My son loves book we have about 100 but I want to buy him some more. he is nearly 4 so my question is what your kids loved expecialy around his age. or what books you as perents or grandparents found intresting for young kids. I am probably going to buy 10-20 till his birthday and give him few every week.
Little Golden Books are wonderful - my boys had well over 100 of these - some that were mine when I was young.
Dr Zuess books - Fox in Sox was my all time favourite - makes the children laugh.
Disney Classics - Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan, Snow White - every child should have these.
The boys enjoyed Beatrix Potter - I groaned silently everytime they wanted me to read it. But I encouraged my boys to make their own literature choices.
Try poetry as well. Classic Australian was my choice with Banjo Patterson being the boys favourite. I also found some poetry aged for children. Michael Rosen is a great one for kids.
I read bedtime stories to my children till they were about 8 - 10. It was our quiet time together. Anna Sewells Black Beauty. JM Barries Peter Pan, and the Narnia Collection. My boys will still listen to me read peotry.
We are the same we have loads of books i think we might even have more than 100! I have two childrwen and they both love books a like even though one of them is only 9 months!
We have started to run out of storage so one of my friends suggested a library, i havent looked back since, you really should try this as it saves you money and you can get up to 10 books a week or even more.
This is great aswell because your child will never get bored because as soon as they have finished them you just go back to return them and get another load, i really do hope you take this up as librarys are wonderful things and save you money and your child getting bored with the same books!
I just got back from the library we spend 1 hour every time we go there he has a look around and he takes what he likes and we read them at home. last time he got on of madona books and he loved it went everywhere with it. does anyone know how many books she wrote. I am probably going to buy them.
my sons a book worm also so i joined the book club , i order off the net and get books for his age etc,, the comany is scholastic at home just look that up on the net , you dont have to order off the net though ,, they send you all the info on books to buy for his age etc,,, they have a huge range also
I always found the little golden series to be of sound quality! They have decent sized words for little children, the reading level is not to simple yet not to hard for that of a 4 yr old, and the stories are great....well i used to enjoy them....in fact, i still do!
My kids loved the early reader books or Level 1 books. They have lots of colorful pictures and often use rhyme and repetition so the kids were able to memorize them and eventually "read" them on their own. They are great for capitalizing on those early literacy skills!
The best books on the planet ,in my opinion are by Robert Munsh...my kids just loved them!! My sons favourite was Thomas's Snowsuit. My favourite (it still makes me tear up) Love you Forever. His books have it all, great illustrations, humour, and lessons all wrapped into one. I have to say...I'm a little envious, my babies are all grown up now, and I so miss reading them their stories at night before bed. They'd sit on my lap in the rocking chair, freshly bathed, and I would nuzzle my nose in their hair and breathe in their baby scents ... Where does time go? Oops sorry....Hope you enjoy my suggestions. Happy reading!
for my boy we got a number of big fairy tail books and i know wen my brother and i where little we used to have i think there called eye whitnis.. or minds eye there kinda litke refrance books about things like egypt or horses or big cats etc.
I love the old fairy tails I still have mine, he likes snowwhithe (my father even got him the snow white gnomes all 8 of them). he has educational books (like colours, shapes numbers) than books on animals, body parts. as well as the "normal books". but as he plays with them every day they become boring to him. thats why I need ideas of books already tried out. there are so many books out there it is amazing.
my husband tells me that with the money I have spend on books I could buy a new car . i think that if your children see you reading (not just reading to them but reading for yourself) they pick up the love for books. my nephew used to ask for books instead of toys and I used to buy a lot for him as well.
I think its great that you have so many books for your child. I always like the little golden books. I think they're great for kids and my son loves them. Also the leapfrog ones are great for learning too.
Oh I love the golde books any good titles? they have so many. one day I will try to get all of them. leapfrog????? do they have actual books or the elecronic reader sort of books?
We have: The Colour Kittens, and Mr Dog, Baby Farm Animals,The Little Red Caboose, Scuffy The Tugboat and Tawny Scrawny Lion. Also the Hairy McClairy books are great as well.
they aer the electronic reader books to help them learn i have heard they are really good, good luck sure will find some great ones there are so many books to choose from
what about the old disney classics like Lady and the tramp, peter pan, the heffalump movie, cars, the hunch back of notura dam etc they are always good and entertaining
I have peter pan, the heffalump, cars (he is csared of the hunch so I wont get that) but defenetly the lady and the trump last time I went to get disney books ($5) they didnt have it but I will try again.
wow 100 books thats great, what about counting and colours, books those leap frog learning book which teach kids how to read, coount learn there colours and shapes i heard they were good.
100 just at our house he has probaby 100 more at his grandparents. I am a book lover I read at least 2 books a week and I have probably about 350 books at home and some more at my perents house. my grandmother is 85 still reads everyday (grandfather didnt), father loves reading not so much for my mother, sister if it wasnt school related why read it (even then I used to read her novels and write essays and she is 4 years older 5 school years). husband the same if its not school or work related why read. me on the other hand cant fall asleep without reading. I dont forse the books on my son he just loves them.
thats so great to hear, he will be advanced when he gets to school anyway, good on you i think it is great he loves books!!! seinna loves looking at pictures lol but only 8 months so hopefully when she is older she can start reading to lol. Brittxx
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. i think that if your children see you reading (not just reading to them but reading for yourself) they pick up the love for books. my nephew used to ask for books instead of toys and I used to buy a lot for him as well.
