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Great Read Alouds for Babies and Toddlers
All Fall Down
By: Helen Oxenbury
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Young children will appreciate the game played by children (also in Tickle Tickle) in this sturdy book. Rhyming text and uncluttered illustrations are just right to share with the youngest child.
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All of Baby, Nose to Toes
By: Victoria Adler
Illustrated by: Hiroe Nakata
Genre: Nonfiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
All of a newborn, from head to toe, is appreciated and loved by various members of an adoring family. Lively language and joyful illustrations are used in this ebullient celebratory book.
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Diggers Go
By: Steve Light
Genre: Nonfiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Beginning Reader
What sound does an excavator or a forklift make? Each makes its own noise, presented here in bold, dramatic typefaces dynamically shown on sturdy horizontal pages. Children can be encouraged to repeat sounds made by the variety of equipment — likely to delight construction aficionados.
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First 100 Words (Bright Baby)
By: Roger Priddy
Genre: Nonfiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Everyday objects drawn from a baby’s world are presented in crisp, brightly colored boxes clearly labeled in black typeface. Photographs and words show feelings, home, mealtime and more for a total of 100 things to point to and talk about with the very young.
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I Kissed the Baby!
By: Mary Murphy
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
A new baby creates lots of excitement and all the animals want to kiss the baby duckling! Black pages with bold white lines depict the animals with splashes of color to highlight the joy and a repeating text makes this just right to encourage young children.
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Lots of Lambs
By: Laura Numeroff
Illustrated by: Lynn Munsinger
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Feel the lamb's wool, then lift the umbrella to find lambs. There are lambs of all types and in many moods doing lots of things. Staccato, rhyming, catchy text is accompanied by expressive images of lively lambs that encourage active engagement with each page.
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Lullaby and Kisses Sweet: Poems to Love with Your Baby
By: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by: Alyssa Nassner
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Every day, young children and their families can celebrate familiar things and activities in this sturdy, handsome, and appealing collection of 30 poems. Each short piece by a range of poets is about food, family, firsts, play and bedtime, creating a memorable collection just right for the youngest listener.
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Maisy's Animals / Los animales de Maisy
By: Lucy Cousins
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Maisy’s favorite animals are introduced in both English and Spanish accompanied by Cousin’s signature illustrations on sturdy pages. Maisy is a familiar character with a simplicity of illustration and text that captivates young children.
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Max's First Word
By: Rosemary Wells
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
No matter how hard Ruby tries to get her baby brother to say the names of the objects around him, Max will only say “Bang!” One day, however, Ruby gets a big surprise from Max’s first real word. Understated humor and bright, bold illustrations appeal to children and their adults.
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
By: Jane Cabrera
Genre: Poetry
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
The familiar rhyme continues all the way to 20 as a rabbit helps the farm animals get ready for a party.
A small chick on each page encourages young readers to look closely as chicks are hidden on each spread. Bright, boldly lined illustrations are appealing and child-like.
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Peek-a Who?
By: Nina Laden
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
What can you “peek-a” through the die-cut window? Does it “moo”, say “boo” or could it be YOU? Turn the page and find out! A predictable format and bold illustrations are sure to engage and delight.
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Peekaboo Kisses
By: Barney Saltzberg
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Peekaboo! Lift the paws and what do you see? Boldly colored, textured, cuddly animals giving – and getting -- soft kisses to the reader. Ideal for sharing one-on-one, this predictable, repetitious, and interactive book has become a modern classic.
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Say Goodnight
By: Helen Oxenbury
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Even the most active baby or toddler must sleep sometime, and in this story the children "say goodnight.
" Similar to Tickle Tickle and All Fall Down, this is a sure hit to share with babies and toddlers.
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Say Hello Like This!
By: Mary Murphy
Genre: Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
How do animals greet everyone? With woofs and meows for a big hello! Beginning with a dog's "licky and loud … bow-wow-wow-wow!" the split pages hide the sounds until the turn — sure to delight young readers. Bold, colorful illustrations exude joy and spirit.
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Tickle Tickle
By: Helen Oxenbury
Genre: Poetry, Fiction
Age Level: 0-3
Reading Level: Pre-Reader
Chubby cheeked babies of many hues are shown in crisp illustrations doing things that babies do. The simple words are playful and energetic, just like the children in this and others by Oxenbury such as Clap Hands and All Fall Down.
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Books to read aloud to children: what are the benefits
Psychologists recommend that expectant mothers start reading children's books during pregnancy. Later, children's literature will not only replenish vocabulary, expand horizons and thinking, but will also bring new impressions, discoveries and knowledge. Here are five top reasons why it's so important to keep reading aloud to your children even after they learn to read on their own.
Vocabulary increase
It has been proven that children to whom adults regularly read books aloud learn more words and subsequently become successful students in school and university. While reading, they hear new words that may not be used by parents or others in everyday speech, and at the same time they learn not only the meaning of these words, but also their correct pronunciation.
It is difficult to find more famous poems than the works of Agnia Barto. Her collection “The First Poems and Tales” should be in the home library of any kid - after all, it contains “Our Tanya is crying loudly” and “They dropped the bear on the floor”, and “Vovka is a kind soul” and many others, loved from the very first years the life of the poem. At first, parents read this book aloud, and after a short period of time, children begin to repeat, supplement and quote.
Vladimir Suteev is one of the founders of Soviet animation, writer, illustrator, on whose books and cartoons more than one generation of our compatriots grew up. "The Golden Book of Fairy Tales in the drawings of V. Suteev" is the best gift for young parents and their children. It contains kind and funny, instructive and witty, unusual and beloved fairy tales of the most famous authors. Sergei Mikhalkov, Grigory Oster, Korney Chukovsky, Mikhail Plyatskovsky wrote mainly about children and for them, so their fairy tales and poems, harmoniously complemented by illustrations by Vladimir Suteev, will be the best filling of any evening spent with the family.
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Relationship improvement
Moments spent together with a child are priceless. Reading does not require serious material, physical or psychological costs from adults; children feel that their parents are calm and calm down themselves. Psychologists note the importance of such a pastime with children, especially if parents spend a lot of time at work and see their child only a couple of hours a day.
"Deniska's stories" by Victor Dragunsky can be started and continued to be read from any place, because of this they will not lose their originality. Funny and mischievous stories of one of the most famous children's authors do not leave indifferent neither children nor their parents. By the way, later "Stories ..." will be useful to children in elementary school - they are often included in the literature program.
The same can be said about the book by Eduard Uspensky, which has become a classic.
“Uncle Fyodor, a dog and a cat and other stories about Prostokvashino” is a collection of stories about a fairy-tale village and its inhabitants, and, of course, about such an “adult” boy, whom everyone calls “Uncle Fyodor”. Many parents note that, rereading the book over and over again, they discover more and more new details and nuances that they had not paid attention to before.
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Problem Solving
Books for reading aloud can also be selected in such a way that together with the child they can analyze difficult situations and resolve conflicts, which are almost impossible to avoid in any team - be it a group in a kindergarten or a family. When adults try to explain to a child how to act correctly in a given situation, their favorite literary hero or the plot of a previously read book will come to their aid.
For example, the story about the girl Olya, who was very sloppy, did not know how to find a common language with other children and offended her grandmother, does not lose popularity.
“The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors” by Vitaly Gubarev tells how such behavior looks from the outside and how unpleasant it really is when you are treated badly. Together with the child, you can discuss what Olya's problem is, see her shortcomings and decide how to act correctly in this or that situation.
We learned most of the most famous foreign fairy tales thanks to the translator Valentin Berestov. The Fairy Tales collection also includes works by Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans-Christian Anderson. Everyone should know these great fairy tales, because they touch upon the most important life problems. At the end of the book there is a list of questions that will help you discuss and analyze what you have read with your child and try to transfer fairy-tale situations to real life.
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Development of love for literature
A large amount of information at school or a difficult relationship with a teacher can discourage a child from reading in the future.
In addition, must-read lists rarely include multiple genres. Reading aloud to young children helps to instill in them a love of classical and modern literature, to identify favorite genres, and to make even the most boring work memorable through, for example, expressive reading of dialogues or acting out certain scenes.
One of the important genres of literature that can and should be introduced to children at any age (for some reason schools often ignore it) is fantasy. Parallel and fictional worlds perfectly train the imagination of children and, if the child likes it, it will be simply impossible to tear him away from reading. The ACT Dragon Saga series is a series of novels about the civilization of dragons, described by the American children's writer Tui Sutherland. Each book in the series tells about one of the little dragons, who, according to the prophecy, will have to stop the bloody wars between the dragon tribes. Books truly captivate children of all ages and their parents alike, so be prepared for fantasy to become one of your family's favorite genres of literature.
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Strengthening listening skills
When you read to a child, his hearing develops. Thanks to this, he will better understand and perceive requests, instructions and appeals to himself, and will also remember many different intonations and will be able to use them at the right time. After reading, it is important to talk with the child, ask about what he liked or disliked in the book, what he especially remembered, ask to retell the plot - this will teach you not only to be more attentive to the texts, but also to analyze the information received.
The World in Questions and Answers series is a collection of the first information your child will receive. Books in the series can be opened at any time when only children have any questions. For example, "Tested Facts and the Most Interesting Misconceptions" will help your child learn what banknotes are actually made of, what color is the "black box", whether swallows predict the weather, why Coca-Cola was invented.
A set of interesting facts and a refutation of many popular myths - something that is interesting for the whole family to learn, read aloud and discuss what they read. Books in the series help to keep abreast of the most interesting and improve the erudition of a child of any age.
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The main thing that books give children to read aloud is a thirst for new knowledge and curiosity. Try to read different literature, and the AST publishing house will constantly delight and surprise you with new products!
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Big book of poems, fairy tales, fables, translations, plays
Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich
More than one generation has grown up on Sergei Mikhalkov's poems. The heroes of his works have become constant companions of the younger children, and quotes from poems are remembered for a lifetime.
The publication includes both the most famous works of the author for kids, and fables, translations and plays for older children and their parents. The publication is dedicated to the anniversary of the writer.
Funny stories for babies
Oster Grigory Bentsionovich
Uspensky Eduard Nikolaevich
Suteev Vladimir Grigorievich
Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich
Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich
Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich
Collection - joy for children and help for their parents. Witty, positive, funny tales of the classics of children's literature always delight young listeners and readers, and the deep meaning that each work is filled with will help moms and dads convey to children the basics of human relationships, the rules of life and many other important things.
All the best fairy tales for the little ones
Oster Grigory Bentsionovich
The heroes of the works of Grigory Oster are familiar to everyone: this is an elephant with a boa constrictor from the cycle "38 parrots", and a kitten named Woof, and true friends Murik, Purik and Shurik.
