Non slushy books for toddler and 4 yr old!!!

[Lexiejack]

I tried awww books but some are a bit slushy!!! What do your children like to have read to them?

Little Red train(Ben Blathwaite) Mr Magnolia, any Mrs Armitage books(Quentin Blake), Percy the Parkkeeper (might be a bit long for a toddler), any Donaldson/Scheffler ones..... Umm. Loads more than this actually, but these just pop to mind

My 4 and 2 year old both love
Shhhh by Sally Grindley
The Hen House and the other fast fox, slow dog books by Alan Ahlberg
The Blue Kangaroo books by Emma Chichester Clark
4year old likes all the Winnie the Witch books and the Angelina Ballerina books and now The Tear Thief by Carol Ann Duffy
2 year old likes Babysitter Bear by Laurence Anholt

At that age dd liked:

the Duck in a Truck books by Jez Albrough (sp?)
Hairy McClary series
This is the Bear

q pootle 5

Agree with Hairy McClary
Fergus upside down day
Elmer the elephant series

Eric Thompson's Magic Roundabout books

Six Dinner Sid (there's at least one sequel too). Funny, non-slushy book about a cat with fantastic illustrations. Have a particular soft spot for it because it was the first book my DD read on her own.

We are all loving "That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown" at the moment - It is fun and a joy to read for the parents too - Fresh and novel with great illustrations.
(Publisher: Orchard, ISBN-10: 1843624516, ISBN-13: 978-1843624516)

Depends what you call slushy I guess - but yes to Hairy Mc, Magic Roundabout and how about Dirty Bertie??

My very nearly 3 year old is currently into
And the Train Goes - William Bee
The Very Ugly Bug - Liz Pinchon
Hairy McLary
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs - has about 100 sequels
SuperDuck series - Jez Alborough