Buy it: Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl
Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl! (By Tedd Arnold) – My daughter Ally asked to go to the store to buy a Fly Guy book because they are so popular with her kindergarten class. I’d never read them before but I was happy to discover that the Fly Guy books are cute, funny and feature simple words for early readers. The books are about a boy name Buzz who has a pet fly named Fly Guy, who can say his name. In each Fly Guy book, the Buzz and Fly Guy have fun adventures together like playing hide and seek, going on vacation or the time Buzz’s grandma swallowed Fly Guy. In Fly Guys Meets Fly Girl Fly Guy and Buzz meet a little girl named Lizz and her pet, Fly Girl. Fly Girl is great at tricks and eating gross things. My daughter always laughs at the pages where Fly Guy eats a rotten tomato and Fly Girl eats a dead worm. This book proves that kids love books that are simple, fun and yes, maybe a little disgusting.
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: The Perfect “Stand Back,” Said the Elephant, “I’m Going to Sneeze!”
“Stand Back,” Said the Elephant, “I’m Going to Sneeze!” (By Patricia Thomas) – This is a very funny book, with great rhymes throughout, about an elephant warning the other animals that he is about to sneeze. Each of the animals begs the elephant not to sneeze because his enormous sneezes cause so many problems. The monkeys complain that his last sneeze blew them out of the trees. The birds lost their feathers; the bear lost his hair, the giraffe bent in half and the snakes were tied in knots the last time elephant sneezed. Just as the elephant is about to sneeze, a mouse surprises him and he forgets he had to sneeze. But then the elephant starts to laugh and unfortunately for the other animals, his laughter is just as bad as his sneeze.
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: The Wide-Mouthed Frog
The Wide-Mouthed Frog (By Keith Faulkner) – This is a funny pop-up book about a curious wide-mouthed frog who hops around asking what a bird, a mouse and an alligator like to eat. But when the alligator replies that he likes to eat delicious wide-mouthed frogs, the little frog has to think fast. He puckers up his lips to disguise his wide mouth and jumps into the pond to escape. Parents can read this book with different voices for each character to make it even more fun. My 5-year-old daughter has loved this book since she was one-year-old. She loves the illustrations and how the pop-up alligator and frog seem to leap off the pages.
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: George and Martha
George and Martha (By James Marshall) – When it comes to books about true friendship, the George and Martha books are my absolute favorite. My daughter loves the hippos and situations they get into and I love the message of how real friends treat one another. Each book is a collection of short stories, where George and Martha learn lessons about telling the truth, supporting each other and respecting each other. In one story, George doesn’t like Martha’s split pea soup, but instead of telling Martha, he pours the soup into his shoes. Martha catches him and reminds him that friends should always tell each other the truth. In fact, Martha doesn’t like her split pea soup either. The stories are short, sweet and full of humor.
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: 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: When Dinosaurs Came With Everything
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything (By Elise Broach) – It’s just another boring Friday for one little boy, who is running errands with his mother. But it soon gets a little more exciting when he finds out that on this day, dinosaurs some with everything. At the bakery, his mom buys a box of doughnuts and the boy is thrilled when they receive a real live triceratops with their purchase. As they go to the boy’s doctor’s appointment and the barber shop, they get even more dinosaurs. And while the boy is excited, his mother is not happy and wonders how they will take care of these dinosaurs. But soon the mother changes her mind when she sees how fun and helpful the dinosaurs can be around the house. And then the mom heads back to the bakery to buy more doughnuts, so they can get even more dinosaurs. My five-year-old daughter laughs at this story every time, particularly when the boy shows the dinosaurs where to go to the bathroom. A fun read for every child – especially those who love dinosaurs!
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: Edwina: The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct
Edwina: The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct (By Mo Willems) – Edwina is a friendly green dinosaur who loves to play with kids, help out around town and bake cookies. But one little boy named Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie is determined to prove that Edwina – like other dinosaurs – is extinct. However, nobody listens to Reginald. Then he finds someone who will listen to him – Edwina. Reginald explains the truth about dinosaurs to Edwina and she listens and realizes that yes, she is extinct. But in the end, she doesn’t care and neither does Reginald. They decide to go have some cookies together.
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: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (By Doreen Cronin) – This is a very funny book about Farmer Brown, who is having a problem with his cows. All day long they like to type on the old typewriter they found in the barn and all day he hears “click, clack, moo.” But then one day the cows type a note to Farmer Brown requesting electric blankets for the cold nights in the barn. The story continues as the cows go on strike, the hens join the cows and Farmer Brown is forced to make a deal with his animals in order to get milk and eggs. The cows agree to give up the typewriter if they can have the electric blankets. Farmer Brown agrees, but then gets a typed note from the farm’s ducks. They have the typewriter now and they want a diving board for the pond. “Click, clack, quack.” My daughter laughs at this book every time we read it.
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: A Pirate’s Quest: For His Family Heirloom Peg Leg
A Pirate’s Quest: For His Family Heirloom Peg Leg (By Laura Sams & Robert Sams) – A one-legged pirate has lost his family heirloom peg leg when it fell into the lake and drifted away while he was sleeping. The pirate was hoping to pass the peg leg onto his son or daughter and vows that he will never give up the search for his missing peg leg. The pirate follows the water out into the sea, looking for his leg. Along the way, he mistakes a turtle, the arm of an octopus and even another pirate’s peg leg for his own. The pirate collapses from exhaustion on the beach, where a little boy finds his peg leg washed up on shore. He takes the peg leg over to the sleeping pirate and attaches it to his knee. When the pirate wakes up he is overjoyed to have his peg leg back. The book is a fun and humorous read. My five-year-old daughter especially loves the the rhythm of the words as well as the pictures, which are so vivid and textured. The reader will feel as if they are right beside this pirate as he searches for his missing peg leg.
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: King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub (By Audrey Wood) – King Bidgood is in the bathtub and he won’t get out to rule the kingdom. Who knows what to do? One by one, the knight, queen, duke and the king’s court step forward with ideas to get the king out of the tub. But each time the king decides that he can do everything while staying in the tub. The book features outstanding pictures of the king and his subjects, eating, dancing and even fishing in the tub! Eventually the small page steps up with a solution – to pull the plug on the bathtub drain. It’s a great ending to a very funny story.
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!
