Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback w/ CD)

by Arlene (RTL) Mosel (Author), Blair Lent (Illustrator), Marcia Gay Harden (Narrator)

Tikki Tikki Tembo is a great repetetive book for all kids but especially those preschoolers that love to repeat.  Peyton walks around saying “Tiki tiki tembo, no saw rembo, cherry berry ruchy, …” all day.  He also loved having me turn the pages when the gong sounded.

Erin

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Paperback w/ CD)

by Bill Martin Jr. (Author), Eric Carle (Illustrator), Gwyneth Paltrow (Reader)

Peyton loved this book and as each animal appeared on the next page, he lets outs a cute little gasp and has a delighted expression on his face.  He loves listening to it on the CD, it is somehow much more exciting than listening to Mom or Dad read it to him.

Here are a bunch of unique books that would be good for gifts.

The Jon & Jayne Doe series is like an advice guide. They have all different kinds of advice and they write it kind of funny. It might be better for older kids. I liked the one about making friends because it talks about how to talk to people and make new friends and not believing rumors.

Adventures with PawPaw is about a little puppy who travels all over. Our books are France, Costa Rica, and China. They show you little bits about each country, like their food and special landmarks and what the people do. They’re for little kids. And a portion of the money you spend on them goes to children’s charities around the world.

Lookman’s Children of the Sea and Mihte’s Quest and Henri and the Alien are really good books, but they’re very meaty and maybe a little old for us. Maybe 12 and up would be better for these books, but they’re good adventures.

We have some audio books, too: The One and Only Shrek and Brown Bear & Friends are fun to listen to in the car or at home when you’re doing chores or something. Maya really likes the Brown Bear books, so she likes that one better. The One and Only Shrek was really good and different than I thought.

The last one is Picture Yourself Cooking with Kids and it’s good because, besides the good recipes, it has lots of tips about being safe in the kitchen and how to help kids be safe in the kitchen. And we have a free one for you! And we also have a pair of Loud Enough earphones for you! I know they don’t really go with this review, but they sort of do because you could buy the audiobooks and listen to them with your new earphones. We reviewed them before and they’re awesome! One winner, two prizes!

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Lena