On the Night You were Born Written and Illustrated by Nancy Tillman

On the Night You were Born Written and Illustrated by Nancy Tillman

 

On the Night You Were Born is a story about how the entire universe rejoiced at the birth of the reader. It is written in rhyming prose that attempts to address the young reader personally.

Target Age: Infant and Toddler

Springboard Lessons: this book is great to read in one-to-one settings with a child. It highlights each child’s uniqueness. Additionally, children can participate in the book’s reading by chanting their name as it is “carried by the wind” throughout the land.

The book uses quite a few animals and can also be used to go over animal names, sounds, and behaviors

This book might also be a good springboard for parents to tell the actual story of the night their child was born. They could also write letters to their children explaining why they chose their particular name.

Waddle! A Scanimation Picture Book Written and Illusrated by Rufus Butler Seder

Waddle! A Scanimation Picture Book Written and Illusrated by Rufus Butler Seder

 

Waddle! is an interactive book that contains “moving” illustrations of animals. It is written in short, descriptive rhyming schemes and describes the types of motions and noises each animal makes.

Target ages: Infants and toddlers

Springboards for lessons: this is a great book to introduce animals and their behaviors to young children. Children can be ask to move around like a particular animal or to make the sounds of a particular animal while reading.

The Going to Bed Book Written and Illustrated by Sandra Boyton

The Going to Bed Book Written and Illustrated by Sandra Boyton

The Going to Bed Book is a short rhyming book that details the bedtime rituals that happen before all the animals go to sleep. It is perfect for very young infants and toddlers.

Target Ages: Infants and Toddlers

Springboards for lessons: this book is great to help establish a bedtime ritual with young readers by reading it right before bed. Adults can help young children identify with the themes by pointing out the types of things the children do before bed (brush teeth, put on pjs etc. )

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see? Written by Bill Martin and Illustrated by Eric Carle

Brown Bear, Brown Bear is a great book for little hands, especially in board-book form. The story line is repetitive and helps a young child to anticipate the story’s direction. Eric Carle’s illustrations and use of bright colors also make it a useful book for introducing animal names, sounds, and color.

Target ages: infants and toddlers

Interactive components: acting out animal sounds and labeling animals and colors.

This is also a great book to “sequence” by allowing the students to recite back the order that we see the animals.

With older children, perhaps asking questions that distinguish fantasy from reality such as “A blue horse? Do you think there are blue horses?”