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My Library

Welcome to my library! These are the books in my bookshelves. I like the sounds of Mommy's and Daddy's voice as they read aloud to me every day. I especially like stories before a nap or bedtime.

Current Favorites: Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss

Books in My Library: 74

Books Mommy and Daddy have read to me: 35 (titles in bold print below)

Board Books

But Not the Hippopotamus (Sandra Boynton)

1 2 3	Amanda Barlow	Ch \| Am
Animal Noises	Stephen Cartwright	Ch \| Am
But Not the Hippopotamus	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
Farm Animals	DK	Ch \| Am
Happy Baby: 123	Roger Priddy	Ch \| Am
Happy Baby: Colors	Roger Priddy	Ch \| Am
Moo, Baa, La La La!	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
My Animals	Jo Litchfield	Ch \| Am
Opposites	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
Pajama Time!	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
Sleepytime Prayers	Yolanda Browne	Ch \| Am
That's Not My Bear...	Fiona Watt	Ch \| Am

A room without books is like a body without a soul. G. K. Chesterton

Dr. Seuss Books

And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (Dr. Seuss)

Cat In The Hat Comes Back!, The (Dr. Seuss)

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Seuss)

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (Dr. Seuss)

Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (Dr. Seuss)

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (Dr. Seuss)

Shape Of Me And Other Stuff, The (Dr. Seuss)

There’s A Wocket In My Pocket! (Dr. Seuss)

And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Cat In The Hat Comes Back!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Cat In The Hat	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Dr. Seuss’s ABC	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Fox In Socks	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Green Eggs And Ham	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Hop On Pop	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Horton Hatches The Egg	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
How The Grinch Stole Christmas	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
I Wish I Had Duck Feet	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
In A People House	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Lorax	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Oh Say Can You Say?	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Shape Of Me And Other Stuff	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
There’s A Wocket In My Pocket!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Tooth Book	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Wacky Wednesday	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Francis Bacon

Disney Books

101 Dalmations	Disney	Ch \| Am
Aladdin	Disney	Ch \| Am
Beauty and the Beast	Disney	Ch \| Am
Dumbo	Disney	Ch \| Am
Hercules	Disney	Ch \| Am
The Jungle Book	Disney	Ch \| Am
Lady and the Tramp	Disney	Ch \| Am
The Lion King	Disney	Ch \| Am
The Little Mermaid	Disney	Ch \| Am
Peter Pan	Disney	Ch \| Am
Pinocchio	Disney	Ch \| Am
Pocahontas	Disney	Ch \| Am
The Prince and The Pauper	Disney	Ch \| Am
Sleeping Beauty	Disney	Ch \| Am
Toy Story	Disney	Ch \| Am
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too	Disney	Ch \| Am

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. Anna Quindlen (and Daddy)

The Rest of My Library

Baby Animal Stories (My First Treasury: Baby Animal Stories) (Julie Downing)

Bears on Wheels (Stan and Jan Berenstain)

Bears' Christmas, The (Stan and Jan Berenstain)

Berenstain Bears on the Moon, The (Stan and Jan Berenstain)

Berenstain's B Book, The (Stan and Jan Berenstain)

Children Just Like Me (Susan Elizabeth Copsey)

Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit, The (Beatrix Potter)

It's Not Easy Being a Bunny (Marilyn Sadler)

Oh say can you say Di-no-saur (Bonnie Worth)

Precious Moments Angel Kisses And Snuggle-time Prayers : A Collection of Verses, Prayers, and Quiet Moments of Love (Sam Butcher)

Precious Moments Baby Bible (Sam Butcher)

Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet (Matt Napier)

A Fly Went By	Mike McClintock	Ch \| Am
Are you my mother?	P.D. Eastman	Ch \| Am
Baby Animal Stories (My First Treasury: Baby Animal Stories)	Julie Downing	Ch \| Am
Baby's First Bible	Melody Carlson	Ch \| Am
Bears on Wheels	Stan and Jan Berenstain	Ch \| Am
The Bears' Christmas	Stan and Jan Berenstain	Ch \| Am
The Berenstain Bears on the Moon	Stan and Jan Berenstain	Ch \| Am
The Berenstain's B Book	Stan and Jan Berenstain	Ch \| Am
Children Just Like Me	Susan Elizabeth Copsey	Ch \| Am
The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit	Beatrix Potter	Ch \| Am
Curly Gets Muddy	Stephen Cartwright	Ch \| Am
The Early Bird	Richard Scarry	Ch \| Am
The Gink	Belinda Ward	Ch \| Am
Goodnight Moon	Margaret Wise Brown	Ch \| Am
The Hair Book	Graham Tether	Ch \| Am
It's Not Easy Being a Bunny	Marilyn Sadler	Ch \| Am
Love You Forever	Robert Munsch	Ch \| Am
The Nose Book	Al Perkins	Ch \| Am
Oh say can you say Di-no-saur	Bonnie Worth	Ch \| Am
Pizza Pat	Rita Golden Gelman	Ch \| Am
Precious Moments Angel Kisses And Snuggle-time Prayers : A Collection of Verses, Prayers, and Quiet Moments of Love	Sam Butcher	Ch \| Am
Precious Moments Baby Bible	Sam Butcher	Ch \| Am
Snug House, Bug House	Susan Schade	Ch \| Am
Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet	Matt Napier	Ch \| Am

TV: If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they'll have with twenty-six. Open your child's imagination. Open a book. Anonymous

Parenting Books Just For Mommy and Daddy to Read

Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year (Mayo Clinic)

Mother of All Baby Books: An All-Canadian Guide to Baby's First Year, The (Ann Douglas)

Mother of All Pregnancy Books: An All-Canadian Guide to Conception, Birth and Everything in Between, The (Ann Douglas)

Read-Aloud Handbook, 5th Ed, The (Jim Trelease)

What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition (Heidi E. Murkoff)

What to Expect the First Year (Arlene Eisenberg)

kids are worth it! Revised Edition : Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline (Barbara Coloroso)

Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year	Mayo Clinic	Ch \| Am
The Mother of All Baby Books: An All-Canadian Guide to Baby's First Year	Ann Douglas	Ch \| Am
The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: An All-Canadian Guide to Conception, Birth and Everything in Between	Ann Douglas	Ch \| Am
The New Parent	Miriam Stoppard	Ch \| Am
Notes to my Daughter	David Bouchard	Ch \| Am
The Read-Aloud Handbook, 5th Ed	Jim Trelease	Ch \| Am
The Pocket Parent	Gail Reichlin	Ch \| Am
What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition	Heidi E. Murkoff	Ch \| Am
What to Expect the First Year	Arlene Eisenberg	Ch \| Am
kids are worth it! Revised Edition : Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline	Barbara Coloroso	Ch \| Am

To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one. Chinese saying

Books Mommy and Daddy Are Hoping to Add to My Library...

500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, The (Dr. Seuss)

Cat In The Hat Song Book, The (Dr. Seuss)

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Dr. Seuss)

Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (Dr. Seuss)

Hooray For Diffendoofer Day! (Dr. Seuss)

I Am Not Going To Get Up Today! (Dr. Seuss)

I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and other stories (Dr. Seuss)

I Can Write! A Book By Me, Myself (Dr. Seuss)

I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew (Dr. Seuss)

Lucy Cousins Book of Nursery Rhymes, The (Lucy Cousins)

Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (Dr. Seuss)

Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet! (Dr. Seuss)

My First Learning Library (Box Set) (Dorling Kindersley Publishing)

Please Try to Remember the First of Octember (Dr. Seuss)

Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice, The (Dr. Seuss)

Sneetches and other stories, The (Dr. Seuss)

Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose (Dr. Seuss)

Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)

Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (Dr. Seuss)

Yertle The Turtle and other stories (Dr. Seuss)

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
A to Z	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
Bartholomew and the Oobleck	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Blue Hat, Green Hat	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
The Butter Battle Book	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Cat In The Hat Song Book	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Cat’s Quizzer	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Charlotte's Web	E. B. White	Ch \| Am
Come Over to My House	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Daisy-Head Mayzie	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Everything Book	Denise Fleming	Ch \| Am
The Eye Book	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Foot Book	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Going-To-Bed Book	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
Great Day For Up	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Happy Birthday To You!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Hooray For Diffendoofer Day!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Horns to Toes	Sandra Boynton	Ch \| Am
Horton Hears A Who!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Hunches In Bunches	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
I Am Not Going To Get Up Today!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
I Can Draw It Myself	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and other stories	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
I Can Write! A Book By Me, Myself	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
If I Ran The Circus	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
If I Ran The Zoo	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
James and the Giant Peach	Roald Dahl	Ch \| Am
The King’s Stilts	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Lucy Cousins Book of Nursery Rhymes	Lucy Cousins	Ch \| Am
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Mcelligot’s Pool	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
My Book About Me	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
My First Learning Library (Box Set)	Dorling Kindersley Publishing	Ch \| Am
My Many Colored Days	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
On Beyond Zebra	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Scrambled Eggs Super!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Seven Lady Godivas	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
The Sneetches and other stories	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Ten Apples Up on Top!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak	Ch \| Am
Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
Yertle The Turtle and other stories	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am
You’re Only Old Once!	Dr. Seuss	Ch \| Am

A library is thought in cold storage. Herbert Samuel

Some other ideas for children's books include:

Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Treasury (excerpt from the Read-Aloud Handbook)
School Library Journal's list of best books
Baby to Age 3 Bestsellers @ Amazon.com or Amazon.ca
Best-Selling Children's books of All Time (Publisher's Weekly)

... And Books They Seek for Parenting Me

How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike (Esme Raji Codell)

New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children : 3rd Edition Revised and Updated, The (Eden Ross Lipson)

The Mother of All Toddler Books : An All-Canadian Guide to Your Child's Second and Third Years (Ann Douglas)

How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike	Esme Raji Codell	Ch \| Am
The New York Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children : 3rd Edition Revised and Updated	Eden Ross Lipson	Ch \| Am
The Mother of All Toddler Books : An All-Canadian Guide to Your Child's Second and Third Years	Ann Douglas	Ch \| Am

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. Mortimer J. Adler