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If you have a 2 year old ...

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TheWorstWitch · 07/08/2009 20:33

What's his/her favourite book(s)?

Needing inspiration as just realised we haven't bought any books for DD in ages, and neither have we been to the library

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Mummygoesohh · 13/08/2009 00:01

"Stick Man" (by the author of gruffalo)...DS (age 2) never tires of thisone!!!I may be word perect on it soon- wuold be really nice pre christmas reading because of the hero of the tale!!
"Calm Down Boris" not a bed time tale, but produces roars of laughter (sam Lloyd)
Then anything with Peppa Pig or Bob the builder in it.
"Me and my Dad"- can't remmebr who wrote it, but is a nice story!

Bumperslucious · 09/08/2009 20:48

DD loves Peepo and Each Peach Pear Plum. Can't wait until she is old enough for the Jolly Postman books!

I love the Charlie and Lola TV show, but not so keen on the books, at least the non-original ones. I just think it is funny and visually lovely. I also love the voices.

DD also loves Squash and a Squeeze by the Gruffalo author, but I must admit I am very bored of it by now.

MrsTittleMouse · 09/08/2009 20:35

Monkey Puzzle
Room on the Broom
The Gruffalo
Terrific Trains
Hairy Maclary
Three wishes (but that one makes me feel guilty, even though it's lovely, as it's about a Mum who is too busy to make a fairy costume!)
Peepo

JamInMyWellies · 09/08/2009 20:31

Pooh is that you Bertie. Great book! DS loves the fart theme. The pooh jokes started early in this house.

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TheWorstWitch · 09/08/2009 20:20

Sorry, the middle class comment was one made by DH.

I just don't feel that I want DD's heroine to be a girl who doesn't like sharing and doesn't like tomatoes, peas, etc.
DD loves her veg

Also not sure if my DD, at the tender age of 2years and 2 months, is old enough to get irony

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K999 · 09/08/2009 19:57

I love the TV series...the little girl's voice reminds me of the character Karen from Outnumbered and I love that series!! Tbh Charlie and Lola make me laugh.....I have 2 dds so can easily see how they are like Lola!! Especially the story about never eating tomoatoes....I went through the same thing with dd1!! I suppose if you can relate to it then you like it (not sure if that makes us middle classed though!)

mrspnut · 09/08/2009 19:52

I don't have a 2 year old but Dinosaurs love underpants is very funny.

We also love the Hairy McClairy and Slinky Malinki books as well as most of those already mentioned on here.

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TheWorstWitch · 09/08/2009 19:48

K999 - I'm really sorry to say that I HATE Charlie & Lola books. The illustrations are excellent but not too keen on story and character ... yuck! DH and I think they're a couple of middle class brats.

WHY do people love them?

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elvislives · 09/08/2009 19:47

In addition to those mentioned

Where the Wild Things Are
One Fish Two Fish
The Elephant and the Bad Baby
Little rabbit waits for the moon

K999 · 09/08/2009 19:41

OMG...you dont like Charlie and Lola...they are my favourite ones to read...

K999 · 09/08/2009 19:40

Tiger Who Came to Tea
Farley Farts
Pass that Gas (another fart book!)
Snail and the Whale
Gruffalo
Charlie and Lola books
Meg on the Moon
Any Disney story

Any one with sounds....

FAQtothefuture · 09/08/2009 19:32

anything his older brothers are reading..........usually wants it to "read" (on his own) before eating or ripping pages out .

Itsjustafleshwound · 09/08/2009 19:31

My son loves anything from Giles Andreas - Commotion in the Ocean, Rumble in the Jungle, Giraffes Can't Dance...

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TheWorstWitch · 09/08/2009 19:27

Thanks again everyone.

Splashed out yesterday and bought Owl Babies (which DD really likes), Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, Guess how much I love you and a lovely book called the Magic Bed by John Burningham - I bought because it was signed by the author and I love the story, thinking DD would be too old for it now, but actually she loves it and follows the story.

Also bought a couple of these little libraries (Peppa Pig and Paddington), as she loves her Charlie & Lola one, which I really dislike and have put away.

Couldn't find Tiger who came to Tea, so will order from Amazon.

And, will order all your other suggestions, which we don't already have, from the library.

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yummyspottyblueberry · 08/08/2009 12:56

Can't forget the Very Greedy Bee, we've had that one every night for months!

yummyspottyblueberry · 08/08/2009 12:54

Most of the previous lists plus;

Postman Pat
Monkey see monkey do
Pepper Pig
Trumpet the elephant with the big temper (v apt)
Goodnight Gorilla
Fidgety Fish
My 1st day at Nursery
Peter Rabbit

Very into his animals at the moment. He loves his books in general and will read anything

Silvj · 08/08/2009 12:49

Mog.
My 2 yr old DD is obsessed with Mog the Cat as she has to have a Mog book read to her every bedtime.
Current faves are Mog & the Baby & Mog On Fox Night.

Tommy · 08/08/2009 12:46

anything with trains/buses/diggers in
Also anything with flaps
but we are also big fans of Julia Donaldson and Dear Zoo.

Poshpaws · 08/08/2009 12:46

3 little pigs
3 Billy Goats Gruff
Dinosaur Roar
Dig, Dig Digging

DS3 (2.5). These are his favourites at the moment.

Lifeinagoldfishbowl · 08/08/2009 12:43

I tend to peruse charity shops for childrens boks and that means if they get eaten destroyed then you haven't spent too much.I got the gruffalo's child for 29p the other day.

phdlife · 08/08/2009 12:41

ds's fave is Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book. Every night he picks a letter from the alphabet at the front (no he doesn't know them, he just points) and we read that page. Over. And over. and over.

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TheWorstWitch · 08/08/2009 12:17

Oooo, thanks everyone.
Feel a bit reassured as we have a lot of these books already.
Might just go and buy some of the titles that keep cropping up, but we don't already have, like OWL BABIES and THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA

DD's a bit under the weather at the moment, so she'll enjoy a few new books

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Yorky · 08/08/2009 10:35

He also went through a phase of loving Kipper the dog (after we borrowed a DVD from the library)
Recently borrowed Fix-it duck which he thought was hilarious, lovely pictures to talk about, rhyming and funny!

I remember a little girl I used to babysit for loving Hairy McClary from Donaldson's Dairy, but haven't seen it for years

My favourite book when I was little is The kitten who couldn't get down, which has the repeated line "Don't go up if you can't get down." I cried the first time I heard my Dad read it to DS

waitingforbedtime · 07/08/2009 21:51

Oh and loves lift the flap books, Thomas the boring Tank Engine and Pop up books.

waitingforbedtime · 07/08/2009 21:49

My 2 year old has an obsession with nursery rhymes just now so we have a few books on those.

We're going on a bear hunt is also popular. Other than that anything Fireman Sam is always good

The books with magnadoodle at the top are on sale in Asda just now

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