Books for 3-5 year olds

[Leben]

Can anyone recommend a book for a little girl that i could give as a present. She is 3.
10 years ago, my sons were that age and they loved:
The Gruffalo
Smiley Shark
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Room on the Broom
etc

I think they are all fairly unisex, but maybe there are others now that are better, and maybe there are ones that would appeal mainly to girls that I never noticed??

[user1490094990]

Anything by Peter Bently

[Singingforsanity]

'There's a bear on my chair' by Ross Collins is fab! 'Oi Frog' and its sequel 'Oi Dog' by Kes Gray are also great but quite popular so I'd get a gift receipt with them in case you have to exchange.

[schmalex]

How about the newest Fairytale Hairdresser book? They are by Abie Longstaff.

[Avebury]

Paper Dolls is a gorgeous book for a little girl
Mine also loved Topsy and Tim even if they have all been rewritten to be politically correct

[mrsmortis]

How about Hairy Mclary and friends? By Lynley Dodd. My girls loved them and they are brilliant to read out loud.

Aliens love underpants is another firm favourite in our house.

And for a little girl, we love The Worst Princess, which is about a princess who finds the prince who saved her very boring and ends up running away with the dragon.

[louwilding]

Room on the Broom is always a winner

[Solasum]

You Choose
Winnie the Witch

[JimWithTwoNoses]

Paper Dolls and You Choose get my vote too.
The High Street by Alice Melvin is good too.
Also one called Wonderful World which is a book of the Louis Armstrong Lyrics and comes with a CD of the song. That's a nice gift.

[user1491162601]

Anything by Julia Donaldson is a hit in our house and right now our 3 year old's favourite book is 'Zoe Zebra Loses Her Z' which we found on Amazon.

At this age the rhyming story books are they ones they love.

[DrDiva]

The Day The Crayons Quit, and its sequel, the name of which eludes me right now.

[chrissymum2x]

A book that I would absolutely recommend as one to read aloud to your kiddos or to let them try on their own is Basil Hazel Forest. It is full of brilliant illustrations to keep them engaged as well as a great story of team work. I highly recommend it. I found it on Amazon.

[memyselfandaye]

Socks
Pants
Eat your peas
I'll love you always
Guess how much I love you
Big Bad Bun

[MaroonPencil]

You Choose got absolutely worn to pieces here, it was so loved. They also loved Oi Frog.

How about Dogger, Sally's Secret, or Rhymes for Annie Rose, all Shirley Hughes with beautiful pictures.

[user1484715539]

I wonder what you would think of "Dream-O-Doodle". It's a jolly bed-time story with a variety of characters and scenarios. It will keep your little one entertained. It is also a rhyming story- catchy for children and easy to remember.

[TiggyMP]

All children should have a copy of You Choose by Nick Sharrat.

Pretty much anything by Sue Hendra. No-Bot, Supertato, Wanda and the Alien.

[Racheyg]

Snail and the whale - actually anything by axel and Julia
Aliens love underpants
Don't call me sweet
Supertato

These books are read pretty much ever night. Me and oh both know stick man and gruffalo off by heart

[Christobel51]

Any of the ones he suggested already my children love.
Aliens love underpants is good.
I also really like Chocolate Mousse for Greedy goose by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt

[Christobel51]

Also, the series Harry and the Dionsaurs.

[Enidblyton1]

My 3 year old loves these ones...

Sally's secret - Shirley Hughes
(All about a little girl and her secret dens - perfect for 3 year olds!)
The tiger who came to tea
Paper Dolls

[SuperSange]

Faves here are Each peach pear plum, super worm and the Jumblies.

[BeeThirtythree]

Judith Kerr's Mog books are a firm favourite with little Bee1 who is 4 and loved them since she was tiny!
Julia Donaldson
Sue Hendra
Tesco currently have hardback copies of Julia Donaldson books on offer.

[wobblywonderwoman]

Tiger who came to tea
Squash and a squeeze
Snail and the whale
Guess how much I love you
Penguin - Polly lumbar
Owl babies