A You're Adorable
What a heartwarming book, a song of love that our young children loved to hear again and again.
 | author: Buddy Kaye Fred Wise Sidney Lippman rating:  asin: 1564025667 binding: Paperback list price: $3.99 USD amazon price: $3.99 USD |
A You're adorableB You're so beautifulC You're a cutie full of charmD— You'll be delighted by this delicious trip through the alphabet! Sing along as a lively company of children and assorted pets scamper across the bright pages and through the letters from A to Z. With warm and charming illustrations by Martha Alexander, this popular song of the 1940s has become a captivating picture book for all ages. Complete with the music for the song, A YOU'RE ADORABLE is a ditty for your darling, a song for your sweetheart, a valentine for anytime!
Blueberries for Sal
 | author: Robert McCloskey rating: asin: 0670175919 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $11.55 USD |
Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk go the blueberries into the pail of a little girl named Sal who--try as she might--just can't seem to pick as fast as she eats. Robert McCloskey's classic is a magical tale of the irrepressible curiosity--not to mention appetite--of youth. Sal and her mother set off in search of blueberries for the winter at the same time as a mother bear and her cub. A quiet comedy of errors ensues when the young ones wander off and absentmindedly trail the wrong mothers.
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear (Child's Play Library)
 | author: Don Wood Audrey Wood rating: asin: 0859536599 binding: Board book list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
A rhyming story of opposites that uses animal charactistics to help us explore ourselves and our feelings.
Mister Seahorse
Who would have thought that so many male sea creatures care for
their young? Mr Seahorse is a story about Daddies, how they guard
nests, carry eggs in their mouth or stick them to their head, and
babysit the little ones. We heard this one over and over, and then our (then)
5 yo shocked me by "reading" it - she recalled every word.
 | rating: asin: 0399242694 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.99 USD amazon price: $12.23 USD |
Are you ready for a scintillating seahorse fact?
Snuggle Puppy (Boynton on Board)
This is one of the best "I love you" books out there for very young children.
 | author: Sandra Boynton rating: asin: 0761130675 binding: Board book list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $6.95 USD |
A great big hug in book form, Snuggle Puppy is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it's even opened. Best of all, it's packed, of course, with pure Boynton: her inimitable language, her inimitable illustrations, her inimitable sense of fun.
A Book of Kisses
 | author: Dave Ross rating:  asin: 0060002743 binding: Hardcover list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
"There are all kinds of kisses in the world... Good morning kisses, Boo-boo kisses, Good report card kisses, Great Aunt-Mary kisses--watch out for the lipstick!" A celebration of smooches, this Book of Kisses shows children the wide range of appropriate ways to show affection. Cute, colorful animal characters speak in cartoon-style word bubbles, with simple captions describing each kiss type. There are even some how-tos: For promise kisses, "first make a promise. Then kiss your pinky. Touch pinkies.
A Book of Hugs
 | author: Dave Ross rating: asin: 0060002735 binding: Hardcover list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
Can you imagine what it would be like to hug a bear? An octopus? And how does that differ from a brother hug? Or a Great-Aunt Mary hug?
The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Board Book)
The song you know plus 5 more verses of how the itsy bitsy spider keeps going through obstacles. The last verse is sweet completion: "The itsy bitsy spider climbed up without a stop. / She spun a silky web right at the very top. / She wove and she spun and when her work was done, / The itsy bitsy spider rested in the sun."
 | author: Iza Trapani rating: asin: 1580890148 binding: Board book list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $6.95 USD |
A board book version of a favorite nursery rhyme with added adventures.
Puppy Too Small (Golden Naptime Tales)
Our (then) 2 year old loved to hear book over and over, and I loved to read it. It starts out, " 'I'm too small!' wailed Puppy. 'I can't reach the doorknob.' 'But you can reach the cookies on the table,' said Mouse. 'Please share one with me.' And Puppy did." The whole book is like that, one situation after another where puppy feels he is too small to do something, but there is something helpful he can do, and he does it. The ending is a sweet acknowledgment by Mama. This is a gentle message of empowerment.
 | author: Cyndy Szekeres rating: asin: 0307122018 binding: Board book list price: $4.19 USD amazon price: $4.19 |
Positively Mother Goose (Loomans, Diane)
"Mary, Mary, Extraordinary, How does your garden grow? 'Good thoughts are the power that make my mind flower; Good deeds are the seeds that I sow.'"
 | author: Diana Loomans Karen Kolberg Julia Loomans rating:  asin: 091581191X binding: Paperback list price: $8.95 USD amazon price: $8.95 |
Beyond the shouts and giggles that nursery rhymes evoke, such rhymes also influence a child's perception of the world. Positively Mother Goose offers a fresh, upbeat version of traditional nursery rhymes. The verses, accompanied by appealing and playful illustrations, have been carefully rewritten to promote positive values while preserving the action, brevity, and rhythm of the originals.
