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What are your “must have” children’s books?

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RWK29 · 11/01/2021 21:11

DS1 is 10 weeks old and very alert and already LOVES a bedtime story 😊 hoping to build him a lovely collection of books! He has quite a few already but looking for recommendations of “must have” children’s books that your little ones loved?

The Gruffalo is a firm favourite with DS already. Also enjoyed The Snail and The Whale 😊

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Jemma2907 · 19/04/2021 20:40

The Book with No Pictures. My eldest has had this since he was 3 and is still obsessed with it nearly 3 years on. It's such a lovely book to read together and he joins in now so really we read it to each other

denverRegina · 19/04/2021 20:36

Day monkey night monkey 🐒

clopper · 19/04/2021 20:30

Our favourites were
You choose
Just imagine
A squash and a squeeze
Meg and mog
The hungry Caterpillar
Five minutes peace
Six dinner sid
Hairy mclarey
The smartest giant

Talipesmum · 19/04/2021 20:24

Little rabbit foo foo
Anything by Lucy cousins - hooray for fish is brilliant, and if you can get a copy of Yummy (her fairy tales) it’s brilliant.
Aliens love underpants
Cave baby
The lighthouse keepers lunch
John Burningham - I love Hushabye, and Cloud Land is weird but lovely.

bonbonours · 19/04/2021 20:22

You choose by Nick Sharratt is the best book ever for getting kids talking. We've had it since toddler days my 10 year old still loves it now even though he reads grown up books too.

Idontgiveagriffindamn · 19/04/2021 20:21

Both of mine loved the Emma Garcia books (toot toot beep beep, tap tap bang bang etc) love saying the words out load

MsSquiz · 19/04/2021 20:16

My DD is 16 months now, and regulars to our bedtime stories are:
Peepo
Each peach pear plum
Hairy mclary
Monkey puzzle
The gruffalo
The ugly 5
Room on the broom
Stick Man
Tabby McTat
The smartest giant in town
Fox's socks
We're going on a bear hunt
Guess how much I love you
No matter what (although I haven't managed not to cry when reading this!)
Elmer the elephant stories

We also have a book of 365 stories, poems & rhymes which has a lot of fairytales in and little short stories

We have quite a few on the "that's not my..." books but she prefers to flick through them herself rather than have them for bedtime

TroubleUsedToBeMyBusiness · 19/04/2021 20:05

Oh and the Bear books - My friend bear and fix it duck ...
Oi dog etc

TroubleUsedToBeMyBusiness · 19/04/2021 20:04

Mog books and DS loved Green Eggs and Ham at about 18 months
Ditto Maisy books - we stumbled across Maisy's bus the other day and it brought back memories of reading it every night
The kipper books, especially Kippers Birthday and the Blue Balloon and Billy's Beetle also by Mick Inkpem

ElMacchiato · 28/03/2021 17:42

The Little Bear books by Jane Hissey .

tangletales · 28/03/2021 17:38

Hiya,

I run a website called Tangle Tales www.tangle-tales.com

It's a website to promote childrens books to help them understand feelings and experiences they may struggle with and themes such as confidence, anxiety and family dynamics.

There's a lot of suggestions on there, which are also grouped into themes (friendships, loss etc) but they all make lovely bedtime stories but als help create a dialogue with children.

I hope thats helpful :)

GivenchyDahhling · 16/03/2021 17:15

Our favourites (DS is 16 months):

  • Very Hungry Caterpillar (classic)
  • Very Hungry Caterpillar 1, 2, 3 with a little caterpillar you put your finger in
  • Dear Zoo, Noisy Farm, Oh Dear (and Oh Dear was the third thing he ever said after daddy and mama!)
  • Fox’s Socks
  • Paddington
  • Tiger who came to tea
  • Guess how much I love you

My parents also live in France so we have quite a few french books which he likes when I read in a terrible accent, his favourite it Ce n’est pas mon hamster (no prizes for what it’s the French version of!)

AdaThorne · 16/03/2021 17:09

DS loves Gruffalo and Gruffalo's Child, Tiger Who Came to Tea, all the Supertato stories, all the Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs stories and made me read Bedtime for Batman (a picture book all about the bedtime routine) to him every night for about 18 months.

KOKOagainandagain · 16/03/2021 17:05

Hop on Pop

I think I still know it by heart 20 years later!

GirlofInkandStars · 16/03/2021 17:00

Ten little Fingers- perfect for reading aloud to a tiny baby!

Ellybeee · 16/03/2021 16:52

Princess Pruney Toes
Julia Donaldson books
Roald Dahl books

IsobelleBeau · 19/01/2021 09:19

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site - a favourite of my youngest one.

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RWK29 · 13/01/2021 11:25

Some really great suggestions here everyone 😊 My little one is going to have a beautiful full bookcase 😍

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Sauvignonblanket · 12/01/2021 19:45

Oh - also Not Now Bernard

Alittlelessthanuseless · 12/01/2021 14:35

Burglar Bill, Cops and Robbers (my dad was a policeman!)
Each peach pear plum, The hungry caterpillar, Funnybones, Dogger, Guess how much I love you

LaBellina · 12/01/2021 14:31

Any book from the Little Golden Book collection.

Peter Rabbit books

Guess how much I love you

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RWK29 · 12/01/2021 14:28

@Eileen101 haha, same here!! DH thinks I’m mental because I have “special” copies of my favourites (that he’s not allowed to touch 🤣) that I’ve been saving in the hope that we would have children one day 🙈 caught him trying to look at my illustrated Harry Potters one day 😳🤔

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Eileen101 · 12/01/2021 12:05

@RWK29 good choice! I'm looking forward to my DS being old enough for some of my childhood favourites! My kids are going to end up with so many books Grin