Thursday, July 29, 2010

For the Book Worms {GIVEAWAY}

Gabrielle and Alaina have recently turned into little book worms and I'm always asking friends which books their kids like so I can add some fun new titles to our collection.  I figured some of you might be looking for new books too, so here are a few our current favorites.

Gabrielle and Alaina love "touch" books, like Matthew Van Fleet's board books.  Their current picks are Cats, which has lots of soft tails to stroke and other fun interactive pieces to pull and push.


And Tails, which is very similar but also has scratch and sniff spots!


They're kind of stir crazy at this age but there are a few books they'll sit and listen to me read to them, like Giraffes Can't Dance by Gilles Andrae.


And The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss.


The two newest additions to our repertoire are The Boy Who Wouldn't Share which is written by Mike Reiss, a former writer for The Simpsons


It's the story of Edward, who won't share his toys and ends up stuck in a pile of them after he tries to keep them all for himself. The illustrations are really entertaining and I like the message of the book a lot.

And then there's Push Button by Aliki. 


My girls love to push any buttons they find, so this book about different buttons and the noises they make when you push them is perfect for them. I also love the bright illustrations - they really pop off the page.

Check out some of these fun titles the next time you're at the library or the bookstore and I hope your little ones enjoy them as much as mine do!


AFOMFT is giving away two titles from Gabrielle and Alaina's favorite books, The Boy Who Wouldn't Share and Push Buttons, to two lucky readers.  To enter, post a comment here telling me what your children's favorite books are right now (this is mandatory).  For additional entries:
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75 comments:

  1. Right now our favorites are The Birthday Box by Leslie Patricelli and Dr. Ted by Andrea Beaty.

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  2. My child's favorite book is Goodnight Moon:) That's what I read to it in my belly!
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  3. my favorite children's book right now is sandra Boynton Barnyard dance all her books are great!

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  4. The boys' favorite books right now are The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs & Ham. (Why do they have to love such LONG books?)

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  5. I have your button on my website

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  6. Right now we love "There is a Monster at the End of This Book" They think it's hilarious and it was one of my favs as a kid.

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  8. My daughter loves the Bearinstein Bears

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  9. Owen, age 4, loves "Green Eggs and Ham" because his daddy told him that it was daddy's favorite book when he was 4. His other favorite is Richard Scarey's "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go"--a classic!

    Judi Zimmer
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  10. Ella loves Goodnight Moon. She has loved it since she was six months old, and she stills asks us to read it to her at least once a week. She loves it!

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  11. My kids LOVE the book "I Love You, Good Night" and "Flyaway Sue"

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  12. My favorite children's book right now is Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks.. my son's name is Ethan Fox & goes by Fox.

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  13. i am a subscriber of AFOMFT!

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  14. I like AFOMFT's on facebook!

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  15. i voted for AFOMFT!

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  16. What a great giveaway! :) My boys LOVE books (Alex especially)! Right now their favorites are Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever!, and Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?

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  17. My daughter's favorite books right now are Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Moo Baa La La La.

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  18. I follow on twitter and tweeted #Win two terrific children's books @AFOMFT - http://tinyurl.com/AFOMFT

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  19. my daughters favorite book is "my little counting book"

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  20. My girls favorite books are any of the If You Give a (blank) a (blank) and Madeline. My oldest loves any award winning novel... So long as there is a seal on the cover :)

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  21. This missing piece by shel silverstein

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  22. my daughter loves - "llama llama mad at mama" and "what is a princess?"

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  23. My baby boy loves to read I love you through and though.

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  24. Aubrey and Jaxon are loving all the Curious George books right now!

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  25. daughter loves "good night moon"

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  26. voted top baby


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  27. My daughter's favorite book has always been "Pat them Gently" before it was ever a part of Target's $1 rack...we have to beig one with the touchy feelies. She also really likes "A Potty For Me" since she just recently potty trained at 2. I have both memorized!

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  28. My daughter's favorite books right now are "Bear Wants More" and "Goodnight Moon."

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  29. I tweeted your giveaway @des_erae

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  30. My niece and nephew's favorite books are touchy feely ones right now! They love them all!

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  31. My kids love books! They love The Hungry Caterpillar right now.

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  32. They like Goodnight Moon and Happy Birthday Moon.

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  33. voted top baby

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  34. Right now my daughter really like the Arthur series

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  35. Subscribe to AFOMFT

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  36. "Like" AFOMFT on Facebook
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  37. http://twitter.com/AStarrAMama/status/20103006430

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  38. My daughter is really into the Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer right now.

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  39. My kids love their Colors book and Goodnight Moon.
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  40. We love "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs"
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