Whenever I am lucky enough to attend a baby shower, I know exactly what gift I will bring. Board books!
Read to your little ones from the time they join your life. Get a big stack of board books that they can chew and drool on. Read, read, read and they will love books all their lives.
I have a little girl with dyslexia. Learning to read has been a great challenge for her… but she has never given up. We have read to her all her life and her desire to read on her own trumped every difficulty that has come her way. When she was tiny, I would often find her sitting on big piles of books, transfixed by the pictures as she turned the pages. I’m pretty sure that love of books was exactly what she needed to get through her learning disability. So, give those babies books they can hold, study, and lick!
Here are my most favorite board books in all the world!
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown and Felicia Bond
Brown, Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle
Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day
Where’s Spot? By Eric Hill
The Napping House by Audrey & Don Wood
I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt and Cyd Moore
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Piggies by Audrey and Don Wood
Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry
The Mitten by Jan Brett