Buddy's Favorite Books

I got the idea to list/review our favorite books from a new blog I follow.  This week I will showcase Buddy's favorite books and next week I will highlight Punky's favorite books.  I might even write a post with my favorite children's books.  I think this is a fun idea because (a) I love books (b) our kids love books and (c) it'll be fun to look back and remember the books the kids liked at this age.

Little Blue Truck-  This is a cute story with a nice rhythm.  I love the story's message about helping each other.  Who knows if Buddy understands, but he really likes pointing out the farm animals and repeating the words "Beep Beep Beep."  

On Noah's Ark-  Buddy found this book at the library.  We renewed it two times, returned it and the next time we were at the library, he found it (on his own!) again.  This one will need to go on his Christmas list.  This book is light on the text, which is good because Buddy is so busy pointing out all the animals on each page.  Sometimes we don't even read the story, we just point at the animals.  The illustrations are realistic and well done.

Are You My Mother-  There aren't too many words on each page, but there are a lot of pages.  We've hidden this book a few times because it just gets old reading the same long book day after day.  Every time we bring it out of hiding, Buddy insist on reading it every night for the next few days.

First 100 Animals-  We bought this book for Buddy last Christmas when his obsession love for animals began.  Mid-January the spine cracked.  This book has seen better days, but it is still holding up and we look at it nearly every day.  I'd say Buddy knows 90 of the 100 animals.  He's not too interested in the bug page, but he knows some weird ones like swan, raccoon, porcupine, vulture, and meerkat. 

Dear Zoo-  I learned about this book during baby storytime at the library and knew Buddy would love it.  It is a lift-the-flap board book, but it is a fun easy read... with animals. 

A Sleep Story-  This was my book when I was a little girl.  There is a note from my Grandma and Grandpa in the front cover dated "Easter 1983".  I remember when I was a little girl, my mom and dad switched the words around so the little girl covered herself up with her "duck blankie".  We switch the words for Buddy and Punky to match their names for their blankets ("dee dee" and "nigh-nigh blankie").  This book also has animals in it.  My favorite page to read is the little pony with the thick black mane.  Buddy gets so angry if you say pony, he shouts "No, it a HORSEY".

"Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!"- This was Derek's book when he was a little boy.  Our copy is black and white but I see Amazon has a color copy (Wow, is Derek old!)  The pages are falling out and the binding is cracked, but Buddy loves this story.  It is SO LONG.  Like it takes 10 minutes to read with Derek talkingasfastashecan.  I read the first phrase from each page and skip the rest (you can still understand the story).  This book gets hidden a lot too because it is too long for a 2 year old.  But there is an elephant, giraffe, crocodile and zebra in the book, so it doesn't get much better in Buddy's opinion.