What's Your Favourite Picture Book?

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I like Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and The Tiger that Came to Tea by Judith Kerr.

What is your favourite. I'm also looking for some slightly quirky ones or less well known ones.

@MuffinToSeeHere I was about to recommend the book with no pictures too, my kids love it.

Chris Haughton books are great - Shhh, we have a plan! And Oh no George are both good for getting kids to guess what will happen next.

My little boy loves the giant jam sandwich, superworm, and the smeds and the smoos.

I also like:
hippos go beserk
all the oi frog books
penguin in peril
Moles star
Z is for moose

I was unsure to recommend as the OP technically asked for picture books but it's such a great book and I bloody love sharing it with the children I teach as it's one they have normally never come across. I'm glad to hear your DC love it as much as I do, it's such an underrated book.

Penguin In Peril by Helen Hancocks is fab.

Anything by Lauren Child, her version of The Princess and the Pea is gorgeous.

That's a nice book. I'll have that...

Burglar Bill.

Owl Babies
A Million Chameleons
We're Going On A Bear Hunt

Peepo
Goodnight Moon
Meg & Mog
Haunted House (Best pop up book ever)
Where's Spot?
Charlie Cooks Favourite Book (love the rhythm)
Would You Rather
The Shopping Basket

The giant jam sandwich by Janet burrowey ( very old one from Car boot when my kids were little 30 yrs ago😂)

Peepo
Paper Dolls
Crazy Hair and Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman

What the Ladybird Heard

Big Sarah's Little Boots
Moon Rabbit

Both of which are out of print now, sadly. Worth finding second hand copies of though.

Not Now, Bernard...

or Each Peach Pear Plum for younger children

Can't You Sleep Little Bear. 🥰

Dog Gone by Rob Biddulph is fun and the illustrations are lovely x

The Fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee by Michelle Sloan

Penguin by Polly Dunbar (I can still hear DS squeaking "But Penguin said nothing ")
The Story of The Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business by Wolf Erlbruch, Werner Holzwarth.
The Littlest Rabbit by Robert Kraus (DSis got it from Chip Club at primary, think it's American. Even the picture on the cover breaks my heart)
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
Red Car, Red Bus by Susan Steggall (so much to talk about in the pictures)

Dogger by Shirley Hughes
The Mog books by Judith Kerr
The Oi Frog books
Burglar Bill by Janet & Allen Ahlberg

Meet the parents by Peter Bently

Where the Wild Things Are ("...and it was still hot.")
The Snail and the Whale always used to make me choke up
omg just remembered Rover by Michael Rosen, ditto
When I was young I loved Harold and the Purple Crayon
Fox in Socks
The Elephant and the Bad Baby, Raymond Briggs
Dog is Thirsty, Satoshi Kitamura

Night Monkey, Day Monkey is a firm favourite here (mine). Stick Man (dd3 knows it off by heart 🤣) Charlie Cook's Favourite Book (husband's favourite).

Cats Ahoy!
The Wonky Donkey/The Dinky Donkey
The Day The Crayons Quit
The Day The Crayons Came Home
Giraffes Can't Dance

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Save Brave Ted
When the Whales Came
Owl Babies
The Jolly Christmas Postman

Mog the Forgetful Cat
Burglar Bill
Giraffes Can't Dance
You Choose
Dogger
My Naughty Little Sister
Not Now Bernard
Cops and Robbers
Meg's Eggs

My current favourite is "I am a tiger", which I find hilarious!
Also:
Aalfred and Aalbert (maybe the title is the other way round)
Oh no George
The Shirley Hughes Alfie books
The Bear and Hare series by Emily gravett (which is the reason DS1's first word was "bear")

Poo In The Zoo went down very well with Gdcs.
It’s in verse, and (unlike some) the lines do actually scan.

From my childhood. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (see also, Where the Wild Things Are).

Also, The Quangle Wangle’s Hat- Edward Lear.

Patrick- Quentin Blake.

Forgot:
Tiddler
Room on the Broom
Percy the Park Keeper books