Best Books for Budding Bibliomaniacs
by Felix Sloo
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Best Books for Budding Bibliomaniacs by Felix Sloo |
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This Week's Favorites Monday, July 12, 2004 Age: 4 years 4 months
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To buy one of Felix's favorite books from Amazon.com, click on the book title or cover.
4 Years: "Mama, you skipped a word."
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Judith Schachner The adventures of an adorable Siamese kitten with a big imagination. A fun way to learn a little Spanish, too. |
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and other Hardy Boys books Franklin W. Dixon |
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Penguin Puzzle: Magic School Bus Judith Bauer Stamper, Ted Enik A ride to Antarctica on the Magic School Bus teaches the kids what it's like to be a penguin. |
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Eric Sanvoisin The son of a bookstore owner doesn't like reading until one day he discovers a strange man drinking the ink from books in a quiet corner of the store. |
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Don and Joan Caufield A bulldog, a cat, and a raven team up to save their boy when he's kidnapped from a museum. |
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The Fountains of San Francisco and many other fountain and waterfall books Doris Adkins |
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John Hareas |
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Dolphins at Daybreak (The Magic Tree House) and other Magic Tree House books Mary Pope Osborne Jack an Annie must solve an ocean riddle to become Master Librarians. |
3-4 Years: "... and then New Mexico turned into a penguin." (a Felix story)
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Laurie Keller What happens when Arnie the Doughtnut is taken home one morning by Mr. Bing. |
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also Zoom Away and Zoom Upstream all are available new at amazon.ca (Amazon Canada) Tim Wynne-Jones, Eric Beddows A cat who loves to sail dreams of magical adventures. |
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John Hareas |
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Shirley Glaser, Milton Glaser Enter Angry A, Bashful B, and each of the letters of the alphabet. How are they all going to get along? |
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Jerdine Nolen, Mark Buehner How does Harvey Potter grow balloons? One little girl is determined to find out. |
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Jack Prelutsky, Peter Sis Fun poems about the potatoad, the pandaffodil, and the many animals of Scranimal island. |
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Holly Hobbie A delightful story of two very different friends. Follow Toot's travels through his postcards to Puddle, while Puddle enjoys the pleasures of home. |
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Arthur and the Pen-Pal Playoff and many Arthur books Marc Brown |
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Neil Ardley (Dorling Kindersley) |
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Elizabeth K Cooper A brave cat seeks out a sculptor to build a special fountain for the wild cats of Rome. |
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Felix's Lark in the Morning ABC Felix's Fountain ABC Electric Guitars by Felix and his mom |
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Fountains: Splash and Spectacle and many waterfall and fountain books Cooper-Hewitt Museum (Symmes, Breisch, Astley) |
2 1/2 Years: "I have determined there are no fountain books in this store and we have to go to a different store."
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Neil Ardley (Dorling Kindersley) |
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Paul Fleischman |
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The Scrambled States of America Laurie Keller |
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Jerry Pallotta |
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Audrey Wood, Mark Teague |
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Jack Prelutsky, Peter Sis |
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David Wiesner |
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Mr Putter and Tabby Catch the Cold Cynthia Rylant |
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Douglas Florian |
2 Years: "Tell the story about the aye-aye going to the hardware store to see the fountains and waterfalls."
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Philip Swindells |
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Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet and all the Henry and Mudge books Cynthia Rylant |
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California Ron H. McPeak |
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Jim LaMarche |
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and all the Poppleton books Cynthia Rylant |
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Megan McDonald, Paul Brett Johnson |
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Listen to the Desert/Oye al desierto Pat Mora, Francisco X. Mora A hypnotic bedtime book |
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Jonathan London |
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Mr Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane and all the Mr Putter and Tabby books Cynthia Rylant |
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The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book also The Desert Alphabet Book, The Bird Alphabet Book and others in this series Jerry Pallotta |
20 Months: "Mama read. Felix read."
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Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd |
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Anna Mazer |
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and all the Frog & Toad books Arnold Lobel |
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The Case of the Troublesome Turtle and all the High-Rise Private Eyes books Cynthia Rylant |
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and all the Poppleton books Cynthia Rylant |
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Individual story from Winnie the Pooh A. A. Milne, Ernest Shepard |
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Arnold Lobel |
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Ann Jonas |
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Barbara Cooney |
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Richard Scarry's Funniest Storybook Ever Richard Scarry |
19 Months: "Goats like to read books."
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So Many Bunnies: A Bedtime ABC Rick Walton, Paige Miglio |
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Anna Mazer |
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Goodnight Moon His favorite to memorize Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd |
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Nicole Nadeau |
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Martin Waddell, Patrick Benson |
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Eric Carle, Martin Bill, Jr. His other favorite to memorize |
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Martin Waddell, Helen Oxenbury |
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Marjorie Flack |
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Helen Oxenbury's ABC of Things Helen Oxenbury |
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Shirley Hughes |
17-18 Months: "Mama, read. Read book."
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Marjorie Flack |
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Byron Barton |
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Dayle Ann Dodds, Rosanne Litzinger |
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Eric Hill |
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Marcus Pfister |
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Nancy Shaw, Margot Apple |
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Mem Fox, Jane Dyer |
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Margaret Wise Brown, Ashley Wolff |
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and all the Little Bear books Martin Waddell, Barbara Firth |
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Eric Carle, Martin Bill, Jr. |
15-16 Months: "Book book book"
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Jane Cabrera |
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Jeff Sheppard, Dennis Panek |
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Denise Fleming |
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Jeannette Rowe |
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Spot's First Walk Eric Hill |
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Dominique Jolin |
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Marjorie Flack |
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Here It Is! (more Pip) Leslie McGuirck |
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Marcus Pfister |
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Nancy Shaw, Margot Apple |
12-14 Months: "More! More!"
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Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin |
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Dr Seuss |
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Say Cheese, Please! (Pip) Leslie McGuirck |
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Martin, Archambault, Ehlert |
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John Archambault |
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Peggy Rathmann |
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Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings : Fold-Out Fun With Textures, Colors... Matthew Van Fleet |
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Dorling Kindersley (publisher) |
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Martin Waddell, Patrick Benson |
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9-11 months: Real page-turners
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Dr Seuss |
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Peggy Rathmann |
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Sandra Boynton |
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Byron Barton |
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John Archambault |
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Dorling Kindersley (publisher) |
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Donald Crews |
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Dorling Kindersley (publisher) |
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Sassy |
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Nina Laden |
6-8 months: Books you can sink your teeth into
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Margaret Miller |
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Peggy Rathmann |
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Dr Seuss |
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Nina Laden |
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Sandra Boynton |
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Buggy Buddies: A Bear With A Pear |
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Kimmie's First Book (chewy cloth book) Connie Hendler, made for Kim Hendler |
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Touch & See (chewy cloth book) Hoopla by Andre |
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Look Baby (chewy cloth book) Lamaze |
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Color bath book (extra chewy) Dorling Kindersley (publisher) |
Tell Felix what books your kids love best at any age
