Do you need some suggestions on what to read to your new born child? In this article you will find some suggestions about the best children stories for kids of maximum age of 2.
“Very Hungry Caterpillar”, written by Eric Carle, is the story of a caterpillar that eats everything that it finds, starting with an apple and continuing with things more delicious like cake, ice-cream, sausage or water melon, until it becomes very big and transforms into a butterfly.
“Dear Zoo” by Rood Campbell is another good choice for your new born child. You can read here nice information’s about all kind of zoo animals: snakes, elephants, lions and much more.
“Owl Babies”, written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Patrick Benson is a story about three baby owls that wake up in the morning and they see that their mother is missing. Of course, the story has an happy ending, and their mother returns to them, for their joy.
“Hug”, by Jez Alborough is a book about a lonely baby monkey that walks thru the forest in search of the hug he needs. He meets up with all kind of animals until he finds what he was searching for. The book is full of nice illustrations. In fact, it contains only 3 words! But it is a very good book for introduction to word recognition.
“Baby’s catalogue” by Allan Ahlberg is a book with illustrations of 6 babies from different families that do what normal babies should do: to walk, eat, sleep or play.
From the illustrated children books category, we can also mention “Handa’s Surprise”, by Eileen Browne. The story action takes place in Africa and it’s about a girl’s journey with a basket of fruit. Unfortunately, her fruits are stolen by various creatures, and in the end she remains with a empty basket.
“Mr Gumpy’s Outing”, by John Burnigham tells the story of Nr Gumpy that wants to take a trip along the river in his boat. His children, and 3 animals – a rabbit, a cat and a pig decide to join him. They enjoy themselves until the animals have a fight, and the boat starts to roack.
“We’re going on a Bear Hunt” by Michael Rosen it’s a story that talks about a family that goes hunting in a dark forest in search of a bear. They have to go thru mud, to pass a river so they finally can reach their destination – the bear’s cave.
There are a lot of nice story books for your newborn child, many full of nice illustrations, while others are very good books for introduction to word recognition. In any case, you have a lot of stories from which to choose what to read, and show to your child.