On my instagram stories I asked for book recommendations to include in my weekly newsletter and was *flooded* with replies. I figured they deserved a spot here on the blog. I sort of organized them.
Books I have read with young children and recommend for quarantines
Quick as a Cricket (and anything by Don and Audrey Wood)
The Wonderful Things You Will Be (and anything by Emily Winfield Martin)
A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog (and anything by Mercer Mayer)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (and anything by Roald Dahl)
The Very Quiet Cricket (and anything by Eric Carle)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (and anything by Shel Silverstein)
The Whingdingdilly (and anything by Bill Peet)
Whistle for Willy (and anything by Ezra Jack Keats)
What Do People Do All Day? (and anything by Richard Scarry)
Flora and the Flamingo (and anything by Molly Idle)
Animals (this one)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Where the Wild Things Are
Make Way for Ducklings
I Heart You
Du Iz Tak?
Extra Yarn
Circle
Frog and Toad
I Like Me
The Oldest Student
The Seven Silly Eaters
The Lion and the Mouse
I Want My Hat Back
The Day the Crayons Quit
I know I have more but that's the best I could do at the end of Day One of homeschool kindergarten.
Books recommended to me to read with young children during quarantines
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Rosie Revere Engineer, Ada Twist Scientist, and Sofia Valdez Future Prez
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Wayside School series
The Paper Bag Princess
Lousy Rotten Stinkin Grapes
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
Dragons Love Tacos
Chrysanthemum
I Want My Hat Back
The Boy Who Spoke to the Earth
You are Enough
Dear Girl
A Boy Like You
Press Here
The Dot
I Am Love
I Am Peace
Happy Dreamer
Of Thee I Sing
Brown Bear
Pete the Cat
Happy In Our Skin
How to Catch a Star
Lots of Feelings
Today
Another (no text, picture book)
Before After (no text, picture book)
The Barefoot Book of Children
Tiny, Perfect Things
The Colors of Us
Press Here and Tap the Magic Tree
I am Human
Be Kind
Strictly No Elephants
Home
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Nature Anatomy
If you have more, send them my way! You can DM them to me on instagram if you'd like: @alexdoes__