Yo, there's nothing worse than when you ask the child to pick a book to read before naptime or bedtime and they come back with the toddler version of War & Peace.

A good friend of the family gave us some books for Christmas and, while they're great for talking to her about cultural inclusiveness and have great messages for empowering a little girl, THEY ARE LONG AS SHIT.

Maybe I'm just too goal oriented but I feel like bedtime stories should be to promote and foment, you know, sleep. So I'm tryna get a story out, look at some pictures, and then put the baby down. I ain't got time to sit there for 45 minutes.

So I need some good reccos for short bedtime stories.

Any suggestions?



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I kinda like Corduroy too, because the books are short and multicultural without seeming forced.

named biscuit. pretty read.

also the touch and feel books.

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You worthless, jobless, lazy bastard. Read to the kid. Smh.

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I read a chapter each sitting. Great read especially for boys.

http://www.amazon.com/Fathers-Dragon-Ruth-Stiles-Gannett/dp/1494915049

Shel Silverstein:
-The Giving Tree
-The Missing Piece
-The Missing Piece Meets the Big O


Then
-The Runaway Dinner
-Trainstop
-guess How Much I Love You
-Make Way for Ducklings

Basically just check the list of Caldecott winners at your library... Any one of 'em's a good place to start

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i feel your pain, though. some of the books he picks out are long as shit, others are nice and short/simple to get through. sometimes on the longer ones i skip pages, problem is now he's 4 and he remembers every damn thing so he knows if a page was skipped. then i gotta go back and read the skipped pages because he either remembers a picture from that page of something said and realizes that he didn't hear/see it.

She gets crunk when the wild rumpus starts.


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im teaching her to read so when i find
"the" "and" "love" etc

she has to read the word

however these books are LONG
i swear it takes us 20 minutes to read a book
but she loves it

however i need some short books too
lol

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