MommaReads

Henrietta’s two older sisters do such a good job of convincing her that she is a chicken that Henrietta decides she really IS a chicken and goes to find a chicken farm to live on. Her sisters get in trouble when Mom and Dad find out what happened and the older sisters are put in charge of getting Henrietta back home. It turns out that being a chicken is a lot of fun and one of the older sisters decides she wants to be a chicken, too. A cute story that shows how teasing a sibling can get WAY out of hand.

*There are a couple of instances of name calling (dumbhead) that can easily be skipped or changed into another word as you are reading it to your child.

A young boy visits his grandmother and learns about the history of his family going back 300 years. This book did a great job of showing how things were different in each generation in a way that children could understand. There is also a section in the back that gives more detailed information, but still written in a way that children can relate to.

Sarah and Grandpa work together to plant and care for their garden. One day, later in the summer, Grandma invites Sarah over for lunch made out of their garden.

A photo essay that shows so many of the special ways that grandparents love their grandkids and a tribute to all the perks of being a grandparent and being a grandchild. This would be a great book to spark a discussion with your own children about what makes their grandparents special. This would also make a great gift for a new grandparent.

A beautiful story of a mother and father waiting for their adopted child and all of the love, joy and late nights that come with becoming parents for the first time.

This book is a counting book as well as a book about families. The beautiful illustrations depict families of various shapes and sizes working together. As the numbers get larger (the books starts counting by tens after a while and goes up to 100) the author introduces the idea of neighborhoods, schools and teams being “families” working together towards a common goal. A great way to talk about communities and families and how even though they aren’t the same they do have some similarities.

L.O.V.E. this book!

Mornings have hugs.
Toasters have plugs.
Breakfast has mugs.

Leaves have rakes.
Birthdays have cakes.
Bellies have aches.

But my favorite is the last line…Families have together.

The illustrations in this book are so cute and I love that it rhymes, too.

When Papa snores the lamp on the bedside table rattles and when Nana snores the blinds on the windows clank together, but when they are both snoring at the same time…oh my goodness!!! Even the neighbors start complaining. It’s funny who does manage to get some rest with all of that racket though.

At first Ben’s a little cranky about having to spend the summer in a dusty old house by the ocean, but when he finds a “treasure” in the garage, the whole summer takes a turn for the better. Ben and his grandma end up having great fun with picnics on the beach, splashing in the ocean water and finding more treasures on the beach after a storm.

If you have more than one child I know you wondered as some point during the pregnancy how you could ever love a second child as much as you loved the first. This book explains it perfectly to two little boys who want to know which one of them their mother loves the best.