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.

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.

Honey for a Child's Heart

Lydda Grace got this book for Christmas, though it's one for me to read and learn from, it truly is for her. Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt is AMAZING! It's basically a book about kids books and the philosophy of including reading and especially reading aloud as an integral part of family life.

I have found myself completely agreeing with everything the author says and have been so encouraged to keep reading and to increase in our reading to Lydda Grace.

The BEST part about this book is that it has book lists for different ages!! Hunt admits that this is not a conclusive list, but it is a really great starting point and worked wonderfully to find books the last time we went to the library.

I highly recommend!

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

Lift-the-Flap

This really isn't a specific book... but just a comment. LG LOVES... I mean LOVES lift-the-flap books. The only problem is that if I leave her alone with them the flaps get quickly torn off! Yikes! I especially feel bad about this when it's a library book... oops...
I found one board book/lift-the-flap at a consignment sale which is awesome, so if you ever stumble across that kind, let me know some titles :o)

Welcome to Baby Book Club!

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Blessings,
emily