Currently Reading Episode 45: Our Favorite Picture Books for Kids (age 2-5) + Special Guest Host Abbey Lile-Taylor
Meredith and Kaytee have a special guest again this week to discuss our favorite picture books for the 2-5 year kiddos in your life!
You'll hear a "bookish moment of the week" from each host: an author event, kid librarians, and a fantastic iTunes review.
Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We are each talking about two recent reads and we've got a variety of new titles that we cannot wait to discuss this week.
For our deep dive, we are discussing our very favorite picture books for the 2-5 year old range. These kids are enraptured by great pictures, willing to sit for a great story, and ready to laugh at great jokes, so we've chosen some stand-out titles to share with you or the littles in your life. Abbey has a lot of great expertise in this area, so we are only too happy to have her input.
As always, we finish up with A Book (yep, capitalized) that we'd like to press into every reader's hands. We've got a childhood favorite, which may not be for kids, that has been read over and over again, a WWII novel told in a totally new way, and a reference book that belongs on every parent's shelves.
As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!
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2:39 - City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
6:11 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
7:07 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
8:43 - Recursion by Blake Crouch
11:29 - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
13:45 - Pines (Wayward Pines Series) by Blake Crouch
14:55 - Parkland by Dave Cullen
15:01 - Columbine by Dave Cullen
16:40 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
19:08 - The River by Peter Heller
19:45 - Dog Stars by Peter Heller
24:14 - Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstack
24:26 - My Favorite Murder podcast
26:21 - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
30:01 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
31:58 - Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
33:37 - Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman
33:30 - The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman
34:17 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
36:09 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
39:37 - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
42:18 - Books, Inc Campbell - Abbey's local bookstore
Abbey's favorites from Henry and Isaac:
43:02 - Elephant and Piggie books - especially Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
43:54 - Eat Pete by Michael Rex
43:56 - Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
44:01 - Warning: Do Not Open this Book by Adam Lehrhaupt & Matthew Forsythe
44:08 - The Book with No Pictures by BJ Novak
44:23 - Beyond the Pond by Joseph Kuefler
44:43 - We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
44:52 - Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
44:56 - The "Hat" Series by Jon Klassen, especially I Want My Hat Back
Kaytee's Books she shoved down her kid's throats:
45:55 - The Mitten by Jan Brett
45:58 - Do Not Open by Brinton Turkle
46:10- King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey and Don Wood
46:14 - The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood
46:20 - Papagayo, Coyote, and Raven by Gerald McDermott
46:31 - Blueberries for Sal and Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
46:36 - Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Meredith's Fun Read Alouds:
47:16 - A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts
47:18 - Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra
47:26 - The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood
47:34 - Gilbert de la Frogponde by Jennifer Rae
47:45 - Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
47:49 - Is Your Mama A Llama? by Deborah Guarino
48:07 - Where is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox
48:13 - Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
Abbey's Character Development Favorites:
48:45 - Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman & Eda Kaban
48:50 - Morris Micklewhite & the Tangerine Dress by Christine Bablacchino & Isabelle Malenfant
49:06 - When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland
49:39 - Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller & Jen Hill
49:44 - The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
Kaytee's Sweet and Funny Favorites:
50:57 - When God Made You, When God Made Light, and When I Pray for You by Matthew Paul Turner
51:11- Skippyjohn Jones by Judy Schachner
51:15 - Where You Came From by Sarah O'Leary
51:37 - This is My Home, This is My School by Jonathan Bean
51:41 - Maybe God is Like That Too by Jennifer Grant
51:46 - Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer
Meredith's Favorite Books in Series:
52:24 - Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Treasury by Betty MacDonald
52:54 - George and Martha Stories by James Marshall
53:00 - Berenstain Bears Books by Stan and Jan Berenstain
53:30 - Dinofours series by Steve Metzger
54:44 - The Night Before… books by Natasha Wing
55:02 - Richard Scarry books, especially Busy Town
55:30 - Roadwork by Sally Sutton
Abbey's choices for Gorgeous Illustrators:
56:04 - Melissa Sweet
56:11 - The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies
56:13 - The Right Word by Jen Bryant
56:14 - A Splash of Red by Jen Bryant
56:26 - Some Writer!
56:42 - Genvieve Godbout
56:50 - Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
56:53 - Goodnight, Anne by Kallie George
56:58 - When Santa Was a Baby by Linda Bailey
57:01 - The Pink Umbrella by Amelie Callot
57:06 - Emily Winfield Martin
57:08 - Dream Animals by Emily Winfield Martin
57:09 - Day Dreamers by Emily Winfield Martin
57:11 - The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
57:14 - Teagan White
57:16 - Adventures with Barefoot Critters by Teagan White
57:18 - Counting with Barefoot Critters by Teagan White
57:19 - Bunny Roo, I Love You by Melissa Marr
57:26 - Wednesday Kirwan
57:35 - Henry's Bright Idea by Lauren Bradshaw
57:36 - Magnolia's Magnificent Map by Lauren Bradshaw
57: 40 - Jill Barklem
57:43 - The Brambly Hedge Series by Jill Barklem
57:56 - Kaya Doi
58:00 - Chirri & Chirra Series by Kaya Doi
Be sure to click through to the website for the full show notes to see Abbey's bookstack with the rest of the books she didn't have time to mention!
Other Favorites of my kids that I didn't have time to mention because it was already the longest episode ever:
Drew Daywalt's books - The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors, The Day the Crayons Quit, and The Day the Crayons Came Home
Usborne Pipkin books: How High is the Sky? How Big was a Dinosaur? How Deep is the Sea? How Big is a Million?
Herve Tullet books - Press Here and Mix It Up
Pete the Cat books - especially Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Dunsky Rinker
Back to regularly scheduled programming:
1:00:57 - Llama Llama books by Anna Dewdney
1:01:39 - Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
1:01:45 - I Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
1:03:08 - The Suitcases by Anne Hall Whitt
1:05:06 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
1:05:28 - Choose Your Own Adventure Books by R.A. Montgomery
1:06:02 - Case Histories (Jackson Brodie series) by Kate Atkinson
1:06:07 - A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
1:06:58 - The Artful Parent by Jean Van Thul
1:07:02 - The Artful Parent Blog
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