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What book did your toddler children love you reading to them?

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JimandPam · 22/07/2024 10:45

My two boys are at the age where they are absolutely loving story time before bed. They are 2 and 4 so a great age to enjoy a good story

We have really exhausted our book collection and I wondered what story you cherished reading your children at this age/they cherished you reading to them?

We have all the classics but I've been surprised when gifted books I would never have bought myself as they gone down so well

I know it is cheeky using AIBU but I wanted to put an order in World of Books tomorrow for the weekend!

So what were your much loved books?

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Galoop · 22/07/2024 12:39

Where is the green sheep
10 little fingers and ten little toes

SJC2015 · 22/07/2024 12:36

Anything Julia Donaldson
The Dinosaur the Pooped Series
Tiger That Came to Tea

I joined the library with my youngest so we get new different books once a month. It's given a variety to what we read definitely and not just reading the same ones we have. We have a very extensive collection as well thanks to alot of teachers etc for family and friends. They love a book present lol

OnlyYellowRoses · 22/07/2024 12:31

Ooh forgot to add the ones with 'The Large Family' with all the elephants '5 minutes peace' think it was called. The ones with little bear in them by Jane Hissey

OnlyYellowRoses · 22/07/2024 12:28

Really little - Goodnight Moon, The gruffalo, Mr Men books, the hungry caterpillar, anything in the 'That's Not My.....' series.

Infants - Brambly Hedge series, 10 minute tales.

Primary school - Roald Dahl books, Harry Potter series, horrible histories,

sunflowerdaisyrose · 22/07/2024 12:27

Wow said the owl, car car truck jeep I can't yet see mentioned, we read these a lot!!

SnaccidentsHappen · 22/07/2024 12:26

The gruffalo, the gruffalo's child, don't wake the bear hare, sharing a shell.

YellowHatt · 22/07/2024 12:24

Oh No George.

Tinythumbelina · 22/07/2024 12:22

Agree. Any Julia Donaldsons. Plus
Tidy up Trevor, Who's a Cheeky Baby, Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose

Violet17 · 22/07/2024 12:22

Hairy Mclary series

FrogletandMe · 22/07/2024 12:20

I love:-

The Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root
Dogs Go Shopping by Sharon Rentta ♥

SmileyHappyPeopleInTheSun · 22/07/2024 12:19

The big red bath - with ben and bella

Usborne Phonics readers - fat cat on the mat and Ted in a red bed being favourites - ( sure an advert for bed company copied that book)

Dr Seuss books.

Shark in the Park
We're all going on a bear hunt

okayhescereal · 22/07/2024 12:17

this is a great thread!!

Wolves will not be wolves
Oi Frog/Oi Dog/Oi Puppies/oi duck billed platypus
That's not my hat...and everything by this author in that series
Anything by Oliver Jeffers
Giraffes Can't Dance
Goldilocks and the 3 crocodiles
The 'ravis roar' series
My pet star
Julian is a Mermaid

MuddlingMackem · 22/07/2024 12:15

Off the top of my head, my son loved all of Simon Bartram's books (The Man on the Moon especially) and all of Anthony Browne's.

Daughter particularly liked the Usborne Apple Tree Farm stories and Little Rabbit Foo Foo. 😀

BorisJohnsonsWigGlue · 22/07/2024 12:14

The dinky donkey!

okayhescereal · 22/07/2024 12:14

JumpstartMondays · 22/07/2024 11:36

Mine are almost-4 and 15m. We love love love stories!

The preschooler loves:
'You're called What?' by Kes Gray (love the author)
'Oi, Frog!' and 'Oi, Platypus!' (also Kes Gray)
'No-Bot the Robot' by Sue Hendra
All the '...Love Underpants' collection and the '... in Underpants Save the World' (Dinosaur, Pirates Aliens etc) (Claire Freedman)'
The Albie books by Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves (e.g. How to Win a Monster Race)
'There's a Monster in your book' and 'There's an Alien in your book' (both Tom Fletcher)
'Send for a Superhero' (Michael Rosen)
'You Choose' Nick Sharratt
'My cat likes to hide in boxes'
The Large Family series e.g. 'Five Minutes Peace', 'A Piece of Cake'
The '10 Little....' series by Brownlow and Rickety

The toddler loves:
'Where's Mr Dog?' and 'Where's Mrs Tiger?' (that entire collection by Ingela Arrhenius)
'Yawn' and 'Shark in the Park' (Nick Sharratt)
Anything Eric Carle e.g. 'Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do you see'
Where's Bear? (Emily Gravett, in fact any of her books)
The babies and kitties book
Oh No George! By Chris Houghton
Whose Bottom?
Anything published by Nosy Crow e.g. the Peekaboo collection

My preschooler also loves 'reading' the toddler's favourite stories to them while the toddler loves choosing a story for me to read for preschooler...both will share a bedtime story together with me or dad (or both!), one picked by each of them 🥰

This is a fabulous website https://www.thereaderteacher.com/nursery

I loved 'You're called what?' until DS went to school and they used it as an example of bullying/making fun of peoples names and how that can make you feel 😟 It's a banned book here now as once you see it like that it's quite mean.

SnappyCroc · 22/07/2024 12:13

Meg and Mog has been a favourite with both of mine.

Pipecleanerrevival · 22/07/2024 12:12

Toddle Waddle
The Giant Jam Sandwich
The Tale of Mr Tod (and god help you if you dare to skip a page)
Fidgety Fish
Beans on Toast by Paul Dowling
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
The Gruffalo
The Rabbits Wedding by Garth Williams
The Lamb who Came for Dinner
Where the Wild Things Are
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Moglet4 · 22/07/2024 12:10

2 firm favourites with all my children:
Hairy Mclairy
Little Stinker

mandarindreams · 22/07/2024 12:09

Oh No George is my son and my nephew's absolute favourite. All of the Chris Houghton ones are great.

The If I Had A... books are also well-loved, particularly If I Had an Octopus.

My son also frequently requests Owl Babies, which I also don't get - as you say, the art is lovely but the story is thin (and Bill annoys me greatly).

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 22/07/2024 12:08

At 2, Monkey and Me - Emily Gravett

14 years later I'm stil word perfect.

4ish - A Hole in the Road - Jakki Wood

And Julia Donaldson, Nick Sherratt

Anything and everything by Oliver Jeffers.

FussyPud · 22/07/2024 12:08

Hippos go Berserk was an absolute favourite here.

The Night Pirates was always a solid choice too.

TossieFleacake · 22/07/2024 12:07

The Grunt and the Grouch

Dogs don't do ballet

Both are great for silly voices, accents and spotting things in the brilliant illustrations.

ToffeeSheep · 22/07/2024 12:05

Lots of those mentioned by PPs plus:

ALL the Topsy & Tims!
Six Dinner Sid
Not Now Bernard
Mole's Bedtime Story
Sophie in the Saddle and other Sophie stories

BeeDavis · 22/07/2024 12:04

My 2 year old absolutely loves “We’re going on a bear hunt” he knows it off by heart!

ImustLearn2Cook · 22/07/2024 12:02

Rudie Nudie by Emma Quay

Where Is the Green Sheep?
by Mem Fox

The Potato People
by Pamela Allen

The wide-mouthed frog
by Keith Faulkner

Meg and Mog books

And many more that I can’t think of right now.