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Great Children's Books to Help Your Child Read!

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Give Your Child a Head Start!

Finding good children's books can sometimes be a very difficult task! Teaching your child to love reading can be an even harder one! However if you start reading to your child when s/he is young there is a greater chance of your child actually enjoying to read as s/he gets older!
It is never to late to start reading to your child though! Most children like it just because mommy or daddy is spending quality time with them when they are reading, plus you open up a whole new world to them!
You also help your child to speak, read, and so much more! There really are no down sides to reading to your child! Here are some great suggestions to get you started on the right foot!

Values: Mother and Child

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Unconditional Love

Teach your child the meaning of loving them unconditionally!

A Parent's Love

I Love You Stinky Face
Written by Lisa McCourt and Illustrated by Cyd Moore

A Story of a child asking his/her mother "Mama, what if I were a big scary Ape? Would you still love me then? and Mama replies: "If you were a big, scary ape, I would comb your whole hairy self to make sure you didn't have any tangles. And I would make your birthday cake our of bananas, and I would tell you, I love you my big, scary ape."
It has very good illustrations and the child could be either a boy or a girl! Vey imaginative, and gives you a chance to teach them that you will love them unconditionally.

I Love You Stinky Face

Written by Lisa McCourt

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The Kissing Hand
Written by Audrey Penn and Illustrated by Ruth E. Harper & Nancy M. Leak

A wonderful story of a mama racoon sending her baby to school for the very first time. He is frightened so mama racoon teaches him the kissing hand as a way to know that no matter where he is she is right there with him and still loves him!
This is an awesome book about a parent's love for their child! It helps reinforce the fact that although sometimes your child may be away from you that doesn't mean that you don't love them!

The Kissing Hand

Written by Audrey Penn

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I Love You the Purplest
Written by Barbara M. Joose and Illustrated by Mary Whyte

A story of two little brothers who compete for their mothers love and how she finds a very creative way to assure them she loves them both equally.
Wonderfully illustrated and this would be a perfect book for those of us who have more than one child!

I Love You The Purplest

Written by Barbara M. Joose

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God's Love

Just In Case You Ever Wonder
Written by Max Lucado

A story of God's never ending Love and Security.
Fantastic story of the way God is always beside you loving you even if you can't feel Him there!
Reassuring!

Just In Case You Ever Wonder

Written by Max Lucado

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I Love You This Much
Written By Lynn Hodges & Sue Buchanan Illustrated by John Bendall Brunello

A Song of God's Love
"I love you best. I love you most. I love you high. I love you low. I love you deep. I love you wide. I love you This MUCH!"
You can either read of sing this book to your child! Filled with delightful pictures and ways for your child to get involved in the story! I recommend to any parent.

I Love You This Much

written by Lynn Hodges & Sue Buchanan

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You Are Special
Written By Max Lucado Illustrated by Sergio Martinez

A story of Wemmicks (wooden puppets) who are very judgmental. If they don't like you they will give you a gray dot, but if they do they will give you a star. Every Wemmick dreams of getting stars, but there is one Wemmick who never gets any, all he ever gets are dots. Until he learns the secret of God's Love!
An awesome story for any child who is upset about getting picked on or left out! A very good way to teach your child that everyone is created equally and God loves us all the same! There are lots of different lessons this book teaches! Highly Recommended

You Are Special

Written by Max Lucado

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Classics

So much fun to read!

Corduroy
Written and Illustrated by Don Freeman

This is a story of a little bear who longs for a home. He loses a button and searches through the mall for it at night. It's a story of love between a bear and his soon to be owner!
I think this story is so much fun to read, and the pictures are amazingly adorable!

Corduroy

Written by Don Freeman

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Mouse Cookies & More-A Treasury
Written by Laura Numeroff Illustrated by Felicia Bond

This is a treasury of some of the "If You Give a Mouse" series. It includes "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," "If You Give a Pig a Pancake," "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," and "If You Take a Mouse to School." If you have never read any of these books they are delightfully funny and give your child a chance to guess what will happen next! With words like "If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk."
Highly Recommended

Mouse Cookies & More

Written by Laura Numeroff

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Written and Illustrated by Eric Carle

This is a story of a very hungry caterpillar who eats through everything he find, gets a stomach ache, goes into a cacoon and comes out a beautiful butterfly!
I love Eric Carle's books. He has such an imagination and such great art work! Children love this book because of how it is set up. You can put your fingers through the holes of where the caterpillar has ate!
Highly Recommended

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Written by Eric Carle

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Learning the Alphabet

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Written by Bill Martin and John Archambault
Illustrated by Lois Ehlert

Go on an adventure with the letters of the alphabet! They climb up a coconut tree and all fall down!
A great way to introduce letters to your child!

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Written by Bill Martin and John Archambault

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Learning Body Parts

My Two Hands My Two Feet
Written by Rick Walton
Illustrated by Julia Gorton

Great pictures of hands and feet. The book is split up into two, one section teaches hands and then flip the book over to learn about feet!
It's a wonderful way to reinforce teaching about hands and feet to little ones!

My Two Hands My Two Feet

Written by Rick Walton

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Problem Solving

How Will We Get to the Beach?
Written by Brigette Luciani
Illustrated by Eve Tharlet
Translated by Rosemary Lanning

This book is a guessing game for your child. It gives your child the opportunity to guess which item is missing and exactly how they will get to the beach with all of their stuff.

How Will We Get to The Beach

Written by Brigette Luciani

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Happy Birthday To You!!

Happy Birthday To You!
Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss

A wonderful birthday book by Dr. Seuss! This book will make any birthday a lot of fun! You could read it to your child before bed or at their birthday party! My daughter likes to read this one even when it's not her birthday!

Happy Birthday To You!

Written by Dr. Seuss

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