My daughter is five and she's recently taken an interest in learning how to read. The second she gave me the green light, I, of course, flew into a frenzy and bought every beginning to read book I could lay my hands on. Many of them were duds, but we picked a few clear winners and I have to recommend them here. Mo Willems' 'Elephant and Piggie' series is our hands down favorite. They're easy to read. He uses simple words, lots of repetition, great illustrations and they're funny. We laugh our heads off every time we read them. I'm waiting with bated breath for each new book to come out.
And that's not all. We love his picture books as well. We read Knuffle Bunny every night for an entire year. We've read all of the Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
books at least a million times. They're falling apart. When it comes to children's books, we pretty much think that Mo is the man. And he lives right here in Brooklyn, too. Ha! I'd like to shake his hand. You go, Mo.
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