The Three “B’s”
Here’s hoping I fooled a few of you into thinking this would be about Brahms, Beethoven, and Bach. Those great masters of music are often taught as the Three B’s.
However, what I have discovered (or re-discovered) as I was surfing the net for a few new baby books is that the classic infant-to-toddler-age books are still best sellers.
Not only this, but I was reminded in nearly every article I read that babies, their brains, and books need to be put together on a daily basis. This daily practice gives intimacy, interaction, and stimulation.
The director of the NYU Center for Child Development just a year ago agreed with Nancy Crosby Larrick, PhD, a local author, editor, and educator who retired nearly 30 years ago. What is that they agreed on?
The director of the NYU Center for Child Development just a year ago agreed with Nancy Crosby Larrick, PhD, a local author, editor, and educator who retired nearly 30 years ago. What is that they agreed on?
They both said that, even in a world of technology, the love of language given to children by their loved ones; they are the ones who turn babies into readers and lifelong learners.
Baby brains have 100 billion neurons at birth. In the first three years, these neurons will make trillions of neuron connections. (More than we make as adults.) Language is essential for these connections. The more words and pictures and things a baby sees, hears, and learns to identify, the more the connections grow.
Baby brains have 100 billion neurons at birth. In the first three years, these neurons will make trillions of neuron connections. (More than we make as adults.) Language is essential for these connections. The more words and pictures and things a baby sees, hears, and learns to identify, the more the connections grow.
One of the best ways to combine all these factors is to read WITH your child. (Notice the WITH – not just TO – your child). Reading with your child gives the child the chance to interact not only with you but with the book, even, says one child psychiatrist, if the child is chewing on the cover.
As a recent grandmother for the very first time, I culled the saved and boxed children’s books we had kept, pulled up “best books” list from all kinds of sources, and browsed online and in real bookstores. It was a fun experience and so many memories of reading to my own child emanated from these book titles.
As a recent grandmother for the very first time, I culled the saved and boxed children’s books we had kept, pulled up “best books” list from all kinds of sources, and browsed online and in real bookstores. It was a fun experience and so many memories of reading to my own child emanated from these book titles.
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| Yes, this is the new grandchild. |
I decided this week would be a good time to give you some titles to take stock of what’s old, what’s new, and which books are baby classics. I think you will be really surprised at how many you remember.
Savvy Glenne’s Books for Babies
Recommendations, an incomplete, non-prioritized list of well-reviewed, popular, and long-lived titles.
Recommendations, an incomplete, non-prioritized list of well-reviewed, popular, and long-lived titles.
1. Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown -1947
2. Are You My Mother? – P D Eastman – 1960
3. Go, Dog, Go – P D Eastman - 1961
4. White on Black – Tana Hoban – 1993
5. Clifford, the Big Red Dog –
2. Are You My Mother? – P D Eastman – 1960
3. Go, Dog, Go – P D Eastman - 1961
4. White on Black – Tana Hoban – 1993
5. Clifford, the Big Red Dog –
Norman Bridwell – 1963
6. Pat the Bunny – Dorothy Kunhardt – 1940
7. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street – Dr.Seuss – 1937
to The Places You’ll Go - 1990 [his first and last books and all those in-between]
8. The Big Shiny Sparkly First Word Book –
Willabel Tong – 2003
9. Diary of a Worm – Doreen Cronin – 2003
10. I Hope You Dance – Mark D Sanders
9. Diary of a Worm – Doreen Cronin – 2003
10. I Hope You Dance – Mark D Sanders
(children’s version of adult book) 2003
11. Corduroy – Don Freeman – 1968
12. Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak – 1963
13. Humpty Dumpty and Other Rhymes (My First Mother Goose) – Iona Opie – 1997
14. The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle - 1969
15. Madeline – Ludwig Bemelmans – 1958
16. Lama, Lama, Red Pajama – Anna Dewdney – 2005
11. Corduroy – Don Freeman – 1968
12. Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak – 1963
13. Humpty Dumpty and Other Rhymes (My First Mother Goose) – Iona Opie – 1997
14. The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle - 1969
15. Madeline – Ludwig Bemelmans – 1958
16. Lama, Lama, Red Pajama – Anna Dewdney – 2005
And my new favorite:
17. Press Here – Herve Tullet – 2011
We’d love for you to post YOUR favorite titles!
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