The due date of my daughter's second boy is drawing closer; and right now for her two and a half-year-old firstborn son, it's all about anything that zooms, stomps, or roars: planes, trains, trucks, elephants, lions and dinosaurs!
My grandson's current favorite things include his new airplane riding toy (complete with working propeller - though he's a little bummed it doesn't really fly) and Disney's
Jungle Book movie.
So I scored at a local bookstore the other day when I found one of Lois Lenski's "Mr. Small" books,
The Little Airplane (read my
past posts here about these sweet books and their author).
I also spotted and picked up a "Baby Lit" books,
Little Master Kipling: The Jungle Book. My grandson loves to "roar" like a tiger and trumpet like an elephant, but I have to be careful not to roar
too loudly when we get to the page with "Sher Khan", the Tiger, or he gets a little
too scared.
The Baby Lit board books are so cute, but they are aimed just as much (if not more) at literature-loving-adults then at kids. I mean, seriously:
Anna Karenina??
Wuthering Heights?? for
children?
We like
Little Master Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes (read my
past post here) and
Little Master Carol: Alice in Wonderland. Another,
Little Master Baum: The Wizard of Oz looks super adorable - can't wait to get that one; and I'm guessing my grandson would like
Little Master Melville: Moby-Dick.
On to trains: Thomas the Tank. All. The. Way. I'm referring to the "old school" Thomas, not the new, strange looking (in my opinion) CGI "Thomas and Friends". If you haven't read
my past post about the wonderful Rev. W. Awdry (Thomas' creator) and his original books,
go here.
Currently, my grandson is obsessed with cabooses in particular...
His latest favorite from the library is
C is for Caboose: Riding the Rails from A to Z by Traci N. Todd. Any child who loves trains and is ready for "a-b-c books" will enjoy this picture book, uniquely illustrated with a mix of vintage drawings and modern photos!
He also likes the Caldecott honor book,
Freight Train by Donald Crews...
and the Little Golden Book
The Little Red Caboose.
Maybe her love of travel and my grandson's love of trains inspired my daughter to set up this cute little changing area for her soon-to-be born little boy, with all the supplies organized and ready-at-hand in an old vintage suitcase!
All Aboard! Click the links below to go to my previous posts with some fun toddler and preschool book recommendations:
Hope you'll check out some of the books we love. What are (or were) your little boy's favorites?
UPDATE: Have to add in my grandson's newest favorite! Have you heard of
Supertruck?
Go here.
