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Post by brina on Jul 14, 2014 0:33:01 GMT
Anything by Sandra Boynton - my ds loved Moo, Baa, La-La-La and But Not the Hippopotamus. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was another favorite in our house. Love Boynton - they are my go-to as well. I love The Going to Bed Book and Hippos Go Beserk
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Post by VanC on Jul 14, 2014 0:35:13 GMT
My favourite a big collection of stories. I've give a copy and keep a copy to each family with kids. Then Auntie Vic calls and reads the bedtime story from their book. One family has Dr Suess collection. Another has Mother West Wind's Why and Where Stories. I've also given Favourite Stories For the Children's hour and a Disney collection.
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Post by peabay on Jul 14, 2014 0:40:18 GMT
I always give "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak.
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 14, 2014 0:44:20 GMT
Pigeon books by Mo Willems, Todd Parr board books, Mo Willems, Momma do you love me by Barbara Lavallee, Mo Willems, Laura Katz lift the flap board books, and Mo Willem's Pigeon books. Also, ikea has a super cute soft book with flaps and pockets, crinkle pages a mirror and a squeaky page that my grandson loves!!! He likes it so much he was licking it last weekend. Normally I wouldn't think of Ikea as a having good books, but this one is cute and perfect for a little baby.
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Post by lodgelady on Jul 14, 2014 1:13:55 GMT
There are all very good suggestions. Mo Willems also has the Knufflebunny series which are great.
However, my current favorite (and maybe not completely appropriate since it's your DD's friend) is "Go the F&,# to Sleep". If's obviously for adults and not children but, tells it the way it is. We play the YouTube video where Samuel L Jackson reads it and just laugh. Maybe I just need to get out more......
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Post by lilacgal on Jul 14, 2014 1:20:57 GMT
Another vote for any Sandra Boynton book. The Going to Bed Book and any of the Pookie books were my daughter's favorites. We still sing Fifteen Animals sometimes.
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Post by evnimom on Jul 14, 2014 1:22:07 GMT
The favorites in our house was anything by Sandra Boynton or by Mo Willems. We mostly read the piggie and Gerald series from Mo Willems but those came when my son was in kindergarten. My DD is 13 and DS is 9.
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Post by Theresa/TSC on Jul 14, 2014 2:01:59 GMT
My SIL gives books as baby presents to special people. She gives the books that her child loved the most and includes a letter typed to the baby explaining why he book was loved so much. Fantastic gift and always well received!
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jul 14, 2014 2:03:30 GMT
My favorite book to give is Dr Seuss's ABCs. I had it with a cassette tape when I was a child, and it has just such neat little rhythms to it:
"Big A, Little A What begins with A? Aunt Annie's alligator, A, A, A."
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Post by maurchclt on Jul 14, 2014 2:15:10 GMT
Another vote for On the Night You Were Born and Love You Forever.
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Post by roxiemarie0524 on Jul 14, 2014 2:20:43 GMT
Anything by Sandra Boynton - my ds loved Moo, Baa, La-La-La and But Not the Hippopotamus. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was another favorite in our house. Love Boynton - they are my go-to as well. I love The Going to Bed Book and Hippos Go Beserk I forgot about Hippos Go Beserk! That one is a good one too.
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Jul 14, 2014 2:24:55 GMT
My go-to is a Sandra Boynton gift set. I recently discovered Press Here by Herve Tullet so that is a new option for me. For toddlers and up, Audrey/Don Wood books are the best. I start with Piggies and can go anywhere from there. I will always love Audrey Wood for sending an email response to DD when she was five. (DD, not Audrey.)
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Post by ahiller on Jul 14, 2014 2:38:16 GMT
Sandra Boynton books Dear Zoo The Little Blue Truck books Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site Steam Train, Dream Train
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jul 14, 2014 2:46:22 GMT
"The Runaway Bunny"
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Post by omarakbt on Jul 14, 2014 4:30:49 GMT
Thanks for all the suggestions. I know I'll give Sheep in a Jeep, my DD's favorite I've given Love you Forever ( the girl got three copies) and Good Night Moon and again the girl got several copies. SO it's good to see so many choices.
I'll be ringing up Amazon tonight!
Diane
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Post by perumbula on Jul 14, 2014 4:45:39 GMT
Mo Willems, any of them. Elephant and Piggie, The Pigeon books, Kuffle Bunny, and more. Just buy something by him and you're golden.
The same goes for Dr. Suess, Sandra Boyton, and Maurice Sendak.
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Post by lindywholoveskids on Jul 14, 2014 6:26:36 GMT
Love You Forever is really an adult book, in my humble teacher opinion!
For a very young child, I get The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear, and Goodnight Moon in boardbooks.
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Post by candleangie on Jul 14, 2014 6:45:56 GMT
We like to give slightly older books, so they grown with them a bit. :-)
The Monster At The End Of This Book Where The Wild Things Are How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight Ferdinand The Bull Green Eggs & Ham Stone Soup The Empty Pot Danny And The Dinosaur Harry The Dirty Dog Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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Post by sharonoz on Jul 14, 2014 6:51:00 GMT
Peepo and anything Mem Fox. When DD was little she also loved any book with a flap in it. So exciting to see what's under that flap even when you've seen it a hundred times before
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 6:56:16 GMT
The Hungry Caterpillar or Brown Bear Brown Bear. Those we read a million bazillion times!
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Post by Scrapbrat on Jul 14, 2014 10:23:22 GMT
Thanks for all the suggestions. I know I'll give Sheep in a Jeep, my DD's favorite I've given Love you Forever ( the girl got three copies) and Good Night Moon and again the girl got several copies. SO it's good to see so many choices. I'll be ringing up Amazon tonight! Diane Be aware, there is a sizable minority (me included) that finds Love You Forever creepy. We've had pea threads on this in the past. Same for The Giving Tree, which I also received as a gift. My fave book to give us Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book. It is the best!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 10:35:00 GMT
I am a Bunny by Ole Risom and illustrated by Richard Scarry. My kids wanted me to read it to them again and again.
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 14, 2014 11:00:16 GMT
My two favorites are "The Runaway Bunny" and "Is Your Mama a Llama?" My dd loved LOVED the llama book. In fact, she's taking Spanish now in college and I just bought her a copy of it in Spanish. lol
I use "The Runaway Bunny" as an illustration for Psalm 139 when I preach or teach the psalm. (but it's not at all overtly religious, for anyone who isn't...in that case it's just a lovely story about how far a mother would go for her child).
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Post by kaycee on Jul 14, 2014 11:07:18 GMT
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy Spot Blinky Bill (Aussies)
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Post by pierkiss on Jul 14, 2014 12:07:17 GMT
I love giving books for baby showers! I tend to do it a little differently. I figure the people who love to give books will go for the more proven board books-Goodnight Moon, Pat the Bunny, Little Blue Truck, various Dr Seuss, Sandra Boynton, etc. as I don't want them to have to deal with duplicates, I give newer, non-baby books. Because when my oldest was a baby, and I was reading the same board books over and over I was BORED OUT OF MY MIND! So I switched to some picture books, and both of us were entertained. Current favorites include anything by Mo Willems, Monsters Love Colors, The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot, How to Catch a Train, etc.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 12:09:59 GMT
Best kids book: Love You Forever. It makes me cry every time I read it! I'm a sap...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 12:13:53 GMT
Where the Wild Things Are
i give it every time.
Ann
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Post by azredhead on Jul 14, 2014 15:17:03 GMT
My sister did a book shower. We did a lot of the old classics. Shel Silverstein is also big in our family.
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Post by kmcginn on Jul 14, 2014 16:00:12 GMT
My kids' favorite book when they were little was Goodnight Moon. And my granson loves it as well.
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Post by coaliesquirrel on Jul 14, 2014 17:02:11 GMT
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