When you’re shopping for gifts for your kid, nephew, niece, or godchildren aged 1-3 years old, a book may not always be your top of mind choice. It’s totally understandable – it may either be because you don’t expect them to appreciate it yet, or you just need a guide on the right book to get them.
Here’s the thing: you will never go wrong with classic books. These are timeless gems that will make your kids treasure not just their physical copies, but also the lessons they will learn from them. Classics will also guarantee their bonding and learning time with you as there are endless things to discuss!
Curious on these books they will reach from the shelves over and over? Browse these titles that you and your kids will surely love.
This may not be the typical brightly-colored book that will attract your kids’ eyes right away, but it will hold your kids’ heart indefinitely. The subtle colors of the illustrations perfectly match its heartwarming rhymed poem. If you’re looking for a tool to teach your kids to value all things big and small whatever age they are in, this is the best one to get.
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Has your child learned the alphabet song yet? If not, don’t fret! One of the most powerful ways to teach your kids something new is to incorporate it in a story. This is exactly what Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom does. It playfully incorporates the concepts of uppercase and lowercase letters in a race to climb the tree. Say goodbye to seemingly boring rote learning and encourage your kids’ creativity through this book.
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Kids are almost always fascinated about animals, and this classic lift-the-flap book offers an exciting experience for them to learn and discover animals through descriptive words. Narrated in the point of view of a letter writer, this book also subtly encourages your kids to learn letter writing as a way to communicate.
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Stripped off the whimsical and fancy, this bedtime story that spanned generations focus on everyday items perfectly complementing a child’s phase in learning about the world around him. It immerses and educates, and encourages a child to pay attention to his surroundings as you say good night after a long day.
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There’s never a proper way to let your kids know how much you love them, but this book tries to concretize it through Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare’s “contest” of how much each loves the other. Just like the characters in the book, you and your child will love thinking of a bigger and better ways of expressing your love for each other.
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There are many ways to read a book, and each interpretation is as beautiful as another. Through this book, your kids will learn not only colors, but also togetherness, influence, friendship, and inclusion. It’s a simple but profound medium for a rich discussion of these topics with your children later in their childhood and in their early teens.
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If you’ll ever attach a note as you give this book to your kids, let the note say, “Keep this with you forever.” Learn the refrain that goes with this book, and witness how the song turns from sweet to poignant to deep and inexplicable as years pass by. Your child will enjoy the illustrations and when the time comes, this book will help you communicate just how much your love endures time and change.
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Have you ever wondered how you can teach your children to appreciate the things he receives? Let this touching story help you instill in them the value of both giving and receiving. In their growing up years, this book can even back you up in letting your child know how to set healthy boundaries in giving and receiving as love languages.
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Leaving evidences of the caterpillar’s insatiable hunger, this book cleverly presents holes to support its title. Your kids will surely love flipping through pages of uneven length and touching the holes where the caterpillar “ate through”! It will surely delight children as they also learn many things such as days of the week, healthy vs. unhealthy food, and life cycle of a butterfly.
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This book seems like it’s too hard to read at the outset, until you encounter the fun in the sound words and the narrative that turns out to be wittingly funny. Learn the chant with your child and see how your child will want to read this from cover to cover many times over.
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