time in their life, but there's much more than just reading it out loud...for example: Make you child find the little mouse that's hiding in every spread.
I Love You, Sun. I Love You Moon - This is another book that has almost a sing-song like lyrics...telling your child to love everything in the nature: flowers, clouds, river, fish....and of course, you and me.
Freight Train - At a glance, it looks like a 'boy' book, but both boys and girls will enjoy the simple and basic drawings, introducing your child not only to the different cars of the train, but also concepts such as over/under, light/dark and day/night.
Jamberry - A delightful and rhyming read, with a boy and a bear picking all kinds of berries....One berry, two berry, pick me a blueberry. The illustrations are upbeat and colorful.
Is Your Mama a Llama? - Little llama goes around asking all his baby animal friends if their mother is a llama, too. The answers are all poetic and rhyming, telling little llama that their mom is not a llama because she has flippers, has feathers, or says, "Moo...", etc.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - The cater
pillar just hatched from an egg, so he's going around hunting for food. He ate one apple, 2 pears.....and so on. There are little holes on the pages (where the caterpillar eats through...) and your baby can put their finger in each, as they count with you.
Pat the Bunny - This is a texture book, where a bit of different textured material is inserted in each page so your baby can touch and feel them, for example, the fluffy material for the bunny, and the shiny one for the mirror. A series of similar books are published after this book became popular, but this original is the best of all.
Studies have found that reading to your babies cultivates the love of literature and reading in your child, as well as creating a special time that you and your baby spend together, which he will always remember and cherish. If you only have time to do one thing with your child each day, read aloud to him. It's the best gift you could give your child.
Happy reading!
Goodnight Moon - Almost everyone heard about this book, and have purchased this some time in their life, but there's much more than just reading it out loud...for example: Make you child find the little mouse that's hiding in every spread.
I Love You, Sun. I Love You Moon - This is another book that has almost a sing-song like lyrics...telling your child to love everything in the nature: flowers, clouds, river, fish....and of course, you and me.
Freight Train - At a glance, it looks like a 'boy' book, but both boys and girls will enjoy the simple and basic drawings, introducing your child not only to the different cars of the train, but also concepts such as over/under, light/dark and day/night.
Jamberry - A delightful and rhyming read, with a boy and a bear picking all kinds of berries....One berry, two berry, pick me a blueberry. The illustrations are upbeat and colorful.Is Your Mama a Llama? - Little llama goes around asking all his baby animal friends if their mother is a llama, too. The answers are all poetic and rhyming, telling little llama that their mom is not a llama because she has flippers, has feathers, or says, "Moo...", etc.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - The caterpillar just hatched from an egg, so he's going around hunting for food. He ate one apple, 2 pears.....and so on. There are little holes on the pages (where the caterpillar eats through...) and your baby can put their finger in each, as they count with you.Pat the Bunny - This is a texture book, where a bit of different textured material is inserted in each page so your baby can touch and feel them, for example, the fluffy material for the bunny, and the shiny one for the mirror. A series of similar books are published after this book became popular, but this original is the best of all.
Studies have found that reading to your babies cultivates the love of literature and reading in your child, as well as creating a special time that you and your baby spend together, which he will always remember and cherish. If you only have time to do one thing with your child each day, read aloud to him. It's the best gift you could give your child.
Happy reading!
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