The kids are heading back to school and I hope everyone is having a wonderful transition back! We have been really slacking with our reading this summer, but I have kicked it into high gear the past week. (you can make up for a summer of laziness in one week… right??)
Here are the books my kids have been loving this month:
Hudson:
A Treasury of Curious George
This book was given to me at Hudson’s baby shower and it is still a bedtime favorite. (Thank You Lindsay C.) This will go a few months on the book shelf and then all of a sudden Hudson will bring it out and we end up reading it for a week or two straight. It has 8 Curious George stories in it. Hudson’s two favorites are Curious George Visits a Toy Store and Curious George Goes to a Costume Party. (he laughs at that one EVERY TIME, even though he has the story memorized after the amount of times we have read it!) This is an awesome book to have, and right now it is less than $9 on Amazon, and that is for the hardcover version!
Splat the Cat and the Duck with No Quack
We have a few of these ‘Splat the Cat’ books and they are great for early readers. Hudson loves books he can read all by himself, and while this one does have some tougher parts for him, he gets good practice sounding out words.
Mila:
Where is Baby’s Birthday Cake?
Mila got this book for her birthday back in February, but she is starting to really enjoy it now. It is a lift-the-flap book so she loves finding all the surprises! There is a page that has 5 bears hiding behind wrapping paper which is her favorite. She like to count the bears and we end up going back to that page at least a few times while we read it.
Another Monster at the End of This Book
This is a continuation of the classic Monster at the End of This Book (which we also have and LOVE) Mila has been OBSESSED with this book lately. She cannot get enough of it, which is unusual for her, since she prefers books with flaps, or textures for her to feel and play with while reading. This is just a regular book, but she makes me read it to her all the time.
We are looking for some good new books, especially ones that will challenge Hudson a bit. I would love suggestions!!
Welcome to the Working Mom Blogger group on FB! My son, now 11, used to love the Fly Guy series when he was in First grade. He's not a big reader, so those books may not be a challenge for Hudson (who looks like he IS a reader!) but it is a fun series.
We have only read one Fly Guy book (I remember it being about soup… lol) but its been awhile so I will have to revisit it! Thanks for stopping by… I look forward to connecting!! 🙂
I read the Magic Tree House books to my older two kiddos (ages 4 and 5). They really enjoy them, and I love that they're learning about history in the process.
I have never heard of Magic Tree House books, I will have to check them out since you are one of two people that mentioned it! Thanks for telling me about them! 🙂
Have you read Magic Tree House? We love those…and also Juni B Jones. We also love splat the cat series! And the monster at the end of this book on your ipad is fab!
I will go check out those Magic Tree House books now, and I have heard good things about the iPad version of Monster… I am going to give it a try… I think Mila would LOVE an 'animated' version of it. 🙂
I love when you put these list together!!!!!!
I bet your nephew does too! 🙂 xo
My daughter loves her lift the flap books! And of course, Curious George is one of her favorites too!
Yes, but I do hate when they rip the flaps off… then get annoyed the next time they go to read it! (or is that just my crazy kid?)
Fun ones! I like those Splat the Cat Leveled Readers. Great for younger kids to try to read independently.
The level readers are the best, now they also have star wars ones that my son really gets into also.
We love both "Monsters at the End of this Book" books! I've been reading them to my kids since my oldest (14) was about 2!! 😀
It's such a classic, it was my favorite when I was little too!
So Sweet!!!! Look into "Today I'm going to Wear" by Dan Stiles!! Seems right up their ally!
I will have to check that out… I am getting so many great suggestions from everyone this month! Thank you!
I love reading with my kids. I remember There's a Monster at the End of this Book from when I was a little girl. I've never read this version but I'll have to check it out!
Thanks for sharing these fun reads!
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
Thank you Jennifer! The original is way better, in my opinion!
What great recommendations. You have 2 of my all time favorites: Another Monster at the End of the Book and Splat the Cat.
Yes, Monsters at the End of the book is number 1 on my list! thanks for stopping by! 🙂
I had totally forgotten about The Monster At The End Of This Book!!! Thanks for the reminder! We will be checking that out this week!
Yes… go get it right now! It is the best kids book ever! Have a wonderful week and thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment!
love good books!
LOVE this post! Reading is TOPS in our house!