I have a new baby who I want to start building a book collection for, starting with board books. My 1.5 and 3.5 year old niece and nephew are visiting shortly and love being read to so I'm also thinking of also buying some books for them to enjoy wihle here which I can keep for DS. Since I won't be choosing the books to suit the interests of a specific child I'm interested in sure-fire hits.
I'm familiar with the classics from my own childhod (Eric Carle, the Ahlbergs, Dr Seuss, Judith Kerr etc) and some of the super famous more modern stuff like the Gruffalo and Bear Hunt. But beyond that I have no clue about stuff published in the last 10, 15 years or so.
Does anyone have any recommendations for really great recent books that you can't go wrong with? The kind of books that will become classics in the future? Stuff by authors like Oliver Jeffers, Chris Haughton, Herve Tullet, Jon Klassen looks appealing but I'm not sure which to choose. And there must be many other wonderful things I've never come across.
All 3 kids are being raised bilingual in non-English speaking countries so anything particularly stimulating language-wise (beyond normal parental interaction when reading!) is of particular interest.
PS A while ago I asked for recommendations which led to me buying Stuck by Oliver Jeffers for DN, it couldn' have been a bigger hit, which is why I'm turning the the wisdom of MN again. :-)
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LeeMiller · 06/02/2019 17:35
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