books for my dot

i was browsing through the forums again in hopes of finding book recommendations for Dayana's age when in the process of googling i came across a few familiar books that i used to read wayyy back when i was young =P. Dayana seems to have lost interest in cloth books now and prefers to flip through books meant for older children. the thing with this is that i'm afraid she might overdo it and end up tearing the page in the process. so i'm in search of good board books for her to flip through to her heart's content. funny thing is, i don't think the books in my list are actual board books though =P

the forum mamas were talking about an Eric Carle, so i just googled up books by him and i was surprised to see that i've read one of his books when i was a child.

The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle

the book is about the tiny seed's and its journey on how it became a lovely giant flower. i think i still have this book somewhere at home. thanks to my mom who hoards close to everything that we've owned ever since we've lived in the States. US products always last, too bad i can't say the same for local made products. even the crib Dayana has been using at my parent's place used to be my sisters i think, bought from the US =D. although, there are some things that aren't worth keeping around the house, yet we still sayang to get rid of it =P.

another one by Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

one mommy was looking for this book last time. then everyone else chipped in by recommending which children books their child liked, so now i've compiled a small list of books i'd like to get for Dayana once my paycheck is in =P, two of which are Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See? and Baby Einstein See and Spy Shapes (i've gotta teach Dayana her shapes sooner or later, won't i? lol). so this caterpillar book is also on my list =D.

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie... he'll ask for a glass of milk

i also used to have this book when i was young. i hope my mom still has it somewhere hidden among the jumble of boxes in the house. it has really cute colorful pages.

tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo~!

another book i remember having. but i think this is for older children? but then again babies won't care what book you give them as long as they're colorful and nice to look at, lol. heck my daughter even likes tearing up newspaper, if i left her to it. this book is about how you should never name your first child loOoOoOoooooOoOoOng names, otherwise it will take forever to pass on the message that your child is sitting at the bottom of the well. haha.

goes to show that books last a lifetime =). if you keep them away carefully they can be passed down from generation to generation, for your child, and your child's child, and so on.

i hope my Dayana inherits her Daddy's brains and her Mommy's passion for reading.
Mommy is into fiction, Daddy is more into facts of life. so 50 50, eh? =P