Reading Little Stories
Before I was even married I used to walked blissfully through the children’s section of Barnes and Noble dreaming of the day I would buy my own children such marvelously illustrated and poetically worded books. I couldn’t wait to have a “reason” to fill up my shopping cart with these delicious little works of art. Now that I have little ones in my home it is a joy to be able to fill up my Amazon shopping cart and anxiously wait for our package of fun to arrive in the mail!
Both of our little boys love to be read to and it is such a privilege to be their mommy, the voice of all their favorite characters. What a joy it is to watch their minds grow and their passion for stories come alive!
A love for reading is one characteristic I hope to impart to my children. Though their library is limited as of now to Dr. Suess, Eric Carle, Baby Einstein and such I know that the minutes, hours, and days we spend with our noses in books will one day open the door to Spurgeon, Piper, J.C. Ryle, and the like.
These little books, read over and over, smudged, bent, and torn will be remembered with fondness and hopefully spur on a love for the written word.
So what are our little readers absorbed in these days? What are the hits that keep being pulled out over and over again? Here are the Hutto boy’s top 10:
1. Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo by Kevin Lewis
2. Hop on Pop by Dr. Suess
3. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle
4. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
5. Hand Hand Fingers Thumb, by Al Perkins
6. Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
7. There’s a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Suess
8. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Lap Edition!) by Jr. Bill Martin
9. Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton
10. The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
What books are your little ones obsessed with? Do they favor the “classics” or the newer books available?
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