Books for babies?

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Before everyone thinks i am being massivley PFB this is mainly for my benefit not my dd's

She is about to turn 5 months, we are just starting to read her little stories.

Obviously she would be happy 'reading' a bit of cardboard, but i am looking for some nice books. Something quite classic, nice pictures ect. Somethink i can look back and think 'ah, that was a nice book'

Any recommendations? Which books have you loved?

Thats not my.... series. We particularly liked the dinosaur one.

Anything with flaps which they can open (can do by 9 months ish)

The Ron Campbell books (lift the flaps) have been firm favourites with all my DSs - especially 'Dear Zoo' and 'Oh Dear'.

Also,

'Where's Spot?"
'Goodnight Moon'
'Dig dig digging'

and any by Eric Carle

you absolutely must get Peepo.

Already have Peepo in the amazon basket, and The Baby's Catalouge. I still remember that from when i was small!

Having a look at the other suggestions now thanks

That's not my.....

No bed without Ted

Night night baby

Noisy noisy series are good too. The one where they fart and burp especially entertaining!

Yes, Peepo was a hit in our house too.

Sorry, meant Rod Campbell

Oh goodness, I'm hopeless at this...

ROD!!!

Also "Each Peach Pear Plum"

Peepo
Hungry Caterpillar
Those touchy feely books with lots of shapes and colours

I hated reading Peace at last (it was a really groaner in our house ie. a book that makes the parent groan when brought to them by the DC until I gave it away).

goodnight gorilla!
where the wild things are
as another poster said, anything by Eric Carl.
guess how much I love you

Hehe, I came on here to share my wisdom and most of our favourites have already been mentioned :o

DS (9 months) likes Peepo and loves the 'That's not my..' series. Also very much likes Peace at Last as I tend to get a bit animated when making the noises He really wasn't interested in books (except for eating :o ) until about a month ago and now he will sit and listen if it is a short story and I make it interesting enough to listen to :)

If your DD is anything like mine, she'll shortly get into "activity" books as she'll be able to feel the different textures, press sound buttons and understand flaps & pop ups. I found it was worth actually going into a bookshop and having a good look through the books and seeing which ones seemed the most interactive. I tended to ignore the storyline as they're more for play than for the words. We've got some "play books" which have got everything - textures, flaps, mirrors etc. The "This is my" range are good as the noise button is really easy to push and so your DD will be able to do it herself quite soon. Boris is fun too as it has a furry puppet in the book.

If its the story itself you're after then Judith Kerr (The Tiger Who Came to Tea, One Night in the Zoo etc), Julia Donaldson (Gruffalo, Tiddler etc) and Allan Ahlberg (Peepo) are all good.

Board books are much much better than paper ones as they can't get ripped and can be teethed on. They're also easier for little ones to handle. Have some sellotape handy so that as soon as a flap is torn off, you can stick it back on again!

DS was obsessed with That's Not My books. We also loved anything else with textures, Hairy Maclary, Rod Campbell (Dear Zoo etc) and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.