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Posted: March 07 2007 at 1:44pm | IP Logged Quote Caroline

Inspired (again) by Dawn's blog, I'm trying to put together a spring booklist for my 3 year old. What do you recommend?

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Posted: March 07 2007 at 2:48pm | IP Logged Quote St. Ann

I don't know if this book is available in English, but it is just beautiful.

Pelles Neue Kleider - Pelle's New Clothes

It is about a little boy who has a lamb, cuts its wool, brings it to his mother to spin, oma to weave, uncle to dye the wool........until he has a brand new suit. All the while he is helping the adults who are helping him.
I think it is a good book for a 3 year old and older.

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Posted: March 07 2007 at 4:57pm | IP Logged Quote Dawn

St. Ann wrote:
I don't know if this book is available in English, but it is just beautiful.

Pelles Neue Kleider - Pelle's New Clothes


Stephanie, it is. We love that book, too!

Another book by Elsa Beskow (how I love her books) is Ollie's Ski Trip, which I know does not sound like a spring book, but it has wonderful imagery for this time of year, when winter is still lingering and we're wishing the snow would be gone. By the end of the tale, Old Mrs. Thaw has come to sweep away the remnants of Winter and make way for Spring.

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Posted: March 08 2007 at 3:19am | IP Logged Quote St. Ann

Dawn wrote:

Another book by Elsa Beskow (how I love her books) is Ollie's Ski Trip, which I know does not sound like a spring book, but it has wonderful imagery for this time of year, when winter is still lingering and we're wishing the snow would be gone. By the end of the tale, Old Mrs. Thaw has come to sweep away the remnants of Winter and make way for Spring.


Dawn, we love that book too! - especially my 3 yr old. You are right about it fitting in for this time of year - which I honestly never thought of. We always seem to concentrate on the snow fun, probably because we don't have any of our own snow here!

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Posted: March 09 2007 at 8:31am | IP Logged Quote Karen E.

The lovely mom at Painted Rainbows and Chamomile Tea is, to my mind, the picture book queen. She always has loads of wonderful ideas and books. Here's a post on her bird study.

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Posted: March 09 2007 at 9:28am | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG

Here are some of our favorites from the past couple of years.

My girls love Elsa Beskow's books too.

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Posted: March 09 2007 at 11:19am | IP Logged Quote rivendellmom

The Mothers Day Mice by Eve Bunting. It is illustrated by Jan Brett. It is one of our very favorites.

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Spring Story, from the Brambly Hedge series by Jill Barklem. There is also a nice Brambly Hedge website

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Miss Rumphius by Barabara Cooney

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The Trellis and the Seed

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Waiting for Wings -- good for summer too

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A Packet of Seeds

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Picture Books About Insects
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Marybeth wrote:

Muncha Muncha Muncha by Candance Fleming
This is for anyone who has/had a garden plagued by bunnies!!!

Swan Harbor A Nature Counting Book by Laura Rankin
I like the illustrations and all the nature facts in the back of the book. I am not a nature person so having a son who is all about the outdoors makes life very interesting for me!


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Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
Same bear and his forest friends, but this time it's spring. Great contrast to previous book to illustrate change of seasons. This is my two year old's favorite.

Lost in the Woods by Carl Sams and Jean Stoick
This uses stunning photographs to illustrate the story. It is about a baby fawn in spring.


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LisaD wrote:
Two books we found at the library last week that we really enjoyed are:

Turtle Spring

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Benjamin's Treasure

Both are lovely stories for spring!


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Dawn wrote:
I had to post about a beautiful picture book I found yesterday at Barnes and Noble. It's called All Things Bright and Beautiful.

The words of that 1848 ode are lovely of course, but the illustrations in this rendition -- vibrant watercolors -- are gorgeous!! I thought it was a nice book for this time of year.


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