Coby's Picks #10

And some of Coby's latest favorites are:

Dogs Don't Brush Their Teeth! by Diane DeGroat
Meno series, by Tony and Angela DiTerlizzi
Flat Stanley Early Reader series, by Jeff Brown
Dojo Daycare, by Chris Tougas
Everyone Poops, by Taro Gomi

Coby's Picks #9

Here are some of my 3 1/2-year-old's current favorites. Sorry it's been so long since my last Coby's Picks post!

• The Farmer and the Clown, by Marla Frazee
• This Orq: (He Cave Boy), by David Elliott
• Me Hungry, by Jeremy Tankard
• Naked, by Michael Ian Black
• The Birthday Box, by Leslie Patricelli
• The Book With No Pictures, by B. J. Novak

Coby's Picks #8

Here are Coby's latest favorites:

• Anything by Leslie Patricelli
• Froodle, by Antoinette Portis
• Night Light, by Nicholas Blechman
• Count 123, from My First Touch and Trace series
• Cat Comes Too, by H. J. Hutchins

Coby's Picks # 7

And now Coby is 3. So here are some of his favorites right now:

Maisy series, by Lucy Cousins
Wow! Ocean!, by Robert Neubecker
My Bus, by Byron Barton
Classical Rome, by John Clare

A 3-year-old, you ask, likes a book on Classical Rome? Yes, apparently he does! This is a very text-heavy book, but it has a lot of big photographs of people reenacting scenes from Classical Rome, and for whatever reason, Coby finds these cheesy pictures appealing. We don't read the words. We just look at the pictures and talk about them. So just because your little one may not be the intended audience for a certain book does not mean he may not enjoy it. "Read" what he wants to read. If she randomly chooses a book off the shelf the way Coby did with Classical Rome, let her take it home!

 

Coby's Picks #6

And here are some of Coby's current favorites. He is now almost 3. Again, if there are any repeats, it is because they are tried and true titles and he is still enjoying them.

Bink & Gollie series, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee (Juvenile Fiction)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, by Jack Norworth (Picture Book with CD)
Ambulances, by Carol K. Lindeen (Juvenile Non-Fiction)
Tu y Yo, by Maggie Maino (Spanish Picture Book)
I See Kitty, by Yasmine Surovec (Picture Book)
No No Yes Yes, by Leslie Patricelli (Board Book)

Coby's Picks #5

Here are Coby's latest favorites. In case you're not keeping track, he is now 2 1/2.

May There Always Be Sunshine, by Jim Gill
Street Sweepers, by Connor Dayton
Trucks, Trucks, Trucks, by Peter Sis
Tu y Yo, by Maggie Maino
Maisy Learns to Swim, by Lucy Cousins
Moo!, by David LaRochelle

Coby's Picks #4

After a long break, I will try to be more consistent about posting Coby's latest picks. So here is what he is reading now:

Can You Say Peace?, by Karen Katz
I Love You Nose, I Love You Toes, by Linda Davick
A Kitten Tale, by Eric Rohmann
Soy Bajito = I'm Short, by Ana Galan
Maisy Goes to Preschool, by Lucy Cousins
Nighty Night, Little Green Monster, by Ed Emberley

Coby's Picks #3

And here is the next installment of Coby's Picks:

• May There Always Be Sunshine, by Jim Gill
• Miss Spider's ABC, by David Kirk
• I Must Have Bobo, by Eileen Rosenthal
• What Color?, by Anthea Sieveking
• Garbage Trucks at Work, by D. R. Addison

Coby's Picks #2

You may notice it's been a long time since I posted the first Coby's Picks. Yes, I am very busy, but Coby's tastes didn't change much since the last time I posted, so I really haven't had much to report. That is something important to remember. Babies (and actually, preschoolers, too) like the same books OVER and OVER and OVER again. That is developmentally appropriate, and you should just humor them. If they want the same book OVER and OVER and OVER again, then read it to them OVER and OVER and OVER again. That is how they are learning! So here are his favorites right now:

Peek A Baby, by Karen Katz
Daddy & Me, by Karen Katz
Where Is Baby's Belly Button, by Karen Katz
Curious George to the Rescue: A Slide and Peek Book, by H. A. Rey
No No Yes Yes, by Leslie Patricelli
The Birthday Box, by Leslie Patricelli
How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors?, by Jane Yolen
How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten?, by Jane Yolen

Coby's Picks #1

I thought I would start a new series of posts based on what my two kids are "reading." I'm going to start with my 14-month-old, Coby. I'll also share some of my 4-year-old Evan's Picks pretty soon. So here are Coby's favorites at this moment in time:

• Overboard, by Sarah Weeks
• Peekaboo Bedtime, by Rachel Isadora
• My Animals, by Xavier Deneux
• Tubby, by Leslie Patricelli
• Baby Faces, by Margaret Miller
• Hello Lulu, by Caroline Uff
• Peek-A-Baby, by Karen Katz
• Clap Hands, by Helen Oxenbury