[blparent] Bedtime Stories...

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Unfortunately, there are no pictures.  I tried to read that one to Angelica, 
but she wasn't as intrested, since there were no pictures.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...


> Don't know if anyone has mentioned this one, but Guess How Much I Love You
> is a fantastic book to read at bedtime.  It's actually about a father 
> rabit
> and his little boy rabit, which I like because most stuff seems to be 
> about
> moms and their children.  (I appreciate this even though I'm a mom :)
> Anyway, I know Seedlings has this book.  Austin loves it.  Also, Dr. Suess
> wrote fantastic books for kids.  Austin loves Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the
> places You'll Go, Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches an Egg, and The Cat 
> in
> the Hat.  Your library fro the blind should have many of these.  Finally,
> Arthur and Little Critter books are also fantastic!
> Have fun reading!
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:00 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...
>
> Try Seedlings as wel.  The site is seedlings.org.  My daughter's favorite 
> is
>
> the very hungry caterpillar, the very busy spider, and Litle Rabbit's
> Bedtime, a touch and feel book, just to name a few.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Melonson" <variant at pcdesk.net>
> To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:09 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Bedtime Stories...
>
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm new to the list so I apalogize if this was previously covered. I have
>> two wonderful little girls ages 3 years and 16 months. I've been for the
>> past year or so looking for some books to read to them before bed and
>> sporadically throughout the day, but haven't come across much. I've
>> contacted the library of congress in Texas to find some Braille books, 
>> but
>
>> don't know any good titles to specifically ask for that are age
>> appropriate. I recieved on book of fairy tales, but feel that my oldest 
>> is
>
>> not ready to hear of a giant who wants to eat jack and grind his bones up
>> and make bread, seeing as though Dora portrays the Giant as a gentle
>> person.
>>
>> I'd also like to find something that is out of the ordinary. I know the
>> majority of the "usual" stories and tell those regularly, and have come 
>> up
>
>> with some on the fly, but would like to expand outward. I've even
>> considered adding Braille to the books they already have, but haven't
>> found the time and resources.
>>
>> Anyway... Thanks in advanced for any ideas.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -Mark
>>
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