Now that Ana's willing to admit she can read a little, I want more books she can handle alone

[conuly]

(Not that I know how much she can really read, but I'm going off what she admits to.)

This means I want suggestions for books in two different categories:

1. Books without words, where the kid works out the story alone

2. Beginner books that are intended for early reading - I've heard of, say, Bob books, or republished Dick and Jane books, that's the sort of thing I mean. They don't have to be inspiring, they just have to be simple.

Any suggestions?

Oh, and I've added a lot of books to my various online catalogs, if you're interested in what the nieces already read.

I have more books in Amazon than the others because I also include books there that I don't actually own - ones we took out from the library or read at the bookstore, especially if we happened to decide *not* to get it and I know why. After all that effort I'm now slightly irked that so few people call my reviews helpful there. (Well. Not that much effort. I get lazy after the first two words!)

Comments

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Do you want something more involved than Little Golden Books or Dr. Seuss?

[conuly]

Something *less* involved.

Dr. Seuss and Little Golden books are great, but I think she gets overwhelmed at more than just a little text on the page, and when there are good illustrations she just looks at those and guesses.

[http://users.livejournal.com/some_thing_/]

Hi, you don't know me at all, but I saw your post on metaquotes, liked your icon, and then got kind of absorbed by your journal, so... Hello! I'm Hats, and my journal's i_id when I'm not in character. This one's just a role I play in a few games.

On topic, though: My first book was Sam and the Firefly (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0394800060/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link), which is a very nice little bedtime-esque story at a very beginning reading level. Great illustrations, with lots of little details for a child to pick out and derive story from.

[conuly]

1. Aw, shucks :)

2. I actually *said* the above. Don't tell anybody!

3. Thank you for the advice. I'll look into it as a read-aloud. However, for her to read to herself I'm actually looking, weirdly enough, for books with really crappy pictures. When she sees illustrations she starts guessing wildly. No illustrations and she hits it on the mark... at least some of the time :)

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Do you want something more involved than Little Golden Books or Dr. Seuss?

[conuly]

Something *less* involved.

Dr. Seuss and Little Golden books are great, but I think she gets overwhelmed at more than just a little text on the page, and when there are good illustrations she just looks at those and guesses.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, you don't know me at all, but I saw your post on metaquotes, liked your icon, and then got kind of absorbed by your journal, so... Hello! I'm Hats, and my journal's i_id when I'm not in character. This one's just a role I play in a few games.

On topic, though: My first book was Sam and the Firefly (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0394800060/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link), which is a very nice little bedtime-esque story at a very beginning reading level. Great illustrations, with lots of little details for a child to pick out and derive story from.

[conuly]

1. Aw, shucks :)

2. I actually *said* the above. Don't tell anybody!

3. Thank you for the advice. I'll look into it as a read-aloud. However, for her to read to herself I'm actually looking, weirdly enough, for books with really crappy pictures. When she sees illustrations she starts guessing wildly. No illustrations and she hits it on the mark... at least some of the time :)