Taking time out to read with your children can never start too soon, but the experience becomes infinitely more fun the older and more engaged they get. Our in-house blogger mom, Hana Elawadi, from “Freckles N’ Fro” is here to share her top book recommendations for different ages and households.
Top eight reading books for toddlers:
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
- Counting Kisses, by Karen Katz
- Baby Happy Baby Sad, by Leslie Patricelli
- The Family Book, by Todd Parr
- Are You My Mother?, by P.D. Eastman
- I Know A Rhino, by Charles Fuge
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill Martin Jr / Eric Carle
- Yummy Yucky, by Leslie Patricelli
Top eight books for pre-schoolers:
- The Neighborhood Mother Goose, by Nina Crews
- Charlie and Lola’s Opposites, by Lauren Child
- The Incredible Book Eating Boy, by Oliver Jeffers
- Happy Birthday Moon, by Frank Asch
- I Stink, by Kate & Jim McMullan
- Where The Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
- Bully, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- What Pet Should I Get?, by Dr.Seuss
Top books for step families:
- Mom’s House, Dad’s House For Kids, by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D.
- The Everything: Parents Guide To Children And Divorce, by Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D.
- My Father Married Your Mother, edited by Anne Burt
