Brilliant book gift for 3 year old boy

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Hi

My friends little boy is turning 3 and she would like some books for him.

He's digger and hoover mad if that helps?

Budget is £20

Thanks in advance

'Super Submarines' by Tony Mitton is a big hit with my 3yo dts. He also does 'Dazzling Diggers' in the same series which we've borrowed & they love!
I really like Richard Scarry books, they're not v.well known but fab illustrations and so much to look at.
Funny Bones is a classic if they don't already have, don't know a child who doesn't like it!

When DC was 3 he loved; Dirty Bertie, Pants, The mole who knew

Here Comes the Poo Bus

My 3yo loves it

Don't let the pigeon drive the bus Mo Willems or any of the other pigeon books

underpants thunderpants

You choose by pippa goodhart it will be chosen again and again and again! Also mixed up fairytales is great. I think that you don't really need to choose a book with diggers in but of you do lift the flap usbourne books always go down well

Anything by Oliver Jeffers, (apart from The Heart And The Bottle). Where the wild things are. Or Julia Donaldson. In my experience you can start to move 3 yr old boys on from the more obvious digger stories.

Dinosaurs love Underpants.
Aliens love underpands.
The gruffalo.

I second You Choose, still a firm favourite with 2+5yr old, and secretly with 7yr old too! We had to buy a second copy as ours was so loved!

I really want to eat a child is DS' fave at the mo. Achilles the crocodile doesn't want to eat his bananas....

Where the Wild Things Are and/or In the Night Kitchen timeless classics.

Any Harry and the Dinosaurs book. Totally agree about You Choose and Dirty Bertie.

My ds had a fireman Sam book bought for him when he was 3, he's 6 now and still loves it. It's a big board type, with a fold out pontypandy map in the back with a groove cut out, you wind up Jupiter (the fire engine) and it goes round the track.

Naughty Bus

'Calm down, Boris' is a fun book with an orange hairy puppet who likes to tickle and give kisses-my DSs love it.
The Gruffalo is great, but also 'Tiddler' and the 'Snail and the Whale' by Julia Donaldson-they are fantastic to read aloud.
Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak is an essential classic imo.

Another vote for You Choose.
My 8yo DD has loved it since toddlerhood. My 4yo DS loves it too.
I have a cunning plan though - DD and DS now read it together which I rest my eyes!

Snail and the Whale - has been going strong for the last 3yrs
Cave baby
Rainbow Rob - has been going strong for the last 3yrs
Gruffalo / Gruffalo child
Imaginary garden (a usa one - maybe available on amazon)
smartest giant in town
charlie cooks book

Probably go with rainbow rob - about a penguin, colours, other animals he meet and a nice not puchy moral of "it's good to be yourself"

Hope this helps - I love buying books as presents!

I third 'You Choose'. I've read it to the DC's approximately 174,000,000 times.

We have one of the 1001 Things to Spot series, which dd really likes. I've just found that there's an omnibus of four different ones all bound into one book - and thought what a great gift that would make.