{"id":1528,"date":"2011-02-10T10:52:37","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T17:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2011-05-19T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T17:19:22","slug":"rip-best-books-for-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/rip-best-books-for-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Best Books for Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Ed. 5\/19\/11: Great news! The Best Books for Babies lists will continue under new sponsorship<\/a>!]<\/p>\n

Oh no! I hopped over to the Beginning with Books website this week, wondering if they had posted a new “Best Books for Babies” list for the year, and found NO website, and this message in their site’s Google cache: <\/p>\n

After 26 years of service to young children and families in Pittsburgh, Beginning with Books will be closing its doors and ceasing operations, as of August 6.<\/p>\n

Many factors necessitated this difficult decision. They include the challenging economic conditions which resulted in fewer donations and changes in funding priorities from some of our foundation supporters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, poop. <\/p>\n

Beginning with Books was a fabulous service to the Pittsburgh area, and their annual “Best Books for Babies” lists were a fabulous service to the rest of us! So I poked around Google’s cached pages some more and copied out the last few years of lists, which I am posting here, to help keep them available a little longer. Board books especially go in and out of print quickly, so the older lists here won’t help you build your collections, but as a group these books help us learn what great books for our youngest children can look like. <\/p>\n

2010<\/p>\n

All Fall Down, Clap Hands, Tickle, Tickle<\/strong> and Say Goodnight<\/strong>, by Helen Oxenbury
\nBaby Woof Woof! <\/strong> by Dawn Sirett
\nCarry Me<\/strong> by Rena D. Grossman
\nDaddy, Papa, and Me<\/strong> and Mommy, Mama, and Me<\/strong> by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Carol Thompson
\nHello Baby! <\/strong> By Mem Fox, illustrated by Steve Jenkins
\nIn My Nest<\/strong> and In My Pond<\/strong> by Sara Gillingham, illustrated by Lorena Siminovich
\nLittle Dump Truck<\/strong> by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by Bob Kolar
\nLola at the Library<\/strong> by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw Posy<\/strong> by Linda Newbery, illustrated by Catherine Rayner
\nWhat Colors<\/strong> Dwell Studio\/Blue Apple Books<\/p>\n

2009<\/p>\n

1, 2, Buckle My Shoe<\/strong>, by Anna Grossnickle Hines
\nAll about Me! <\/strong>, by Dawn Sirett
\nBaby Signs: A Baby-sized Guide to Speaking with Sign Language<\/strong>, pictures by Joy Allen
\nCalm & Soothe<\/strong>, illustrated by Sanja Rescek
\nHaiku Baby<\/strong>, by Betsy E. Snyder
\nJust Like You<\/strong>, by Emma Dodd
\nPeekaboo Bedtime<\/strong>, by Rachel Isadora
\nTen Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes<\/strong>, by Mem Fox, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
\nToot Toot Beep Beep<\/strong>, by Emma Garcia
\nYou and Me, Baby<\/strong>, by Lynn Reiser, photographs by Penny Gentieu<\/p>\n

2008<\/p>\n

Fruit<\/strong> and Vegetables<\/strong>, by Anderson, Sara
\n Maisy\u2019s Amazing Big Book of Words: 300+ Wonderful Words and 25 Flaps. <\/strong> by Cousins, Lucy.
\nTip Tip Dig Dig. <\/strong> by Emma Garcia.
\nGlobal Babies. <\/strong> Charlesbridge, 2007.
\nA Good Day <\/strong>, by Henkes, Kevin.
\nBlack & White, <\/strong> by Hoban, Tana. <\/p>\n

2007<\/p>\n

Mama\u2019s Day.<\/strong> Ashman, Linda and Ormerod, Jan.
\nWhose Toes are Those?<\/strong> Asim, Jabari. Illustrated by LeUyen Pham.
\nEasy Street.<\/strong> Gray, Rita. Illustrated by Mary Bono.
\nWelcome Precious.<\/strong> Grimes, Nikki. Illustrated by Bryan Collier.
\nLook at You! A Baby Body Book<\/strong> Henderson, Kathy. Illustrated by Paul Howard.
\nLook at the Animals.<\/strong> Linenthal, Peter.
\nWee Willie Winkie.<\/strong> Mavor, Salley.
\nHush, Little Baby.<\/strong> Pinkney, Brian.
\nCheep! Cheep!<\/strong> Stiegemeyer, Julie. Illustrated by Carol Baicker-McKee.
\nBaby Cakes.<\/strong> Wilson, Karma. Illustrated by Sam Williams.<\/p>\n

2006<\/p>\n

Duckie\u2019s Ducklings.<\/strong> Barry, Frances
\nTomie\u2019s Mother Goose Flies Again.<\/strong> DePaola, Tomie. Honey Baby Sugar Child.<\/strong> Duncan, Alice Faye. Illustrated by Susan Keeter.
\nMy Garden = Mi Jardin.<\/strong> Emberley, Rebecca. Snuggle Up, Sleepy Ones.<\/strong> Freedman, Claire. Illustrated by Tina Macnaughton.
\nA Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa.<\/strong> London, Jonathan. Illustrated by Denis Roche.
\nStar Baby.<\/strong> O\u2019Hair, Margaret. Illustrated by Erin Eitter Kono.
\nDiddle, Diddle, Dumpling.<\/strong> Pearson, Tracey Campbell.
\nAlphabet House.<\/strong> Wallace, Nancy. Illustrated by John Sandford.
\nThis Little Piggy. <\/strong> Yolen, Jane. Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. <\/p>\n

2005 <\/p>\n

Buenos Dias Baby!<\/strong> Ellis, Libby. Tomie’s Baa Baa Black Sheep and Other Rhymes.<\/strong> DePaola, Tomie.
\nLittle Bo Peep.<\/strong> Pearson, Tracey Campbell.
\nTruck Duck.<\/strong> Rex, Michael.
\nBaby Danced the Polka.<\/strong> Beaumont, Karen. Ill. by Jennifer Plecas.
\nTe Amo, Bebe, Little One.<\/strong> Wheeler, Lisa. Illustrated by Maribel Suarez.
\nDuckie\u2019s Rainbow.<\/strong> Barry, Frances.
\nMe Baby You Baby.<\/strong> Wolff, Ashley.
\nSnug in Mama\u2019s Arms.<\/strong> Medearis, Angela Shelf. Ill. by John Sandford.
\nWynken, Blynken, and Nod.<\/strong> Field, Eugene W. Illustrated by David McPhail. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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