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The most beautiful book for a toddler?

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Ugly6 · 06/11/2021 14:48

What is the most lovely book that anyone's read to give to a 3 year old?

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CrabbyCat · 06/11/2021 19:18

I love a couple of books illustrated by Jim Fields, with amazing landscape drawings, and also nice stories. They are 'The Squirrels who Squabbled' and 'The Way Home for Wolf', both written by Rachel Bright.

If you have a vehicle mad toddler, 'Old MacDonald Things that Go' by Jane Clarke is great, good illustrations with lots to talk about even if, like me, you really aren't that interested in the vehicles themselves.

TheVanguardSix · 06/11/2021 18:29

Imagine by Norman Messinger.

cowburp · 06/11/2021 18:27

@Sunshine697

Sometimes... By Emma Dodd Such a beautiful book - gorgeous illustrations and about loving, no matter what. Brings tears to my eyes!! ]]
I like Together by Emma dodd
MargaretThursday · 06/11/2021 18:26

First Snow or anything by Kim Lewis.
The illustrations are totally beautiful, and the words are often hauntingly lovely.
The Last train is almost a ghost story, but my dc loved it and read it over and over again.

Samanabanana · 06/11/2021 17:03

Moon by Britta Teekentrup

Sunshine697 · 06/11/2021 16:25

Sometimes... By Emma Dodd
Such a beautiful book - gorgeous illustrations and about loving, no matter what.
Brings tears to my eyes!!
www.amazon.co.uk/Sometimes-Emma-Dodd/dp/184877561X?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Angliski · 06/11/2021 16:03

Peck peck peck. The holes and colours are so brill. I think it’s by the lady who does Maisie

CallMeRisley · 06/11/2021 15:54

I bought my friends’ 2yo this for his baptism, a personalised nursery rhyme collection. It has personalised rhymes with his name in them plus the old classics alongside. They really like it.

www.notonthehighstreet.com/mygivenname/product/nursery-rhymes-and-personalised-poems-book?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=14501765231&cq_term=&cq_plac=&cq_net=u&cq_plt=gp&DGMKT=FID__TID_pla-1269942452763_PID_610619_CRI_1269942452763&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8cvfhIyE9AIVia3tCh1TiQZpEAQYASABEgJ7MvD_BwE

Stilllivinginazoo · 06/11/2021 15:52

Helen cooper books
Mine loved pumpkin soup and the baby that wouldn't go to bed

TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder · 06/11/2021 15:52

And this one - brings a tear to the eye every time , so adorable.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/228310.One_Snowy_Night

TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder · 06/11/2021 15:49

I second Robert Sabuda - specifically The Night Before Christmas
www.wob.com/en-gb/books/clement-clarke-moore/night-before-christmas-pop-up/9780689838996
Still get our copy out at Christmas my DDs favourite - and they’re 18 and 19 now!
Also a favourite - not The Jolly Postman but the seasonal version - The Jolly Christmas Postman.
biblio.co.uk/book/jolly-christmas-postman-jolly-postman-ahlberg/d/283748932

ShoesEverywhere · 06/11/2021 15:41

Under the love umbrella. I cry every time!

SBlonde · 06/11/2021 15:40

The story orchestra book. We have swan lake but there are other stories

Panda368 · 06/11/2021 15:36

The fox and the star

DeathMetalMum · 06/11/2021 15:34

One of my favourites is Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson.

roses2 · 06/11/2021 15:31

@Goneback2school

Anything by Robert Sabuda. I'm planning to give The Little Mermaid to my 3yo niece for Christmas. They are delicate though as they are pop up books so maybe not suited to a more rough and tumble type toddler!
I LOVE Robert Sabuda books! I have a while collection I bought for (me) the kids. So much detail has gone into the pop ups - I think they are a real collectors item.
JennieLee · 06/11/2021 15:30

I really feel that it's partly about quantity. When my daughter was little we were skint. I bought her library discards at 10p each. (We were also library members.) We bought books from charity shops and jumble sales. Children will decide their own favourites.

I am so glad that she grew up to be a keen reader and we still discuss books together.

Santastuckincustoms · 06/11/2021 15:27

Wild by Emily Hughes

DysmalRadius · 06/11/2021 15:20

Hug Machine by Scott Campbell

Fenelladepompom · 06/11/2021 15:12

Each Peach Pear Plum

bluesky45 · 06/11/2021 15:12

We've got a beautiful book called the fox and the star. If it's a Christmas gift, there's a new one out this year by Julia Donaldson about the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree and the illustrations are really beautiful. Or a lovely hardback copy of a classic, maybe Winnie the Pooh or similar. We have a lovely copy of that. I'm really keen on beautiful books!

Geppili · 06/11/2021 15:11

I second The Jolly Postman.

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Ugly6 · 06/11/2021 15:08

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Story wise or aesthetically?

One if the most beautiful stories we had was 'Goodnight to all the Sleepy Animals'.

Either - just looking for something really special that's a bit out of the ordinary!

Thanks - off to look these all up

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LadyMonicaBaddingham · 06/11/2021 15:04

Each Peach Pear Plum. Beautiful pictures and lovely rhymes.

DaftVader42 · 06/11/2021 15:03

I still love “the snail and the whale”