Two Great Children's Books for a Rainy Day... Or Any Day

On a rainy day like today, my children and I like to curl up on the couch and read a whole stack of books! They pick the books and I read. Two books in particular always seem to make it into the stack. They have such fun with these book, I wanted to share them with you

The first is We're Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. It takes you on a bear hunt through "a deep cold river," "thick oozy mud," "a big dark forest," and more. My children love it for its sing-songy meter and it's wonderful descriptions of noises. Here is an excerpt from the book...

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to catch a big one.

What a beautiful day!

We're not scared.

Uh-uh! Mud!

Thick oozy mud.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no! We've got to go through it!

Squelch squerch!

Squelch squerch!

Squelch squerch!

I often hear my three year old daughter reciting this book to herself as she plays.

The second book is Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, by Richard Scarry. It is filled with all sorts of strange and hilarious made up automobiles. Some of our favorites are the pickle truck, bananamobile, and carrotcar. On every page there is small gold bug hiding, and you have to search to find him. We always have a ton of fun with this book.

If you click on the images of the books, you will link to them on Amazon.com. I hope you enjoy them as much as we have.