Buy it: Knuffle Bunny Free
Knuffle Bunny Free (By Mo Willems) – In this third Knuffle Bunny book, Trixie has gotten a little older and is traveling to Holland to visit her grandparents. But soon after Trixie and her parents arrive at her grandparents’ house, Trixie realizes that she left Knuffle Bunny on the plane. Everyone tries to make Trixie feel better, but she is still sad. Then Trixie has a dream about all the places Knuffle Bunny would be visiting and the children he would be meeting along the way. She wakes up feeling better. Then on the plane ride home, Trixie finds Knuffle Bunny in the seat pocket! But when Trixie hears a baby crying behind her, she makes a big decision. She gives Knuffle Bunny away. The baby loves Knuffle Bunny and quiets down and a few weeks later Trixie gets a letter in the mail from the baby’s family. The end of this book always makes me tear up. The last pages show Trixie growing up, falling in love, starting a family and then getting a package in the mail from her old pen pal. And inside is Knuffle Bunny.
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: Knuffle Bunny Too
Knuffle Bunny Too (By Mo Willems) – My daughter loved the first Knuffle Bunny book so much, we just had to get the second one. In Knuffle Bunny Too, Trixie is off to Pre-K with her Knuffle Bunny in tow and just can’t wait to show it off to all her classmates. But when she gets to school, Trixie sees that another student, Sonja, also has a Knuffle Bunny. The two girls argue over how to pronounce “Knuffle” and the teacher takes the bunnies away. But when she returns them, they get switched and the girls take home the wrong bunnies. Both Trixie and Sonja realize they have the wrong bunnies and the girls and their dads rush out in the middle of the night to make the exchange. Trixie and Sonja become best friends, and the next day at school decide to swap bunnies again. My daughter Ally, age 5, loves the Knuffle Bunny books for the funny stories and great illustrations layered over black and white photographs.
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: Jamaica’s Find
Jamaica’s Find (By Juanita Havill) – A young girl, Jamaica, finds a stuffed dog at the playground and takes it home. Later, Jamaica starts to feel guilty for taking the dog, after she hears her mother saying that the dog probably belongs to a little girl just like her. The next day Jamaica takes the dog back to the playground and puts it in the lost and found. Soon a little girl comes to the playground and begins searching for her beloved stuffed dog. Jamaica takes her to the lost and found and is happy to see the girl and her toy reunited.
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: Knuffle Bunny
Knuffle Bunny (By Mo Willems) – This is a wonderfully simple and funny story about a little girl named Trixie and her favorite stuffed animal, Knuffle Bunny. Trixie and her daddy go to the laundromat and Trixie helps her daddy with the laundry. But when they are walking home, Trixie realizes that Knuffle Bunny is missing. Trixie is too young to explain this to her daddy with words and young readers will find her babbling amusing. Finally, Trixie and her parents head back to the laundromat to search for the missing bunny and they find it in the washing machine. And Trixie exclaims her first words – “Knuffle Bunny!” Another great aspect of this book is the illustrations, which are layered over real photographs for a neat visual.
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: Corduroy
Corduroy (By Don Freeman) – This is a classic children’s book which tells the story of a teddy bear named Corduroy who waits in the store for someone for take him home. One day a little girl named Lisa spots Corduroy and says he’s the bear she’s always wanted. But her mother says they can’t buy him and points out that he’s missing a button. That night, Corduroy roams the empty store looking for his missing button. He doesn’t find it, but the next day Lisa comes back with the money she has saved and buys Corduroy. Corduroy gets what he has always wanted – a home.
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!
