Our Current Favorites in Children’s Literature
May 15th, 2010 by the1stdaughter
Children’s Book Week comes to a close today and the winner’s of this years Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced. Among the winners are some the following titles:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Won for Teen Choice Book of the Year
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Won for Best Illustrator of the Year
Lulu the Big Little Chick by Paulette Bogan
Won for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade Book of the Year
These were not all of the titles chosen, but I highly recommend checking out the list so you can add a few more fantastic books to your reading list!
In honor of Children’s Book Week we thought we’d put together our own list of “favorites at the moment”. These books are the one’s that each of us could not possibly do without at the moment. They are read on almost a daily basis and are books we recommend to everyone, young and old.
My Very First Book of Numbers by Eric Carle
Sweet Littlebug: “Besides my love of Picture This, this is my absolute favorite. Especially the page with the strawberries on it! I love having my mom’s finger in hand and pointing to each of the strawberries, oranges and plums while she counts how many there are. A great book every day!”
No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli
The Turkeybird Speaks: “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah…I know, I shouldn’t like this, it’s supposed to be for little kids, right? Well, that’s just too bad, because it’s hilarious! Especially now that my Littlebug of a sister keeps saying no no to everything, it makes me laugh even harder when I read it with her and my dad. I love this book, an everyday read for sure!”
Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
The Baker Says it All: “I love the humor of the book. The Turkey Bird and I have a routine each time we read it. Without ruining the book, there is a part that makes Squirrel rethink his life and make radical changes. We read that part quickly, and lead up to the discovery and we both have a laugh, it is very funny. I particularly like the updated time schedule for Squirrel. I would highly recommend this book to anyone!”
Go to Sleep Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton
The1stdaugher Loves: “This book! So cute! We have a house full of sleep deprived sweeties and parents and Russell is just what we need sometimes. This is a book that will have you laughing your wiggles out and drifting to sleep in no time. Which is something we cherish around here.”
For the Comments: All of our favorites have been listed. So, now it’s your turn, tell us what’s your current favorite? From any genre or age group, we’d love to hear all about it!
The books above were purchased or given to us for our home library.
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Oooo Catching Fire. How I love thee. Let me count the ways.
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Ha-ha! I love the looks of “No No Yes Yes”. Thank you for sharing.
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Right now, we love Chester by Melanie Watt and Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems. Funny books!
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I haven’t read many of these books, but I definitely have to agree that Catching Fire should be on that list! We just picked up a book from the library yesterday morning and we have already read it at least 5 times. I am definitely adding this to one of our favorites already!! I’m sure you’ve heard of it . . . There’s a Bird on my Head by Mo Willems. Absolutely hilarious!!! If you haven’t checked it out yet, you must!!
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Shanna – Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy what you read in the future as well!
Juju – OMG! I was so happy to see Catching Fire on the list. Just an absolute favorite here as well!
Pam – Thanks for stopping by! No no Yes Yes! is a huge favorite, even for adults!
NotNessie & Tif- Oh how we love Mo Willems around our house! I even have a review of his latest coming up tomorrow! I’m definitely going to have to pick up Watch Me Throw the Ball and There’s A Bird on my Head. Thanks for stopping by!
One of my “new” favorites is Otto Grows Down by Michael Sussman. Check it out!! My kinder kids love it!!
I’ve seen this one around, but haven’t picked it up. I’m definitely going to have to make a point of it soon! Thank you!