Member: elfschild

Collectionslibrary book, unowned (3), should have bought (46), Your library (2,722), Wishlist (148), All collections (2,850)

Reviews12 reviews

Tags@library (2,362), picture book (2,004), rhymes (603), board book (380), Great Books for Babies/Toddler (348), series (249), toddler book (222), revisit (207), bears (189), dogs (179) — see all tags

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GroupsChildren's Fiction, Children's Literature, What Are You Reading Now?

Favorite authorsJez Alborough, Sandra Boynton, Doreen Cronin, Lynley Dodd, Olivier Dunrea, Denise Fleming, Tana Hoban, Holly Hobbie, Mick Inkpen, Steve Jenkins, A. A. Milne, Helen Oxenbury, Beatrix Potter, Sarah Stewart, Philemon Sturges, Ellen Stoll Walsh, Karma Wilson, Wong Herbert Yee (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresVroman's Bookstore

Favorite librariesCounty of Los Angeles Public Library - La Cañada Flintridge Library, Los Angeles Public Library - Eagle Rock Branch, Pasadena Public Library - Linda Vista Branch, South Pasadena Public Library

About meI am a formerly voracious reader who has become a stay-at-home mother of a toddler and therefore has much less time for reading adult books although I do read aloud to the daughter several times a day. I have a doctorate in cognitive psychology and am interested in how children learn, in particular how they learn math and science. Naturally, with a toddler learning to talk, I'm also suddenly a lot more interested in language acquisition as well.

About my libraryThis is my daughter's library. She's two-and-a-half so it's mostly picture books and board books but I am certain that that will change over time. Initially I only catalogued the books she owns, not the 30-40 books/week we take out of the library, but we've recently changed our mind about that and started cataloguing library reads as well because there are so many that we want to remember to revisit. She still enjoys rhyming stories but we do a lot of text based ones as well. We tend to avoid purchasing books that drive us batty to read aloud over and over and over again although some of those are certainly daughter favorites that get checked out of the library more than once. Her library at home is an eclectic mix of books she likes that we can stand

Favorite illustrators include Steve Jenkins, Sylvia Long, Meilo So, Betsy Lewin, Denise Fleming and Mary Azarian.

LocationCalifornia

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Member sinceMar 7, 2007