What book did your toddler children love you reading to them?

[JimandPam]

My two boys are at the age where they are absolutely loving story time before bed. They are 2 and 4 so a great age to enjoy a good story

We have really exhausted our book collection and I wondered what story you cherished reading your children at this age/they cherished you reading to them?

We have all the classics but I've been surprised when gifted books I would never have bought myself as they gone down so well

I know it is cheeky using AIBU but I wanted to put an order in World of Books tomorrow for the weekend!

So what were your much loved books?

'Who's on the Loo?'
I can recite it word for word I read it that much.

Oi dog, cat, frog etc
the whose whonicorn of unicorns
Mog
postman pat
Charlie cook's favourite book

This thread is the gift that keeps on giving!!

I shall do a big list and return to it often for more. I think I could fill a whole library with all the suggestions!

Thank you so much for such wonderful posts. I'll be dipping back into this for years to come I think...

DS loves one called Seren's Seasons at the minute.

Elephant Pants

The dinosaur that pooped series

The dog who could dig - always gives me a chuckle!!

Where the Wild Things Are
Anything by Julia Donaldson
Le Petit Prince (Antoine Ste Exupery)
Don't Let the Pigeon drive the Bus
Little Girl Pirates
Everything by AA Milne
Dear Zoo

The Jolly Postman
The Gruffalo

Forgot:
Alfie Books
Peter Rabbit
Mog
Winnie the Witch

@RedOnyx I forgot peck peck peck, we read that one so much too! Makes me want to find them and make my 10 year old read them all with me again!

DD is nearly three and adores Bunnies on the Bus and Bunnies on a Boat by Phillip Ardagh. She also loves Oh No George by Chris Haughton (all his books are really good!)
Other faves are any Meg and Mog, Hairy Maclary, Emily Gravett's Old Hat and The Longer the Wait the better the Hug - can't remember the author but she adores it!

I haven’t read the full thread but in addition to the usual Julia D, Meg and Mog, Mr Men etc

The Jolly Postman
Dave (about a cat that farts) - DD loves that
Oi Frog series

The Hairy MaClary books by Linley Dodd. Brilliant rhyme structure, lots of repetition, and you get to do different dog barks (spelt out) and you can get the kids to do some of the movements.

Already been mentioned I’m sure but:

all Julia Donaldson books (at the moment our 3 year old is obsessed with super worm in particular!)

mr men books
supertato book series
winnie the witch series

But their favourite books at the moment are by Max Velthuijs (they’re a whole series about a frog and his friends. I’ve linked one but we have them all) Frog Books

Owl babies

Julia Donaldson - all of them (they love rhyming)
similarly the ahlberg ones (same reason)
old school nursery rhyme books (yep rhyming)
this is the bear (Sarah hayes)

‘beware of the frog’ by William bee
‘wibbly pig’
Charlie and Lola (more 4yo than2)

Books about things they see (pictures of garden birds, trees, flowers)

The snail and the whale, the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's child.
The little mole who knew it was none of his business (poo based humour)

Oh someone has just reminded me of the way back home!

Mr Big. Also the you choose series of books.

Run Rabbit Run
Owl Babies
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Babar the Elephant

Not Now Bernard is an absolute favourite here.

The Elephant and the Bad Baby

Each Peach Pear Plum

Perhaps not a good suggestion, but when my DDad first did bedtime with my DS, he couldn’t find the reading books… so he read the headlines from that evenings local paper!🤣 DS didn’t mind apparently!

Floss the Sheepdog and Emma’s Lamb by Kim Lewis were DS1’s favourite many moons ago. They were beautifully illustrated.

We’re going on a Bear Hunt
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Oh Dear!
Dear Zoo!
Room on the Broom
Percy the Park Keeper
The Alfie Books by Shirley Hughes,

The Gruffalo

We’ve got a 7mth old DGS who has a story every night before bed. DS2 loves reading him the Tales From Acorn Wood series.

There's a pig up my nose! And Where oh where is Huggle Buggle Bear

Owl babies here too!!

The elephant and the bad baby
Each peach pear plum
Where the wild things are
Anything by Janet and Allan arhlberg

A few people have mentioned it, but we loved Fix It Duck. I also loved reading Each Peach Pear Plum. I still know that one off by heart, and my youngest is 19! Underworld did a song inspired by it, so I think it's left a lasting impression on a few parents 😁