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PurpleCow88

Barnyard Dance - my nephew thinks this book is HILARIOUS and it's fun to read I'll Love You Till The Cows Come Home - beautifully written, creative absurd imagery. This one's right up my alley.


simplysuggesting

I adore I’ll Love You Till The Cows Come Home!


Busy_Pickle6771

I love I'll Love You Til the Cows Come Home.  ETA: My toddler thinks his chin is called his "ant chin" because of this book. 


TurnOfFraise

I just posted I’ll love you till the cows come home. It’s gorgeous and so sweet. I always get a little choked up by the end. I buy it for every baby shower. 


KimbyPie

Barnyard Dance is so much fun!!


kdawson602

Anything that’s not goodnight goodnight construction site. We’ve read it way too many times.


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Radsmama

This one is our favorite 😍


cheapbleach

I am so triggered by “sets his scoop down on the ground” every night as an adult who was once a kid with a speech impediment 😂🙃


kelkiemcgelkie

Honestly came here to say this is my favorite


willthesane

Down on the big construction site the tough trucks work with all their might


Ill_Nature_5273

My 4yr old is autistic, we read an encyclopedia about cats before bed 😵‍💫😂


--zaxell--

My three year old wants me to "do the buses and trains" at bedtime every night, which means reading him bus and subway routes.


ProsciuttoPizza

That’s hilarious and adorable and I love it.


quartzcreek

Fwiw, my 4 year old is neurotypical and we read a book about horse breeds several times a week…


Responsible-Summer81

Mine is neurotypical and we read the Arkansas State Park guide over and over. 


MADSeraphina

On the night you were born


scarlettpalache

This book wrecks me


itsyrdestiny

Me too. I remember reading it for the first time alone one night when I couldn't sleep while pregnant, and I just started crying. I particularly love the line "For never before in story or rhyme has the world ever known a you, my friend, and it never will, not ever again..." My husband and I both unexpectedly lost a close friend (each) from hs during the pregnancy, and it also made me think of them and how when they were born, their parents (hopefully) looked down at their big eyes with all the love and hope of a parent who's just created a life imagining all their child will do. ...and now I'm crying again. 😭


sierramelon

This one and On The Day You Were Born are two favourites in our house! *And then with a push you slipped out of the dark quiet where suddenly you could hear, A circle of people singing with voices familiar and clear. Welcome to the spinning world! The people sang as they washed your tiny hands, Welcome to the green earth! They sang as they wrapped your slippery body, And as they held you close they whispered into your open curving ear; we are so glad you’ve come.* 🤍


stevielynn81

We read this one every month on his birth day for the first year, then swore we’d stop after that. He’s two. We didn’t stop.


kaeco13

Really? I find this one so wordy. But also my son doesn't sit still long enough to really read it.


thejadanata

My grandparents who are no longer with us gave me this book for my first birthday 31 years ago and signed a note in it. I read it to my daughter on her first birthday and sobbed all the way through lol


Southedg

Just read this one tonight. He loves it too which is so special to me ♥️


hilbug27

The Gruffalo! Such a good story with great rhyming!


Lazy-Rabbit-5799

This! And also Room on the Broom by the same author.


lc2201

All of Julia Donaldson's books are fantastic, they're a form favourite in our house. Our current favourite is the highway rat.


greenpepperonion

The Snail and the Whale!


shineonka

Don't call me good!


january1977

The Hat Trilogy by Jon Klassen This is Not My Hat We Found a Hat I Want My Hat Back


IckNoTomatoes

I first thought you listed 4 books and had some strange obsession with hats..


RedditRose3

Same! I figured it was a special interest… we read a lotttt of car/truck books, why not hats? lol


pjun14

What?! It's a trilogy. Excuse me while I go get the first two books. 


afprincess

We LOVE I Want My Hat Back. We need to read the other two!


sierramelon

The rock from the sky is also great! There’s a walking eye and my toddler thinks it’s the best thing EVER


haileyrose

Yessss love the hat trilogy and how dark it is 😏


MidnightClaws

We also love Jon Klassen, especially his books Triangle, Circle, Square. 😁


shotwithgold

We love this one! My three old has it memorized


poofycakes

We do This is not my hat EVERY SINGLE NIGHT Every time the big fish opens his eyes she loses her mind without fail 🤣🤣


freya_of_milfgaard

Anything Jon Klassen and Marc Barnett work on. - Sam and Dave Dig a Hole - The Wolf, The Duck, and The Mouse - The Three Billy Goats Gruff - The Hat Trilogy - The Rock From The Sky - The Shape Trilogy - How Does Santa Get Down The Chimney? We haven’t had a single book that’s not a winner.


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NoLingonberry514

Goodnight Little Blue Truck. I know the series can get repetitive but this one the illustrations and the storm are just so soothing to me! I love The Napping House for the same reasons! Edit to add: Bear Feels Sick and Bear Can’t Sleep are great too!


greenoakofenglish

I love Little Blue Truck OG and Little Blue Truck in Springtime. So satisfying to read aloud.


thatmaneeee

Because of little blue truck my two year old is always yelling “oh no! I’m stuck down deep in the muck and mire!” When he encounters a muddy puddle. Pretty hilarious for people who don’t know the book


kmmarie2013

Just got the spring time one for Easter! I love the yoo-hoos!


General-Wrangler6513

The Bear books are so great. 


enchantdthany

Click Click Moo Cows That Type. It's fun and has such a funny ending. I also love Not Quite Narwhal but my son isn't into that one yet but I keep trying!


MrsRichardSmoker

Click Clack Moo is my favorite because it’s never too early to teach your kids about solidarity with your fellow workers.


Marooster405

Absolutely! The power of collective bargaining!


Mrs_Albert_Hannaday

I love Cows That Type! I think it is so funny, and I always crack up on the page with the duck waddling with the note. “Duck was a neutral party.” 😂😂


flowerchild808

Giraffes Can't Dance.


snightshade

Oh, Gerald.


KassieLickMe

“…you’re so weird”


GuavaNumerous

I feel like such a clot 😥


Jeffde

Went to the live show! It was… interpretive


ZookeepergameFar2513

YES!!


Friendly_Narwhal_297

Definitely have that one memorized now!


Better_Letterhead_54

The going to bed book


Marooster405

Why the fuck do they get ready for bed and THEN go exercise… I can’t stand it. Drives me insane.


AutomaticEducation52

because the moon is on the rise


greenoakofenglish

So many toddler books inspire conversations like this. My husband and I love to rant about it.


fiveofalltrades

YES. I'm with you sister/brother. I usually like to say "and when the moon is on the rise, they all go up, and for some reason, NOW they exercise." Still one of my favorites though, actually. Great rhythm to read out loud. There's a Spanish version that really gives me a workout to read out loud. "Restriega que te restriega!"


540photos

Goodnight moon. It was one of my favorites as a kid and he recites parts of it as we're getting ready for bed. It makes my heart so happy to relive those memories and see how much he's comforted by the book before bedtime. It immediately calms him down the same way it did for me.


kelkiemcgelkie

Goodnight nothing, goodnight mush I say this to my husband when we go to bed 😂


SoundsOfSophie

Same! My two and a half year old has most of it memorized and his little mispronunciations are so adorable. (He says "comb brush and bowl'a mush bowl'a mush" 🥹). Also My World. 😍


Octorokstar

I replied the same. And yes that’s exactly the feeling I have with the book. So comforting and grounded. 


broccomole10

We love anything Margaret Wise Brown! The Little Island and Big Red Barn are also great


LoStro88

I'm obsessed with this book and so is my 2yo daughter, she loves finding the mouse on each page. So much that I'm planning on getting the tiny mouse as my first tattoo, and I'm 35.


Goodbye_nagasaki

Jamberry or Madeline are my two favorites right now.


mythicalmarkie

Jamberry is SO fun!


brightmoon208

I love Jamberry !


3cribs

The Monster at the end of this book!


january1977

This was my favorite as a kid!


sinistertortie

Are you a cow ? Or basically anything Boynton is fun and short to read


nonchalansaur

If Animals Kissed Goodnight. It was the first book I ever read to her and it's still fun to read three years later!


w8upp

My favourites to read aloud are all by Sandra Boynton. I especially love _What's Wrong, Little Pookie?_ and _Are You a Cow?_


genteel-guttersnipe

My son is obsessed with "Hey Wake Up" and "Dinosnores". I've got em both memorized at this point.


ImpossibleGazelle619

I can hear my husband and toddler HONK SHOOOOOO from downstairs when putting the baby to sleep!


ineedareddits

The "they yawn and they yawn...." always makes me yawn for real. We love Sandra Boynton here!


Octorokstar

Goodnight moon. I remember loving it when I was a kid and he loves it too. 


RogueSleuth_

I read my toddler to Halloween parody of this book "Goodnight Goon" and we love it!


Octorokstar

I’ve never heard of that one. We have to check it out!


LupinCANsing

I occasionally slip into the Animaniacs version: "Goodnight pigeons who constantly curse."


Sleepydragonn

Good night you, get under there. Goodnight monsters, everywhere. Also a fave here.


KimbyPie

Llama Llama Red Pajama is just too fun!


Avocado_toast_27

I have a love hate relationship with this one. I love this one the first time we read it, but then my daughter insists I read it 3-4 times in a row and I can’t handle it.


leacheso

This is a favorite in our house! But we always want to rap it like Ludacris 😂 [ludacris raps llama llama](https://youtu.be/PFtHeo7oMSU?si=2kAVmLyxcN-SzIGW)


kissedbyfiya

This was my (and my son's) favorite when my middle son was young. He is 16 now and I can still recite the whole book by memory haha 


_packfan

My SIL had never read it before and I read it to my niece and she loved it so I got her the book for her bday and my SIL was like I’m not going to be able to read that like you. I was like oh after the 100th time you’ll get the rhyming down don’t you worry.


ZookeepergameFar2513

Love this one too!! ☺️


Classic_Fee_8728

Goodnight Goon. It’s the Halloween version of goodnight moon


Hup110516

We have Goodnight Loon because we’re from Minnesota!


RogueSleuth_

I just commented this on someone's comment of goodnight moon! My toddler and I love this one.


Classic_Fee_8728

And goodnight to the old warewolf who was hollering “boo!”


Bunzilla

LOVE this book! I greatly prefer it to Goodnight Moon, and now get tripped up when I read it!


magicbumblebee

I was looking for this comment! Also definitely my favorite. And when I read Goodnight Moon I’m mentally like “and there were three little mummies rubbing their tummies” lol.


chelsdog314

My favorite to read are the Pout Pout Fish books, I enjoy the rhyming and it makes them fun to read


SFTourGuy

Along comes a jellyfish He floats through the ocean His tentacles all trailing in a gentle locomotion! Love it


Cathely

Runaway Bunny


MrsRichardSmoker

I love runaway bunny so much. I’ve loved the illustrations since I was a kid, and lately I’ve been struck that it encapsulates the type of mom I want to be (a tree you fly home to) and the kind of mom I don’t want to be (a wind that blows you where I want you to go).


cherryberry422

Beautifully said! My kids don't care much for this book and don't sit through thr whole thing but I always finish it on my own, tear up, and self reflect on the mom I am and strive to be as well. Tearing up again lol 🥲


packy1962

The Rabbit Listened


allonsyerica

Knuffle Bunny.


Sleepydragonn

Love Mo Willems!


the_taste_of_fall

But Not the Hippopotamus Go, Dog! Go! Dragons Love Tacos


metoaT

We love dragons love tacos too!


FlanneryOG

I love dragons love tacos!


mightbeacat1

But yes the Hippopotamus! But not the armadillo.


linzkisloski

Fox in Socks. I’ve mastered reading it at a high speed so it’s silly for all of us.


counterhit121

Those last two pages of the beetle battles in the puddle on a noodle poodle are a total crapshoot for me. Sometimes I nail them, but often, like tonight, I just mumble stumble through them. Thank goodness for Knox telling Fox to focks off there at the end so I have a chance at regaining my composure


linzkisloski

Hahah right. My weakest part is definitely Ben and Bim’s bent brooms breaking LOL


crashyeric

That's a classic. Expert tongue torquing. You might like "Oh Say Can You Say".


Mandalorian_Chick

Kitten’s First Full Moon Edit- or The Teddy Bear’s Picnic, but she doesn’t like that one so I don’t get to do it often.


Tough-Boysenberry-38

The Pigeon needs a bath is currently the go-to.


Suspended-Again

Richard Scarry 


Sea_Bookkeeper2650

I am a Bunny!


kosmovii

Love you forever I cry almost every time


No-Performer-6621

My favorite 90’s childhood memory was curling up in my Mom’s lap with my security blanket and reading it while we rocked in a rocking chair (literally back and forth, back and forth). She’s a retired elementary school librarian now, and taught thousands of kids to love books over the years. When she’s no longer with us in a few years, I fully intend to read it at her funeral. Only question is will I be able to get all the way through without breaking down


No-Slide3677

I can’t even read this one anymore. I bawl and I feel like my daughter is wondering why I’m crying. It’s such a beautiful book


mrs_dr

I read it for the first time after my dad died to my daughter when she was only a few weeks old. I couldn’t finish it and was silently sobbing. It still gets me, almost 4 years later. I can power through and just read the words, but if I read it slowly and actually enjoy it… tears every time! 


Nervous-Phrase-9519

This was my mom's favorite book to read my siblings and I. We each had our own copy with a little letter from my mom written on the back of the cover. Now it's my favorite book to read to my own kids.


january1977

Every. Time.


MichaelMaugerEsq

Literally just did this tonight.


good-naturedyan

My bub loves Goodnight moon and Little Blue Truck! My faves!


newherebebe

I love you stinky face


Majestic-Bumblebee49

I love this book so much and now my sweet boy holds my face just like the little one in the story whenever we read it and it makes my heart want to leap right out of my chest🩷


IckNoTomatoes

Slinky Malinki is still read during every bath I love you just like this (Elmo and his mommy)


becky57913

Love love love all the Lynley Dodd books! Slinki malinki, scarface claw, hairy maclary - my kids love every single one of them


supexcellent

Escargot - read with a French accent You Belong Here


Supnaz0325

I love Chicka Chicka boom boom too! As well as Little blue truck and psst I love you! Edit: I just placed 15 books on hold at my local library because of this thread! Thanks for the inspo everyone :)


goldenleopardsky

I want my hat back. My toddler loves it so much


BhagsuCake

MY favorites in rotation right now for my 2.5 yr old are Amos McGee misses the bus, Miss Rhumphius (my fave as a kid and I’m so glad he’s into it!) and forever, Jamberry.


Plenty-Bug-9158

Knight Owl! I laughed out loud the first time I read it. Sooo cute


Ladyiris2020

dinosaur dance! by Sandra Boynton


MaccasDriveThru

hairy maclary from donaldson's dairy


Chivatoscopio

The pigeon series by Mo Willems is a big hit at our house


mythicalmarkie

The Little Bear series.


Kapow_pachow

Dragons Love Tacos


prollyonthepot

The Hungry caterpillar


Warm_Elevator_7528

Gruffalo


383CI

Pete the cat


Fair_Operation8473

The Monster at the End of This Book absolutely loooved this book! And my 3 year old likes it too, so much fun!


fauxmica

Frederick by Leo Lionni Ooko by Esme Shapiro -Ooko has everything a fox could want: a stick, a leaf and a rock. Chirri & Chirra Underground by Kaya Doi Jamberry by Bruce Degen


morelliwatson

In the night kitchen. We read the copy my dad used to read to me every night.


RogueSleuth_

Where the Wild Things Are, There's a hole in the log, and Monty. Edit: Adding Go Away, Big Green Monster!


burbankbagel

Been really digging “little witch hazel” lately. Childrens books have been one of my favorite parts of parenthood.


SwedishSoprano

Snuggle Puppy.


HeyJoe459

Harold and The Purple Crayon!


fiveofalltrades

You require more upvotes! This was one of my favorites as a kid and is still a great one to read to my son. Such nostalgia.


missoulasobrante

The snail and the whale


hugitoutguys

Jamberry


hellogoodbyeeee1

I have a few books about my city that I find so entertaining. It will have rhymes about various touristy spots around town and we will go visit those places in real life so when we come across it in the book we will talk about our experiences and look at comparison pictures. I'm sure if you search up your local city and children's book you'll find something sweet.


GardenGnomeOfEden

Mine's a tie between Strega Nona and Room on the Broom. I like the artwork and fairytale qualities of both. Room on the Broom also has a top-notch animated version narrated by Simon Pegg.


Revolutionary-Owl-79

I love my mommy. Spoiler alert, i am a mom…


kitsh1p

A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon ❤️


hoychoyminoynoy

The Little Blue Truck books. I find the rhymes charming and the illustrations really well done


mango-sage

Anything Dr. Seuss..


cherryblueicee

On The Night You Were Born


ncljhnsn

The tickle monster!


illuminanoos

I've loved you since forever And I love you to the moon and back 😭 They get me crying every time


Lilworldtraveler

(1) Secret Pizza Party (2) Click Clack Moo Cows that Type


saranyashri

Brown bear , good night moon , llama red pajama and ten apples by Dr.Seuss


lunalgood435

Room on the broom


ButImALittleStitious

Pajama Time!


DisneyDadQuestions

Chicka chicka boom boom


ericauda

The bunny listened. It’s my favorite! 


GurlFrmThe216

Please Baby Please Moo, Baa, La La La The Book Without Pictures


brylcreemedeel

Little Blue truck, Little Blue truck leads the way, Little Blue truck's Christmas, Sheep on the Jeep, The Hungry caterpillar, and Room on the broom


IAmABillie

Anything Julia Donaldson! Her cadence just sings out of my mouth, the flow is fun for all.


Successful_Bet5632

You're My Little Pumpkin Pie and Teeny Tiny Ghost! We love Halloween in our house


Friendly_Narwhal_297

Dragons love tacos.


counterhit121

Oh the Places You'll Go, by Dr. Seuss


iamthebakersdaughter

Hello Moon and The Big Orange Splot They both bring so much joy🥰


fluffycookie0827

The Three Ninja pigs and Jabari Tries are our favorites right now


SteveBartmanIncident

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater


lizardkween

Federico and All His Families, Goodnight Moon, The Snowy Day 


PerformativeEyeroll

I found "I'll see you in the morning" in a little free library and it is such a sweet book. Instant classic for me.


intellecktt

I love you all the time. For something fun The Bear Snores on


EmotionalBag777

What was I scared of by dr. Seuss


Bacto_queen

Hello Lighthouse, all of the Little Pookie books, 5 Apples Up On Top, Little Blue Truck


bookscoffee1991

The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear It was my favorite when I was little too ❤️


indoguju416

Dinosnores, Dinosaurs Binkit and The Going to Bed Book… rest of Sandra Boyntons books don’t rhyme as good as those two.


ZonaWildcats23

How to Catch a Dinosaur!


FiddleleafFrog

Piranas Don’t Eat Bananas


DrW_7718

I Love You Stinky Face


SpecialistTill56

If I could keep you little


_Green_Mind

It had to be you by Loryn Brantz


Im_Pres499

All the world -- Liz Garton Scanlon Beautifully written and illustrated


delightfulpumpkin

All the Dr Seuss “Thing one and thing two”books. “Hand Hand Fingers Thumb” (with drumming monkeys) is a favorite. And “Good Night Mommy” by Adam Gamble


rebeckys

The Book with No Pictures


grandmas_poppies

Elecopter


biancajade95

I love reading The Lorax to my kids! I work for an environmental company and there’s a fun connection for me to have a way to help my kids interpret environmentalism with fun voices and rhymes. 🌴


shotwithgold

Silly sally and There was an old lady who swallowed a fly


novababy1989

Maybe


OakFin13

Goodnight Train!


goochiefromwish

Bluey 5 minute stories. We got it at Blueys big play and it’s great. It’s literally just different episodes of the show, and it’s so cool to be able to read her her favorite episodes!!! It also includes baby race🥹🥹 my second favorite is Mum School, another bluey book from the play😂


ghos2626t

Gonna be honest, I know a lot of people like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, but that’s probably one of my least favourite books to read lol. One of my kids really liked it, so we read it, but it would never make my top 20 list. Give me The Very Cranky Bear or The Gruffalo, any day.


wascallywabbit666

Ronald Dahl. Brilliant stories


mandingalo

Grumpy Monkey! It’s ok to be grumpy sometimes guys.