Dad Question---Baby books

[megoscott]

I know we have a lot of newish Dads here. I'm tired of reading the same 12 board books we have for our nine month old. Anyone have any cool recommendations? I'm about to run Goodnight Moon through a shredder.

This is mostly for board books--they need to be entertaining to me and indestructable by him.

[SUP-Ronin]

1. Amazon.com: Stellaluna: Janell Cannon: Books

2. Anything by Richard Scarry.

3. Babar the Elephant

4. Where the Wild Things Are. - probably not yet but one day.

5. The Bernstein Bears

Oh and Blade Runner.

[Brue]

My 2 both loved books by Sandra Boynton and Karin Katz and any books that have texture on the pages like "Cuddly Puppies"
columbus library search link: Columbus Metropolitan Library - Boynton®
Columbus Metropolitan Library - Katz

Go dog Go by p d eastman (the board book not the longer paper one) gets my girls screaming GO DOG GO! as early as 19 months.

We hit the library 2 or 3 times a week and the girls love it but those ones you get tired of reading - they can't get enough of.

My 21 month old keeps grabbing the same book to check out - WOW Mealtime it shows a crudely drawn colorful figure doing sign language for early words.

Your less valuable already read comics make great fodder for them to turn pages and look at pics. I often will "read" a paraphrased version before I give it to them.

Oh yeah my 21 month old has been getting books by Wells, Rosemary on the last few trips to the library.

Let me know when you want older kid selection or if you want more fore under 2. I am a stay at home dad working on my k-3 masters in education so this is pretty much what I do.

[Brue]

Oh an if you have had enough of goodnight moon you could switch to goodnight gorrilla

[rche]

Hiya MS,

If we weren't still chewing on them, I would send you a pile. Here's a short list of the most chewed on.

DK publishing picture books these are the kind with a thousand really colorful pictures of animals or numbers. Whatever. Great stuff and good carseat fodder as well. Not much in the way of a story, but it is fun to hear a kid say Harliquinn Tuskfish when they start talking.

Dr. Suess. All the greatest hits are available in abridged board books. STOP - you must not HOP on POP. sends this crowd into giggles every time.

Rosemary Wells Max and Ruby books. kids love bunnies

Lucy Cousins Maisy books. Some of these don't have words and are great for the littlest of readers.

Helen Oxenbury has some fun stuff and great drawings.

The Me Book by Jean Tymms and Tibor Gergely. anything by someone named Tibor Gergely must be good.

The aforementioned classics by Scary and Eastman are gooders; Margaret Brown has penned thousands of stories other than Goodnight Moon. Try Runaway Bunny or The Big Red Barn for a change.

have a good time
rche

[fallensaviour]

Can't go wrong with berenstein bears or anything by Robert munsch.

[mitchedwards]

Clifford the Big Red Dog are great books.

[EMCE Hammer]

Sandra Boynton is a winner for sure, as is the venerable Scarry. When the attention span lengthens, Clifford is great, so are the Berenstain Bears. "How do I love you" by P.K. Hallinan has a nice rhythm to it.

[Hotfoot]

Little Bear is the favorite of my girls! They are not board books tho.

Current board books are the Boynton series of 6 - But not the Hippopotumus - The Going to Bed Book and Moo Baa La La La.

Wilson/Chapman Bear Snores On

and my favorites found at the Dollar Store

SpiderMan & Friends - No Villains Allowed - The Tree House Lab & Heros in Training!

[Seeker]

Try any Golden Books. They have everything from Super grover to the Pokey Puppy. Ya cant go wrong.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The Dr. Seuss books are available in board book editions, and you can't go wrong there. Also the classic Sesame Street Grover book "There's a Monster at the End of this Book!" and it's sequel with Elmo. Andrew still likes me to read that one from time to time because I can mimic the voices.

Chris

[rche]

Hiya again ms,

Not board books, but good fun with the younguns and a possible nostalgia trip for you are the Sesame Street Treasury and Library series. Sort of like the old skool show in a book. Each one is brought to you by a couple of letters and a number. Lots of cool Sesame skits and thangs.

Also not a board book, but good fun for goodnight reading is something called "My Big BEDTIME BOOK" no author listed, but the illustrator is H. G. C. Marsh Lambert. There is a great alphabet readalong in there along with plenty of stories and ancient rhymes. Cool art deco illustrations as well, if you are into that kind of thing. Really good for little girls with all the old fairy and moonbeam stories.

rche

[palitoy]

[Bo8a_Fett]

The Hungry caterpiller is always a cracker...especially if you get the version that you put your fingers through.

[Hotfoot]

Hit the yardsales. Usually can find all sorts of kid stuff and books at great prices.