Top 10 favorite kids books

Ilyana has loved reading since she was itty bitty and Ryker has recently started loving books too. He will walk up to us and hand us books to read all day long. Having a background in theatre, I love to make up fun voices and give each story it's own individual rhythm. We have lots of fun with story time. Here's a list of our current favorites:

1. More Blueberries - Susan Musgrave (Buy it here!)

This book is a cute story all about, you guessed it, blueberries! It follows a brother and sister pair and all the different ways they eat and incorporate blueberries into their day. The rhymes are fun, and the pictures are cute. After checking this book out from the library about a million times we finally bought this book for the kids this Christmas. This is probably the kids absolute favorite book, so much so that we're planning on making it the theme of their birthday party this year!

2. Little Blue Truck - Alice Schertle (Buy it here!)

The kids received this book for Christmas and it has quickly become a favorite (particularly of Ilyana's). This adorable book is all about a little blue truck and his dump truck brother. Little blue is sweet and kind to all of his animal friends whereas the dump doesn't have time to be kind. Dump quickly finds himself in need of help and learns an important lesson in kindness. This books rhythm makes it one of my favorites to read to the kids. As an added bonus, it teaches several animal sounds!

3. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault (Buy it here!)

This classic book is actually Ryker's bedtime book. You're bound to have this book memorized by the fifth time through. This book is perfect for all ages, teaching rhythm and rhyme to little babies and the letters of the alphabet to toddlers. The bright, colorful illustrations are just the icing on the cake!

4. Goodnight moon - Margaret Wise Brown (Buy it here!)

Another classic and another bedtime story, this time for Ilyana. This cute little story helps little ones say goodnight to everything in the beautifully depicted room. Through months of reading, it has taught Ilyana some simple words such as "moon", "bear", and "balloon". This book has been loved enough that we're on our second copy already.

5. Barnyard Dance - Sandra Boynton (Buy it here!)

Let's be honest, any book by Sandra Boynton is excellent, however this one is probably our favorite. This book, filled with rhythm and rhyme, follows the animals on a farm as they dance to the beat and make you want to get up and dance along with them!

6. The Pout Pout Fish - Deborah Dieson (Buy it here!)

This was one of Ilyana's first favorite books. The possibility for character voices makes this book fun to read. The Pout Pout Fish follows a grumpy fish around the ocean floor as he talks to his friends about his sour mood, finally at the end of the book a new fish turns his frown upside down and turns him into a kiss kiss fish!

7. Bubble Guppies - Mary Tillworth (Buy it here!)

Both kids are absolutely obsessed with the Bubble Guppies so it only makes sense that they would love books about their favorite characters! These books follow Oona, Nonny, Goby, Deema, Gil, Molly, and Bubble Puppy on some of the adventures they have in the TV series. The books aren't particularly well written compared to some of our other favorites, but they are still fun to read and are asked for often.

8. Brown Bear Brown Bear - Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle (Buy it here!)

Another classic favorite. Brown Bear Brown Bear explores several different animals and their colors. I appreciate that this book looks at colors one at a time without overwhelming the page with several different colors. The beautiful imagery and singsong text makes this book one that we will reread over and over again.

9. Dog's Colorful Day - Emma Dodd (Buy it here!)

We don't actually own this book yet, but we recently checked it out from the library and Ilyana was asking for it to be read several times a day. This cute book follows Dog on a day of messy adventure. It teaches both colors and counting along with being fun to read. I imagine we will be adding this book to our collection very soon.

10. Quiet Loud - Leslie Patricelli (Buy it here!)

This is another favorite library book. Patricelli has several cute books describing opposites that we have enjoyed, Quiet Loud being our favorite. It has been a fun way to teach my kiddos the difference between whispering and yelling, yelling being their favorite. As an added bonus, the pictures and examples are cheeky and cute.

What are some of your toddler's favorite books?