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Join in with our top ten books

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Bella2010star · 01/05/2012 13:23

Would really be grateful if any of you could share your top ten preschool books with me. I feel that many parents like to be recommended books that have been used by others successfully therefore,
I am starting a book review every Wednesday on my blog. I am kicking off the first ten weeks with our top ten commenting on the blog how we share the books together and what fun games we use to read the book. If you have a top ten to share could you either write it below or comment on book review facebook page or blog. Thankyou

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margoandjerry · 03/05/2012 21:00

Giant Jam Sandwich
Marvin Gets Mad
Three Billy Goats Gruff (Nick Sharratt)
You Choose (Nick Sharratt)
Duck in a Truck
Tiger who came to tea
anything by Eric Carle (Brown Bear etc)
anything by Dr Seuss
Snowy Day
Peter's Chair (both Ezra Jack Keats)

MimsyBorogroves · 03/05/2012 13:05

Shark in the Dark/Park by Nick Sharratt. Great for joining in.

mimbleandlittlemy · 03/05/2012 12:36

Seconding most of the above and adding in some that haven't been mentioned:

Pumpkin Soup, A Pipkin of Pepper, Delicious, The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed and Tatty Ratty, all by Helen Cooper

Night Monkey, Day Monkey and Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson

The Little Bear Stories (Can't You Sleep Little Bear, etc) + Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell

Bumpus, Jumpus, Dinosaurumpus by Tony Mitton (we wore out two copies of that one!)

MoonlightandRoses · 02/05/2012 20:57

think that they do, not 'this...' Blush.

MoonlightandRoses · 02/05/2012 20:55

Current favourites in this household are:
Again!
Monkey and Me
The Blue Chameleon (all by Emily Gravett)
I took the Moon for a Walk
Welcome to the Zoo (both by Alison Jay)
Dr. Seuss' ABC
Baby Bear, Baby Bear (Eric Carle - follow on from Brown Bear)
In the Night Kitchen
Where the Wild Things Are
The Pig in the Pond (Martin Waddell)
Slinki Malinki series
Madeline
I'm not saying small child understands them all (although would like to this that they do! Wink), but the word flow / pictures definitely work for us in all of the above.

SecretSpi · 02/05/2012 20:48

The Large Family stories (Jill Murphy)
Where the wild things are
Monkey Do (Allan Ahlberg)
I don't want to go to bed! (Little Tiger - Julie Sykes)
Little Beaver and the Echo
The very hungry caterpillar
The snowy day
In the Night Kitchen
The Tiger who came to tea
and...
Dogger!

Kveta · 02/05/2012 19:45

also love hairy maclary, dogger, peepo, the shopping basket.

best currently is by Sharon Rentta - a day with the animal doctors. it is BRILLIANT, and the mum is a doctor - nice female character for once!

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Bella2010star · 01/05/2012 15:19

Have you all seen our top ten? So pleased that someone else likes Dogger it was my all time fav as a child so naturally I read it to my daughter. This is one of our top ten :) will be sharing that one with you next Wednesday. This week is Jez Albourough Hug

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Geranium3 · 01/05/2012 15:06

and we love all the books Hairy mclary from donaldsons dairy, whole series of them, brilliant for language develpoment.

Geranium3 · 01/05/2012 15:03

anything by shirley hughes especially the lucy and tom series and our absolute fave.....Dogger!
The owl babies
my naughty little sister series of books
Spot
The very hungry caterpillar
each peach,pear,plum and all the books by the anholts
roald dahl books especially the one about the sly,naughty crocodile,can't remember exact title!

SillyBeardyDaddyman · 01/05/2012 13:41

Lost and found by oliver Jeffers
Penguin by Polly Dunbar

VolvoMo · 01/05/2012 13:39

The Whale and the Snail

ragged · 01/05/2012 13:31

Too hard to choose only 10, few that come to mind:
Slinki Malinki
Old Shell, New Shell (Helen Ward)
Harry & Bucketful of Dinosaurs (very first book)

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