Baby Bookworm

[dramaqueen_23]

I like Drama Prince so much! Ups and downs of parenting aside, I just really adore the little baby person he is. I like that (for the moment) he's sociable. I like listening to him babble away in his crib for an hour when he wakes up. I like the way he laughs when he's happy

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[bruiseblue]

Awesome. Your child will have no trouble learning to talk, read, listen, and learn. Go you!

I wish all parents would acknowledge the BURNING NEED TO READ TO YOUR CHILDREN. Because this works on less-smart babies, too. :)

I'm wary of buying you books because I'm sure you already own tonnes of books, including the books I would select for you - DP needs to set up a wishlist.

[dramaqueen_23]

We actually don't have that many baby/childrens books. We've got maybe two dozen all of which we've ready many, many, MANY times already. We also have a few collections. I have The Complete Beatrix Potter and someone gave us a book called 365 Children's Stories or something like that.

[bruiseblue]

OH, good to know. :) I just bought a lot of books for my friend's forthcoming baby boy - but you know me, I browse the kids books all the time, for no reason. :)

I wish you had the complete works of Munsch and also the whole set of Eric Carle books (carle is preschooly, and munsche is probably not going to work til he's 3+ but they are SO CLASSIC and fabulous wow.)

And you already love Boynton as much as I do. :) She has a new one, I just saw it yesterday.

Ooh, I am now excited about the book-selection possibilities... woo. I think it's good if people send you books that he'll grow into, rather than aiming for his current reading level. That's my approach for my neice and nephew, anyway, and it seems to inspire Ava to read at a higher level.

Yay reading yay!

[dramaqueen_23]

I was looking for complete Munsch yesterday but they didn't have any. Boo! At this point, I'm not overly concerned about books that are beyond DP now. As I said, I could read him the Ikea catalogue and he'd be thrilled. We have Aaron's Hair and Love You Forever. I don't read the latter very often because it puddles me. I want the one Jonothan, the subway and Mayor with his huge computer. The NFB film version was called "Subway Jam with Jelly".

In addition to the content, what I love about the Boynton books is the construction. The books are a perfect size for his hands(he left Chapters yesterday Boynton book in hand...and mouth). Because the pages are thick, grip and turn them without causing any damage.

[bruiseblue]

Lots of picture books are now published in board book format, whether or not the content is age appropriate - one of my HUGE pet peeves. But yeah, he'll eat them for a while. But he is also learning how to hold a book, turn a page, pay attention, look at pictures while listening to text, beginning-middle-end conventions, climax and resolution conventions, and a whole lot of cultural baggage too. It's fabulous

[turtle_head]

That's the only Munch book we have. It's called "Jonathan Cleaned Up, And Then He Heard A Sound (or, Blackberry Subway Jam)". My personal favourite.

Also I'd recommend books by Barbara Reid. We have her series on Zoe -- Zoe's Sunny Day, Zoe's Snowy Day, Zoe's Rainy Day, and Zoe's Windy Day. They are very simple books -- a five line poem with five accompanying illustrations done with clay. But our older kids LOVED them -- because they were so simple, they were the first books they really understood, and wanted to hear them over and over until they were able to "read" them themselves. And the pictures are so detailed and bright, there are endless things to point out and talk about when we are looking at them. Right around age 1, they shot to the front of the reading list.

[dramaqueen_23]

That's the only Munch book we have. It's called "Jonathan Cleaned Up, And Then He Heard A Sound (or, Blackberry Subway Jam)". My personal favourite.

Yes, that's it! I can't believe I forgot the title. That was one of my all-time favourite stories as a child.