The Conversation with Susan and Whittney

Part 2: Inspiring Your Children to Love Reading with Devon Hamilton of Reading with the Littles

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This is Part 2 of Susan and Whittney talking to Devon Hamilton about reading with your children.

Tips for Selecting Books:
If you like an author, check out their other books.
If you like an illustrator, check out their other books.
Look for subjects that relate to your children’s interests, or their experiences.
Look for books that tie into units being covered at school, a TV show they watch, or things they play with at home.

Rules of Thumb for Likable Children's Books: 

  • Lift the Flap Books
  • Animal books (farm books, jungle books, ocean books)
  • Board books
  • Books that star a mouse protagonist!

Links to books and topics covered in this episode:
Reading with the Littles
1,000 Books before Kindergarten
Where’s Spot?
Where is Baby?
The Home Edit
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
Garth Williams
Quentin Blake
What Should I Read Next? podcast
Stick Man, Room on the Broom, and  Zog movies
Axel Sheffler
Stuart Little
Kushiel’s Legacy: Phèdre Trilogy, Imriel Trilogy, and Moirin’s Trilogy
The Wilds

Devon’s Children’s Top Book Recommendations:
Stick Man, Room on the Broom, and A Gold Star for Zog
The Snowman books

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