Thanks so much for these suggestions. Plop! I remember loving that as a child. And all the Dahl, although I was much older and read them myself. I guess they can be read to you young and then you rediscover them for yourself when you're older.
Kingfix, I'm sure a part of DD's enjoyment is that she gets a longer cuddle with me/ DH, but that's fine too. After all our 8 month old is often listening to the stories as well, and they'll mean much less to him.
I might try My Naughty Little Sister, Takver, as I love Shirley Hughes' illustrations. Also we used to go to Naughty Little Sister exhibition all the time, which DD loved.
Has anyone read the Judy Moody books? What did you think? I only ask as there is a whole set of them very cheap from The Book People at the moment. It looks like Judy might be a feisty kind of heroine, which is the kind I like! I am still bearing the scars from Tuesday's trip shoe shopping - a whole wall of girl's shoes and not one colour but pink. Gah!
Winnie the Witch sounds fantastic! DD knows the picture book from nursery but I will seek out the longer version. I've taken a Winnie the Pooh collection out of the library, but it's a 'new' one, written by someone else. It looks fairly authentic though...
We are off to my mum and dad's tomorrow so I will raid the book shelves there for past treasures. Enid Blyton wasn't PC when I was little, so will have to discover her for myself.
Oh and, train journeys: we also use the Usbourne Things To Do On a Train. We have a pack of wipe clean cards. Last journey I forgot the pen, so we had to act out our answers. That was 4 hours of fun
I love threads like this too. Great to get inspiration from other book lovers.