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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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Bink · 07/08/2009 21:49

We were at the library this morning and there were just masses of lovely things - go and indulge!

Our favourites were always illustration-led, so John Burningham, Shirley Hughes, Satoshi Kitamura, the Ahlbergs.

dairymoo · 07/08/2009 21:46

Each Peach Pear Plum
Peepo
Any Shirley Hughes - especially Dogger
Hungry Caterpiller
Very Busy Spider
Nick Butterworth ones...
Gossie

sneekpeeks · 07/08/2009 21:41

Billy Tibbles moves out
Vincent the Vain
Tiddler
Snail and the whale
Tiger that came to tea (has loved this book for months!!)
Stella to Earth

snickersnack · 07/08/2009 21:23

Currently:

Monkey Puzzle
Lost and Found (this is my favourite)
Some Dogs Do (this is my second favourite)
Miffy books
Anything with diggers or trains

Stinkyfeet · 07/08/2009 21:17

Both ds's loved Dig Dig Digging at 2.

JammyQueenOfTheSewers · 07/08/2009 21:16

Currently

Meg and Mog
Meg on the Moon
Hamilton's Hats
Gruffalo
Tiger Who Came to Tea
Clippity-Clop

Yorky · 07/08/2009 21:04

DS loves gruffalo (as long as I do the voices for all the characters!), I love the tiger who came to tea! We have read Guess how much I love you so often at bedtime that he now reads it to himself, and is pretty much word perfect!
He also likes the Thomas the tank engine books

RedDeadFail · 07/08/2009 21:03

Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Not Now Bernard
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Julia Donaldson, any
Oliver Jeffers, any
Lots of ones about relationships eg My Mummy is Magic or My Grandma is a Star
Peepo et al
Anything with counting eg Ten In The Bed

CloudDragon · 07/08/2009 21:01

Hairy Maclary
Wibbly pig
Kipper
Where that cat/monkey etc
Tiger who came to tea
Fix it duck
Cars and trucks and things that go
Julia Donaldson
Mr men (boring too read)
Thomas books (make Mr Men look interesting)

KEAWYED · 07/08/2009 20:49

The very hungry caterpillar, If you get the big book it comes with a toy caterpillar that you can push through the fruit,

Cute but takes ages to read it

tassisssss · 07/08/2009 20:46

I took dd to the library this week and "baa, moo, what shall we do?" has been a huge hit. We have a 6 year old so have a lot of books at this stage (they seem to stay at this stage for a LONG time IMO) but this one was new for us. She also loves hungry caterpillar, each peach pear plum and is getting into Julia Donaldson ones - read her Gruffalo for the first time I can remember today. Owl Babies was a bit hit for a long time as was Little Baa. She's just (at nearly 3)sitting better for longer stories which is nice.

ilovetochat · 07/08/2009 20:46

dd had peppa pig little library which had a jigsaw type puzzle on the back and fifi little library does the colours and is very good.

missorinoco · 07/08/2009 20:41

There are a number of little libraries, so to speak, of Peppa Pig, Thomas, ITNG, etc. 5 or 6 little books in a case DS loves the concept of these and will "read" them himself as well as enjoying having them read to him.

All the Gruffalo books are loved and Paddington is very popular.

llareggub · 07/08/2009 20:38

Oliver Jeffers
Julia Donaldson
We're Going On A Bear Hunt
Owl Babies

KEAWYED · 07/08/2009 20:36

We've got a sesame street book which teaches numbers and it also has a little magna doodle at the top. He loves that but was a gift no idea where from. then anything fireman sam or ben 10.