What are your children's favourite books?

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Just that. I'm due in May and have pretty much all the stuff I need for a baby, but people are asking what I would like...I was thinking books! Growing up, my mom read to us every night and I'd like to carry on that tradition. The thing is, I'd love to Branch out and hear about books I haven't necessary heard of.

So what are your children's favourite books? I'm happy with board books, picture books, novels... anything!

I'd suggest everyone bring a copy of Either their own favourite book or their dcs favourite book.

My kids are under 8 and we all love:-
The Julia Donaldson books
The Hairy Maclary books
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
The Great Dog Bottom Swap

I hated the Mr Men books.

That's a great idea, thank you!

Dr Seuss
Cat in the hat, green eggs and ham are our favourites but we've got loads.

My two love the Little Miss books but they make me want to poke myself in the eye.

DD2 has just discovered Beatrix Potter.

Mog
Most Julia Donaldson
Say goodnight to the sleepy animals (sorry, title might not be exact there, and unfortunately our copy has found a new home)
Fairytale hairdresser

Each Peach Pear Plum and The Giant Jam Sandwich are musts!

I bought a lovely book the other day and both mine love it!

Cyril and Pat
Julia Donaldson always goes down well as do the ten little ( princesses , monsters, etc)
Anything by Oliver Jeffers for the lovely illustrations

Mine adored Dear Zoo, Peace at Last, Owl Babies, the Hungry Caterpillar, Mog books, anything by Oliver Jeffers, Guess much I love you, that's not my ............

My ds (3) really likes The Storm Whale and The Storm Whale in Winter. These are lovely stories and very pretty books. He also likes Julia Donaldson books, Thomas the tank engine booksand the NHM dinosaur range (dinosaur roar, dinosaur stomp, dinosaur boo and dinosaur munch).

As babies both of mine liked the That's Not My... Series and the lift the flap Spot books.

Four year old likes The Wonky Donkey and its sequel The Dinky Donkey, The Jolly Postman, Funnybones, Julia Donaldson, the Happy Families series by Allan Ahlberg and Mog.

Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson
Anything by Roald Dahl or David Walliams

Anything by Nick Sharratt

The Tiger who came to tea

Wonky donkey

Monkey puzzle
Monkey with a bright blue bottom
... I can still recite them both 😂

"That's not my..." books
The tiger who came to tea
Guess how much I love you
The very hungry caterpillar
Anything by Julia Donaldson. My fave is a squash and a squeeze.

DS liked "Little Blue Truck" and "Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site" which were recommended by an American friend.

Both of them (DS aged 5 and DD aged almost 3) currently LOVE the Farmyard Tales books from Usborne. DD likes the stories; DS likes that he can read bits.

In a moment of weakness we let DD buy herself a Peppa Pig book with her holiday money, and have deeply regretted it ever since. She loves it though.

DD loved all the Thats Not My books and the Spot lift the flap books when she was tiny, she is now 2.5 and as others have said really likes Julia Donaldson, also another nice one is Giraffes can't Dance.

Chatterbox Bear by Pippa Currick - he loves the neon illustrations

I must have read The Very Hungry Caterpillar thousands of times. Peace at Last. Julia Donaldson books, I think Stick Man is our favourite. Peepo.

Hungry Caterpillar, Julia Donaldson books, The Twits. Roald Dahl.,oh and Peter Rabbit!! David Walliams books are great too.

For.when they're really small;
Toddle waddle
hippo has a hat
chocolate mousse for greedy goose

The Gruffalo

(It's my favourite too)

Mine love(d) The Fairytale Hairdresser, Shifty McGifty&Slippery Sam, The Magic Faraway Tree, Topsy&Tim (they did help us through many scenarios/new things), Peepo, The Baby Catalouge, 10 little fingers & 10 little toes, That's Not My..., Supertato, Hairy McLairy

As well as some of the above, other favourites include There's a Bear on my Chair, Burglar Bill, Don't Wake up Tiger, There's a Pig Up my Nose and we're going on a bear hunt.

All Julia Donaldson
Janet and Alan Ahlberg
Tip tap went the crab
Wow said the owl
The tiger who came to tea
Eric Carle
Guess how much I love you
Mr men
The day the crayons quit
The book with no pictures

These are fantastic, so many titles I don't recognize! Thank you!

I loved the Emma Dodd books for bedtime, they're really short but lovely for parents to read to babies. I've bought them for loads of christening presents and will always remind me of reading at bed time. She still asks for them now sometimes and she's 3.5. Those and The Great Green Room, all perfect bedtime books. If I read any of them in the day time they make her yawn as it's such a strong association!