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Fancy Nancy 161 reviews
Jane O'connor
HarperCollins, 2005
One of our favorites
Nancy is sweet, cute, fun and fancy!! This book is perfect for any girly girl- big or small! It's also a great way to teach your little ones BIG words!
Mommy's High Heel Shoes
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Good Night, Gorilla170 reviews
Putnam Juvenile, 2000
A gentle and gorgeous bedtime book
My 18-month-old loves to look at this this book over and over again. ("Gwa!") But I don't mind at all... "Good Night, Gorilla" is one of my favorites.
The pictures tell the story in this book; there are only a handful of words. I love the stunningly vivid and detailed illustrations. There are little surprises everywhere you look -- a stuffed Babar doll in the elephant's cage; a family ...
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The Kissing Hand116 reviews
Audrey Penn
Tanglewood Press, 2006
A heartwarming story
My sons and I learned about this book while visiting a friend in the midwest. I ordered it as soon as we returned home. It is a heartwarming story. I especially love it and have used the story for saying good bye at preschool and when I have to travel for business. I think it would also be a cute gift for anyone nervous about embarking on a new adventure, young or old. Get it! This book ...
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The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (Child's Play Library)105 reviews
Don Wood
Masters Press, 1997
Such a fun book!
This has been one of my favorite books to read to children since I was young. It is just a really fun story!
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You Are Special (Max Lucado's Wemmicks)171 reviews
Max Lucado, Karen Hill
Crossway Books, 2000
Note
16 Sept. 2008
I have both the paperback and the hardcopy edition of this book. I recommend the hardback because of how much it is used. I have read this book to my nephews dozens of times. When the two of them leave I always tell them, "Remember, You are Special!" They came in from out-of-state last week and the first thing one of them said to me was, "You are special." The book is a good ...
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?127 reviews
Jane Yolen
Blue Sky Press, 2000
Great book for girls too!
My daughter, who is not quite three, loves this book. In fact this book has started an infatuation with dinosaurs. She wants me to read it to her all the time and the illustrations are awesome.
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Dog Heaven163 reviews
Cynthia Rylant
Blue Sky Press, 1995
Helped explain our dog's passing
This book was very appropriate for my 4 year old, colorful pictures, easy to understand ideas about what dog heaven is like. Very positive, but mentions that the dog will miss you and you will miss him, but he is having fun and will always love the child. It had me in tears and it allowed my son to be able to ask more specific questions after reading the book so he was able to understand the ...
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The Monster at the End of this Book (Big Little Golden Book)166 reviews
Jon Stone
Golden Books, 2004
Spoilers!
So it turns out that the "monster" is actually the protagonist which, while having shades of postmodern antihero angst that wil reverberate strongly with fans of, say, Kafka or Burroughs, really threw me for a loop as a kid.
My two year old, on the other hand, has no problem with this conceit, and wants me to read it to him regularly.
He'll understand how cruel this all is when he get a ...
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Time for Bed138 reviews
Mem Fox
Gulliver Books, 1993
Wonderful bedtime story
Time for bed is a wonderful bedtime story for children of all ages.
My granddaughters just love it and want it read over & over!
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Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type (Caldecott Honor Book)203 reviews
Doreen Cronin
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2000
An Over and Again Read
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type, written by Doreen Cronin and published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, is a humorous rendition of animal life on the farm. Understanding moo is important in this tale, where cows go on strike and chickens refuse to lay eggs, and a neutral duck delivers messages between the beleaguered farmer and his demanding farm animals. Negotiations are ...
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The Beginner's Bible: Timeless Children's Stories92 reviews
Zonderkidz, 2005
Wonderful Choice for under 6yrs old
This Bible introduced my 3yr old to God & all of the Bible stories that I grew up with. He is now 5 & can read it himself. We liked it so much that we bought each child in his class at church (which consists of children ages 3-6) the Bible. The pictures are great & help them to understand the story even if they cannot read. My son was ecstatic to give it as a gift & the other children were so ...
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Zen Shorts (Caldecott Honor Book)79 reviews
Scholastic Press, 2005
Wonderful Book!
This book is amazing...not only are the pictures great, the story is one that you will want to read to your kids over and over. Zen Shorts has touching stories within an already creative and heartfelt book.
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Jamberry100 reviews
HarperCollins, 1983
Wildly entertaining
I found this book on Amazon based on execellent reviews and looking for entertaining books for my 18 month grandson. This book rocks. All kinds of rhymes, which is fun for the reader (grandma) as well as the listener, artwork is very cool so that every time you read the book (20 times a day) you can point out a new frog here, an elephant in tights there, choo choo trains in silhouette after ...
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Chrysanthemum71 reviews
Kevin Henkes
Greenwillow, 1991
Shared Reading
I teach kindergarten, and this book was great to use for shared reading. The students loved the big, colorful pictures, and the story about funny names.
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How I Became a Pirate88 reviews
Melinda Long
Harcourt, Inc., 2003
Wonderful Book
I ordered this book as a gift for my 5 year old nephew. He loves this book and reads it at least twice a day. If you have a little buckaroo, he or she will love this adventure.
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Sheep in a Jeep77 reviews
Nancy E. Shaw
Houghton Mifflin, 1988
Cute book for kids, especially if you own a Jeep!
We got this book as a gift when my son was 2 years old. It's gone through two more kids and they all love it! We take it with us when we go for Jeep rides, too! We have "Sheep out to eat" and they don't like that as much as the Jeep one. It's a great book to have, especially if you own a Jeep!
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Big Red Barn (rpkg)78 reviews
Margaret Wise Brown
HarperCollins, 1989
Great bedtime book
Illustrates animals going to bed! I love books that show everyone is going to sleep!
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The Story of Ferdinand (Reading Railroad Books)76 reviews
Munro Leaf
Grosset & Dunlap, 2000
Love this book!
I remembered this book from my childhood and ordered it in remembrance of my husband's grandfather whose last name was Ferdinand. It is a beautiful story and the illustrations are a perfect compliment to the text.
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A Mother for Choco69 reviews
Keiko Kasza
Putnam Juvenile, 1992
A mother for Choco; a story for my daughter
I absolutely adore this book. My sister gave it to us before we traveled to China to adopt our daughter. She's just over two now and has read this book with me dozens of times. We both love the illustrations, and even at a very young age, she "gets" the idea that Choco finds a mother in Mrs. Bear, regardless of the fact that they look nothing alike. (I confess I still get misty every time I read ...
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Someday99 reviews
Alison McGhee
Atheneum, 2007
Beautiful and simple
I bought this book on a whim while purchasing another book for my son. I am so glad that I did! I could barely finish reading, I was crying so much. My son was born a preemie at 24 weeks, and for the longest time, we didn't know if he would have a 'someday'. The only way I was able to survive the 3 1/2 months in NICU, was dreaming of my son's future. This book took all of my thoughts and hopes ...
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