Dear Mom tired of reading the same children’s book with your kid every day,
It’s World Book Day on March 5th! We love reading children’s books with Potato since he was only a few months old. Now we read at least 2 books to bed almost every night. In most cases, it’s the same two books. We rotate some new ones in there, mainly because I say we’re going to add a new book to our bedtime. If I leave it up to Potato he will read the same book every night.
Reading books with your child is great quality time. It fosters growth and development for their brain. It’s a win-win situation for the parent and child. Reading books to children early on also teaches them many things. They learn to grow their imagination, the art of story-telling, and about worlds outside of their own. They also learn the value of reading to grow their brain. This translates to learning and development in other areas of their life, such as school.
I’m super happy we started to read to Potato when he was a few months old. I’m even more excited to see him read books on his own and take initiative to read books with us. Most of the books below Potato received by family and friends. They are completely behind our community of encouraging reading.
The other books we bought through the Scholastic Book Club (https://clubs.scholastic.com/home) Through his daycare we receive a discount code and teacher’s name. With this, we’re able to order books delivered to the daycare or home. I encourage you to see if your child’s daycare or school has the same program.
It’s definitely worth it. Potato loves to choose the books he wants to read. I get the books super cheap. Everyone is happy!
For World Reading Day here are some books Potato loves and your little one might enjoy too.
Children’s Books for Toddlers
Elbow Grease by John Cena
Story about a monster truck that doesn’t give up!
Race Car Count by Rebecca Kai Dotlich *scholastic book*
This book teaches children to count through a race car race.
Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site: Excavator’s 123 by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Ethan Long *scholastic book*
This book teaches kids to count and the life of a construction excavator truck. It’s part of a series titled “Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site”. Which includes 4 other books that teach kids, shapes, colors, and construction trucks.
Blaze and the Monster Machine: Night Race
The famous NickJr character Blaze and his driver AJ catch a light thief. This book came in a set of 4 books based on the loved character Blaze.
Diggersaurs by Michael Whaite
A fun read that combines dinosaurs and construction trucks who have great roars and jobs to do.
Chase Space Case
The loved character Chase from Paw Patrol has a case to solve. It also comes with cool stickers. This book lists Step 1 for readers, which is preschool to kindergarten age.
Black Panther
This book details the life and purpose of the famous Marvel character Black Panther.
Brown Boy Brown Boy What Can You Be? by Ameshia Gabriel Arthur
This rhyming fun book encourages little brown boys of the many occupations they could be in life. This book is also written by a black author. (Check back in throughout the month when we list the black author’s children’s books we love.)
Children’s Books for Babies
Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora
The rhyming story about what a little brown boy sees. This book is also written by a black author.
Whose Toes Are Those? By Jabari Asim
A story about a little brown girl loving her toes and how special she is. This book is also written by a black author.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The classic story of a very hungry caterpillar eating its way into becoming a butterfly.
Bonus Book
Bedtime for (Insert Child’s Name) by David Cadji-Newby & Julia Gray at Wonderbly
Wonderbly is a company that lets you personalize their books for children. In the book, you can add the child’s names in the title and throughout the story. You can write a note to the child on the first page. If you choose a story with a character in it you can personalize the character a bit.
Potato got this one as a Christmas gift from his Godmother. A great bedtime read and allows him to see himself in a story.
Tell me what’s your favorite book to read to your child or their favorite book?
-From Kiki With Love
