Yesterday I came across the picture above while catching up on my Facebook friends. It's a stack of books that someone received as a gift for her baby shower (great gift!). The collection contains a few that Abigail loves, but many that we've never read. Of course, we will not ever own every child book in existence, but it made me think about what we have and would like to get, so I took inventory!
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| Bedroom books |
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| Living Room books |
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| Books in our room (these have dwindled as she only wants to play on the bed when in our room) |
Here's a list of all of Abigail's books, sorted into categories by how much she likes to read them:
Abigail’s Books
Loves (or loved)
The Very Hungry Catepillar by Eric Carle
I’ll See You in the Morning by Mike Holley and Mique Moriuchi
You Are My I Love You by Cusimano/Ichikawa
Mama How Long Will You Love Me? By Anna Piguataro
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems
How Do I Love You? by Marion Dane Bauer and Caroline Jayne Church
I Love You Through and Through by Marion Dane Bauer and Caroline Jayne Church
Mommy’s Best Kisses by Margaret Anastas
The Tickle Tree by Chae Strathie and Poly Bernatene
Old Hat New Hat by Stan & Jan Berenstain
On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
There’s A Wocket In My Pocket by Dr. Seuss
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins
How the Trollusk Got His Hat by Mercer Mayer
Herbert the Timid Dragon by Mercer Mayer
Fluffy Scruffy (a soft spot book)
A Cuddle For Little Duck by Freedman/Pedler
Guess How Much I Love You by McBratney/Jeram
Baby Giggles by Rachael Hale
Baby Colors by Rachael Hale
When the Elephant Walks by Kasza
Where is Baby’s Belly Button by Karen Katz
Who’s Your Dady? by Diane Muldrow
Where’s My Sweetie Pie? by Ed Emberley
You Are My Sunshine by Caroline Jayne Church
The More We Get Together by Caroline Jayne Church
A Little Book of Shapes (Peaceable Kingdom)
First 100 Words (bright baby)
Colors and ABC Numbers (bright baby)
Sesame Street Colors! Bath
Ocean (soft shapes foam book)
Look by Dwell Studios
Likes (or liked)
Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
Inside Outside Upside Down by Stan & Jan Berenstain
The Big Balloon Race by Coerr/Croll
Dr. Seuss’s ABC An Amazing Alphabet Book!
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Koala Kid (a soft spot book)
Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Just Grandma and Me by Mercer Mayer
The New Baby by Mercer Mayer (no, we’re not having a new baby)
Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer
In My Den by Sara Gillingham and Lorena Siminovich
In My Flower by Sara Gillingham and Lorena Siminovich
In My Nest by Sara Gillingham and Lorena Siminovich
In My Pond by Sara Gillingham and Lorena Siminovich
In My Meadow by Sara Gillingham and Lorena Siminovich
In My Tree by Sara Gillingham and Lorena Siminovich
Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems
Fancy Nancy
The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
Not interested
Me and My Dad! By Alison Ritchie
Me and My Mom! By Alison Ritchie
Little Football (The Little Sports series from Sleeping Bear Press)
One Fish Two Fish by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
Frog Goes to Dinner by Mercer Mayer
Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-a-Zoo by Mercer Mayer
When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
Sleep is For Everyone by Showers/Watson
Of Thee I Sing A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
A Light In The Attic by Shel Silverstein
What Makes it Go? What Makes it Work? What Makes it Fly? What Makes it Float? By Joe Kaufman
Sails Rails and Wings by Seymour
I could say something specific about every single book on the list--why I think she enjoys the book, or doesn't, a memory that comes to mind. A few are old books from Jake's childhood, and they are in amazing shape (I'm reluctant to tape them like I do the other books when she causes little [or big] tears while turning the pages--how did his parents keep them so nice!). Each of the "love" books had a glory time, when it was the book to read, but only a few have been popular from infancy into toddlerhood (Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb might be her all time favorite). Many, many, many of them were gifts. Thank you to all who contributed to my little one's literary beginning. It makes me smile every single time she brings me a book from across the house, insists I sit on the floor, does an about-face and sits down in my lap. It's certainly worth all the repetition.
I would love to hear suggestions of books you or your kids love.
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| The books 10 minutes after I organized them for the photo |
P.S. I'm trying to get a great picture of Abigail looking at our tree this year. She loves it, says wow every time I turn it on, and spends a lot of time touching ornaments and lights. I put all the zoo animals and non-breakables that I own down low, along with some bells and ribbons. She can't get enough of the tree. That's my girl!
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| Wearing daddy's hat and playing with her belly button |
Sweet post. Love the photos...especially the "five minutes after..." photo. ;-)
ReplyDeleteGuess she might be too young for Where The Wild Things Go? I didn't see it on the list. That is definitely a Neff favorite.
xoxo
What at lucky little girl....to have such a wonderful childhood and great parents...<3
ReplyDeleteThanks, Patti. That's sweet of you to say.
ReplyDeleteMom, she's definitely not too young! It's on my short list of books to get soon :)
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ReplyDeleteLove your post. I hope Abigail is feeling better. We miss you guys and will try again for another get together. :)
ReplyDeletethree favorites are:
ReplyDeleteHug by Jez Alborough
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann