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[@mariepierce1517]

I read The Hobbit and Harry Potter to my kids when they were newborns lol started them on nerdlife early

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Marie Pierce xdd

[@jenniepintoful]

Our favorite kid books: Anything by Sandra Boynton “The Day the Crayons Quit” “The Day the Crayons Came Home” “Dragons Love Tacos” “Pout Pout Fish”

[@redapron5795]

"If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" is an awesome book! There are other books in the series, too!

[@sarahgreco9282]

Goodnight Moon - this book is a must! I remember my dad reading this to us so we created the tradition with our daughters. They are now 28 & 26. Still no grandchildren to share this with but we give it to all the little babies in our lives. They sell it in a tiny board book so little hands can hold it. It is about a little bunny getting ready for bed. It is a fun story for you and your little baby to share in the poetry of the words. Still to this day my daughters and I can repeat the lines together. Super Super Sweet!

[@mickeywaffleking8502]

"The berenstein bears" books were my favourite as a kid

[@neo8820]

Book Suggestions: Sign up for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Your little man will get a book each month for free until he turns 5. As for ones I enjoyed reading to my kids you'll never go wrong with good night moon, if you give a mouse a cookie or the little engine that could.

[@lindsayvanvlack4465]

Andy Weedman yes we did this too for our daughter and they are really good well known books! We have even gotten hard covered books as well!

[@sarahwhaley7713]

We also signed our kids up for this & have loved it!

[@RireV]

This is an awesome project for kids, please subscibe your kids! You cannot grow a love for books fast enough.

[@HandleHandle233]

My son too! They are the best! (And its a surprise for all of you ea month).

[@heatherstephenson1497]

I tried to do this but it's not available in my area. This reminds me tho, that my LO like the little engine that could. Then when we went to Dollywood. They had a performance of it. It was cute.

[@morganbellville4902]

My mom always read me "I'll love you forever" and I'm grown and married now and still the thought of it fills me with love and happiness to the point of tearing up. 100% recommend it

[@ashleyrae7916]

Morgan Bellville this is my top suggestion as well! Everyone needs this book!

[@margaretannulis5239]

I have a little boy and I can't read that book without cryimg!!I cant wait to pass it down to him.

[@SpencersVentures]

My kids all loved "Are You My Mother" such a cute story.

[@wendieherkamp8854]

So sweet

[@SanDiegoDiverGirl]

"Is Your Mama A Llama?" is also a great "mommy" book as is "Stellaluna". Forgot how great "Stellaluna" really is.

[@christophermartinchms4889]

Anything by Eric Carle: “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?” was my oldest sons favorite. He would cry when I would get to the end because he knew it was done. I had to read it several times. There are more to the series like; “Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What do you see?” and “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you hear?” Carle also has a book called “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”

[@feliciakc1]

For the first year, I would say to make sure to stock up on those fabric/soft books and those hard cardboard ones (like the borwn bear book you got) because the paper ones would be harder to turn the pages for the little hands, and also decrease book tearing/ wrinkling fiascoes :) but those are already fun books to start off with!

[@lizciampa]

I like Sandra Boynton books. Especially “Barnyard Dance”, “My oh, my oh, Dinosaurs”, and “Hippos Go Berserk”. Also P. D. Eastman’s “Are you my mother?” and “I’ll teach my dog a lot of words”.

[@jerseymonolith]

lizciampa loved reading barnyard dance to my daughter when she was a baby. Ten dogs barking is another lovely one

[@karilouise]

A Thousand Times YES!!!! Sandra Boynton all the way!

[@tiffany6290]

Yes!!! You can't go wrong with Sandra's books! My son loves The Going To Bed Book, Pajama Time, Moo Baa La La, The birthday Monsters. So many good ones!

[@tammynolf4897]

Our daughter loved the Frog and Toad books, “Days with a Frog and Toad”, “Frog and Toad are Friends”, etc. very cute

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Tammy Nolf awww 🥰

[@peculiarpumpkinsotheroddit3841]

My 2 boys loved those too! I even taught them to read with those books.

[@donnamccoy1771]

One of our kids’ favorites was a Sesame Street book “The Monster at the End of This Book”. The monster is Grover.

[@leithagrover9116]

Donna McCoy best book ever

[@starfishocean8790]

That was my favorite childhood book!

[@flgirl9866]

Omg I read that to my baby sister , my daughters omg I love that book

[@leithagrover9116]

Ok, I just discovered a new one. Grover's Hide and Seek

[@KristySki]

My kids love this book lol they laugh so much at it!

[@katiekrabbe7382]

My daughter has been in speech therapy for the past 5mo. Brown Bear Brown Bear was the first book she read back with us and then to us. Also Snuggle Puppy was a book we read for a long time. She finally started reading it back to us, and was the book she finally repeated “I love you”. It was pure magic to hear those words come out of her mouth! Best of luck with your sweet baby boy! ❤️❤️

[@shepard9671]

"The Gruffallo" and "There's a monster at the end of this book" were my favorite books growing up! I also liked "Room on the Broom", "A squash and a squeeze", "The tickle book", and the Elephand and Piggie series

[@laurasantosuosso4515]

“The monster at the end of this book” “Good night Moon” “Are you my mother” Also, board books are the best. I think all of the dr. Seuss books come in small broad books, my kids love them.

[@brookejones9673]

“The monster at the end of this book” is our favorite!

[@EDubbs12]

My only thing with the dr seuss board books is that the board books actually cuts out some pages in some of them. I personally would rather have the original books.

[@keyshatravis]

“Goodnight Moon” was my favorite book as a child.

[@tiffanyvance1229]

You pronounce “Pirates of the Caribbean” differently than “Caribbean Beach” because one is an adjective and one is a noun. It’s a noun in the ride name and an adjective in the hotel name :)

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Tiffany Vance ohhh that’s interesting 😯

[@ladyjane8855]

One is the British pronunciation (pirates) and one is American. If that helps....

[@ladyjane8855]

@@pap3rwings Maybe it is, but I'm British and only use one pronunciation (despite living in the USA for 15 years!).

[@shellyfacciolahassdenteufe851]

Tiffany Vance so interesting, thanks!!

[@tj4471]

“On the night you were born” is a book I read to all four of my children every year on their birthdays. It’s a beautiful story that will leave you a bit misty-eyed. Blessings to you and your little boy 💙

[@quincylee1453]

I loved the giving tree, goodnight moon, there’s a monster at the end of this book, and the little rabbit who wanted red wings!!

[@lilfizza]

Pro tip from a teacher: in lieu of cards for special occasions, ask for guests to bring their favorite book and write a note in the cover :)

[@elaineojeda6942]

I agree

[@HeidisKingdom]

We did this for our Baby Shower and got SO MANY amazing books!

[@EJaramillo]

We did this for my first kiddo.

[@danip3270]

Absolutely! Fantastic idea.

[@danielleb9437]

I agree, we did this and our daughter now has a bookcase full of books:)

[@hollygrimes283]

“Goodnight Moon” was our nightly must read. Our daughter knew by heart by the time she was three. She also loved “Brown bear, brown bear” and as she got a little older “Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”. I’m so excited for this new life adventure you’re about to take ❤️

[@emilybrown655]

Start a little golden books collection. The Pokey Little Puppy was a favorite in our house.

[@mollyhultberg1820]

Emily Brown my great Grand uncle Gustaf Tenggren was the illustrator for that book! 💕. We love it too!

[@emilybrown655]

Oh my goodness! That was one that my dad would read to me and then to my daughters. Thank you for sharing that with me!

[@leithagrover9116]

Golden books are awesome

[@janer00]

Books are so fun!! Don't forget about heading to your local library for storytimes and book check outs when the little guy gets a smidge older! Anyway our favorites are, 'My Truck is Stuck', Click Clack Moo, Good Night Steam Train, Give a Mouse a Cookie, The Little Engine that Could, just to name a few. Also, check into the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and see if your area is a part of this program. If it is, your little guy will get a book every month from birth to 5. Again, your local library should know more!

[@GJHipius]

Teddy was SO excited to hear you ask for book suggestions... in his first four and a half years, there are books that we have been reading him since the very beginning, and are STILL favorites of both Teddy and parents: “I Love You, Stinky Face” “Little Blue Truck” “Little Pea” All are so much fun to read for the parent and perennial favorites for Teddy. We also love Karma Wilson’s “Bear” books, which are brilliantly written rhythmic poetry stories, and *everything* by Ben Clanton.

[@Fayemegan]

As a kid I loved "Go dog, go", "green eggs and ham" and "The monster at the end of this book"

[@wendieherkamp8854]

The Monster at The End of The Book would be GREAT for Tim

[@kimbassett8486]

I loved Monster at the End of this Book and Go Dog, Go. My other favorites were Are You my Mother and Where the Wild Things Are.

[@philippa.552]

In 'Carribean Beach', 'Carribean' is an adjective. In 'Pirates of the Carribbean', it's a noun. This can affect pronunciation for some people 🤓

[@chrissyceravolo6664]

I pronounce both the same way too Tim! I think a lot of people do. That's how everyone else I hear pronounce the ride vs. The hotel. Meh!

[@mariebigler1854]

Oh and “don’t let the pigeon drive the bus” etc by Mo willems and the “mother Bruce” series.

[@TPlug_Journeys]

"The Places You'll Go" - Dr. Suess was one of our faves! Also "Horton hears a Who" is great too!

[@JakeR996]

“Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown and “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch are great baby boy books. The beach nursery theme is awesome!!

[@slyle3365]

Some of our favorite books were: Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, I Love You Through and Through, and so many books by Sandra Boynton-especially Pajama Time, Fifteen Animals, and Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!

[@Dragonflyy898]

I loved Dr. Suess' Foot Book as a kid! Also, Goodnight Moon is a classic!

[@keepcalmsavehyrule]

Our favorite kid’s books are “The Runaway Bunny”, “Goodnight Moon”, “The Kissing Hand”, “Love You Forever”, “Where the Wild Things Are”, “I Love You, Stinky Face”, or any Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle or Sandra Boynton books!

[@marinasweeney4727]

I'm a school librarian, and there are just too many good children's books to list, haha! Definitely use your local library for books!! I recommend anything by Mo Willems, he's great! Kids love the Elephant and Piggie books, and the Pigeon books.

[@rickdaniel1671]

My kids liked “Harold and the Purple Crayon” by Crocket Johnson. Available at Barnes & Noble

[@Jacque_with_a_q]

Books: all of the Sandra Boynton board books.

[@erinchavez1545]

Jacqueline Hughes 100%!

[@kristya2590]

Yes both of my girls LOVE her books!

[@samantharobertson7550]

Oh my. My heart is melting after Tim called Jenn momma 🥰 Both of my kids absolutely loved Brown Bear Brown Bear. They both memorized it and loved to ‘read’ it to me 😊

[@meghancl85]

My kids love the book Dragons Love Tacos 🌮 The pigeon series of books is good too.

[@glennvines8173]

I just got that for my grandson and he loves it.

[@allihedman5097]

honestly, with a newborn and even through when they can understand a book, reading them anything and everything is super beneficial. My dad used to read me the newspaper.

[@christiesegovia1064]

"Love You Forever". Leaves me crying EVERY time. I think it's especially good since you have a son; like the main character in the story.

[@whitneymiller4407]

Growing up, I made my mom read “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” to me every day. Such a precious book to read to a little one!

[@b-grey]

Some books to recommend: The kissing hand The giving tree Corduroy The purple crayon Love you forever I'm going to like me

[@wendieherkamp8854]

Love You Forever still makes me cry and my youngest is 15

[@eiblehs]

Minnow Mae Love You Forever is a classic!

[@pattytownsend-zales1128]

Minnow Mae love you forever is a wonderful book that is a tear jerker

[@meganthefoodie]

My kids loved Going on a Bear Hunt. Our copy is worn and falling apart and they had it all memorized. I just bought it to give to someone as a baby shower gift.

[@wendieherkamp8854]

My son's favorite

[@shellyfacciolahassdenteufe851]

It’s great that Disney provides so many allergy friendly options!! And I love that you guys taste tested them! 😊

[@heatherb.8975]

Any book by Eric Carle was always a win in our family! All 4 of my kids adored them! Also I am a teacher and even at 3-years-old it is great when little ones can repeat the words from a book....makes great early literacy skills! So any books that repeat themselves are wonderful, even for newborns!

[@pookiebeawr1226]

I agree that “Goodnight Moon” is a must read book for babies 😊

[@tiffany6290]

We read our copy to my son so many times it completely feel apart! It's a classic!

[@halguberman]

"Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch is great.

[@NipseyT]

“The Big Red Barn” was a favorite of ours. Especially at bedtime.

[@meaganwilliams9727]

In Canada, the smarties equivalent are called “rockets”. They’re the exact same as your “smarties”!

[@headonfire6]

Rockets are my favourite!

[@Floridafanatic28]

Yep, plus certain retailers (like Party City) actually carry American Smarties (labelled as Smarties, not Rockets).

[@mamalipster6923]

I was literally about to type this comment. Glad I looked down before posting. lol

[@nicolawybron466]

The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child are brilliant books, both of my kids loved listening to the stories and making different animal voices as they read along with me.

[@crystalvickers6645]

“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” “Chicka chicka boom boom” “If you give a mouse a cookie” “Dragons love tocos”

[@velocity1012]

Chicka Chicka!!! You have great taste. 😁

[@Anita3kidsS.]

"Goodnight Moon"

[@abbielavin2284]

I am a early childhood education teacher and my kiddos (infants-2’s) love Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle and Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen. Both have great rhyming words which helps differentiate sounds, tone of voice and flow of speech. Also, get some books that have sensory experiences like different fabrics and textures since infants are so fixated on these things! Hope this helps ❤️

[@triciaphenicie5358]

“Goodnight Moon” was a part of my kids bedtime routine from infancy through toddler-hood. Gotta have it!!

[@pollitodaisy7511]

Hi Tim and Jen 😃 “if you give a mouse a cookie” by Laura Numeroff was my nephews favourite book, that I even memorized all of it so I could tell it to him anytime ❤️ great book !

[@annabolch4960]

For baby books: "Goodnight Moon" and "Pat the Bunny" were my favorites. Pat the Bunny is especially great because it's a 'touch and feel' book, meaning it has little interactive pages with different fabrics on each page. Great for newborns - toddlers.

[@kamerongillum4404]

Anything by Mo Willems is great! I'm a daycare teacher and they all love his Pigeon series, and Knuffle Bunny is very very cute!

[@eagle4life69]

The Monster at the End of This Book

[@joydykstra5057]

eagle4life69 I loved this bookas a kid! ❤️

[@robynwood550]

My favorite as a kid!

[@rebeccalynn4221]

Required reading lol!! Love it

[@oddsendsandfriends8264]

Books that my kids love: piggie and gerald books by Mo Willems, Pigeon books by Mo Willems, Laura Numeroff books, Pete the Cat books, Dear Zoo, Good night moon, Pat the Bunny just to name a few.

[@moondancerjen]

Anything by Mo Willems is my 5 year olds favorite. He loves when I read "The Book with No Pictures". Anything by Nancy Tillman: "Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You" especially. I loved reading "The Pout Pout Fish". They love lift the flap books when they get older, "Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book" was one of my kid's favorites.

[@HeyItsJeff]

“Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch was always one of my favorites

[@DarkNessFaLl125]

Would definitely say “The Kissing Hand” is a personal pick for me. My mom and I read it soo much when I was little, and would do the ritual when I was worried or when I would head off to school.

[@michellem5853]

DarkNessFaLl125 I just bought this book tonight to give to a friend who just had a baby. I bought this book for my daughter after someone told me about it. I read it to my daughter before she started kindergarten. It’s my “go to” book to give as a gift.

[@danielsmith3324]

Bandit is so cute! We can't wait for the baby bean 💕😍😊

[@kimberlyhorton2867]

Sandra Boynton’s board books are great too!

[@danip3270]

Since you announced the pregnancy, I’ve been adamant that this baby is coming for Thanksgiving. Not only do I think it’s the best day ever for this little man to arrive, but so, so soon. 😉♥️♥️♥️🦃

[@themagicalmimi6011]

My kids favorites was There’s a Monster at the End of this Book and all the Golden Books

[@alib6774]

The Rainbow Fish is my daughter’s all-time favorite! We must have read that eleventy billion times. Lol!

[@melissapolitron8506]

The mouse a cookie series is one of my and my girls favorite books to read together!

[@hannahroco]

In Canada, your “smarties” are the same as a candy called “rockets”!!

[@joami34]

Brown Bear was my daughters favorite and the repeating phrases in the book really helped her learn to read.

[@bexxx5539]

Can’t wait for baby’s first appearance in HOME VLOG!!! 🥰❤️

[@joanneshaw9580]

Hello from England, please get The Gruffalo our children loved it

[@joannab5584]

The Pout Pout Fish!! Literally, we read that book every night for months I think haha!!

[@williamcourtney4902]

We have Parma Violets they are like smarties. The caterpillar book loved it when I was younger.

[@danap508]

"Love You Forever" is the best book. It is so sweet that it still brings a tear to my eye when I read it.

[@ravenpunkrockgirl87]

Baby Beluga by Raffe is a favorite for my classroom to read/sing. Also baby sign language is very helpful to teach the baby. It helps with the baby's frustration when they are trying to communicate. Congratulations again!

[@christinamoreland1458]

“Press Here” Book by Hervé Tullet is a FANTASTIC FAVORITE 😊 in our home. It’s fun and interactive. Our little one thinks it’s magic. 📖

[@jillbos6800]

I love all of his books, they are so much fun.

[@tiffany6290]

Such a great book!

[@MaggieD007]

My daughters 2 favorite books when she was little “Goodnight Moon” and “Is Your Mama a llama”

[@sundaydawn3377]

The reason it specifies ancient grains is because those of us with allergies or intolerances to modern grains (which are generally genetically modified) can generally tolerate ancient grains as they tend to be easier on the digestive tract 🤷‍♀️

[@smrichardson]

“Don’t Push The Button” Far and away my kids favorite book!

[@DawnM23]

“Where the wild things are” “Goodnight Moon” “Monster at the end of this book” (little golden book) “Love you forever “ Any Shel Silverstein poetry books! Oh! And The Wonkey Donkey!!

[@macavitymacavity]

"The Little Prince" is a must (def for when he's a bit older), and of course, anything by Dr Seuss!

[@alicecore2161]

“Goodnight Moon” “Where the WildThings Are” “I Love You Forever” Anything Dr. Seuss

[@JamesThomas-ih2nn]

My favorite kid's book,"I love you forever"

[@ffasd23497]

There is a 365 day Disney storybook with so many different Disney characters. I had it as a child and it was amazing!!

[@katejo5186]

I loved "Goodnight Moon" as a child! 💕

[@fatadventures10]

Books: Good Night Moon or any Dr. Seuss book!

[@kristie7146]

My daughters favorite were : "I am a Bunny" "Goodnight little Bear" "When you give a mouse a Cookie"

[@CCrispyyy]

Kristie yes I second I am a Bunny! “I am a bunny, my name is Nicholas. I live in a hollow tree”

[@TheCuttingBoard1971]

When you give a mouse a cookie is fire.

[@timspence7843]

Here in Canada your American Smarties are called Rockets.

[@charmainechavez256]

“Goodnight Farm” my son LOVES it! It’s a touch and feel book and he gets sooo excited about certain pages like the horse and baby chicks

[@shellyfacciolahassdenteufe851]

I’m so so glad to hear Bandit is doing great!!! 😍

[@MyMrsv]

You can get "I love you forever" be Robert Munch

[@taylorclay2122]

Chris Vandenberg that was my favorite as a kid!!

[@generalsherman5055]

Chris Vandenberg no

[@AbbyDee1015]

Chris Vandenberg Great book! Good suggestion.

[@DALKRIS1974]

Chris Vandenberg such a great book!!!

[@generalsherman5055]

DALKRIS1974 no

[@allisonpietrusinski5549]

My family’s absolute favorite children’s books: “Guess how much I love you” “Tell me something happy before I go to sleep”❤️❤️

[@ej678]

"Frog and Toad are Friends", "Goodnight Moon", "Harold and the Purple Crayon" - all classics!

[@Zelda3026]

EJ D I love goodnight moon

[@cattoll1]

And the baby can enjoy the many varied ways Tim will pronounce crayon 😂 🖍

[@jenniferlauri5512]

Being a recently retired nursery school teacher for pre-K, the Mo Willems books are great, as well as the books by Judith Byron Schachter ("Skippyjon Jones" etc.). The Froggy books are also hysterical...all written by Jonathan London. Tim and Jen (and baby makes 3) will adore all these, especially when baby Tracker hits age 4 or so.

[@breanneanderson3722]

I agree with "I Love You Stinky Face" such a fun, sweet one! My son is older and still loves it. Also a couple other favorites were and still are.... "On The Night You Were Born" and "Wherever You Are, my love will find you"

[@stephaniebollmann2793]

“Ducks don’t wear socks” by John Nedwidek - huge laugh every time. “Bear snores on” by Karma Wilson - I always tear up at the ending. 😊

[@sallys3475]

My boys liked the book Corduroy, a cute little bear that wears overalls. And now my twin granddaughters like Daniel Tiger books.

[@rebeccalynn4221]

I love Corduroy

[@charliebernasconi6814]

1 like is one respect to Tim 😇

[@jesusisthetruth4497]

Charlie Bernasconi :)))

[@teacherbex245]

I love you forever was my favorite book growing up. Always made me cry.

[@doodlydooandminnietoo6836]

Awe adorable Bandit so glad he's doing better😊❤