Instead I asked Mari what her three favorite books are. Punt to the three-year old! Here is what she picked:
  | Tumble Bumble by Felicia Bond, a fun little sing-song, rhyming story that starts with a tiny bug out for a walk and ends with ten new friends bouncing on a bed together. Mari has this one memorized and likes to "read" it to me. It's great for learning about sequencing, too. |
  | Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers: page after page of babies doing everyday things and being loved on. In other words, Marian's perfect book. The illustrations by Marla Frazee are very realistic and lively. I love that as you study the detail you see all sorts of family structures and people represented. A definite must for any multiethnic family, for sure. Marian really likes all the different expressions on the babies' faces. |
  | Hush Little Baby by Sylvia Long is an antidote to the traditional "Hush Little Baby" lullaby, with its litany of material gifts. (Full disclosure: I sang that song all the time to baby Mari, too.) This version focuses on the small comforts all around us, from the evening sky to a favorite quilt: "Hush little baby, don't say a word/Mama's going to show you a hummingbird," and so on. |
3 comments:
All my kids love(d) Tumble Bumble.
The other two I hadn't heard of! Thanks for mentioning them, I'm off to check them out!
Good choices, Mari! I'm sorry to hear about Todd's relative. :-( My thoughts and prayers are with you, him, and his family. *hugs*
These were three of our favorites too! Mari has great taste in books.
Thinking of you all - dealing with loss is so exhausting and distracting, at least in my experience.
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