General Store by Rachel Field. Emma loved this book because of the pictures; at first she thought it was about a house. There weren't all that many G words, though.
The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss. With the arrival of a new baby and comparisons to pictures of baby Emma, we have been talking a lot about growing lately. This is a sweet book that talks about how things grow over time: trees, crops, puppies, and children. My only complaint is that it's a bit wordy and Emma got a little bored.
Double Trouble Groundhog Day by Bethany Roberts. What makes a better G book than one about groundhogs? A book about groundhog twins named Greta and Gregory. LOTS of Gs, both big and little, to look for in the text!
Glasses: Who Needs 'Em? by Lane Smith. Smith has a fabulous, if slightly offbeat, sense of humor. This book, which has fabulous illustrations, is about a doctor who tries to convince a boy why it's cool to have glasses. Besides the fun story, one of the best things about this book is that the little Gs are normal, not the funky Gs you get with many fonts, so they were easy to recognize.
Grown-Ups Get to Do All the Driving by William Steig. Steig has such a distinctive style to all of his illustrations, and it this book it's combined with all of the things that pertain to grown ups: in addition to "get[ing] to do all the driving," grown-ups also "always have to know what time it is" and "like hands to be clean." Funny and fun. The font is also all upper-case letters, which can make it easier to spot the Gs.
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