This book is the perfect one for big sisters that are a little exasperated with their baby brothers (or sisters, for that matter). Abbie loves this book and we have taken it out several times from the library - and she doesn't even have a baby brother! This book has such sweet pictures, such a realistic mother, and such a loving ending.

Curious George - The Complete Adventures

We love this book!

This Christmas my friend and her hubby gave this book to Annabelle as a gift. Each morning we read to Annabelle (a bible story first) from this book. It has TONS of stories about Curious George but it almost has the feel of a chapter book for little ones. Annabelle is not able to sit through a whole story, but we just read to her until she gets distracted and then we mark our place. The next day we pick back up in the story at the point in the story where we left off.
She seems to love the colors and the pages are so big that they capture her attention for awhile.

I am certain that we will begin reading this book again when she is a little older. I think children of all ages would enjoy this book. It seems like it could be pretty easy for children who are learning to read too.

A House Is a House for Me

Great Memama gave Lydda Grace A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman for Christmas. I think it was originally published in the late 70s. It has quickly become one of our new favorites!!
The book is fairly long which I was worried wouldn't hold a sweet little someone's attention, but the cadence of the rhymes in the book along with the pictures make it a smooth and very engaging read. The pictures are super detailed and Lydda Grace loves to hunt through them to find things that she recognizes... i.e. doll, dog, monkey, etc.

If you have a baby girl...

My mom found this book at Wal-Mart and it was in Lydda Grace's stocking. It's called I'd Be Your Princess by Kathryn O'Brien and is all about a little girl talking with her daddy about all the things she and he would do if he were a king and she were his princess. That's sweet, but the best part is that each page includes a Bible verse that focuses on what makes "princess-like" character.

For example, "That night at the royal ball, I would ask you to dance with me," said the girl. "And I would let you stay up way past your bedtime," said her father, "because you are such good company." Your love has given me great joy and encouragement. Philemon 1:7

So that doesn't really do it justice... but anyway.

This book was apparently published in 2003 in paper pages, but we have the board book variety. The text is a little long but Lydda Grace does well listening through the whole thing... I don't know that it would be the best for anyone much younger.

I seriously can't get through this one without crying.

Colors and Animals and Faces

Abbie has recently really started to like this book. She will lean down and kiss some of her favorite pages, and she loves the pictures of the teacher and children's faces at the end. It's a great way to learn colors and animals and is repetitive but not too much...

favorite author

So I noticed recently that several of my favorite books for LG are by the same author, Mem Fox. I am going to start looking for more by her. These are the ones we have enjoyed so far:

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes- precious book about babies from all over the world (thanks Janae and Abbie we enjoy this one regularly!)

Where is the Green Sheep?- the illustrations in this book make me laugh, very cute

Time for Bed- I am always looking for "bedtime" books as I like to read those... before bedtime! This is a super sweet one

Babies on the Go

Babies on the Go by Linda Ashman is one of my, and LG's, favorites.

It's about how baby animals are carried or move when they are little and the pictures of the animals are very realistic. It has unusual animals like an anteater and a koala in it which is fun. It also has a really sweet message that I won't spoil for y'all :o)

We've checked this one out at the library several times already.

Welcome to Baby Book Club!

So glad that you've decided to join in on the discussion at Baby Book Club! This blog is designed as to be a community where moms (and dads!) can share some of their kiddos favorite books. It's our hope that through this we'll encourage reading as a family starting at an early age and we'll save ourselves the hassle of trying to constantly figure out what books are good.

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Blessings,
emily