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A Night In

Filed under: GrannyX Reads, GrannyX Recommends, Reading Aloud @ May 12, 2008 9:53 pm by healthiacynthia

My shoulders are aching. I did a little too much gardening today I think. Now I am going to do a little research about books that I can read up before my little granddaughters come home in June… A-1 is 2 1/2 and A-2 is about 7 months old. I want to be a pro-active granny. I have spent a lot of time “in the field” (social work) and know of the importance of reading aloud to your little ones. Here are some recommended books for learning about the importance of that and going about doing it:

The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook)

How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike

and for the little ones:

Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

All Night Near Water

The Cat Barked (Picture Puffins)

Come Along, Daisy!

Cookie's Week

Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

Do Donkeys Dance?

Feathers for Lunch

5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree early learning fingerplay set - Kit

Freight Train Board Book (Caldecott Collection)

From Head to Toe Board Book

Good Morning, Chick

In the Small, Small Pond (Educational Video with Performance Rights)

IT LOOKED LIKE SPILT MILK BIG BOOK

Just Like Daddy (Touch-And-Match Fun Books)
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear (Child\'s Play Library)

Mouse Paint

No, David!
Peter's Chair
Red-eyed Tree Frog (Scholastic Bookshelf)
The Runaway Bunny
* Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri

Sunflower House (Books for Young Readers)

Holes and Peeks

Uncle Chucks Truck

Who Hops?

Za-Za\'s Baby Brother

*The above list for toddlers was recommended by the Richland Librarians, Richland, SC