From: Anne Oelke <cflibrary>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:34:32 -0600

This grandmother also subscribed to Babybug for the first 2 grandchildren. They have wonderful stories, poems, illustrations. It's a great way to build a board book collection that Moms and Dads can use with an infant and toddler without their having to worry about the destruction of the books. I'll be doing this for grandchild #3 in the new year. The toddler favorites of my grandchildren were Bill Martin's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" and "Polar Bear, Polar Bear". Eric Carle's illustrations are so appealing to the children and they love to "read along". They had "Brown Bear" memorized almost as soon as they could talk. The Raffi books, especially 5 Little Ducks, also were popular with my grandchildren as well as with the Early Childhood class in my school. The Early Childhood class is ages 3-5, but most have special needs and tend to enjoy and need materials more at the 2 year old level, so this discussion is quite helpful for me to find other materials that are good for them.

I do agree that the illustrations are one of the most important factors in books for the very young. Simple illustrations seem to work best. It seems to me that these help build vocabulary as the child is beginning to talk.

Anne Oelke Library Media Specialist, pK-12 Cambria-Friesland School District 410 E. Edgewater St. Cambria, WI 53923-1000 mailto:cflibrary at cf.k12.wi.us
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