Buy it: Princess Peepers Picks a Pet
Princess Peepers Picks a Pet (By Pam Calvert) – Princess Peepers isn’t like the other princesses at the Royal Academy. She hangs from trees while the other girls work on their posture. And she ruins their tea party when she accidentally crashes her skateboard into the table. And when the teacher announces there will be a pet show, Princess Peepers finds out she’s the only one who doesn’t have a pet. But when Princess Peepers is out walking in the forest, she bumps into what she thinks is the perfect pet. Unfortunately, the bump knocked her glasses off, so what she thinks is a flying unicorn, is really a fire-breathing dragon. Peepers flies into the pet show on her new pet only to be told it’s a dragon. And when Peepers puts her glasses on and sees her pet for the first time, she thinks he’s perfect anyway. A cute story about being yourself.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 6, 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: Ivy & Bean
Ivy & Bean (By Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall) – Bean has short hair and likes to get dirty. Ivy wears dresses and is always reading books. But these two girls find out that despite their differences, they have a lot of fun together. The chapter book, “Ivy & Bean,” is a great choice for kids 6 to 9 years old. Bean plays a trick on her sister and is worried that she’ll get in trouble. Ivy, who lives across the street, invites her to hide out with her. The two girls quickly become friends as they make a witch’s robe and wand for Ivy; dig for worms and run from Bean’s older sister. These two girls find themselves in lots of humorous situations, which my daughter, age 6, loved to read about.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 6, 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: Princess Posey and the Perfect Present
Princess Posey and the Perfect Present (By Stephanie Greene) – “Princess Posey and the Perfect Present” is a great chapter book for beginning readers. The story is simple and relatable for first-graders; the chapters are short; and there are cute illustrations throughout. My daughter Ally, a first-grader who is 6, and I enjoy reading these books together. In this story, Posey is excited to be bringing a present to school for her teacher’s birthday. She decides to bring roses that she picked from the garden. But when she gets to school, one of her friends has also brought flowers for the teacher and the bouquet is bigger and prettier than Posey’s. Posey hides her flowers and gets angry at her friend. But after school, Posey’s mom explains that the size of the bouquet is not important and that her friend didn’t know that Posey was also bringing flowers. Posey goes out to the garden and picks just one rose to give to her teacher the next day. Her teacher is excited to have her first “after birthday present.” And Posey apologizes to her friend. This story offers simple lessons about friendship and jealousy.
The book recommendations included on this website are books that my daughter Ally, now age 6, 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: Dance Me, Daddy
Dance Me, Daddy (By Cindy Morgan) – If you have a little girl, you will probably tear up when you read this touching story about the love between a girl and her daddy. Each turn of the page, shows the little girl growing up from tutus, pigtails and tea parties to sleepovers with friends and homework. But through every age, the daughter and her daddy still dance together and the daughter says the same thing – “Dance me, Daddy…” Then she says that if she’s his princess than he is king of the world. Then the girl leaves home, falls in love and gets married. And on her wedding day, she goes up to her dad and says the same thing, “Dance me, Daddy…” And the last page shows the daughter visiting her parents with her husband and her own little girl. The book comes with a CD of the song “King of the World,” which tells the same story in song. The CD also features the author reading the story and an interview with the author.
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: Ladybug Girl
Ladybug Girl (By David Soman and Jacky Davis) – A little girl named Lulu dresses up in a red tutu, wings, boots and antennae, and proclaims that she is Ladybug Girl. Lulu’s parents and brother are busy, so Lulu will have to make her own fun. She heads out into the yard and soon discovers lots of important things that Ladybug Girl can do. She helps a line of ants by moving a rock out of their way. She puts fallen rocks back on the crumbly stone wall and makes a fort. She walks the length of a fallen tree and doesn’t fall. Lulu realizes that she’s not little when she thinks of all the amazing things she did that day.
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: Fancy Nancy – Explorer Extraordinaire!
Fancy Nancy – Explorer Extraordinaire! (By Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser) – Fancy Nancy and her friend Bree are going exploring in their backyards. They share their rules and checklists for being an explorer extraordinaire. The girls observe bugs, look at wildflowers, watch birds and collect leaves. There are great photographs and several interesting facts that are perfect for children. How do you tell a butterfly from a moth? How big is a hummingbird? How do flies walk on the ceiling? Fancy Nancy and Bree explain it all. The book also includes nature jokes, instructions on how to make a pine cone birdfeeder and a recipe for extra-fancy lemonade. A perfect book for Fancy Nancy fans and nature lovers.
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: Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs?
Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs? (By Carmela LaVigna Coyle) – This is a wonderful book for little girls who think they’re really princesses. A little girl and her dad go on a hike and as they walk along, the little girl continuously asks her dad questions about how princesses do things. She asks what a princess wears on a hike, if they climb on boulders, if they dip their toes in the river or if they really kiss frogs. This is a fun and sweet story for little girls, who are all princesses in their daddies’ eyes.
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!
The Yellow Tutu (By Kirsten Bramsen) – Margo receives the birthday present she’s been dreaming of – a yellow tutu. But when she decides to wear her tutu on her head so she will look like the sun, the kids at school make fun of her. But one friend understands and the book concludes with the two girls wearing their tutus on their heads as they have a tea party. This is a sweet story for little girls who love to wear tutus or those who like to follow the beat of their own drummer.
Buy it: The Yellow Tutu
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!
All Tutus Should Be Pink (By Sheri Brownrigg) – This is a sweet story of two little girls who love going to their dance class. And they especially enjoy wearing their pink tutus. They wear their tutus at the store, at the movies and even at the beach. And of course to dance class! After dance class they go out for pink ice cream, because even if they dribble some on their tutus it won’t matter – because they are pink too!
Buy it: All Tutus Should Be Pink
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!
Belinda Begins Ballet (By Amy Young)- This is a story about a girl named Belinda, who was born with huge feet. Belinda finds out that her big feet can be useful when playing soccer or jumping on a trampoline. But because of her big feet, a teacher tries to make Belinda be a clown for the school talent. Belinda wants to be a ballerina and is embarrassed by the clown routine. She practices dancing ballet and goes from a clown in the talent show to a beautiful ballerina.
Buy it: Belinda Begins Ballet
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!
