Buy it: No Jumping on the Bed!
No Jumping on the Bed! (By Tedd Arnold) – Walter lives near the top of a tall apartment building and loves to jump on the bed. But his dad warns him not to jump on the bed because one day it will crash right through the floor. Walter lays down to go to sleep. But when his dad leaves the room, Walter starts to jump on the bed again. He jumps so high his hair brushes the ceiling and when he lands Walter and his bed go crashing through the floor. The story has a fun rhythm to it, because as Walter crashes through each apartment below his, his neighbors – along with their TVs, pets and spaghetti dinners, coming crashing down along with him. Then Walter realizes it was all a dream and vows not to jump on the bed again. And that’s when his upstairs neighbor, who always jumps on the bed, comes crashing through the ceiling.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, and I have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Library Lion
Library Lion (By Michelle Knudsen) – The head librarian Miss Merriweather is a stickler for the rules. She reminds everyone to be quiet and no running. One day a lion wanders into the library and stays to hear storytime. But when it’s over the lion is so upset he roars. Miss Merriweather says the lion can come back for storytime the next day if he can learn to be quiet. The lion does come back and finds different ways to help out around the library and never roars. But one day Miss Merriweather falls when reaching for a book and needs help. The lion breaks the rules by running and roaring to get help. And because he broke the rules, he leaves the library. Miss Merriweather is sad and misses the lion. But when one of the library staff finds the lion and brings him back, Miss Merriweather breaks the rules herself and runs down the hall to welcome him back.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
Buy it: Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem
Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem (By Mac Barnett) – If you’re tired of reminding your children to clean their room or eat their vegetables, this is the book for you. When Billy Twitters’ parents grow tired of these daily reminders, they threaten to get him a blue whale. And they soon make good on their threat. Billy is told that the blue whale is all his responsibility. He drags the whale behind him on his bike to school, crams him into his classroom and discovers that taking care of a whale is a lot of hard (and smelly) work. My 5-year-old daughter loved this story and the pictures of Billy with his enormous whale. It’s a fun book to remind children that they should listen to their parents.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 5, have read and enjoyed together. I recommend the books that stand out to me as excellent children’s books for writing, illustrations, originality, story and characters. Ally and I hope you enjoy them too!
