{"id":4196,"date":"2013-01-24T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2016-09-27T10:18:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:18:12","slug":"favorite-books-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=4196","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Books for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8363\/8396209135_f8757aeeaa_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0018\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A few of you have asked for some good book recommendations for kids, and since we do a whole lot of reading around here,\u00a0<em>especially\u00a0<\/em>during the winter months, I thought I would share a few of our current favorites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Baby Books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Good-Night-Gorilla-Peggy-Rathmann\/dp\/0698116496\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358653976&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=goodnight+gorilla\" target=\"_blank\">Goodnight Gorilla<\/a> by Peggy Rathmann<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tubby-Leslie-Patricelli-board-books\/dp\/B008GO2DSY\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654072&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tubby\" target=\"_blank\">Tubby<\/a> by Leslie Patricelli<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Roald-Dahl-Book-Box-Slipcase\/dp\/0140926526\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654981&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=roald+dahl+collection\" target=\"_blank\">Dear Zoo<\/a> (which we don&#8217;t own but always check out from the library because it is so great) by Rod Campbell<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/EyeLike-Nature-Sticks-PlayBac\/dp\/1602141037\/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358655885&amp;sr=1-9&amp;keywords=sticks\" target=\"_blank\">Sticks<\/a> (Emil is currently obsessed with this book&#8230; I have no idea)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Were-Going-Classic-Board-Books\/dp\/0689815816\/ref=sr_1_149?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358731552&amp;sr=1-149\" target=\"_blank\">We&#8217;re Going on a Bear Hunt<\/a> by Helen Oxenbury &amp; Michael Rosen<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Books for Preschoolers and Early Grade Schoolers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Iggy-Peck-Architect-Andrea-Beaty\/dp\/081091106X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654127&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=iggy+peck+architect\" target=\"_blank\">Iggy Peck, Architect<\/a>\u00a0by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Curious-Garden-Peter-Brown\/dp\/0316015474\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654219&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+curious+garden+by+peter+brown\" target=\"_blank\">The Curious Garden<\/a>\u00a0by Peter Brown<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Frog-Toad-Year-Read-Book\/dp\/0064440591\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358656304&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=frog+and+toad+all+year+by+arnold+lobel\" target=\"_blank\">Frog and Toad All Year<\/a> by Arnold Lobel<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/I-Want-My-Hat-Back\/dp\/0763655988\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654260&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=i+want+my+hat+back+by+jon+klassen\" target=\"_blank\">I Want My Hat Back<\/a>\u00a0by Jon Klassen<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Giving-Tree-40th-Anniversary-Book\/dp\/0060586753\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654320&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+giving+tree+by+shel+silverstein\" target=\"_blank\">The Giving Tree<\/a>\u00a0by Shel Silverstein<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Best-Nest-Beginner-Books\/dp\/0394800516\/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358655315&amp;sr=1-22&amp;keywords=top+books+for+babies\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Nest<\/a> by P.D. Eastman<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pancakes-World-Eric-Carle\/dp\/0689822464\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358655432&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=pancakes+pancakes\" target=\"_blank\">Pancakes, Pancakes! <\/a>by Eric Carle\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stick-Man-Julia-Donaldson\/dp\/0545157617\/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358655959&amp;sr=1-10&amp;keywords=sticks\" target=\"_blank\">Stick Man<\/a> by Julia Donaldson<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Oliver-OLIVER-Phyllis-Aug-12-08-Hardcover\/dp\/B007SKFFBO\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654388&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=oliver+finds+his+way\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Finds His Way<\/a>\u00a0by Phyllis Root<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Snowy-Day-50th-Anniversary\/dp\/067001270X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654454&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+snowy+day+by+ezra+jack+keats\" target=\"_blank\">The Snowy Day<\/a>\u00a0by Ezra Jack Keats<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Richard-Scarrys-What-People-All\/dp\/0394818237\/ref=sr_1_63?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358656192&amp;sr=1-63\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Scarry&#8217;s What Do People Do All Day<\/a> by Richard Scarry<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/First-Caldecott-Theodor-Geisel-Awards\/dp\/1596432721\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654500&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=first+the+egg+by+laura+vaccaro+seeger\" target=\"_blank\">First The Egg<\/a>\u00a0by Laura Vaccaro Seeger<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Farm-Anatomy-Curious-Pieces-Country\/dp\/1603429816\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654570&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=farm+anatomy+the+curious+parts+and+pieces+of+country+life\" target=\"_blank\">Farm Anatomy<\/a>\u00a0by Julia Rothman\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.book-by-its-cover.com\/childrens\/sixty-impossible-things-before-lunch\" target=\"_blank\">Sixty Impossible Things Before Lunch<\/a> by Harriet Russell (Andrew&#8217;s favorite too!)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Little-Hoot-Amy-Krouse-Rosenthal\/dp\/081186023X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654714&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=little+hoot+by+amy+krouse+rosenthal\" target=\"_blank\">Little Hoot<\/a>\u00a0by Amy Krouse Rosenthal<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Awesome-Book-Thanks-Dallas-Clayton\/dp\/193559737X\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654763&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=an+awesome+book+by+dallas+clayton\" target=\"_blank\">An Awesome Book of Thanks<\/a>\u00a0by Dallas Clayton<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Emil-Detectives-Erich-K\u00e4stner\/dp\/1585675865\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654804&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=emil+and+the+detectives+by+erich+kastner\" target=\"_blank\">Emil and The Detectives<\/a>\u00a0by Erich Kastner<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Anything by Roald Dahl:\u00a0<em>The Witches, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Roald-Dahl-Book-Box-Slipcase\/dp\/0140926526\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1358654981&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=roald+dahl+collection\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> is a box set!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Really, I could go on and on. Children&#8217;s books are some of my favorite things. Having kids just gives me a good excuse to read them! What are\u00a0<em>your\u00a0<\/em>top 3 children&#8217;s books?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few of you have asked for some good book recommendations for kids, and since we do a whole lot of reading around here,\u00a0especially\u00a0during the winter months, I thought I would share a few of our current favorites. Baby Books: Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann Tubby by Leslie Patricelli Dear Zoo (which we don&#8217;t own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=4196\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Favorite Books for Kids&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[140,132,73],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-books","tag-reading","tag-school-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12296,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions\/12296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}