Happy Top Ten Tuesday! Today I’m going to list ten books I love for approximately ages 4-5. (I’m putting overlap in the ages for these lists to be able to include more!)<\/p>\n
Last week I learned that I was not the first one to think of the Top Ten Tuesday meme, so after my list of Sondy’s Selections for ages 4-5, I’ll include a list for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and the Bookish<\/a> — books that make me cry.<\/p>\n The titles I’ve reviewed will link to the review, and the others will link to Amazon. Next week’s list will be books for beginning readers. Be thinking of your favorites!<\/p>\n Sondy’s Selections<\/a>, Ages 4-5<\/strong><\/p>\n Timothy and the Strong Pajamas,<\/a><\/em> by Viviane Schwarz<\/strong> The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig,<\/a><\/em> by Eugene Trivizias, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury<\/strong> A Visitor for Bear,<\/a><\/em> by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton<\/strong> Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,<\/a><\/em> by William Steig<\/strong> Officer Buckle and Gloria,<\/a><\/em> by Peggy Rathman<\/strong> Millie Waits for the Mail,<\/a><\/em> by Alexander Steffensmeier<\/strong> Clever Cat<\/a>,<\/em> by Peter Collington<\/strong> The Dot,<\/a><\/em> by Peter H. Reynolds<\/strong> The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/a>,<\/em> by Beatrix Potter<\/strong> Horton Hatches the Egg,<\/a><\/em> by Dr. Seuss<\/strong> And now, a special bonus list in honor of the Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and the Bookish<\/a>:<\/p>\n This week their list topic is Books That Make You Cry.<\/p>\n Now, when I was a teen, a book had to make me cry to be counted one of my favorites. But it was hard to remember which ones those were. I think I cried a lot more easily then!<\/p>\n Anyway, here’s the list I came up with of my favorite books that made me cry:<\/p>\n 1. Little Women<\/a>,<\/em> by Louisa May Alcott Now, please add to the fun and share your favorites (in either category) in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy Top Ten Tuesday! Today I’m going to list ten books I love for approximately ages 4-5. (I’m putting overlap in the ages for these lists to be able to include more!) Last week I learned that I was not the first one to think of the Top Ten Tuesday meme, so after my list […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-book-review","category-top-ten-tuesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTimothy Smallbeast\u2019s favorite pajamas wear out, but his mother mends them into Super Strong Pajamas. After a day helping others with his Super Strength, his new friends come to his aid when he needs them.<\/p>\n
\nThree sweet little wolves are up against a pig who \u201cisn\u2019t called big and bad for nothing.\u201d When blowing down their houses doesn\u2019t work, the pig starts in with a sledgehammer. This hilarious twist on the traditional tale will have everyone laughing.<\/p>\n
\nBear does NOT allow visitors. But a persistent mouse quickly has readers wondering where he will pop up next. Despite Bear\u2019s best efforts, the mouse shows Bear that some things are better with friends.<\/p>\n
\nIn this Caldecott Medal-winning book, Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble and rashly wishes to be a rock when attacked by a lion. But how can a rock reach the pebble to wish himself back?<\/p>\n
\nOfficer Buckle is sure that his safety demonstrations are a hit with kids. He doesn\u2019t realize that his dog Gloria is acting out all the accidents behind his back.<\/p>\n
\nEveryone who sees this book will enjoy the silly situations as Millie the cow waits for the mail \u2013 so she can scare the mail carrier out of his wits.<\/p>\n
\nA cat learns that being too clever can backfire. Maybe not a great message, but very funny.<\/p>\n
\nHere\u2019s a beautiful little book about making your mark and not judging yourself by other people\u2019s standards. Kids who read this will never dare to say they\u2019re \u201cnot good at art.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe classic tale of a naughty rabbit outwitting Mr. MacGregor is still as pleasing as ever.<\/p>\n
\nA faithful elephant tends a nest because he meant what he said, and he said what he meant.<\/p>\n
\n2. Emily’s Quest<\/a>,<\/em> by L. M. Montgomery
\n3. Black Beauty<\/a><\/em>, by Anna Sewell
\n4. Light From Heaven<\/a><\/em>, by Christmas Carol Kauffman
\n5. Heidi<\/a><\/em>, by Johanna Spyri
\n6. Mister God, This Is Anna<\/a><\/em>, by Finn
\n7. Little Britches<\/a><\/em>, by Ralph Moody
\n8. A Severe Mercy<\/a><\/em>, by Sheldon Vanauken
\n9. Jacob Have I Loved<\/a><\/em>, by Katherine Paterson
\n10. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy<\/a><\/em>, by Gary Schmidt<\/p>\n