Reading to a child since early infancy has been shown to increase the child affinity toward books and later toward learning through reading.
JY and I decided to start reading to Lauren early, actually we have already read her some Chinese children’s book in the past few days. However, the Chinese book didn’t not rhyme, and rhyming is very important as a learning tool for an infant because she can’t grasp the meanings of the words yet.
I’ve decided to buy some baby books for Lauren. It just happened that Amazon’s having a 4-for-3 book sale, buying 4 eligible books and the cheapest one is free. Combine this with free supersaver shipping and no sales tax, it’s indeed an offer too good to resist.
How did I decide on what to buy? As usual, I consulted my trusted copy of Baby 411. It has a list of recommend books at the end of Development chapter. I then read through the Amazon reviews on these book, and decided on these four timeless classics:
Goodnight Moon (Board Book)
Big Red Barn Board Book
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Counting Kisses: A Kiss & Read Book
You can follow these links and add them to your Amazon shopping cart one at the time. Make sure this statement is right under customer review rating “This book is one of thousands of titles eligible for our Buy 4 Books for the Price of 3 Sale.” Then when you check out, you should see the total with the price of the cheapest book subtracted.
Happy book shopping!