Preschool books you love to read

[Lelophants]

Id like to get some new children’s books for Christmas- some really good ones. Not just peppa pig and bing as they bore me to tears!

I can almost always read any by Julia Donaldson, Judith Kerr and Jilly Murphy. Love the Allbergs. I know some of these are old schools.

Are there any more modern ones that are fun to read again and again?

Some others

Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang was read for ages here
10 Dogs by Emily Gravett
If I had a ... Series from Gabby dawnay

Handa’s Surprise

Egg

Naughty Bus

Owl Babies

Little Green Donkey

All firm favourites in our house!

The Great Word Factory by Astrid Lastrade is heartbreaking. I have it in three languages.
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The Kipper books.
Percy the park keeper.
What the ladybird heard.
The little red train.
Dr Seuss.
Owl at home.
We're Going on a Bear hunt.
Wibbly Pig was a particular favourite

Katie Morag
Dogger and The Nursery Collection, both Shirley Hughes
My Naughty Little Sister (picture book versions)
Brambly Hedge
Hairy McClairy / Slinky Malinki series
All the Mog books but especially Mog, and Mog and Bunny
Dr Suess, in particular The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Scrambled Eggs Super, Fox in Socks (bonus with these is when your child gets a bit older they can start to read them themselves as they are meant to be children’s first reading books)
Little Blue Truck and sequels
Burglar Bill
Cops and Robbers
The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter

And in the spirit of Christmas these are my kids fav Christmas books:
The Polar Express
Christmas in Exeter Street
Mog’s Christmas
The Jolly Christmas Postman
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Has anyone mentioned The Tiger Who Came To Tea? Another favourite chez Mauvish!

The Dinky Donkey.

This thread has made me nostalgic 🥹

I will add Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose

I second this! These were favourites of my kids (and me) though they aren’t modern sorry!

I love the Tom Fletcher series 'there's an X in your book'

Ten minutes to bed little dinosaur

There's also a series of books with words to be sung to nursery rhymes - we have Car Car Truck Jeep and Rumble Rumble Dinosaur

Cops and Robbers was a firm favourite for years.

Caryl Hart’s books featuring “Albie” - Supermarket Zoo, How to Grow a Dinosaur, Welcome to Alien School, Jump In to the Pirate Pool.

‘The Pirates Next Door’ and ‘The Pirate Cruncher’ by Johnny Duddle.

The dog who could dig is amazing. Love some of the rhymes in this and the illustrations. It's not that new but it's less well known and I love it.

Also Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, the biggest bed in the world, the day the crayons quit, I want my hat back.

We love Julia Donaldson too – they’re always great to read aloud.

A newer gentle bedtime one we’ve been enjoying is Milo MoonBear and the Sleepy Star. It’s about a little bear with a lantern who goes on a quiet nighttime adventure and discovers the importance of friendship along the way. It’s quite calming which works really well before bed.