favorite board books?

[ommom]

hi all!

what are your fave few board books? i'd love recommendations/reviews.

our DD is 8 mo. and beginning to show an interest so i'd like to get a few for the next year or so. i'm particularly interested in fun rhythms/rhymes and storylines w/open-minded, life-affirming, or just plain silly storylines.

thanks!

[HappyFox05]

Happy Baby Animals by Roger Priddy - she's 21 months & has liked that one for at least a year. Another Priddy book that I remember her liking when she was your LO's age was Squishy Turtle & Friends.

My First Pets Board Book & My First Farm Board Book, both DK publications - she likes all the animals and tractors.

Bible Stories for Tiny Tots - more pictures of animals.

Moo, Baa, La La La and The Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton. Oh wait, the Belly Button Book is my favorite.

[Red Pajama]

Anything by sandra Boyton. Her books have great rhythm. I think The Going to Bed Book was replaced twice at my house, just because of "wear". We've also replaced Good Night, Moon twice, too.

[splath]

Another vote for The Going to Bed Book ~ that was a favorite of dd's. She also loved There's a Wocket in my Pocket, The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, and the lift the flaps books by Karen Katz.

[Daffodil]

Goodnight Moon
Jamberry
The Going to Bed Book
More More More Said the Baby
Big Red Barn

[simplemama32]

Goodnight Moon
I Am a Bunny
Bunny My Honey
Hush Little Baby (this one is a spin-off from the lullaby, except a lot lovelier in my opinion...for example, instead of saying "I'm going to buy you a diamond ring", it will say something like "we'll listen to the crickets sing"...I can't remember the exact words, just that we love it!)
Karen Katz books

[Pyrodjm]

Another vote for anything Sandra Boyton.
DD also lovesPlease Baby, Please touch and feel books like That's Not My Bear.

[fruitfulmomma]

The Napping House

and pretty much everything by Margaret Wise Brown, Eric Carle, and Jan Brett.

ETA: If You Were My Bunny, Guess How Much I Love You, Goodnight Gorilla, Peek-A-Who, and The Going to Bed Book

[Norasmomma]

Another Sandra Boyton fan here.

I have a couple faves-I love Barnyard Dance and Moo, Baa, La la la. My DD reads the latter to us often and has since she was about 2.5, she just loves that book.

[PatchChild]

-One Duck Stuck

-Goodnight Gorilla

-DK books with photos

[ommom]

Thanks, y'all! I hadn't heard of many of these and now have a list to check out!

[Holiztic]

Goodnight Gorilla

Guess How Much I Love You (we have the board and paper version)

Love is A Handful of Honey

[Liquesce]

Jamberry
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
The Napping House
One Hungry Monster and Hungry Monster ABC (my one year old's favorite )
Tumble Bumble
Peek-a-Boo
Hush Little Baby
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs
Guess How Much I Love You
Richard Scarry's Egg in the Hole Book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? (it took me forever to find this in board book form, but it is out there)
I Love You Through and Through
Not a reading book, but my kids love the pictures in DK Publishing's "My First Words."

My kids must be the odd ones out, because they're really disinterested in The Going to Bed Book. I was kind of disappointed in it too.

[zinemama]

Definitely Good Night Gorilla.

I also very much liked Where is God? which has a whimsical, universal approach (God is in the last bite of birthday cake, in goodnight hugs, in the fly caught in the spider's web, etc.)

[not_telling]

In addition to faves that have already been mentioned...

Books by Mem Fox (Where is the Green Sheep?, Time For Bed)
Books that are songs (Itsy Bitsy Spider, Five Little Ducks, Head Shoulders Knees & Toes)

Barnyard Banter
Hand Hand Fingers Thumb (a fave of mine when I was little...great rhythm book)

[Surfer Rosa]

Am I the only one who doesn't like Sandra Boynton???

Big hits with both my kids:
Goodnight Moon
My Friends (Taro Gomi)
Peepo
Goodnight Gorilla
Touch and Feel series (animals, shapes...) *Other DK books too-we have a bunch that are themed-words, numbers/counting/things that go...
the Very Hungry Caterpillar/The Very Quiet Cricket
Ten Little Ladybugs
I Spy boardbooks
the Gruffalo

[splath]

Two other favorites I thought of is My Truck is Stuck and Haiku Baby.

[Quaniliaz]

Bumping up this old thread to add:

Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers
Each Peach Pear Plum (which our seven year old likes to read to our one year old)
Hush Little Baby by Sylvia Long

[ellemenope]

Originally Posted by fridgeart

Am I the only one who doesn't like Sandra Boynton???

No, we never liked sandra boynton that much. We prefer Dr. Suess and Eric Carle. Oh and Mo Williams.

DD started out on picture books at about 8 months. Her favorite series was That's not my... by Usborne. These book are awesome and they really keep babies' attentions.

For board books:

Bear Snores On
Jamberry
Is your mama a llama?
My many colored days
The red ripe strawbewrry
we're going on a bear hunt
Quick as a Cricket
The runaway bunny
Goodnight moon
The snowy day

We stopped investing in board books at about 18 months. We now check out about 15 books from the library weekly. Her faves that we now own:

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Horton Hears a who (all the Horton books for that matter)
The butter battle book
Mrs. Brices's mice
The fire cat

We are now reading short little chapter books like:

Little Bear
frog and toad

I would be tickled if a little kid got to read one of DD's fave books because of this. Let me know.

[ellemenope]

Originally Posted by fridgeart

My Friends (Taro Gomi)

I recognize that author from Everybody Poops! We looooove that book!

Gotta go check that out. Thanks.

ETA: Will also be checking out Where is god?

I am glad to see so many votes for Jamberry. It is very deserving.