December 3, 2015

Children’s Books (some of our favorites and great gift ideas for Christmas)

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This post is long over due, I LOVE children’s books,  I’ve had this post in my head for a while and I am so glad to finally get it written down so I can share it with you. I love books, they open up the world of imagination where the possibilities are endless. Reading books to your children is so beneficial in so many ways (sometime I’ll do  a post on all the great reasons you should read to your kids). This is such a wonderful time of year for books too they are such a great gift to give for Christmas, they are such a timeless gift and something that rarely gets thrown away so here is a list of SOME (i’ll share more in additional posts in the future) of my favorite children’s books.

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey This is one of my favorite Christmas stories, my husband’s mom gave it to us our first Christmas we were married and we get it out and read it every year. It’s a very tender story about how the love of a child can soften a hard heart and bring love back into someone’s life. It also emphasizes the real meaning of Christmas and what it’s focus should be. This story makes me cry just about every time I read it, it’s very tender and sweet.

Christmas Oranges This is another favorite Christmas book. It’s a really great reminder to kids and adults about being grateful. They have made a movie out of the book and my kids love the movie too.

Fanny’s Dream  This book is probably one of my all time favorites on this list. I love it, it talks about the importance of dreaming but also realizing that our dreams are often right around us we just have to recognize them. Life is what we make of it.

Enemy Pie This is such a fun book about turning your enemies into your friends.

Lacey O’neal This is a great book about being different and that different is okay, and even when people are mean to us when we are different we can still treat them nicely and be a true friend no matter what.

Horton Hatches the Egg Horton is the hero in this book and his hard work of sitting for countless hours on an egg pays off in the end. It teaches determination and that when we put our mind to something and work hard at it eventually it will pay off.

The Big Fib This is such a great book that teaches all the reasons why we shouldn’t FIB. It teaches a great message. I’t s a perfect one to read to kids who are having trouble with lying, it’s great book about how one little lie can lead to something bigger and bigger until you get yourself into a lot of trouble.

First Animal Encyclopedia My kids LOVE this educational book about animals. My 8 almost 9 year old really loves animals so this is her go to book a lot. It gives a lot of information about animals but does it very simply so it’s easy for kids to read plus there are lots of pictures too.

Where do Kisses Come From? This one is just plain cute.

How do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? This one is just plain cute too. It talks about loving your kids even if their behavior isn’t super lovable.

I love you Through and Through This is a board book and it is one of my favorites to read to my 2 year old. The book talks about loving your insides and your outside, your happy and your sad side, your silly and your mad side, your fingers and your toes etc. It talks about all the things you love about your child with cute illustrations and a sweet message.

FARM We all love the farm don’t we? We kind of have our own tiny little farm so my kids especially love this book, it’s a favorite for my 2 year old partly because he is obsessed with tractors and everything farm related. This board book is so fun as it’s interactive with the touch and feel and very educational, it shows many of the farm animals so you can work on animal sounds with your toddler and it even talks about how things grow. It’s super fun and one of our favorites.

Okay so there’s a short list of some of our favorites, I’ll have to do another post to include the other 1,000 children’s books we love:). Happy reading!!