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Top Ten Picture Books I Recommend the Most

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toptentuesday2It’s Tuesday!  Which means Top Ten Tuesday hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish.

Here are the books I recommend the most.  All of these books are brilliant, fun, and have amazing artwork.  The following picture books have made me, my son, and my husband all fall in love with picture books.

Iggy Peck, Architect

1.  Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts

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Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

2.  Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld

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Dog

3.  Dog by Matthew Van Fleet and Brian Stanton

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The Curious Garden

4.  The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

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The Lion and the Mouse

5.  The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

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Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

6.  Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss and Marjorie Priceman

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Nursery Rhyme Comics Official Pic

7.  Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists by Various Authors, Chris Duffy and Leonard S. Marcus

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ZenShorts8.  Zen Shorts by Jon Muth

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One Potato,Two Potato

9. One Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFelice and Andrea U’Ren

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The Amazing Hamweenie

10.  The Amazing Hamweenie by Patty Bowman

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Top Ten Favorite Characters from Picture Books

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toptentuesday2It’s Tuesday!  Which means Top Ten Tuesday hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish.  Today’s theme is Top Ten Favorite Characters from a genre.  Mine is: Top Ten Favorite Characters from Picture Books.  All of the characters that I mention below have excellent, positive qualities that I hope to instill in my son (and myself).

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Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Bookish Goals for 2013

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Today is Top Ten Tuesday over at The Broke and the Bookish.  This weeks meme is:  Top Ten Bookish Goals For 2013.  Below are ten of my goals for this year.  I’d be happy if I completed three of them.  Head over to The Broke and the Bookish to see lots of interesting and ambitious goals for reading in 2013!

1.  Create my own book award.  I’d love to be able to give picture book writers and illustrators an award of some kind — if maybe only recognition.  I’ve been thinking about doing this for awhile.  I’ll set up my criteria and have readers vote — or something.  I’m not sure, just an idea I’ve been kicking around for awhile.

2.  Find as many picture book biographies as I can and read those to my son.  We’ve really enjoyed biographies.  Some of my favorite have been George Washington’s Birthday, Noah Webster and His Words, and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

3.  Finish reading all of the Bank Street book recommendations for my son’s age range to him.  

4.  Finish reading all of the Cybils nominated picture books for both fiction and non-fiction.   

5.  Finish reading all of the Caldecott Medal & Honor Books. 

6.  Finish reading all of the Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards for picture books.   

7.  Read more, find more, and review more books in foreign languages.  I’ve been teaching myself Spanish with a combination of children’s picture and board books along with children’s songs.  The progress is slow but sure.  I’ve been happily surprised.  I also studied Mandarin and French and my son is now taking Hindi lessons.  So I’m always on the hunt for foreign language books.

8.  Create my own book meme – maybe Multilingual Monday? Foreign Language Friday? Wordless Picture Book Wednesday?  I’m not sure, but I hope to have some alliteration in the title.   I’ll have to think about it some more.

9.  Complete the reading goal of 300 picture books from http://sharannmohr.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/300-picture-books-in-2013/.

10.  Apply to be a judge for the 2013 Cybils.  You should do this, too.  It looks very interesting.  It seems like a lot of work, but definitely rewarding and a lot of fun.  :)

I’d love to read about your goals!  What are some of your bookish goals for this year?

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FTC Disclosures: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” If you click on the link and purchase the book, I will receive an affiliate commission.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Top Ten Favorite Picture Books I Read in 2012

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Today over at The Broke and the Bookish is Top Ten Tuesday.

Today’s meme is Top Ten Favorite Books of 2012.

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What were some of your favorite picture books this year?

Here are 10 of mine.

Little Bird

1.  Little Bird – A sweet and beautiful book that I have loved reading over and over again with my son.

nighttime ninja

2.  Nighttime Ninja – A beautiful book that made me laugh and has taught my son how to be, “quiet like a ninja.”

The Insomniacs

3.  The Insomniacs – Another beautiful, creative, and fun book about a family learning to do what works best for them.

Old Robert and the Sea-Silly Cats

4.  Old Robert and the Sea-Silly Cats – A simple, beautiful, and rhythmic book that is enchanting and lovely.

NurseryRhymeComics

5.  Nursery Rhyme Comics – Funny, smart, and creative.  This book puts new life into nursery rhymes and makes reading them to my son a joy.

TheAmazingHamweenie6.  The Amazing Hamweenie – A wonderful work of art, creativity, and humor.  My son can now recite this book with its impressive vocabulary.  I’m floored every time I hear him “read” it to me.

Cecil the Pet Glacier7.  Cecil the Pet Glacier – A fun and whimsical book with beautifully done artwork and fantastic vocabulary.  My two-year-old son now pretends that he’s working in his topiary garden.  It’s wonderful and surprising.

Red Knit Cap Girl8.  Red Knit Cap Girl – This is such a beautiful book — both artwork wise and text.  It’s a great book to read when you want to experience beauty.

Milo's Hat Trick9.  Milo’s Hat Trick – This is a fun and sweet book that we read over and over again.  It makes me smile every time we read it.

The Hero of Little Street10.  The Hero of Little Street – This is a wonderful wordless picture book to experience with my son.  The artwork is beautiful and we get to create our own text.  Just today my son and I pretended to play flutes and summon all the dogs.  So much fun!

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FTC Disclosures: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” If you click on the link and purchase the book, I will receive an affiliate commission.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Top Ten Tuesday: Picture Books I’d Want On A Deserted Island

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It is Tuesday!  Which means Top Ten Tuesday hosted over at The Broke and The Bookish.  I love it!

My husband and I have read each one of the following books to my son a countless number of times at this points — and I think we’re up for reading them a countless number of times more.  So I think these’ll be a good choice if we could only take 10 onto a deserted island.  My son has never tired of any of the following books and I doubt he will tire of them anytime soon.  If the following books were the only books I had with me to read to my son on a deserted island, we’d be just fine.  Sure we’d miss all the other books in the world a lot — but I’d be so grateful that I had these.  We Highly, Highly Recommend all of the following books.

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