Join in with our top ten books

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Would really be grateful if any of you could share your top ten preschool books with me. I feel that many parents like to be recommended books that have been used by others successfully therefore,
I am starting a book review every Wednesday on my blog. I am kicking off the first ten weeks with our top ten commenting on the blog how we share the books together and what fun games we use to read the book. If you have a top ten to share could you either write it below or comment on book review facebook page or blog. Thankyou

Too hard to choose only 10, few that come to mind:
Slinki Malinki
Old Shell, New Shell (Helen Ward)
Harry & Bucketful of Dinosaurs (very first book)

The Whale and the Snail

Lost and found by oliver Jeffers
Penguin by Polly Dunbar

anything by shirley hughes especially the lucy and tom series and our absolute fave.....Dogger!
The owl babies
my naughty little sister series of books
Spot
The very hungry caterpillar
each peach,pear,plum and all the books by the anholts
roald dahl books especially the one about the sly,naughty crocodile,can't remember exact title!

and we love all the books Hairy mclary from donaldsons dairy, whole series of them, brilliant for language develpoment.

Have you all seen our top ten? So pleased that someone else likes Dogger it was my all time fav as a child so naturally I read it to my daughter. This is one of our top ten :) will be sharing that one with you next Wednesday. This week is Jez Albourough Hug

also love hairy maclary, dogger, peepo, the shopping basket.

best currently is by Sharon Rentta - a day with the animal doctors. it is BRILLIANT, and the mum is a doctor - nice female character for once!

The Large Family stories (Jill Murphy)
Where the wild things are
Monkey Do (Allan Ahlberg)
I don't want to go to bed! (Little Tiger - Julie Sykes)
Little Beaver and the Echo
The very hungry caterpillar
The snowy day
In the Night Kitchen
The Tiger who came to tea
and...
Dogger!

Current favourites in this household are:
Again!
Monkey and Me
The Blue Chameleon (all by Emily Gravett)
I took the Moon for a Walk
Welcome to the Zoo (both by Alison Jay)
Dr. Seuss' ABC
Baby Bear, Baby Bear (Eric Carle - follow on from Brown Bear)
In the Night Kitchen
Where the Wild Things Are
The Pig in the Pond (Martin Waddell)
Slinki Malinki series
Madeline
I'm not saying small child understands them all (although would like to this that they do! ), but the word flow / pictures definitely work for us in all of the above.

think that they do, not 'this...' .

Seconding most of the above and adding in some that haven't been mentioned:

Pumpkin Soup, A Pipkin of Pepper, Delicious, The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed and Tatty Ratty, all by Helen Cooper

Night Monkey, Day Monkey and Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson

The Little Bear Stories (Can't You Sleep Little Bear, etc) + Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell

Bumpus, Jumpus, Dinosaurumpus by Tony Mitton (we wore out two copies of that one!)

Shark in the Dark/Park by Nick Sharratt. Great for joining in.

Giant Jam Sandwich
Marvin Gets Mad
Three Billy Goats Gruff (Nick Sharratt)
You Choose (Nick Sharratt)
Duck in a Truck
Tiger who came to tea
anything by Eric Carle (Brown Bear etc)
anything by Dr Seuss
Snowy Day
Peter's Chair (both Ezra Jack Keats)

Monkey Puzzle
Slinky Malinki
Fix it Duck
Shark in the Park
5 minutes peace (the Large Family)
Peace at Last
Dogger
Accidently on Purpose
The Napping House
Giraffes can't Dance
Marvin Gets Mad/ Wanted more
Angry Arthur.

Anything by Helen Cooper, We are Wearing out The Naughty Step, Hippos go Beserk, Rattle Trap Car, The Elephant and the Bad Baby, The Whale and the Snail, Peep Bo, Someone Bigger, Amazing Grace....all marvellous

oh yes Shark in the Park . I do think anything by Nick Sharratt is just good. And anything by Jez Alborough.

Agree- Don't put your finger in the jelly, Nelly! by Nick Sharratt is brilliant

Where the Wild things are is a classic
Maisy Mouse- Lucy Cousins' illustrations are wonderful
Bedtime for Frances
Guess how much i love you
The Gruffalo
The very hungry caterpillar

Chocolate mousse for Greedy Goose - another Sharratt

Fantastic thank you guys will be adding these to my blog :)

Oh, forgot "Chocolate Mousse..." - can I add that one to my list too?

My 17 month old's favorite by miles is Each Peach Pear Plum.
We have to look at it every morning as soon as he wakes up and he points my fingers as things and I have to tell him what they are.
My 5 year old niece also loves it because she likes to hear the stories of all the characters. It's great, because it's a book that grows in complexity as they do.

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers ( love the short film too)
Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton (about first day of school) & Love Splat
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen
Bright Stanley by Matt Buckingham
Elmer the Patchwork Elephant David McKee
Only One You by Linda Kranz
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola) by Lauren Child
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, Helen Oxenbury

Feeling nostalgic now

Finished my first review on "Hug" would appreciate any feedback of what you think about the review. It does have a twist as I have offered ways to extend the story so children can read for meaning at a young age.

Just had a look - comments are:

Overall - love the look and layout. It is bright and cheerful, without being flashy. It is easy to read.

The only negative comment I have is v.small and nit-picking and to do with minor edits in two of the sentences of the review:
A comma is needed after "...funny one..." in the first para.
The phrase "...which is great." could be cut after the Goodreads scoring info.

The positives on the other hand are:
The way you set out the imaginative play options is really inspiring, and make me want to get the book and attempt the same with my small child .

going back to edit, thank you for your help I really am grateful :) writing is not my strong point glad you enjoyed the content.