ANIMAL BOOKS: Ages Baby - Preschool
The Going to Bed
Book by Sandra Boynton
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 14 pages
Publisher (Year): Little Simon (August 31, 2004)
It is a wonder as to how children love silly books! Usually it is very difficult to get kids to sleep. However, this can be easily achieved with the help of one of Sandra Boynton’s silly books. When it comes to writing silly books for stubborn kids, Sandra Boynton has no parallel. The Going to Bed book is all about an ark, which is full of animals. These animals get ready for bed after watching the beautiful sunset. They bid each other goodnight after bathing, changing into their pajamas, brushing and exercising on the deck. Once again, Sandra Boynton has won the innocent hearts of the children with this sweet comforting story.
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
by Don Wood and Audrey Wood
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 24 pages
Publisher (Year): Child's Play
International (June 1998)
This book begins on a rainy night and soundly sleeping granny. A boy who is all sleepy dozes off on top of her. Then a dog snoozes on top of the boy. A cat jumps onto the dog and falls asleep and finally a mouse finds its way to the top of this pile and falls asleep. While all are sleeping peacefully, a flea bites the mouse! All the illustrations are seen having a gradual change in color and perspective and the tale ends in sunshine and play. The combination of Audrey Wood and her husband Don Wood are the best when it comes to entertaining children.
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 14 pages
Publisher (Year): Little Simon (October 11, 1984)
The books of Sandra Boynton are not only whimsical but also extremely hilarious and funny. Kids just adore her collection and her books contain serious silliness for all ages. Children of all ages enjoy the books of Sandra Boynton as her books not only entertain the children but also educate and enlighten them. Her books always contain nontraditional texts. She is famous for her animal characters and which are usually printed on thick board pages. This book is all about colors and helps the children to get better acquainted with colors. Children enjoy her books thoroughly and at the same time and are also greatly benefited from it.
My Big Animal Book (My Big Board Books) by Roger Priddy
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 12 pages
Publisher (Year): Priddy Bicknell (May 17, 2002)
My big animal book is a great book for the purpose of language development amongst preschoolers. The animals in the book are sorted out into groups including pets, birds, at the zoo, farm animals and baby animals. It is a great way of playing pointing games for children that helps them identify animals. The photos are clear and beautiful, and every picture is placed nicely against a background so that it stands out well enough. Unlike many other books, this book does not have any animal collage to confuse the children. Therefore, the idea of keeping it simple is very appealing and helpful for the teacher and child.
Dinosaur's Binkit by Sandra Boynton
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 14 pages
Publisher (Year): Little Simon (September 1, 1998)
Children are usually reluctant to go to bed. Especially, infants and toddlers from age one to three. Once again, Sandra Boynton has not failed to charm the kids and the children completely adore her silly bedtime stories. This story is all about a cute little baby dinosaur that is completely restless and canot get some sleep until he has the perfect comfort object with him. The dino fondly refers to his blanket as “binkit” and it is nothing but a piece of soft yellow felt, which can be stroked for reassurance. The story ends with absolute comfort, peace and closed eyes. Children get used to this kind of bedtime routine and gradually start shedding their reluctance to sleep.
Hush Little Baby Boxed Set by Sylvia Long
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover: 26 pages
Publisher (Year): Chronicle Books (February 1, 2000)
This book is an absolute favorite and is considered to be one of the top ten bedtime stories for preschool children. It is a depiction of love and beauty. In this story a mother takes her child from the porch to the rocking chair and finally to the bed. It is as thought the mother takes her child on a bedtime trek. Guiding her child with absolute love and care making sure her child enjoys every single bit of the bedtime trek! The book is absolutely warm a sense of coziness automatically sweeps over the children. They enjoy the book thoroughly and can relate to the cuddles, quilts and bears mentioned in it.
From Head to Toe Board Book by Eric Carle
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 28 pages
Publisher (Year): HarperFestival; ZZZ edition (March 27, 1999)
This is an extremely interesting book and will definitely not fail to capture the attention of children of all ages. This book is all about movements of animals. This book not only entertains the children but also enlightens them. They learn more about animals and actually love the way animals stomp, wriggle, kick etc. They enjoy learning these and also find great happiness in imitating the various animal movements like clapping loudly etc. This book does not have a specific story but it involves a lot of interaction. The animal movement like “A giraffe bends its neck” is followed by the text “can you do it?” This gets the children moving!
The Giant Jam Sandwich by Janet Burroway and John Vernon Lord
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 24 pages
Publisher (Year): HMH Books (April 6, 2009)
The best thing about this book is that it has rhyming text. This captures the attention of the readers and they enjoy reading every single line. This book is all about a place called Itching down. Four million wasps invade the town of Itching down. The pests annoy the citizens of the town and they are absolutely helpless but Bap the baker saves the day. He comes up with a brilliant idea to set up a wasp trap and for this; a giant jam sandwich is made by the baker and the citizens. They all knead and bake bread to trap the relentless wasps. Children of all ages completely adore this book and find it very interesting.
That's Not My Puppy: Its Coat Is Too Hairy
by Fiona Watt and Rachel Wells
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 10 pages
Publisher (Year): Usborne
Books (June 2001)
This is a very short book with only five pages. It is not a book would most kids would keep aside for multiple reading. It teaches a child about textures. This book is a part of most toddler libraries. It is a very entertaining book. It not only entertains the child but also educates him or her. The children enjoy this book because they find it to be very cute, which is a cuddly feeling, which most kids can easily relate to. A cute mouse is present on every single page of the book. This appeals to every child reading the book and they not only discuss the puppy but the cute mouse also is part of their discussion.
Baby Animals Black and White: Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Board book: 10 pages
Publisher (Year): Charlesbridge Publishing (July 1998)
Though this is a book with black and white images, it does not fail to amuse a child. Children find this book extremely appealing and it successfully catches the attention of every child. This book has striking black and white images of eight different baby animals. Children find them cute and the images leave them happy and beaming. They adore the illustrations even though they are not colored ones and this shows that a child enjoys variety. The reason as to why this book is perfect is that babies can view high contrast such as black and white images and it is a pleasure to see a child gazing intently at the cute images of the book.
The Berenstain Bears and The Truth by Stan Berenstain
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher
(Year): Random House Books for Young Readers (April 12, 1988)
This is a very cute book about a bear family, which consists of mama bear, papa bear, brother bear and sister bear. Brother and sister bear break mama’s favorite lamp during their heights of naughtiness and start lying about it to mother bear. Gradually their lie becomes bigger and bigger. However they manage to get away with the help of papa bear who saves them with the right words and hence everything falls back in place. The books of Berenstain are extremely funny and the children enjoy them thoroughly. The children find the bears cute and love reading more and more stories about the bear family. |
