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Adventures in Parenting

Adventures in Parenting

Curator: mercyme

Recent reviews and ratings.

No Sleep for the Sheep!

Karen Beaumont

Cute and funny story! Loved the rhymes.

The Wide-Awake Princess

Elizabeth Dawson Baker

The story is funny, engaging and easy to read. The ending is a little bit abrupt but not terrible.

Pigs to the Rescue

John Himmelman

This story never fails to earn giggles. And the illustrations are funny too!

The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners

Stan Berenstain

I think kids are never too old for this refresher on manners. I would read this to my teenagers to remind them to be pol…

Are you awake?

Sophie Blackall

Really captures the tired but sweet moments late at night when your sweet child is bright eyed and awake (and your tired…

Journey

Aaron Becker

This is a great book that gives the child (or parent) lots of creative freedom. I loved hearing the different ways my ch…

Try, try again!

P. K. Hallinan

Its a good rhyme style book that teaches kids the very important lesson to try try again!

Counting Kisses

Karen Katz

I loved reading this story to my child at bedtime. I would act out each page... "10 kisses on 10 wiggly toes" :) My kid…

The Pout-Pout Fish

Deborah Diesen

The repetitive rhyme of the story is easy to remember. My kid was able to recite most of the story after a few reads. T…

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Judi Barrett

We love reading this book... because we love food. It's so fun to imagine with my kid what life would be like if our fav…

A big guy took my ball!

Mo Willems

Great for reading outloud. Simple illustrations that make my kid giggle. Definitely worth borrowing from the library. MI…

Guess How Much I Love You

Sam McBratney

I love reading this story to my kids. I hope it ingrains in them the fact that they are so loved. It also reminds me ho…

The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister

I was never a big fan of this book. The illustrations are pretty, but I'm not sure what the moral of the story is? Why d…

A House for Hermit Crab

Eric Carle

I think this is not as popular as the hungry hungry caterpillar. But the story is so good! The art is gorgeous, and the…

Even superheroes make mistakes

Shelly Becker

My daughter liked it. She liked the amusing pictures. But I found the lesson kind of obscured by clunky rhymes. It was n…

Last Zookeeper

Aaron Becker

This is a book with no words, gorgeous art, and a thoughtful story about a robot that is saving animals. I like letting …

Touch and Feel Baby Animals

Scholastic Staff

Babies love touch and feel books. But you only need 1 or 2 of these. Then again … if you have lots of shelf space, and y…

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

The art alone makes this book worth buying. The story has a lot of words; it makes me wonder if children 100 years ago h…

Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear?

Bill Martin Jr.

Very boring book for the parents. But it is a great teaching tool. My kid showed great pride in being able to "read" thi…

Ten little fingers and ten little toes

Mem Fox

I love the repetitive rhythm and rhyme of this book. I loved all the pictures of all the little kids from all over the w…

I Love You Every Day Finger Puppet Book

Cottage Door Press

We received this book as a gift. I was sceptical of the book because it looks so generic! But the finger puppet made thi…

The girl who wouldn't brush her hair

Kate Bernheimer

My kid loved the book “up to the planet Pluto”. I guess that’s higher than the moon? I thought it was imaginative and a…

Pinkalicious and the Perfect Present

Victoria Kann

My daughter loves this book. I find pinkalicious very sweet in this story. She does not act bratty at all. #situations:…

The Book About Nothing

Mike Bender

This book reminds me of the book: the book with no pictures. My daughter giggled a lot and enjoyed the book a lot. #sit…

Chicken said, "Cluck!"

Judyann Grant

Great book for my early reader. She can read it on her own cause the whole story only had a handful of words that kept r…

I Love Cake!

Frances Gilbert

My daughter wasn’t a big fan of the story. She thought the cake looked too boring. “I kind of like the jelly beans and …

What if ...

Samantha Berger

The art in this story is very pretty and creative. The message to always find ways to expressive yourself is also nice. …

Pajama Time!

Sandra Boynton

This book is alright. Not spectacular, but its cadence is mildly catchy. Maybe it would work for a nighttime routine. Bu…

The Haunted Castle

Elisabetta Dami

I have mixed feelings about this book. It sprinkles graphics among the text so it's easy for your beginner reader to rea…

This Book Stinks!

Ron Keres

This book is so funny! My kid loves this book. It breaks the fourth wall like Elmo with the monster at the end of the bo…

Chicken Break!

Cate Berry

The art is very cute. You will probably get lots of mileage just observing the silly art with your kid. #situations: be…

The snowy day

Ezra jack keats

I know this book was revolutionary for being the first picture book with an African American main character. But the sto…

Madeline's Christmas

Ludwig Bemelmans

I did not the like story. It was a very silly, sparse story with very little plot. My 6 yr old daughter seemed to enjoy …

Happy Pig Day!

Mo Willems

Another silly story that will make the kids giggle and remind them what real friendship looks like.