Read it again, three times
Books.
Picture books worth re-reading at bedtime, road-trip chapter books, and the read-alouds my kids ask for on repeat.
Curated by Jerrica Sannes, M.Ed. · 360 books in the library
- Goodnight Moon
- The Snowy Day
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Frog and Toad
- Bedtime, again
- Little Bear
- Make Way for Ducklings
- Owl Moon
- Read it again
- Blueberries for Sal
- The library on Tuesdays
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee
- One more chapter
today's favorite.
Book of the day.
One we keep coming back to, time and time again.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr.
In this iconic early learning picture book, a parade of colorful animals - from a brown bear to a red bird to a yellow duck - each ask the next what they see. Eric Carle's bold, unmistakable collage illustrations and Bill Martin Jr.'s rhythmic, repetitive text create a mesmerizing read-aloud experience for the youngest listeners.
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Themed booklists (by season, mood, and format) will appear in this space as we publish them. The full, filterable library is right below.
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Every book on the shelf is one we own and have read aloud at least a dozen times. I want hand-drawn illustration when I can get it, pictures with real care put into them, and writing that still works night after night. Nothing abridged. No sponsored placements. Ever.
An age on a book often refers to either listening age (when an adult reads aloud) or reading age (when a child reads alone), and those are not the same thing. They usually do not line up for a given title, so one range on the cover cannot describe both well. Here books are grouped by format: board books, picture books, and chapter books. You can narrow further by season or mood.
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About as often as we buy books and keep them, which is often. New arrivals also tend to follow whichever season we're in.
I read every email at info@raisewildflowers.com. I can't promise to add every request, but reader nominations are how a lot of my favorite picks first showed up here.