Sophie has a lot of books but there are a few that she loves and we have to read it to her a few times a day. Sometimes we go through this entire pile just before bedtime. I thought I’ll share them and also link them to a proper review.

At 18mths, she loves the following books, in no particular order:-

1. Veggie Tales: i Can! And So Can You! (4 Book Set)
Veggie Tales is a Christian based series. We borrowed a VCD for her to watch and she loved it! Kel n JY got her a set of cut out books of all the veggie tales characters. JY was going to Koorong and asked me to choose some books for Sophie. I chose this coz it’s similar to her Sesame’s Street set and she loved that. What’s more, this set tells her how fearfully and wonderfully God has made her and how special she is. I love that! Btw, the VCDs are great too! They are SO FUNNY! She doesn’t get the jokes lah but it’s very funny for me. Hahaha… I watch it too.

2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See and My First Book of Food by Eric Carle
This man is a genius. We love his books. They are so good that Sophie’s got them memorised. In fact, just after a week of reading Brown Bear, she’s memorised the sequence of the animals! That’s how well done the book is. Kids are SO amazing! They just get it. Once Borders has that 40% off coupon, I’m getting more!

3. Polite Elephant by Richard Scarry
I got this in Borders, KL when Sophie was about 3mths old because I would like her to be gentle and polite. However, the book has more than 3 sentences on each page. It’s a real story. That’s quite a bit for a 18 mth old. But the storyline is great and it’s got lovely Richard Scarry illustrations. Sophie only took to it a few months back and she’s been asking for it everyday since.

4. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
I think this is Sophie’s FAVOURITE book in this season. She always laughs and giggle at the right parts and she’ll even read to herself and makes the appropriate sounds at the right time. Hee… the book hardly has any words so I read it with a little tune and dramatised it with my own sounds. Now we even play a little game to spot the flyaway balloon – if you notice, there’s a balloon on every page.

5. Sesame’s Street Book Set
This was given by Godma. Sophie loves it! It’s got simple rhyme and all her favourite characters.

6. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
This is prob every child’s fav book although we don’t get it. It’s so simple but they love it. Now we also play spot the mouse.

7. Wheels on the Bus from the Ladybird series
Sophie calls this book – "wheels round and round". It’s got 5 rhymes that we can sing along to and do actions. She loves it.

8. Maisy’s Big Flap Book
It’s got 36 flaps! Sophie got this as a present for her 1st birthday. She enjoys opening the flaps and saying hi.

9. Happy Birthday Moon
This is a really long story. It’s a funny and heartwarming story about how a bear hears his own echo and thinks that the moon is talking to him. I’m so happy I found the book on Angie’s online store! I bought a VCD called "Good Night Gorilla and more bedtime stories" by Scholastic Video Collection. There are 4 animated stories. This is available at Popular Book store. One of the stories was Happy Birthday Moon. I saw the book on Angie’s site and decided to buy it. I didn’t realise that the story was so long! But the first time I read it to Sophie, she made me read it 3 times! Again! Again!

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