Reddit mentions: The best children mammal books

Here are some books my kids love:

Picture books:

• Boot and Shoe by Marla Frazee - Sweet story of two dog brothers
  
  
• Look! A Book! by Bob Staake - Fun, funny I Spy type book but with an absurd silliness and fun rhymes
  
  
• And it's not really obscure since it's a NYT Bestseller but I'd be remiss if I didn't plug The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt since he's an old friend of mine. Plus my kids love it.
  
  Chapter books:
  
  Most of the chapter books my kids read are part of a series so they aren’t really obscure but my kids love them so I figured I’d note them in case you hadn’t heard of any of them:
  
  
• The Magic Treehouse series is a good series to start with for chapter books
  
  
• Bunnicula is hilarious
  
  
• Encyclopedia Brown – I loved them and now my son loves them
  
  
• Stink – My son loves that Stink and his friends are a lot like him and his friends. Their adventures are very relatable
  
  
• And my five year old daughter and I love Ivy and Bean and their antics. They’re laugh out loud funny and it’s great to have girl books that are about girls horsing around and getting into trouble. Ivy and Bean are real kids, not just precious little princesses in training.
  

I would definitely start talking more about feelings with him, to give him that emotional vocabulary. Check out some books like The Feelings Book, The Way I Feel, or My Many Colored Days. Label his and your own feelings throughout the day - "It looks like you're really angry that we have to leave the park now", "I'm so happy that you picked up all your toys", etc. Play games where you make faces representing different emotions (happy/sad/angry/scared/silly are a good start). Label the feelings of characters in stories and TV shows too - "Look, Daniel Tiger is so sad that his toy broke" - and you can even start talking through appropriate responses to those feelings - "Maybe he can get a hug from his Mom to help him feel better, and then they can try to fix the toy." (if he's a fan of Daniel Tiger, How is Daniel Feeling might be a good book to check out too).

Even once your son can tell you that he's scared, he still may not be able to articulate what specifically he's scared of; it may be more the separation itself that's scary. I wrote a crazy long reply to another post a while ago about separation anxiety in slightly older kids, but some of the ideas might be helpful to you as well. I think it's great that you're there to reassure him, and hopefully this will pass soon; but if you get to the point that you need to work toward him falling asleep more independently, I'd suggest very gradually moving from your position next to his bed over multiple nights - first just a few feet away, then across the room, then near the doorway, then just outside in the hallway, etc while verbally reassuring him as needed. Once he's okay with more distance, you can tell him you'll be back in a few minutes to check on him, that you're just going to the bathroom, just going to get a book, whatever. The key is not to sneak off and lose his trust; you want to show him that he's still okay even if you're a few feet away from him, or in the hallway, or in another room. There are some books specifically about fears that might be helpful to read with him as well, such as The I'm Not Scared Book, Llama Llama Red Pajama, and Can't You Sleep Little Bear?.

Hope some of that is helpful, best of luck to you and your little guy!

Duh, get this Red Panda adult sized costume!

Your marker drawings ARE really freakin' good, but I live in Wisconsin, and paper burns fast (lol), and so to stay warm I need a scarf! I like bright, fun, colorful patterns or colors, so a few colors blocked or striped together would be a fun scarf!

Thanks for the contest! I won a Jayne (Firefly) hat from someone else earlier in the year, and it was my FIRST hand-crocheted item! I'd be so excited to get another! Thanks a lot!

EDIT! I just saw someone else posted my fun item, so I'm coming back to give you this cute Sloth book! Enjoy!

I love The Little Book of Hygge - it's a fun read!

You might also like The Cozy Life. It is very similar.

I also enjoyed The Nordic Theory of Everything. It's not about hygge particularly. It's more about relationships and Danish culture/lifestyles, but it's a nice read.

And this might be an odd recommendation, but I love to read children's books like [The Christmas Wish] (https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Wish-Lori-Evert/dp/0449816818), The Polar Express, and The Snowman - and not just at Christmastime! They're a great way to spend 15 minutes relaxing by the window on a cool, rainy evening.

Happy reading!

1. Everywhere Babies is excellent for birth through 18 or 24 months. It's a celebration of babies being loved (in rhyme), and so is loved by parents, and also toddlers.
   
   
2. Big Red Barn is a nice bedtime story as the animals go to sleep.
   
   
3. Then graduate to Going to Sleep on the Farm which has the same idea, but in much richer visual detail.
   
   
4. How Will We Get to the Beach is also nice. A mother is heading to the beach with her baby and several objects (umbrella, beach ball, etc.). On each page, Mom discovers her (ever-changing) mode of transportation won't do because it would mean leaving one of her things behind. For babies, it's a story. For toddlers, it's a memory game as you try to remember what's missing when Mom tries to get on the kayak, skateboard, hot air balloon, etc. There's also a tiny ladybug hidden on each page that older toddlers like to find.
   
   
5. Goodnight Gorilla is the first book that caused my daughter to laugh, due to the many voices given to the animals saying goodnight and the surprised sound I voice for the wife who realizes zoo animals are in her bedroom.
   
   
6. Morris the Moose has awesome humor for an older age child (3? 4? 5?) that is still quite good for adults, too.

I think Holes is a reasonably good choice, in terms of wrestling with friendship, loyalty, and identity as boys grow up. Even guys I've known who ended up not being readers later on in life remember and like that book.

Maniac Magee is another one that I remember really fondly from about that age, though I haven't read it in more than a decade and the racial themes in it may come off as dated or inappropriate today. It deals a lot with changing relationships, grief, bullying, and searching for a safe and comfortable place in the world and the instability that can come with that.

Then there are super downer books like Bridge to Terebithia and Where the Red Fern Grows about boys navigating the transition to adulthood as they go through tragedy. Both super memorable and affecting, albeit in different ways. Shiloh is probably a decent choice for a coming-of-age story involving a dog and a boy forced to make difficult choices, if you don't want an ending as miserable as Red Fern's, lol.

Esperanza Rising is a book with a female protagonist, but a supportive male friend who plays a major role in the book, and it might be culturally or historically relevant as it's about Mexican migrant laborers in the Great Depression. The same author also wrote a book about Pablo Neruda's childhood that might be worth a look, though I haven't read it. Here's another recent book that looks pretty neat with a Mexican-American male protagonist who wrestles with changing friendships and growing up. A very different book that also might appeal to Latinx students is The House of the Scorpion, which is a dystopian coming-of-age story about a drug lord's clone - it's aimed more at a YA crowd, though I think I read it when I was about the same age as your kids.

Does your student have any French? Definitely better resources there. Most of the stuff I was able to find was Ewe for English speakers rather than the other way around, but still probably has some value:

Gbe-English Dictionary

Dual Ewe-English childrens book

There's a series of theatrical videos performed in Ewe on YouTube that have English subtitles, though some of them have some adult themes. Here's one that seemed okay.

Seems like this Quora post has a lot of good recommendations for the best books to learn English from a general background.

I'll ask some folks if they have any other ideas. Hope that helps.

Super rare to be a bat given the location and time of year (bats should be hibernating) but get the vaccine. It's four shots in the arm or butt (not the stomach any more). No worse than tetanus really. Give her a treat or gift after each round of shots (it'll take a month) and get the book A Place for Bats so she can learn more about them (it's probably the best kids book about bats I've seen besides StellaLuna). Treat it like getting a super power, where the power is rabies immunity.

Also call the local Audubon society and tell them what happened. If it's an owl, it's probably defending its best and will attack other people.

I freaking love Press Here! It's my go-to as part of anyone's first birthday gift! My son is almost 20 months, and starting to really love it.

We love every Boynton book we have. We've been reading those nearly from birth and still enjoy them.

My son is a huge fan of the Baby Touch and Feel books, Llama Llama, and right now- anything Elmo.

In memory of my mother also, the used $3.40 one would be great.

This is a sweet contest. My mother also instilled in me a love for books. Her favorite time of year was Christmas and the song the book I linked is based on would turn her into a little giggly kid whenever she heard it during the holidays.

Have a wonderful day/weekend.

1. Smells like pencils
   
   
2. I like these hardcover notebooks. I have one I use for special meetings
   
3. Desk clip on coffee cup holders for teachers to save desk space! Functional and Fun!
   
4. My favorite class was Improv! I studied acting.
   
5. I was always sitting alone reading during recess. This was one of my favorites.
   
6. Let's go Fighting Flesh Eating Streptococcus Pyogenes Microbes!!
   
7. It was always a good lunch when these were in the bag
   
8. I miss when books were this good!
   
9. I think this is amazing!
   
10. I was playing with my action figures. This was a favorite
    
    Bonus question 1 answer being PMed. I've searched and searched and I can't find your name :(
    
    Raffley goodness: In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

To add to that, there's a book I like called The Kissing Hand that helps with separation anxiety. It's about a mama raccoon putting a kiss in her baby's hand before school when he's scared. And she tells him that anytime he's lonely or scared, he can just put his hand on his cheek and get a kiss from mom and know that she loves him.

That could be a helpful tradition to start every morning before drop off.

I Am A Bunny was SquirrelBoy's favorite book as a baby and our go-to gift for parents to be. I can't recommend it higher.

Wee Squirrel has recently been all about Sometimes I Like To Curl Up in a Ball.

Freight Train is also a big winner with its simple graphics. I propped this one up for her to look at during tummy time when she was very small.

She also loves The Little Engine That Could and the Llama Llama series!

Oh they were great books! Silverwing is the first one, and Sunwing is the second. They're by Ken Oppel. It's about a bat who loses his way on migration. They get pretty gruesome for kids books (cannibalism and mentions of blood and stuff), but I read them at age ten-ish and I just found them exciting. The third book I just found last year, called Firewing. I didn't like that one at all =P

There's a kids book on this. Really cute.

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship https://www.amazon.com/dp/0439829739/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_lRcSDbDZ063VM

Super cute! You should felt a tiny muffin for him!! <3

If you don't already own it, you REALLY need a copy of this book. It contains a wealth of knowledge on the giraffe, from when they first arrived on this planet via conveyor belt on through to their first Nobel Prize win. Of course it also covers the basics like how their necks work, what their spots mean, their roll in the oil crisis, and why they settled in Haute Terre Indiana.

Love these! I might need to own one. Do you sell on etsy? I can see you doing really well there.

The tone reminds me of one of my favorite-ever books: Giraffes? GIRAFFES!
http://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-Dr-Doris-Haggis-Whey/dp/0743267265

He looks like he came straight out of that children’s book “The Kissing Hand”

Clearly the grittier retelling of everyone's favorite novel
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0060244054?pc_redir=1414590841&robot_redir=1

I didn't have that one, but my favorite book as a kid was by Mercer Mayer as well! [What Do You Do With A Kangaroo?] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0606146245/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_6ICXDbNVJ550R)

That is an excellent question.

After a quick search I must say, most likely. Or at least I'm praying to be.

> For many years the scientific and educational community has wondered and worried about the possibility that semi-sane scholar pretenders would find the means to put out a series of reference books aimed at children but filled with ludicrous misinformation. These books would be distributed through respectable channels and would inevitably find their way into the hands and households of well-meaning families, who would go to them for facts but instead find bizarre untruths. The books would look normal enough, but would read as if written by people who have eaten too many lead-based paint chips.
Well, sadly, that day is upon us. We offer to you the first in a proposed series of 377 reference books, all written by a couple, Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey, married 50 years and now getting their chance to twist and tickle the brains of the impressionable.

> Giraffes? Giraffes! is the first in the series, and puts forth the following novel theories: that giraffes were not part of any evolutionary chain, but came here from Neptune, by way of very long (but convenient and fast) escalators; that giraffes are expert dancers, but they become angry if you ask them about their dancing; that giraffes control over 90% of what we see in mirrors; that the Giraffe Navy is as strong as ever, contrary to recent claims in the popular press.

> This is a book to be feared. If you have young people in your life, keep it far away from them.

> Giraffes? Giraffes! is a 9" x 12" hardcover reference book, with 64 lavishly-illustrated pages, and includes a set of giraffe trading cards carefully attached to the inside back cover. Cover is blue faux-leather, de-bossed with gold foil detail and a special 4-color illustration.

Link to the book page on Amazon

Relevant!

"We offer to you the first in a proposed series of 377 reference books, all written by a couple, Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey, married 50 years and now getting their chance to twist and tickle the brains of the impressionable.

Giraffes? Giraffes! is the first in the series, and puts forth the following novel theories: that giraffes were not part of any evolutionary chain, but came here from Neptune, by way of very long (but convenient and fast) escalators; that giraffes are expert dancers, but they become angry if you ask them about their dancing; that giraffes control over 90% of what we see in mirrors; that the Giraffe Navy is as strong as ever, contrary to recent claims in the popular press."

It is a book:
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

I read the book advertised at the end of the video. It's pretty good.

Hope you're good with baking muffins. I heard they like them

"Giraffes? Giraffes!" by Dr. Haggis-on-Whey

I don't know how to describe it. It's not so much a book as an assault on your brain. It will not make sense, but it will make you laugh.

http://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-HOW-Doris-Haggis---Whey/dp/1932416978/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321222377&sr=1-1

great book

http://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-Haggis-On-Whey-World-Unbelievable-Brilliance/dp/0743267265

Here is a great reference for anyone looking to learn more about Giraffes.

Evolution books for kids (PDF)

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True was written by Richard Dawkins (not Daemons?!?) and reads like a textbook. The artwork on its beautiful dust jacket is not duplicated on the actual cover, which is a huge letdown for a children's book that is sure to have its jacket destroyed. It's definitely for older kids.

Back on point, at age 2, you're at least 2 years away from teaching reasoning to any substantial degree. Try Morris the Moose. It's a very simple comedy of errors as a moose, a deer and a horse each think the other animals are the same species as him or herself ("You have four legs and horns like me!" and so on). Only a frustrated atheist cow knows the animals are all different, but the cow is swiftly ignored. Morris realizes his mistake upon gathering additional evidence -- in the form of seeing his reflection, and the reflections of the other animals, in a pool of water.

The Kissing Hand, maybe? It's very tangentially related to what you described, but worth a shot.

sounds like it's from Giraffes? Giraffes!

Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories is a good choice.

It's called "The Christmas Wish" by Lori Evert.

I like this one better: /Owen-Mzee-Story-Remarkable-Friendship

I recommend you read the Training Manual first.

Except that it's a little girl, it sounds like What Would You Do With a Kangaroo?

https://www.amazon.com/What-Do-You-Kangaroo/dp/0606146245

If you like this band, you check out the nonsense book they are named after!

https://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-HOW-Doris-Haggis-Whey/dp/1932416978

Also, they have american apparel tri-blend t-shirts in their store. The most comfortable shirt I've ever worn.

https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/giraffes-giraffes

And then a Canadian children's author wrote about this tactic from the bat's point of view in 'Sunwing'.
It is for war in the near future with South America, but based on the WW2 program.

http://www.amazon.com/Sunwing-Kenneth-Oppel/dp/1416949976/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

A good book series for any young readers you know.

Here is the desktop version of your link

This photo is actually published in this book

source

Immediately thought of the book Giraffes? Giraffes!

Giraffes? Giraffes!

Have you read Giraffes? Giraffes! ?

edit: forgot to link to the book itself

Who remembers If you give a moose a muffin ?

Giraffes? Giraffes!

http://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-HOW-Doris-Haggis-Whey/dp/1932416978

Basically two versions of the same story

Moose
Mouse

https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Give-Moose-Muffin/dp/0060244054

That reference is so obscure yet so relevant

link

What about If You Give a Moose a Muffin?

If You Give A Moose A Muffin

I think OP is confusing the titles of the book you are referring to, and its sequel "If you give a moose a muffin" http://www.amazon.com/If-You-Give-Moose-Muffin/dp/0060244054

If you are upset that these are just dust covers and you want to read entire books chock-a-block full of similar hilarity and wit, I could recommend books in the Haggis-On-Whey World of Unbelievable Brilliance series.

Giraffes? Giraffes!

Animals of the Ocean: In Particular the Giant Squid

Your Disgusting Head: The Darkest, Most Offensive and Moist Secrets of Your Ears, Mouth and Nose

Cold Fusion: The Haggis-on-Whey World of Unbelievable Brilliance

Disclaimer: I am not Dr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey (or her life partner Benny). Neither am I associated with her publisher. I would be happy to drink a pint with either Doris or Benny, however.

Read the description Giraffes? Giraffes! (HOW) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1932416978/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ycdqDb2ZN42H3

EDIT: I dont know why the format isn't working, but if I fiddle with it anymore I'm gonna be angry.