Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See?

I’m highly fond of Dr. Suess. Rhymes for children have been shown to be helpful and effective in learning. This book accentuates the character’s eyes. It also depicts real things “a girl, a man…. and an old tin can”, unlike other Dr. Seuss books but also while still rhyming – which I love. This book is a fun way to learn about eyes and what they do.

I want all the Paprocki books. They are beautiful! Greg Paprocki’s illustrations are fun and antique-y looking. He does many different themed alphabets and countdowns. Here is a link to His collection of books online: CLICK ME.

B is for Boo was our first Paprocki book. It is loved by all. We have since collected other holidays to help our little guy understand what’s happening during the current seasons.

This book is for older kids, however, I randomly picked this out from our local library and our son loved this book. The story is about a pet dog, and my little boy’s favorite things are his two pet dogs. The book has brightly colored pages and simple words; words that rhyme and repeat. The cutout pages were even fun for me. I had to renew this book multiple times and I can still quote it.

First of all, the book is called Taco Tuesday! This should be enough convincing. I would literally bust this book out very enthusiastically on Tuesdays – then Dad would have to remind me it was, in fact, not a Tuesday.

However, this is an adorable finger puppet book. My baby would giggle and try to grab the taco and eat (bite) it. A very fun mix-up to the regular storytime.

I can’t tell if it’s because I love this book so much – that makes him love it, but whatever it is he really likes this book. This book will be a favorite for a while if I can help it. It’s the most adorable way to get through the alphabet. Introducing many words, while – you got it! – rhyming! To top it all off, it’s peas. The sweetest little peas ( or unique peas I should say) describe “who they are” in alphabetic order. My son just sits and listens to the whole book in awe.

Who doesn’t love a pop-up? Honestly, this is the only one we have, but he laughed hysterically the first few times we read the book. He still smiles and loves to see who is behind each item months later. I bet any pop-up would have the same effect on any kid, but the giggles from this particular book were well enjoyed!

This was the first sound book. The Donkey is hilarious. He would push the donkey over and over shocked that there was something that made this silly noise. With many animals, the fun goes on and on. We have since gotten more sound books and this one is still a favorite because there are more animals like the donkey and owl that aren’t typically on other sound books.

There is an entire series of animals, but this sloth book really caught my husband’s eye. It took a little time but now he loves to touch and feel the textures of the book. His favorite is the sloth’s nose. He keeps touching it on each page expecting the silky nose to be on each page.