Today's topic is The 20 Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023. The most scholarly can be intoxicating. The editor has always believed that children who love to read have more prospects and happiness. Because reading is the best way to quickly learn technology and culture that have been concentrated for thousands of years.
Reading can be more knowledgeable and broaden your horizons; reading can be delicate and emotional and enrich your heart; reading can be careful thinking and cultivate your temperament; reading can inspire wisdom and improve your realm; reading can more enjoy happiness and taste life.
Reading should start at a young age. So, for children who are not literate, what kind of books can attract their interest and be of great benefit after reading?
I personally think that it should be the best picture book for toddlers and early readers, colorful pictures combined with simple language can attract children to the palace of knowledge, the palace of wisdom.
How Toddlers Read Picture Books
If the research on the germination process of children's reading is to study and pay attention to reading as a sequence of ability development, then "children's observation, imagination, exploration, understanding, and emotions are involved in the process of picture book reading, which becomes the reading "Elements in the Whole" research on the reading process of children’s picture books focuses on the mechanism of children’s picture book reading.
Researchers in various fields have reached a consensus that the complexity of children's reading process has not yet been able to enable us to have a definite and accurate understanding of children's reading process.
The 20 Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023
Okay, Just talk less, I will now show you the carefully organized 20 best picture books for toddlers 2023 that have been recognized by countless parents and have been verified by countless children.
I hope that the children will use these 20 Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023 to cultivate good living habits and reading. Get used to it and plant the seeds of a love of reading.
The Ultimate List Of The 20 Best Picture Books for Toddlers and Early Readers of 2023.
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1. The World Champion of Staying Awake
by Sean Taylor
Is the picture book a few meters too dark and not suitable for children? Don't worry, this picture book is specially designed for children by Jimmy in cooperation with foreign writers. Do you have a headache and the child stays up late? Simple, just let him experience coaxing his toy pig, little frog, and little mouse to sleep.
The protagonist girl is very creative. She can imagine everyone riding a pillow boat across the ocean waves, riding a midnight train across the valley, and flying higher and higher in a hot air balloon... Of course, Jimmy’s painting style is still It is so imaginative.
2. Little Polar Bear
by Hans de Beer
This book is suitable for older children and has a lot of text, but younger children will still fall in love with this natural little polar bear. It will help the walrus escape from the hunter's aircraft cabin, accidentally drift to the equator, and help the little tiger go home.
In addition to telling children, there is a world of ice and snow that is completely different from the world we live in. It tells children what friendship is, and most importantly, it teaches children courage.
3. Granpa
by John Burningham
A very light story, not "plain", but "indifferent". The details of the life of grandpa and granddaughter, Granddaughter will even ask grandpa if he can die later. But how do you explain death to a child?
This book does it with one picture. The granddaughter sat quietly, staring at an empty sofa. It turns out that death means "disappearing" and "not seeing again". When they saw this painting, many parents cried affectionately.
4. Duck and a Book Staple Bound
by Shannon
If others disagree with you, do you converge or persist? Camilla in the book encountered a terrible thing because she didn't dare to admit that she loved the green beans but everyone didn't like to eat them.
The whole body was covered with stripes, and then it became a checkerboard square and purple dots... How was it cured? The antidote is the green peas that she loves but dares not eat! So, children, the most important thing is to accept yourself!
5. Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman
Among The Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023. The primers written by P.D. Eastman are included in the reading library of Dr. Seuss. The story tells that a mother bird sees that her child is about to be born, so she hurries out to find food.
Just before the mother left, the bird broke out, but couldn't find her mother. So I looked everywhere. It is exactly the English version of "Little Tadpoles Looking for Mother".
6. Olivia
by Ian Falconer
Olivia the Pig is best at making people faint, and even often tired of themselves! She will put on her mother’s lipstick, put on her mother’s high heels, look in the mirror, and wear all her clothes before going out...
This is the world’s most arrogant ballet piglet, like every one of us, mother and baby You might turn your face because you rushed to see it!
7. Flotsam
by David Wiesner
The "Catic Award" winning children's book is about a boy who picked up a camera on the beach that was washed ashore by the waves. After he took the film from the camera and processed it, he saw many incredible photos.
A city on the back of a turtle, a moving starfish island, an octopus sitting on a sofa and reading a book, etc. So the boy also made up his mind to do what every child would be done before. The pictures in the book are breathtaking.
8. The Going-To-Bed Book
by Sandra Boynton
This is a basic picture book suitable for small children. It reminds people of Zhu Deyong's cartoons. The content is very funny. It is about a group of animals running up and down in the cabin to prepare for bedtime.
It is a fun way to take the children to bathe. Change clothes and brush your teeth. At the end of "The moon is high, the sea is deep, they rock and rock and rock", you can immediately enter the sweet dreamland.
9. My Lucky Day
by Keiko Kasza
When one day, a pig that looks very delicious knocks on the old fox's door by mistake, this must be the luckiest day for the old fox? Such a good thing does not happen every day. Should the old fox cook, bathe, and massage the piglet? Who is the luckiest?
This book is very suitable for role-playing. Parents act like foxes and children act like pigs. It is good parent-child reading material and can also make children move.
10. Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
Among The Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023. A cow who can type? Rare enough! They will ask the poor farmer-electric blankets, and strike when the request is not met: "No milk today".
The English inside is very clear and easy to understand, and the child can learn it basically. This book is also included in the last lesson of Grade 2U nit 2 in the California textbook.
11. Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
A little boy was punished for not eating dinner and going to bed because of his mischief. Wearing a wolf coat, he entered a world of his fantasy and went on a peculiar adventure. The forest became denser and wild monsters appeared one by one...
The story is as exciting as "Alice in Wonderland". This book is an Oscar-winning children's book in the picture book industry-the "Catic Award", and has been listed as the best children's picture book for many years.
12. The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
Among The Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023. The story describes a peculiar unconditional love between a child and a tree. Once upon a time, there was a big tree.
It was like a boy, and the little boy also loved the big tree. He would play with the big tree every day. Later, when the boy grew up, he had a lot of demands in life and gradually alienated him.
But finally, he got old and returned to the tree. The author probably wants to use this story to illustrate a state of love that sacrifices everything for the benefit of others.
13. Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
This is a good night storybook known as the most loved by children. The story is very warm. The little bunny in the book wants to have a good night with everything in the house before going to bed. Every time a page of the color picture is turned, the clock advances a little bit, and the green tone in the house becomes deeper and darker. ,
Finally, in the dark green on the last page, the little rabbit fell asleep. Such a story can make children feel warm and safe. Some parents even commented that this book has the magic power to bring children to sleep peacefully.
14. The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the "save our planet" mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amidst the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the earth's environment.
In The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more-a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to heed.
The now remorseful Once-ler--our faceless, bodiless narrator--tells the story himself. Long ago this enterprising villain chances upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba- loots, and Humming-Fishes.
Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Tree tufts, he greedily chops them down to produce and mass-market Thneeds. ("It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat.")
As the trees swiftly disappear and the denizens leave for greener pastures, the fuzzy yellow Lorax (who speaks for the trees "for the trees have no tongues") repeatedly warns the Once-ler, but his words of wisdom are for naught.
Finally, the Lorax extricates himself from the scorched earth (by the seat of his own furry pants), leaving only a rock engraved "UNLESS." Thus, with his own colorful version of a compelling morality play, Dr. Seuss teaches readers not to fool with Mother Nature.
But as you might expect from Seuss, all hope is not lost--the Once-ler has saved a single Truffula Tree seed! Our fate now rests in the hands of a caring child, who becomes our last chance for a clean, green future. (Ages 4 to 8)
15. Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr.Seuss
Among The Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023. The creation of "Green Eggs and Ham" originated from Dr. Seuss and a friend betting whether they could write a story in fifty words.
So there is this popular book. Stories are familiar topics that easily resonate with children-whether to try new foods. The storyline develops fiercely, one desperately persuades, the other desperately hides, and the final ending is unexpected.
Dr. Seuss’s language is very rhythmic verse. It is very catchy. There is little vocabulary in the book, the sentence structure is repetitive, and only a few words are replaced.
Once the child has memorized the first sentence, the following sentences are easy to read. Come out, and let the child have a sense of accomplishment.
Illus. in color. Sam-I-Am mounts a determined campaign to convince another Seuss character to eat a plate of green eggs and ham.
16. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
Among The Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023. A child named Alexander woke up from sleep and found a piece of chewing gum stuck to his hair. As the day progressed, more and more misfortunes followed. After reading this story, the children will feel that their day is really lucky.
Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in his hair. His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV This handsome new edition of Judith Viorst's classic picture book is sure to charm readers of all ages.
17. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
"The Hungry Caterpillar" is a picture book full of poetry and creativity. If there is a bug that can crawl from one country to another unimpeded all the way, then it is it!
For more than 30 years, this red-headed, green-bodied caterpillar that crawled out of Eric Carr’s hands and walked on the high ground has "swallowed" the hearts of more than 20 million children in the world.
This is a picture book full of poetry and creativity. Main content: In the moonlight, there is a small egg lying on the leaf. On Sunday morning, the sun rose, "Bang!" A small, hungry caterpillar crawled out of the egg.
He started looking for food. I ate an apple on Monday, but I was still hungry. I ate two pears on Tuesday, but I was still hungry. I ate three plums on Wednesday, but I was still hungry. I ate four strawberries on Thursday, but I was still hungry. I ate five oranges on Friday, but I was still hungry.
On Saturday, he ate a piece of chocolate cake, ice cream, a cucumber, a piece of cheese, a piece of ham, a lollipop, a cherry pie, a sausage, a cupcake, and a slice of watermelon. That night, the caterpillar had a stomachache.
The next day was Sunday again. The caterpillar ate the green leaves and his stomach became much better. Now, he is not hungry anymore, not a small caterpillar, but a fat and big caterpillar.
He built a small house called Cocoon and wrapped himself in it. He stayed inside for more than two weeks, but a small hole, and squeezed it out. The caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.
This is the classic edition of the bestselling story written for the very young. A newly hatched caterpillar eats its way through all kinds of food. --This text refers to an out-of-print or unavailable edition of this title.
18. Love You Forever
by Robert Munsch
This is a very touching classic story. It tells a mother's deep and selfless love for her child. Even if the child grows up with so much trouble and rebellion, the mother still embraces the child unreservedly forever.
This book has sold more than 16 million copies since it was published in 1986. Even if many parents and children read it more than a dozen times, they are still moved to tears every time.
A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide.
Since publication in l986, "Love You Forever" has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of copies in Spanish and French).
Firefly Books is proud to offer this sentimental favorite in a variety of editions and sizes: We offer a trade paper and laminated hardcover edition in an 8" x 8" size.
In gift editions, we carry a slipcased edition (8 1/2" x 8 1/4"), with a laminated box and a cloth binding on the book, and a 10" x 10" laminated hardcover with jacket. And a Big Book Edition, 16" x 16" with a trade paper binding.
19. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
We often say that pie is falling in the sky, but this time it is meatballs, orange juice rain, hamburger hail, mashed potatoes snow... How can such a good thing be missed? The story is about a young man named Flinder who invented the superfood machine that can drop a lot of delicious food from around the world. The picture book was also adapted into the movie of the same name, "Food from the Sky" in 2009.
The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast lunch, and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers.
Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. the town was a mess and the people feared for their lives. Something had to be done and in a hurry.
20. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr.
Among The Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023. This is the most classic letter storybook. Through a rhythm song of the alphabet, it describes the scene where all the letters want to climb onto a coconut tree. The story is very interesting and the words are quite rhyming. It is easy to read. A favorite for children who are new to the language.
The complete edition of the bestselling children's favorite, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, is now available as a Classic Board Book! A told B and B told C, "I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree."
When all the letters of the alphabet race one another up the coconut tree, will there be enough room? Of course, there is always enough room for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children's favorite for more than twenty years!
Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault's rhythmic text keeps the beat with Caldecott Honor illustrator Lois Ehlert's bold, cheerful art. This winning combination has created a series of enduring Chicka Chicka favorites, and now, for the first time ever, the complete edition of the original Chicka Chicka Boom Boom story is available as a Classic Board Book.
With sturdy pages and rounded corners, this portable edition of an irresistible alphabet romp will delight a new generation of young readers.
FAQ about Best Picture Books for Toddlers of 2023
When is the right time for my child to start reading?
According to the opinions of experts, the sooner children are exposed to books, the better. Children's reading is the process of immersing the eyes and ears. Children can see the world with their eyes open in a meeting and can hear sounds in their ears.
At this time, they can start reading at the first level. Therefore, some experts suggest that children can be "sound and colorful" by 3 months. Reading, because children can distinguish sounds and colors in 3 months, so the earliest children can start reading is 3 months.
What To Look For When Choosing A Book For Your Baby
Parents choose books for children to pay attention to these six points
Step/method
1. Choose a book related to life experiences with children
If you express yourself by self-surrounding people, objects, environment, and life in life, the child can see in the book and can experience something in life, it is easy to impress.
2. Select a clear book, avoid background interference
Because children's reading is mainly read as an illustration, if there is unnecessary embellishment in the figure, it will confuse the child's audiovisual, complex is not equal to rich, and simple is not equal to simple. Expressing the right meaning with an appropriate map is a good illustration.
3. Sturdy
Books for young children are best to have. Therefore, the quality of the binding should be noted. Of course, family books are more suitable, and the price is also cheaper.
4. Clear and natural speech method
Don't think that children like adults to learn them, they have said: "The child is afraid" is limited by language and thinking. It doesn't mean that they don't like you: "The child is very fear."
5. Book should have fun
Reading a game for children, there is a study in the game, it is also fun, the problem is that we should pay attention to the interesting book when choosing the book.
6. Provide opportunities for participation and interaction
The book is seen, it affects the idea of ?? reading the book, so the book and people are interactive, and some books are required to participate in the answer questions and the dialogue of the book. Children read such a book, interest will definitely be higher.
How to accompany children to study the most effectively?
In the daily learning process, we have seen that children who usually like to read tend to have advantages in language expression and writing. It is not easy to cultivate children's interest in reading. Parental guidance needs methods.
Searching the Internet has a lot of articles of the same kind that increase children’s interest in reading, but the methods vary from person to person. Therefore, instead of looking for ways, I would like to look for drawbacks. Below I will combine my daughter and my story to make a few observations:
- Don't assign tasks to your children, you must understand that interest is your child's best teacher. Getting him interested in reading is the most important ability in his life.
- Don't just throw a book to your child and let him read it. The difficulty of reading should be matched according to age and personality. Junior high school children can read books such as masterpieces (original works), biographies of historical celebrities, collections of poems, and Chinese studies, and gradually increase.
- Don't let children feel pressure in the process of reading, but should cultivate reading as a habit. It is best to read together with their parents to make an impact implicitly.
- Don't set the children's reading content according to your own needs, but ask more about your children's preferences and ambitions. You can choose different types of books for children to try and observe their preferences.
- Don't regard reading as a mere process of reading and absorbing, input and output are connected to each other. The content of the output can be increased at the same time as the input. Think deeply and then post and then speak or write. The abilities that can be cultivated by reading are not single.
- Don't hit your child's self-confidence, especially for children who are already weak in reading, praise them during the reading process, so that they can gain self-confidence in the process to increase their interest in reading.
- Don't ignore the children's questions. Asking questions is the performance of thinking. Even if the child's question is too simple, the parents should give affirmation from a positive level. Thinking must be from the shallower to the deeper.
- Don't let the children think that reading is forced, the latter has a certain profit temptation. Reading is a part of life, a good life habit, and a simple and beautiful thing.
- Don't vigorously reprimand your children when they are reading "free books". You can discuss the concepts in the book with your children, understand your children's points of interest, and then recommend other numbers here to trigger relevant thinking.
- Don't listen to the opinions of the reference book too much, choose the number according to the child's interest. Confucius said that he should "teach students in accordance with their aptitude." Looking at the world, there is no universal rule.
The above ten points are common phenomena that parents tend to appear in the process of nurturing their children to read. How to effectively guide children to read, how to make children develop good reading habits, each family and each child have different methods, there are 1,000 Hamlet for one thousand readers.
Cultivating children's good reading habits can not see results in one or two days. As a parent, don't rush for quick success, because education is not anxious. There are many ways and methods to cultivate children's reading habits. Parents should discover and summarize more in practice. Cultivating children's reading habits and reading with children is one of the important ways to promote the parent-child relationship. What do you think?
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