Picture Books for Under 5s?

[LadyHarvey]

I have two young children who love books but I feel our collection is becoming a bit stagnant. They love Shirley Hughes, Julia Donaldson, Oliver Jeffers, Judith Kerr, Janet & Allen Ahlberg etc. Have you any recommendations for a few new additions for Christmas presents? Thanks!

Jill Murphy
Nick Butterworth
David McKee
Jane Hissey
Tony Ross
Jeanne Williams
Sue Hendra
Mick Inkpen

Don't forget The Tales of Brambly Hedge series! A classic

It might be worth buying a selection like these from The Book People. Such good value
animal books
good bedtime books

I like the Ten Little... books by Mike Brownlow. Ten little pirates/dinosaurs/princesses etc. Lovely rhyming and good for counting too!

Oh and Jonny Duddle - Gigantosaurus, The Pirates Next Door, The Pirate Cruncher and the King of Space. Fantastically well drawn.

Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers
Elmer the elephant
Just like you - Fearnley
Dirty Bertie - Roberts (the picture book not the chapter ones)
Slug needs a hug

Non fiction? A good children’s enclopydia (sp?) is always a good buy. We read a few pages on each topic like space or dinosaurs in between fiction books. Kids love to learn about their world as well as good stories.

Mine love the Ella Bella books too.

Oi cat/dog/frog are popular in our house although I think it might be because they like hearing me mess up the rhyming.

With my boy I loved going back to some of the books I had growing up in the States. ‘Ox Cart Man’ by Donald Hall is a simple story set in 19th Century New England, with beautiful, naive-style illustrations. ‘The Midnight Farm’ by Reeve Lindbergh is a bedtime/counting book that’s out of print, but available secondhand via AbeBooks and the like.

Virginia Lee Burton (‘The Little House’) and Robert McCloskey (‘Blueberries for Sal’) are two more US author/illustrators worth checking out.

As for more modern picture books, Jackie Morris’s illustrations are stunning, though some of the stories might be a little old just yet.

I also love Innosanto Nagara’s ‘Counting on Community’ and ‘A is for Activist’, but the strong social justice theme of the latter in particular means these won’t match everyone’s value system!

there’s a picture book of ‘what a wonderful world’ too - a lovely book to read

Brambly Hedge series
Katie Morag series
Hairy MacLairy
Supertato
Tidy
Ants in Your Pants
The Disgusting Sandwich
My Big Shouting Day
Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell
The Storm Whale
Roald Dahl's 'The Enormous Crocodile'
The Story Orchestra: Four Seasons in One Day (a musical book)

Thanks so much for the replies. Lots to explore and loads of authors I haven't heard of. Also, good shout re an encyclopaedia. My eldest has started nursery school this year and I can see his world expanding all the time.

We discovered lots of beautiful picture books through our Bookabees subscription! My son's favourites were:
The Lion And The Mouse by Mairi Mackinnon
The Tractor In Trouble by Heather Amery
and lots by Susanna Davidson

The giant jam sandwich
Mr gumpy

For nursery age Quentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on wheels and the dr seuss books would go down well.

'Suzie and The Orangutan' by Alicia Hughes
Got it on Amazon and love it

Sarah's Song by Rosie.J Pova
Meet the Quackers by Tania Guarino

1. That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown.
2. Aliens Love Underpants.
3. My Party Will Be Brilliant.

Would you rather? by John Burningham. I loved this when I was young.
A book about 25 cats that was on CBeebies bedtime stories.

Oi frog
The runaway dinner
What pirates really do
Pirates love underpants
Giant jam sandwich

Some of DDs favourites!