The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed

For the times in the car that letting your kids read a book would be great, but they can't read yet. Or the times at home when they want you to read to them, but you're cooking dinner. For the times when you don't want them to watch t.v. but you need them to be distracted just for a bit. Play them a book!

The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed

Ten Worthwhile Children's Books

1. Seven Little Bunnies by Julie Stiegemeyer

I thought this was going to be a "jumping on the bed" book but I was completely wrong and was so glad I was because I'm so sick of that rhyme! We all loved  this book.


2. Daddy Hugs by Nanci Tafuri

We checked out some books for Father's Day, and this was one of them. There are quite a few Father's Day books on this list because, well, my girls are obsessed with My Man. We loved this one because of the art and the girls loved seeing all of the different animals.



3. If My Dad Were An Animal by Jedda Robaard

I loved the art in this one. It was all so peaceful and cute. The girls also loved all of the animals in this one, and afterwards we talked about what animal we thought My Man was. We decided a fox, until he came home and reminded me that he has told me multiple times that if he were an animal it'd be a bear. I think both would fit him well for different reasons!



4. Bedtime Without Arthur by Jessica Meserve

This was just a really cute book, and the girls loved it, and so did I.



5. Mr. Squirrel and the Moon by Sebastian Meschenmoser

I honestly was pretty suprised the girls liked this book, just because I didn't like the art that much. But, they did and the story was good! Maybe your kids will like it too :)



6. I love My Daddy by Sebastian Braun

I feel like the cover picture is misleading for how great the art is. At least I liked it! And the girls, like I said before, love anything to do with dad.This book had a great portrayal of how kids see their dads.



7. Bears and a Birthday by Shirley Parenteau

Apparently this is one of many "Bears and __________" books. Which is great news! We loved this one. It has cute cute bears and talks about cake. Ummmm. Yes, please.



8. Bye,Bye, Butterflies! by Andrew Larsen

I wasn't fond of the art style in this book (can you tell the pictures are big time for me? ha!), but I had just been talking to my oldest about how caterpillars become butterflies, and this describes that process pretty well and makes it exciting for the kids. Both girls loved this one.



9. Cricket Song by Anne Hunter

This has such a peaceful and beautiful tone to it. The girls love that, and so do I. Read this one!



10. Listen to Our World by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson

I loved the creativity of the art in this book, and like the one above it was very peaceful and beautiful, along with a beautiful message!

Favorite Five Children's Books

We really love to read. We go through bouts of it though, we'll read a lot, then take a little break, then read a lot, then take a little break. Usually, it just depends on if we end up making it to story time that week and if I have enough energy to go get books after story time. But, not gonna lie, there are a lot of books that I just don't enjoy at all, as do my girls. And then, there are also the ones that we love love love! Here is our current top five!---because yes, favorite are that rare. Check them out if you haven't.

1. I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak-I love reading this with my young ones! Around 12-24 months old. My sister gave me this one after I had my first girl, and I loved it so much, because it so well described my deep love for her :)







2. Just Me in the Tub by Mercer Mayer(little critter series)-Honestly I have never really liked the illustrations in this book series (maybe that's because I don't really like critters???) but I do like the stories! Mostly because my girls love love love them. Not just, "Just Me in the Tub" either. We have four of the books right now, because someone gave them to us. And I bought one for the girls for Christmas :)






3. The Jellybeans and the Big Book Bonanza by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans- This book series is pretty cute. The illustrations are fun. And, my girls love seeing the jellybeans. Side note: Might want to keep some jellybeans handy for when you read these ones---they always want some when the story is over!







4. The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed-I truly love this book. And, until just recently I had forgotten all about it! I got this from one of those book-buy-a-thon things in elementary school I think. I loved reading it when I was little because I loved the story and the images. It is such a peaceful, loving and soothing story. Even for kids. We went back to my parents house for Christmas this last year, and I found it there again! I read and it my girls, and they loved it. And I loved it.....so, I probably loved it more then them. And, I bet you will too!




5. The Troll and the Oliver by Adam Stower-We just found this one last week! But, it has definitely become a favorite. It's not scary at all, but since it has a troll in it that wants to eat "the Oliver", my little girl walked around the house the entire day saying "scary" in a deep rumbly voice and it was hilarious. We partially love this just because my nephew's name is Oliver, and it reminded us a lot of him! It is definitely a cute and fun story, and has a recipe at the end to make fuzzy scary yummy monster cupcakes! (we've yet to make them...)