I was just coming here to suggest longer picture books.
Many Moons Many Moons, by James Thurber, has become DD's favorite book. She requests it almost every night. We call it many words. It is practically a 50 page novel. I timed my husband reading it the other night. It took 32 minutes, and my husband was reading fast. But, each page has a beautiful water color print.
I am also excited because DD loves the
Frog and Toad books and
Owl at Home. These were the only books by Arnold Lobel I could find at B&N. But, I just found a ton more on Amazon. Now, these books are long, but they don't have nearly the complexity or vocabulary that
Many Moons does. DD just loves the feeling of these books. I find them boring, but I get it. They are sweet.
I really loves these picture books for their complexity and good vocab:
Zen shorts
Shrek
Ferdinand
Anatole
Amos and Boris
Sylvester and the magic pebble
James Herriot's Treasury of Inspirational Stories for Children
