MommaReads

A link I saw that lists several books for families who really, really, really don’t like traditional princess books.

Way back in my teaching years, one of the biggest questions I got from moms of boys was if I could recommend any books that I thought their son might like, that might keep them interested. If you have a boy, then check out this website…I wish I it would have been around about ten years ago. It’s called Books for Boys and I think you will find it VERY helpful.

Grandma ends up having to drive the trash truck because her sons, who normally drive the trucks, are sick. Let’s just say that grandma’s not used to driving the truck and there are a whole lot of mishaps, but at the end of the day she ends up getting a special award from the people in her town. If you have a little one who is in love with garbage trucks, then this is just the book for them.

It’s Billy’s birthday and he keeps getting all kinds of neat toys to play with, but he’s having a hard time sharing. He finally realizes though that it’s much more fun to share and to play with others than to play with a toy by himself. This would be a great story it you have a child who is having trouble sharing or if you are working on teamwork and how things are just better when people work together instead of on their own.

This is a great book about a boy and his grandfather in the garden and a red hen that keeps following them. This story has a lot of repetition which children love and is great for developing beginning reading skills. It also is a rhyming books which is also great for beginning reading skills. Children will like the ending when they finally find out why that hen was following them. She has a surprise for them…

The mama animals have put their babies down to sleep for the night so they decide to have a barn dance while the little ones sleep. Each of the mamas ends up getting tuckered out and crawling into bed with their little ones and once the little ones notice that the mamas are all asleep they get up and have their own dance party. This is a super cute book and it rhymes…I am a sucker for cute books with a good rhyme.

This is a great counting book and it’s also fun because as the hunter (who never seems to be able to see the animals that are hiding from him) is looking for the animals, your little reader will have fun trying to guess which animals are hiding in the background. The best part is the end when the hunter finally sees the animals and they are all following him. Again, great for counting…”1 hunter”, “2 elephants”, “3 giraffes”, etc. but fun and interactive as well.

Have you ever repeated something to yourself again and again in your head to help you remember, like a grocery list? Well, the little boy in this book is sent to the store to buy “six farm eggs, a cake for tea, a pound of pears, and don’t forget the bacon.” He tries and tries to remember the list, but it keeps changing. Your little one will laugh at the things he tries to buy and at what he forgets. “Six clothes pegs, a rake for leaves, a pile of chairs and don’t forget the bacon” is one of the many changes the list goes through.

I know that it’s after Christmas, but it’s still the Christmas season and this book was too sweet to pass up. Rabbit’s mom knits him a beautiful hat to keep his ears warm for the storm that is headed their way. Rabbit realizes that their friends will need hats too, so Rabbit and his mom secretly make all of their friends new hats for Christmas and deliver just as the storm starts. It’s at about that time that Rabbit realizes that he’s been so busy with his friends’ presents that he forgot to make something for his mom. What will he do?

Mouse from the If You Give a Mouse books is decorating his Christmas tree. This book is great for the babies, toddlers and preschoolers in your life. It’s a board book that let’s your little ones count the ornaments as Mouse puts them on his tree. They will likely love the surprise ending, too.