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Category Archives: Books for 2-year-olds
Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Adam Record
In this deceptively simple counting book, five creatures lurk around a “creepy haunted house” until they run into something apparently even scarier that sends them running.
Wait by Antoinette Portis
Antoinette Portis’s brilliantly observed and succinct (only three different words are used throughout) picture book, Wait
In The Lion by James Foley
“In the city there is a zoo. In the zoo there is a lion. In the lion there is a… dentist [!!!]” So as not to spoil the story, it suffices to say that cumulative stories are almost always a hit with kids since it’s a clever way of building narrative momentum, as well as anticipation for what’s coming next — particularly when they are as fun and well done as this one.
The Full Moon at the Napping House by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
That The Napping House was one of the most read books in our household when my kids were littler, as well as one of the few “baby” books that both of them STILL request for occasionally, speaks volumes about the incredible enduring popularity of Audrey and Don Wood’s memorable cumulative tale.
Daddy’s Sandwich by Pip Jones and Laura Hughes
When a little girl offers to make her daddy a sandwich with all of his “favourite things”, things get a liiittle out of hand…
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
The Very Lonely Firefly
And I Love You by Ruth Krauss and Steven Kellogg
Originally published with a different title and illustrations, this is probably one of the lesser known works by Ruth Krauss.
What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig by Emma J. Virjan
Sporting an irresistible bright cover, What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig
Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes and Dan Yaccarino
Reminiscent of Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard’s Noisy Book
