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What books do we love to read to under 5s

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Blandmum · 15/02/2006 18:03

Peepo

The little red train books

The Jez Albrough bear books

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spots · 16/02/2006 22:35

The Elephant and the Bad Baby (star rating)
Gruffalo (and G's Child)
In the Night Kitchen
Each Peach...
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Funnybones
Chimp and Zee
Here come the Babies
A Walk with Grannie
Hello, Goodbye (this is a good one)
The Nick and Sue books (Sharrat/Heap)

LOOBYLOU2 · 16/02/2006 22:18

anything by Julia Donaldson
Gruffalo, The Snail & The Whale, Room on the Broom etc

BettySpaghetti · 16/02/2006 22:09

Poetry books are a big fave of my DD -shes 6 now but has loved them from when she was little.

Others are:
Room on the Broom
any Roald Dahl
Hungry Caterpillar
Jolly Postman

DS (19m)loves:
any lift the flap books
any books with holes in
Spot the Dog

MrsSpoon · 16/02/2006 22:04

Today's purchase Dirty Bertie is very good too, love the illustrations and I think DS2 is Bertie.

Hazellnut · 16/02/2006 17:09

Think this thread is going to cost me lots of money !!

Have sent dh out during his lunchtime to get Peepo.

DD (1) loves Dear Zoo and the 'that's not my...'series also hungry caterpillar. Currently they have to be 'doing' books (flaps/ touchy feely etc). but will enjoy working my way through this list as time goes on !!

DominiConnor · 16/02/2006 17:07

We have a nearly 5 and a 2 yo
The Dr Seuss Books, especially the Cat in the Hat
Charlie & Lola (Lauren Child is a Genius)
Gruffalo
Hungry Caterpillar

Jodee · 16/02/2006 17:00

End's hvng trble wth hr kybrd, it sms ...

tiredemma · 16/02/2006 16:59

anything by Shirley Hughes.

Enid · 16/02/2006 16:57

[smie]
[grun]
[wunk]

Enid · 16/02/2006 16:57

sharing a shell is lovely [smie]

Helen38 · 16/02/2006 11:08

Hairy Maclary etc
One snowy night- percy
Peace at last
Gruffalo
Rumble in the jungle
Looking forward to going back to reading peepo/Each peach pear plum with new one
Can't you sleep little bear?
Mog books
Old bear books
DS1 hated fix it duck but ds2 loves it
In fact just love children's books except for a few....
Thomas books put me to sleep
I hate the one about the lazy farmer who keeps saying "how goes the work?" can't remember it's name

Socci · 16/02/2006 11:03

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acnebride · 16/02/2006 11:02

Tom Kitten
Jeremy Fisher
Peter Rabbit
Flopsy Bunnies

don't like any other BP books. Squirrel Nutkin a nightmare.

Clarice Bean books, though a bit of a marathon
Little red train books
Lucy and Tom's Day
This is the Bear books - nice and SHORT
Usborne nursery rhyme book with the music included - can't remember title - elc do it
Teddy Bear Coalman by Phoebe Worthington

mousiemousie · 16/02/2006 10:57

Bread and Jam for Frances
Owl babies
Meg and Mog
Cat in the hat, green eggs & ham etc
My Naughty little sister
Lauren Child books

blueteddy · 16/02/2006 10:55

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cathyspam · 16/02/2006 10:54

DS who is 2 loves 'Guess how much I love you' because i have been reading it to him since he was 3 months old, he also likes 'bear in a square' which is a picture book really but good for interaction and he loves 'Jack and the beanstalk' We have been reading 'the last noo noo' at the moment as we are saying godbye to the dummy!

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KBear · 16/02/2006 10:46

Quentin Blake books especially Mr Magnolia. Dr Suess too. (Not Thomas the Tank Engine if I can help it, I hide them and say let's read this lovely one and hope he forgets Thomas!).

sassy · 16/02/2006 10:44

All the Ahlbergs'books.
Dr suess esp the Grinch, Green Eggs and Ham.
Love, LOVE the Elephant and Bad Baby
Dear Zoo (to dd2 - lots of animal noises!)
Ladybird nursery rhyme books
Ladybird fiary stories (Original 60s pictures, from my Dad's house)

HATE poxy Disney "wunnerful world of readin" book club books my well-meaning MIL keeps bringing over. And Angelina Ballerina types -too wet for me.

mummyhill · 16/02/2006 10:40

Anything by Julia Donaldson & Axel Schaffer
Kipper books - Mick Inkpen
DD loves Linley Dodd too but most people can't get the rythm right for reading them to her.
In will happily read anything age appropriate to/with her I am just happy that she is following in our footsteps as a book worm.

blueteddy · 16/02/2006 10:38

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BudaBabe · 16/02/2006 10:28

CAn we not do these threads please??? I go straight on to Amazon and order more books!!!!

I wish we lived near a library!!

DH will ban me from MN!!!

puddle · 16/02/2006 10:26

Loads on here already that I love but so far no mention for Helen Cooper - the baby that wouldn't go to bed and the gorgeous Pumpkin Soup stories.
Also Bye Bye Baby by the Ahlbergs

florenceuk · 16/02/2006 10:20

We have lots of these. One nobody has mentioned so far is Sendak's In the Night Kitchen - Aloha recommended this to me! Also Pierre (who didn't care) and Chicken Soup with Rice (is very nice). DS made me read these over and over again when we first got these.

Now DS is 4, he also likes factual books - like "I wonder why stars twinkle" - anything to do with castles, Romans, dinosaurs and space. Kingfisher and Usbourne all do good reasonably simple books on these topics aimed at a slightly older age group, but good to share.

Jodee · 15/02/2006 21:44

To all The Hungry Caterpiller fans, you really must get the dvd/video, it has other stories on it, accompanied by wonderful classical music and the same gorgeous pictures!

This shouldn't really be in the under 5s section, but DS was in stitches tonight as we were reading Horrid Henry's Stink Bomb - I couldn't get past the words "dog poo", he was in hysterics.

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