Guest Post: Recommended Books From Christine Lowe Woolard
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It’s never too soon to instill in your children a love of books and reading. Of course, when they are infants, that love begins with the sound of your voice! Reading aloud is important to the development of your child’s hearing and recognition of basic phonetic sounds which will later assist in language development.
As your child gets older, reading aloud assists them in learning new words as well as understanding different situations and characters. Hearing new stories also helps them make the connection between their experiences and the experiences of the characters in the book, which in turn helps the child to develop feelings of empathy for others. Knowing all this, take the time read aloud to your child every day.
Here are some recommendations for books for infants and younger toddlers. I’ve read many of these books to my children and still do!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Author: Bill Martin Jr, Illustrator: Eric Carle
This is a wonderful book! The repetitive text, vibrant full page illustrations and the element of “surprise” makes this book a classic for infants and toddlers alike. It is also helpful for learning colors and animals.
Golden Bear
Author: Ruth Young, Illustrator: Rachel Isadora
A lovely story about a boy and his adored stuffed teddy bear will help children to recognize that everyone has a favorite toy or doll. The large illustrations are perfect for the little ones and all children will love the depiction of familiar situations.
Goodnight Moon
Author: Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrator: Clement Hurd
Now who doesn’t love Goodnight Moon? I’ve read it so much to my children that not only can they recite it along with me, but I’ve nearly memorized the entire story. This is a great story to help reluctant little ones say “goodnight”.
Moo, Baa, La La La
Author/Illustrator: Sandra Boynton
My children love Sandra Boynton. We have most of her books, and apparently many of her books have been set to music. This is a simple book with funny rhymes and even funnier pictures. I do have this one memorized and I used to recite it to my daughter to calm her when she was around 9-10 months old.
Peekaboo Morning
Author/Illustrator: Rachel Isadora
What a cute, simple book! A little boy plays “peekaboo” with various toys and people around his house. This is a book to read aloud for sure and the illustrations are lovely.
Most of these books are available either from a local bookstore or of course can be ordered online at major book retailers. My recommendation as a frugal mom is to check out www.alibris.com or www.half.com to find these books at a discounted rate.
Happy reading!
Christine Lowe Woolard is an at-home mom of three, a former educator and current natural bath and body maker. Check out her site at www.sheaproducts.info.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:52 am
our daughter LOVE book she did since I can remember now she has her favorite and make me read them over and over and over!!!! I will take a look at those book for sure!
Happy reading to you all
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September 8th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Thanks for the recommendations! I keep meaning to read more to my daughter - she has a TON of books, but I don’t think she has any of those…
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September 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
All of my kids love reading. The library is one of our favorite places to spend time. Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see? is a favorite in my house and of course who hasn’t read Goodnight Moon? Thanks for the recommendations!
September 8th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
what a great list. We enjoy most of the books on your list but will have to try the others. Thank you!
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September 8th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
1StopMom - Growing up, the library was one of my favorite places to visit also. It definitely had an impact on my love of reading today.
September 8th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Excellent recommendations- we love each and every one of these books!
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September 9th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I agree with you 100%. I started reading to my 8 year old son when he was an infant, and it shows. He loves to read now.
I love this blog, by the way. You guys are awesome.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:11 am
These are great recommendations! I think I will be buying several of these books.
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September 10th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Thanks for the great reading suggestions.
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September 15th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Great list! You simply can’t lose reading to your child–takes them to all kinds of wonderful places in their minds. My challenge is finding books that appeal to my two little brown girls… don’t get me wrong, they LOVE all books, but it sure would be nice if some of the characters looked like them. We have a pretty serious collection of books featuring African American storylines/characters, but as my girls get older and get into chapter books and books for tweens, it’s difficult to find them. In the meantime, though, we’ll keep them reading. Great post–and site!
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