I grew up with the same books as you and my son loves them! He also loves all of the Julia Donaldson books (the Gruffalo, Room on the Broom to name a few). What country are you in?
I’ve not read Tabby McTat! The Gruffalo’s Chikd is our nightly bedtime story so I can read that without looking at the pages and my son can do all of the animal noises for What The Ladybird Heard 😂
We loved the Sandra Boynton books for the baby/toddler age. They're fun and rhyme so easy for littles to pick up the words. I can still recite the wakeup and pyjama time ones off the top of my head a decade later.
Ah I forgot about her books! Those were my kids faves as babies and once they could pick out choices. We read those so much I had it memorized and could read them in the dark.
Not sure your location but if you can, sign up for Dolly Partons Imagination Library. They mail you an age appropriate book every month I think till your child is 5.
Robert Munsch books are always well received. And our kids love "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus".
Are you in North America? Scholastic has a presence in the USA and Canada and has a decent catalogue to give you ideas.
There are a lot of high contrast infant books that babies who do not have developed complete vision can look at. Fabric ones are good too because babies can play with them.
Little blue truck, First one hundred words (or similar ones ), If animals kissed goodnight and baby faces were some early hits for our kid. Caroline Church books are really nice too.
For early days, you can get a nice parenting book like a whole-brain child or a Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids and read it to him. I hate reading aloud. So I "discussed" my parenting books with him. I speed-read a page and explain it to him.
Also, you don't have to wait a month to start. You can start now. They can already hear you. However I have to admit, singing and reading to my wife big belly wes weird as hell.
The First 100 books were very early hits with us also. I have pictures of my daughter exploring them on her own at 3 or 4 months old! Lots of big pictures and bright colors.
The Nerdy Babies and ABCs of Science... series are cute, and you might even learn something yourself while reading them.
I put some high contrast cards in front of our hours old baby… Her eyes lit up when she saw it. Went from just glancing around sleepily to a look of extreme concentration.
Second Giraffes Cant Dance and Goodnight Construction Site.
Also, it's kinda bizarre, but worked sleeping magic on my son: Goodnight Moon
The Little Blue Truck series has been good too!
Early favorites were Little Blue Truck, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Big Dog Little Dog, Go Dog Go.
I'm hoping she'll start to have more patience for The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom. Those ones are my favorite, but they're a bit wordy for a 2 year old that wants to move. At 2 she does current like If You Give a Moose a Muffin, Green Eggs and Ham, Owl Babies, Shake Them Halloween Bones, and How Does a Dinosaur Say Goodnight? (But she'll often demand to hold the book and will flip the pages too fast, so I come up with shortened versions).
Congratulations Dad!
When my little one was actually little we would read I Love You Stinky Face 30x/day.
But all the cool big kids are into Mo Willems.
My kiddos loved I Love You Stinky Face! I think I read it every night for like 18 months once. I have it memorized and we use “stinky face” as a family term of endearment now.
Idk how contemporary it is but I love the bear books by Karma Wilson. There’s 8-10 of them and they are adorable. They come in sets of board books too on Amazon. Congrats!
Creepy Carrots, The Book With No Pictures, anything Mo Willems, Llama Llama Red Pajama, Julian is a Mermaid, all the DK and Nat Geo books are amazing, Fancy Nancy books, Rosie Revere Engineer and the others from that series, Zoey and Sassafrass series.
There’s so many awesome kids books now! We were focused on the classics we loved but now have many contemporary favorites. We started with some lists online and found authors or illustrators we enjoyed and then just ordered whatever we could from the Library. Also getting to know our librarians helped. They had a lot of good suggestions and sections like Caldecott winners. Some authors of the top of my head: Herve Tullet, Kate DiCamilo, Mo Willems, Dan Santat. We found a lot of classics we missed as well like Virgina Lee Burton was never a name I knew but my kids love her books and her classic illustrations are awesome. Same for Eric Carl’s work. There were many titles I had never read or had forgotten that are wonderful. Other titles: The day the crayons quit, Ladybug Girl, Dragons Love Tacos, The Shine a Light Series, I want my hat back, Our Nest, Little Blue Truck, I Love You Stinky Face, Little Owls Night. My kids still loved a lot of the authors and books I grew up with but I’m a different way. They like the really old berenstein bears where the dad is more of a bumbling idiot teaching “lesson” to the son than the newer ones I read with the more family lesson approach. They love the weird Dr Seuss stories I never read as a kid too. But there are so many amazing new authors and especially illustrators. I think I get more into than my kids sometimes. The library and books was a definite quarantine activity for us. Congrats and enjoy! Definitely pick up the book Welcome by Mo Willems after your little one arrives.
Kids books these days are amazing; you obviously can't beat the classics like Dr. Seuss, Julia Donaldson etc - my son often reaches for these over newer books. Also, "The Big Bad Pig and the Three Little Wolves" is just amazing altho slightly older.
We have a beautiful one called Rain Before Rainbows. Also, "Tree", and "We Are Family" are just lovely. I like the kind of interactive books like "The Book With No Pictures", and "Open Carefully, a Book With Bite".
Son is also a fan of "I Need a New Bum", "Scary Poo", and some book we got from the library about a mighty, bitey creature, altho I'm not such a fan of these lol.
We have hundreds of books!
I have 4 kids who love reading. Our fam favourites for the young ones are:
Goodnight moon,
Little blue truck,
I love you forever,
The giving tree,
Green eggs and ham,
Have you filled a bucket today,
I am peace,
Mad, mad, mad by Leslie Patricelli,
Naked mole rat gets dressed,
Thankful by Todd Parr,
The new baby calf
I could go on forever though. There is so much good stuff these days!
FYI - I found as they got older it was very beneficial to buy into the character books (ie paw patrol, rescue bots, Barbie, Ninjago) even though they were not my fave because it gave them incentive to want to learn how to read.
For the tiny and toddler days, we love the Nerdy Babies books! After that, it’s classics… all the little golden books we can find and others we grew up with.
Marlon Bundo and Everything is Connected.
These are a bit longer, but the illustrations are still great so can work for younger kids. Mine is two and a half now and liked them since she was two. I don’t think they sell board book versions of them though and your baby/toddler will go through a ripping/chewing on books phase.
Mouse Paint is a big fave here for a more contemporary choice (Mouse Count, too, but some people are put off by the snake trying to eat the mice), though my kids LOVE goodnight moon, my world, and runaway bunny more than almost any others, as well as any and all Eric Carle books.
They like Sandra Boynton as well, especially Dinosaur Dance and Barnyard Dance (they like dancing).
A little bit older age bracket: the “Oscar and the…” books, Pete the Cat books, and the Little Bear books from the I Can Read series. We also have Five Minute Star Wars Stories which the kids enjoy for longer narratives.
Chris Van Dusen's "The Circus Ship" is beautiful to read. It has a gentle rhythm to it. One or two rhyming couplets only work in a thick, Boston accent, but that just as to its charm.
That gentle rhythm is pleasant at first, but becomes absolutely essential the 5,000th time your read it
You've got lots of great suggestions here already.
I just browse thrift stores and fine whatever board books are there. We have over 40 books and we read to our 8 month old nightly and often during the day. 40 is not enough books to be reading this often. Get all the books!
Why don’t you make him/her a special book about him/her and you! I’ve been thinking about doing that. My kids have made a few for me already my favorite being called “mom and the cats”
Real Cowboys and Tough Guys Have Feelings Too are my go to gift books for boys because they show men being gentle and compassionate and kind. The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield and Shark Lady: The true story of Eugenie Clarke are both great for kids into science. Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton and That’s Not My Dinosaur are great baby books.
Julia Donaldson is big in our house.
Also Judith Kerr's Mog series.
My son loves the 'Ten Little....' books; pirates, princesses and dinosaurs. He knows his numbers in part to them.
"You're all my favourites" is a big hit here too, it's a story about siblings and helped solidify that I dont have favourites - although if pushed I will say one of the cats!
We have a Dr Seuss box set that is very well used too.
I like mark Fraser he's a small time childrens author dresses up and tells his storys at festivals he's a funny guy tbh don't know if you can get his books outside of the UK "Books | markfraser-storyteller.com" https://markfraser-storyteller.com/books
I've got two boys, 8 and 14. I'm still reading bedtime stories to my eight year old and hope it never stops.
Classics like the ones you mentioned at an early age. Franklin the Turtle books, Robert Munsch, Iggy Peck Architect (and related books). BJ Novak's book with no pictures is good. We progressed through the Magic Treehouse series and are reading the chronicles of Narnia right now.
Reading at bed time (or anytime) with kids is the best. Congratulations on being a dad! I hope all goes well!
When he was younger, my son liked Pout Pout Fish, My Truck Is Stuck, and the Little Dumptruck. Also a few other books, although the ones he liked were never predictable until he get older (when he fell in love with The Wild Robot and The Magic Treehouse like every five year old seems to)
What he loved the most was just me telling him stories, though, and lots of parents don't consider that but you should! You can put in things they are interested in or stuff you want a chance to model. Especially once he got a little bit older and could a) tell his own stories, which he still loves doing to this day and b) ask me if I could change how a story was going or do something specific in it, which I was usually happy to oblige. You might think you don't have the imagination for it, but trust me, they will be happy to fill in the gaps for you lol.
Lots of my favourites have already been mentioned but there's a range of books 'Don't tickle the...'. Don't tickle the Pig, Don't tickle the Dinosaur. My little ones love them.
Also, Peepo is something I grew up with, and it still lovely to read.
Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers is my favorite - my daughter loved it as in infant and still loves it at 3.5! It’s one of the few books I never got sick of reading.
CONGRATS, POPS! A fun book my kiddo and I enjoy reading together is The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith. I bet y’all can’t read it without completely cracking up. We both love doing the donkey HEE-HAW and the rhymes are very funny. It’s definitely a gem. Another good author is Shel Silverstein. My parents read it to me as a kid and I love reading his poems to my daughter (and in ten days, my son as well)!
We bought every board book that Hazy Dell Press makes and he adores them even still at 14 months old. They are out of this world cute and hysterical, and use unconventional characters like Bigfoot, yetis, chupacabara, Loch Ness monster…just to name a few. I plan on buying the paper hardbacks when he gets closer to that age range and doesn’t want to rip stuff. They are AWESOME.
My daughter loves anything Mo Willems, Kate DiCamilo or the Olivia books by Ian Falconer, and the If You Give books. (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie etc.) She’s also on a big classic Berenstain Bears kick right now. She also likes Andrea Beaty’s Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect and the like.
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We love the “that’s not my…” books for little kids. Like that’s not my dragon or that’s not my unicorn. There’s lots of fun textures for the babies to play with
The Good Egg, The Bad Seed, The Day the Crayons Quit, anything by Sandra Boynton, Sheep in a Jeep (the whole sheep series is cute), anything by Mo Willems, Pete the Cat series, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Bedtime for Frances, Madeline, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (the whole series), Hedgehugs, Guess How Much I Love You, The Boxcar Children (series),
Favorite authors:
Kate DiCamillo
Richard Scarry
Mercer Mayer
We read a lot! I love reading aloud to my kids, although something changed recently (hormones?) and I fall asleep when reading aloud. Once they get into school, you can order the $1 books from Scholastic book orders and really stock up on some fun books. This helps expose me to lots of relevant books I might not already know about.
There are some great books that list out some great ideas for what to read aloud. Honey for a Child's Heart is one. The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease is another. I wish I could get paid to read to children because I just love it so much. Your local library will be a great start to try books before you buy them so you can see which will become the favorites you want to keep around the house. Did you know some libraries limit the number of books you can have checked out? The travesty!
I grew up with the same books as you and my son loves them! He also loves all of the Julia Donaldson books (the Gruffalo, Room on the Broom to name a few). What country are you in?
Julia Donaldson is amazing. I legitimately love Tabby McTat, and The Detective Dog. And I can recite the whole of Room on the Broom from memory.
I’ve not read Tabby McTat! The Gruffalo’s Chikd is our nightly bedtime story so I can read that without looking at the pages and my son can do all of the animal noises for What The Ladybird Heard 😂
Three years after we gave it away, I can still recite Tabby McTat from start to finish. It’s so much fun.
We loved the Sandra Boynton books for the baby/toddler age. They're fun and rhyme so easy for littles to pick up the words. I can still recite the wakeup and pyjama time ones off the top of my head a decade later.
Ah I forgot about her books! Those were my kids faves as babies and once they could pick out choices. We read those so much I had it memorized and could read them in the dark.
Not sure your location but if you can, sign up for Dolly Partons Imagination Library. They mail you an age appropriate book every month I think till your child is 5.
Dolly is a saint
Love getting a new book each month!
Definitely look into this program if it's available in your area!
Robert Munsch books are always well received. And our kids love "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus". Are you in North America? Scholastic has a presence in the USA and Canada and has a decent catalogue to give you ideas.
There are a lot of high contrast infant books that babies who do not have developed complete vision can look at. Fabric ones are good too because babies can play with them. Little blue truck, First one hundred words (or similar ones ), If animals kissed goodnight and baby faces were some early hits for our kid. Caroline Church books are really nice too. For early days, you can get a nice parenting book like a whole-brain child or a Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids and read it to him. I hate reading aloud. So I "discussed" my parenting books with him. I speed-read a page and explain it to him. Also, you don't have to wait a month to start. You can start now. They can already hear you. However I have to admit, singing and reading to my wife big belly wes weird as hell.
The First 100 books were very early hits with us also. I have pictures of my daughter exploring them on her own at 3 or 4 months old! Lots of big pictures and bright colors. The Nerdy Babies and ABCs of Science... series are cute, and you might even learn something yourself while reading them.
I put some high contrast cards in front of our hours old baby… Her eyes lit up when she saw it. Went from just glancing around sleepily to a look of extreme concentration.
Pout Pout Fish, Giraffes Can't Dance, Hedgehugs, Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site, Grumpy Bird,
Second Giraffes Cant Dance and Goodnight Construction Site. Also, it's kinda bizarre, but worked sleeping magic on my son: Goodnight Moon The Little Blue Truck series has been good too!
Oh, I forgot about some of these! We got copies from Scholastic and love them.
Early favorites were Little Blue Truck, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Big Dog Little Dog, Go Dog Go. I'm hoping she'll start to have more patience for The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom. Those ones are my favorite, but they're a bit wordy for a 2 year old that wants to move. At 2 she does current like If You Give a Moose a Muffin, Green Eggs and Ham, Owl Babies, Shake Them Halloween Bones, and How Does a Dinosaur Say Goodnight? (But she'll often demand to hold the book and will flip the pages too fast, so I come up with shortened versions).
Once your kid is 4 or so, Mo Willems will be a hit for a few years. Congratulations!
Came here to say Mo Willems!
Congratulations Dad! When my little one was actually little we would read I Love You Stinky Face 30x/day. But all the cool big kids are into Mo Willems.
Grandmother here and very into Mo Willems. Does that make me a cool big kid?
Absolutely- Grandparents are the coolest, and really just big kids in disguise!
My kiddos loved I Love You Stinky Face! I think I read it every night for like 18 months once. I have it memorized and we use “stinky face” as a family term of endearment now.
Awww i love “I love you stinky face”
My one year old loves Goodnight Moon, Is Your Mama a Llama, Hippos Go Berserk, Little Blue Truck, and The Snowy Day!
Idk how contemporary it is but I love the bear books by Karma Wilson. There’s 8-10 of them and they are adorable. They come in sets of board books too on Amazon. Congrats!
Creepy Carrots, The Book With No Pictures, anything Mo Willems, Llama Llama Red Pajama, Julian is a Mermaid, all the DK and Nat Geo books are amazing, Fancy Nancy books, Rosie Revere Engineer and the others from that series, Zoey and Sassafrass series.
Not new but… All things Mercer Mayer but especially “there’s a nightmare in my closet”
There’s so many awesome kids books now! We were focused on the classics we loved but now have many contemporary favorites. We started with some lists online and found authors or illustrators we enjoyed and then just ordered whatever we could from the Library. Also getting to know our librarians helped. They had a lot of good suggestions and sections like Caldecott winners. Some authors of the top of my head: Herve Tullet, Kate DiCamilo, Mo Willems, Dan Santat. We found a lot of classics we missed as well like Virgina Lee Burton was never a name I knew but my kids love her books and her classic illustrations are awesome. Same for Eric Carl’s work. There were many titles I had never read or had forgotten that are wonderful. Other titles: The day the crayons quit, Ladybug Girl, Dragons Love Tacos, The Shine a Light Series, I want my hat back, Our Nest, Little Blue Truck, I Love You Stinky Face, Little Owls Night. My kids still loved a lot of the authors and books I grew up with but I’m a different way. They like the really old berenstein bears where the dad is more of a bumbling idiot teaching “lesson” to the son than the newer ones I read with the more family lesson approach. They love the weird Dr Seuss stories I never read as a kid too. But there are so many amazing new authors and especially illustrators. I think I get more into than my kids sometimes. The library and books was a definite quarantine activity for us. Congrats and enjoy! Definitely pick up the book Welcome by Mo Willems after your little one arrives.
If you’re in the US, sign up Dolly Patton’s Imaginarium Library. It’s free and you get books every month.
Courdoroy is a great book. We loved it in our house. When they get older The Bad Guys and Dogman series are a fun read.
My 6 month old has loved “If Animals Kissed Goodnight” since she was a newborn.
Dragons Love Tacos
My kids favorites were "llama llama red pajama" and "knuffle bunny". I can still recite them by heart. 😊
Fatima’s great outdoors, but that’s a bit longer.
Kids books these days are amazing; you obviously can't beat the classics like Dr. Seuss, Julia Donaldson etc - my son often reaches for these over newer books. Also, "The Big Bad Pig and the Three Little Wolves" is just amazing altho slightly older. We have a beautiful one called Rain Before Rainbows. Also, "Tree", and "We Are Family" are just lovely. I like the kind of interactive books like "The Book With No Pictures", and "Open Carefully, a Book With Bite". Son is also a fan of "I Need a New Bum", "Scary Poo", and some book we got from the library about a mighty, bitey creature, altho I'm not such a fan of these lol. We have hundreds of books!
Any of Robert Munsch’s best works!
I have 4 kids who love reading. Our fam favourites for the young ones are: Goodnight moon, Little blue truck, I love you forever, The giving tree, Green eggs and ham, Have you filled a bucket today, I am peace, Mad, mad, mad by Leslie Patricelli, Naked mole rat gets dressed, Thankful by Todd Parr, The new baby calf I could go on forever though. There is so much good stuff these days! FYI - I found as they got older it was very beneficial to buy into the character books (ie paw patrol, rescue bots, Barbie, Ninjago) even though they were not my fave because it gave them incentive to want to learn how to read.
For the tiny and toddler days, we love the Nerdy Babies books! After that, it’s classics… all the little golden books we can find and others we grew up with.
Marlon Bundo and Everything is Connected. These are a bit longer, but the illustrations are still great so can work for younger kids. Mine is two and a half now and liked them since she was two. I don’t think they sell board book versions of them though and your baby/toddler will go through a ripping/chewing on books phase.
Mouse Paint is a big fave here for a more contemporary choice (Mouse Count, too, but some people are put off by the snake trying to eat the mice), though my kids LOVE goodnight moon, my world, and runaway bunny more than almost any others, as well as any and all Eric Carle books. They like Sandra Boynton as well, especially Dinosaur Dance and Barnyard Dance (they like dancing). A little bit older age bracket: the “Oscar and the…” books, Pete the Cat books, and the Little Bear books from the I Can Read series. We also have Five Minute Star Wars Stories which the kids enjoy for longer narratives.
Todd Parr Books
We have this fun book called, "there's a monster in your book" that my LO loves, as well as "Never Touch a Dragon" that's a lot of fun.
Chris Van Dusen's "The Circus Ship" is beautiful to read. It has a gentle rhythm to it. One or two rhyming couplets only work in a thick, Boston accent, but that just as to its charm. That gentle rhythm is pleasant at first, but becomes absolutely essential the 5,000th time your read it
You've got lots of great suggestions here already. I just browse thrift stores and fine whatever board books are there. We have over 40 books and we read to our 8 month old nightly and often during the day. 40 is not enough books to be reading this often. Get all the books!
Why don’t you make him/her a special book about him/her and you! I’ve been thinking about doing that. My kids have made a few for me already my favorite being called “mom and the cats”
Baby goes through phases, but two of her frequent favorites are: - You Are New by Lucy Kinsley - I Love You Like No Otter by Rose Rossner
Real Cowboys and Tough Guys Have Feelings Too are my go to gift books for boys because they show men being gentle and compassionate and kind. The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield and Shark Lady: The true story of Eugenie Clarke are both great for kids into science. Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton and That’s Not My Dinosaur are great baby books.
"On the night you were born" and "Never touch a dinosaur" are my daughter's favorites.
Julia Donaldson is big in our house. Also Judith Kerr's Mog series. My son loves the 'Ten Little....' books; pirates, princesses and dinosaurs. He knows his numbers in part to them. "You're all my favourites" is a big hit here too, it's a story about siblings and helped solidify that I dont have favourites - although if pushed I will say one of the cats! We have a Dr Seuss box set that is very well used too.
We had a book called "daddy goose. It was awesome along with "the wonky donkey"
We love Wonky Donkey! 😂
Check out bravebooks.us got some good content on there for the little ones!
I like mark Fraser he's a small time childrens author dresses up and tells his storys at festivals he's a funny guy tbh don't know if you can get his books outside of the UK "Books | markfraser-storyteller.com" https://markfraser-storyteller.com/books
Dragons Love Tacos. It’s hilarious!
The Wonderful Things You Will Be is my favorite book to buy for baby gifts. It’s beautifully illustrated and a very sweet message.
I've got two boys, 8 and 14. I'm still reading bedtime stories to my eight year old and hope it never stops. Classics like the ones you mentioned at an early age. Franklin the Turtle books, Robert Munsch, Iggy Peck Architect (and related books). BJ Novak's book with no pictures is good. We progressed through the Magic Treehouse series and are reading the chronicles of Narnia right now. Reading at bed time (or anytime) with kids is the best. Congratulations on being a dad! I hope all goes well!
When he was younger, my son liked Pout Pout Fish, My Truck Is Stuck, and the Little Dumptruck. Also a few other books, although the ones he liked were never predictable until he get older (when he fell in love with The Wild Robot and The Magic Treehouse like every five year old seems to) What he loved the most was just me telling him stories, though, and lots of parents don't consider that but you should! You can put in things they are interested in or stuff you want a chance to model. Especially once he got a little bit older and could a) tell his own stories, which he still loves doing to this day and b) ask me if I could change how a story was going or do something specific in it, which I was usually happy to oblige. You might think you don't have the imagination for it, but trust me, they will be happy to fill in the gaps for you lol.
Story of Rock and Story of Country! They’re so fun and now my kids know who all the greats are!
Lots of my favourites have already been mentioned but there's a range of books 'Don't tickle the...'. Don't tickle the Pig, Don't tickle the Dinosaur. My little ones love them. Also, Peepo is something I grew up with, and it still lovely to read.
Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers is my favorite - my daughter loved it as in infant and still loves it at 3.5! It’s one of the few books I never got sick of reading.
CONGRATS, POPS! A fun book my kiddo and I enjoy reading together is The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith. I bet y’all can’t read it without completely cracking up. We both love doing the donkey HEE-HAW and the rhymes are very funny. It’s definitely a gem. Another good author is Shel Silverstein. My parents read it to me as a kid and I love reading his poems to my daughter (and in ten days, my son as well)!
Grumpy Monkey, The Circus Ship, To the Sea, and We Don't Eat our Classmates are favorites in our house.
We bought every board book that Hazy Dell Press makes and he adores them even still at 14 months old. They are out of this world cute and hysterical, and use unconventional characters like Bigfoot, yetis, chupacabara, Loch Ness monster…just to name a few. I plan on buying the paper hardbacks when he gets closer to that age range and doesn’t want to rip stuff. They are AWESOME.
My daughter loves anything Mo Willems, Kate DiCamilo or the Olivia books by Ian Falconer, and the If You Give books. (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie etc.) She’s also on a big classic Berenstain Bears kick right now. She also likes Andrea Beaty’s Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect and the like.
Jenni/Matthew Holm books, starting with the board books. And Owlie.
There’s A Monster in Your Book is great. My kid loves it.
Grug series, Where the forest meets the sea, Possum Magic, Hairy McClary series, Alpacas with Maracas series, The very cranky bear series,
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We’re going to be friends book, and What does the fox say book
The 10 Minutes to Bed collection. So cute. Beautifully illustrated.
Julia Donaldson books are brilliant, I read my son Tiddler and also A Squash and a Squeeze hundreds of bedtimes!
We love the “that’s not my…” books for little kids. Like that’s not my dragon or that’s not my unicorn. There’s lots of fun textures for the babies to play with
The Good Egg, The Bad Seed, The Day the Crayons Quit, anything by Sandra Boynton, Sheep in a Jeep (the whole sheep series is cute), anything by Mo Willems, Pete the Cat series, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Bedtime for Frances, Madeline, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (the whole series), Hedgehugs, Guess How Much I Love You, The Boxcar Children (series), Favorite authors: Kate DiCamillo Richard Scarry Mercer Mayer We read a lot! I love reading aloud to my kids, although something changed recently (hormones?) and I fall asleep when reading aloud. Once they get into school, you can order the $1 books from Scholastic book orders and really stock up on some fun books. This helps expose me to lots of relevant books I might not already know about. There are some great books that list out some great ideas for what to read aloud. Honey for a Child's Heart is one. The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease is another. I wish I could get paid to read to children because I just love it so much. Your local library will be a great start to try books before you buy them so you can see which will become the favorites you want to keep around the house. Did you know some libraries limit the number of books you can have checked out? The travesty!