Sunday, May 2, 2010

Favorite books for 5 year olds

I am making a list of books that my 5-yr old son is enamored with. The books here have indeed found a place of honor, because they managed to drag him away from his toy car collection (which is lovingly parked each day in a discarded Costco pineapple carton right in the middle of our formal drawing room :(

After spending a good part of last year on early reading books, it is gratifying to see him looking for captivating stories.

Without divulging the story, I have given a comment.

1. Anook: the snow princess by Hans Wilhelm
  • V overcame the fact that it was about a "princess to re-read it a few times

2. Scaredy Squirrel series by Melanie Watt

  • Our first book in the series was signed by the author herself and has become a perennial favorite.

3. Ruby paints a picture by Susan Hill

  • Good book to self-read with lot of repetitive words; but still humorous in finding what body part Ruby leaves while painting

4. If you give a pig a pancake and similar stories

  • This series feature ridiculous stories with lots of repetitive words.

5. All Jan Brett's books (The Hat, The Umbrella, Daisy Comes Home, Honey.. Honey.. Lion, etc)

  • I love Jan myself.. great settings and stories, awesome pictures, good moral as well.

6. Rosemary Wells books - all set in a pre-school/KG class of a school

  • Adorable characters that kids relate to, real life situations to teach them a thing or two about life in school (i.e., clothes, teachers, separation, respect, helping/caring)

7. Rainbow Fish - Marcus Pfister

  • Beautiful illustration, hopefully teaches about vanity and sharing

Will try to keep adding great favorites