3 year old girl

What can you recommend for a 3yr old?

Now, I happen to know that this 3-year-old is a little girl, so I'm going to focus on that for right now, though some of the choices could be for either boy or girl.

My second favorite Usborne set (behind Farmyard Tales) is the Pipkin Poster Picture books.  Oh, how we love Pip!  Pipkin is a little penguin who asks BIG questions.  And these are questions that your kids have probably asked too!  These books have beautiful illustrations and tell the story of Pip finding the answer to his big question.  At the end, there is a big fold-out poster to illustrate the answer!

How Big is a Million?

The poster has a million stars!  Probably our favorite poster!

How Big Was a Dinosaur?

The poster shows the sizes of different dinosaurs and also compares them to things of today!

How Deep is the Sea?

Where do Baby Animals Come From? (And Baby People too)

Every preschooler asks!  We got this one when we were expecting Baby #4.  Very sweet, age-appropriate book.  

We also love these Story books.  They have beautiful illustrations and the pages have just the right amount of words for little attention spans.  These are combined volumes, which means there are multiple stories in one book.  A great bang for your buck!

Usborne Stories for Little Girls

Usborne Classic Stories for Little Children

And some other Picture Story Books:

Usborne Animal Stories for Little Children

Usborne Stories from Around the World for Little Children

Usborne Stories for Little Boys

These are adorable clothbound books with classic stories, rewritten for young listeners.  I love the binding, it seems classic and special :)

Usborne Big Book of Little Stories

And some other special books:

Usborne Fairy Tales for Bedtime

Animal Stories for Bedtime

The Usborne Children's Bible Stories

And since we're on the topic of fairy tales, what little girl doesn't love a good fairy tale?

The Usborne Fairy Tale Treasury

The Usborne Book of Fairy Tales

The Usborne Book of Princess Stories

These are both in the same style as Farmyard Tales, perfect for a Preschooler who will be learning to read!

And every little girl loves stickers!  I love the Sticker Dolly Dressing series.  The stickers are goo-free stickers, which means that when (not if, I have 4 kids, so I'm well-versed in sticker removal) they end up on furniture, windows, walls, floor, etc, they are easily removed and don't leave a residue!  They have a SDD for whatever your little girl is into - Back to School, Ballerina, Bridesmaids, Fairies, Action, and lots more! 

Sticker Dolly Dressing Princesses

There are also some Sticker Dressing books for boys - Extreme Sports, Knights, Pirates, etc!

I hope this helps!

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Readers, Fairy Tales, and American History

Can you recommend something for ages three to five who are learning to read? Also, I have had children requesting fairy tales (I would read them aloud) Our third grader could use some books on Native Americans, the Revolutionary War, or the Wild West to supplement school.

Another sweet friend sent this request in.  I talked some about readers yesterday, but I'll add some more to that.  We love the Ted and Friends Phonics collection.  It's similar to the Very First Reading Set, but without the obvious parent-child collaboration.  Instead of letting the child exclusively work on learned phenomes (letter sounds), the Ted and Friends only emphasizes certain letter sounds.  The Combined Volume (CV notation) means there are several books in one, and you get a great deal since it's bound into one book!
Ted and Friends has 12 of the 16 Phonics Readers.  This is the same illustrator as Farmyard Tales, so you know it's a favorite at our house :)

Now onto Fairy Tales.  The Usborne Illustrated Stories are phenomenal.  Beautiful illustrations and any collection of stories you can think of.  These are great as read-alouds, but as you get more confident readers, they will enjoy curling up with these books. Here are the Fairy Tale specific books:

Usborne Illustrated Grimm's Fairy Tales

Usborne Illustrated Fairy Tales

Usborne Illustrated Classics for Girls

Usborne Illustrated Classics for Boys

If Usborne has a fault, it is the lack of early American history material.  Lots of modern history, lots of ancient history, not a lot of American history.  This is one that I've used:

Who Were the First North Americans?

A little easy on the reading level, but the material is good.  The Internet Links are also helpful - you know they're safe, so no worries about what 'interesting' things he may find while researching.

Hope that helps!  

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