[blparent] Books We Enjoy

[Melissa Ann Riccobono]

Glad you mentioned The Napping House. Always a huge favorite!
Melissa

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Melissa,
I agree! Goodnight Moon always had to be read daily around our house.
A few other I might add:
The Napping House, funny and teaches about cause and effect

In the tall, tall Grass

Barnyard Lullaby

green Eggs and Ham or anything by Dr. Seuss

those were all hits! with my kids.

On 4/3/13, Gloria G <gloria.graves at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for some of the suggestions. These sund like really cute 
> books. I
>
> am excited to start purchasing some of the braille books and being 
> able to read to my daughter. Thanks again.
> Gloria
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> From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 3:39 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Books We Enjoy
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>
>> Hello Gloria,
>>
>> We read a ton around here, but here are some books which are our 
>> favorites.
>> They are also easily bought at Seedlings
>>
>> http://www.seedlings.org
>>
>> or National Braille Press
>>
>> http://www.nbp.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Great for teaching colors, 
>> animals, etc. I actually tried to hide this book for brief periods 
>> from my son because he loved it so much and wanted me to read it over 
>> and over.
>> After about the tenth time during a day, I would try to slip it out 
>> of his sight at naptime. Don't worry, he always found it quickly, and 
>> the reading
>> continued!)
>>
>> Guess How Much I Love You (I love this one because it's actually 
>> about a rabbit dad putting his rabbit son to bed and talking about 
>> how much they love each other. So many books are about moms and their 
>> kids that I was happy to find such a great book about a relationship 
>> between a dad and his
>> son.)
>>
>> The Very Hungry Caterpillar
>>
>> The Very Busy Spider
>>
>> The Very Quiet Cricket
>>
>> Touch and Feel Puppy, (Or any type of touch and feel book)
>>
>> Goodnight Moon
>>
>> Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed
>>
>> Anything by Dr. Seuss
>>
>> Oh, my goodness, I could go on and on! I guess I would suggest 
>> sticking to board books when your daughter is really little, but 
>> there is nothing wrong with having slightly longer books that are 
>> paper that you read to her and don't let her touch until she can be 
>> careful. There are so many wonderful books out there. I actually 
>> received a couple of gift certificates to Seedlings for shower gifts, 
>> which was great because many of the books I got with those 
>> certificates have lasted through three children, and are still
>>
>> in
>> good shape.
>>
>> Melissa
>>
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