Picture books for 5 year old

[OhRosalind]

Hello wise mumsnetters! I’m looking for recommendations for picture books to read to a just 5 year old. Reading is via video call so nothing with tiny illustrations. DN is bilingual and English is definitely his weaker language so his vocabulary is smaller than your average British child’s would be at that age, and he needs the support of illustrations.
Currently he likes Rita the Rescuer, Tyranosaurus Drip, Quentin Blake stories, Alan Ahlberg’s runaway dinner. Was wondering about more stuff by the Ahlbergs, Anthony Brown, Emily Gravett, Julia Donaldson etc but so hard to choose when I can’t browse in a bookshop.

Winnie the Witch is a hit here.

“Tidy” by Emily Gravett, about a badger who tidies up the forest a bit too much.
“Look Up” about a girl whose brother is on the phone too much :)

Giraffes Can’t Dance
Aliens Love Underpants

Brilliant thank you. He likes giraffes can’t dance, haven’t heard of the rest.

I've had a lot of success with books from the library off this list schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks1-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-reception-pupils-eyfs-age-4-5/ . They give enough of a description I find I have a reasonable idea of whether it'll work for the kids. If your DN is on the older side of 5 they have a list for each school year, you can find the link for year 1 at the bottom of the list.

My DS really likes Quentin Blake and Ahlberg too (burglar bill was a huge hit if you haven't tried it). Not on the list is the Supertato set of books which he really likes, and also Caryl Hart's Albie series (the first three are very good then I think they go downhill, the first three are Supermarket Zoo , How to Grow a Dinosaur, and welcome to alien school). The book with no pictures is also very popular.

My Big Shouting Day is a favourite in our house!

Others we like or have liked (DC are 6 and 2):
Mog
Hairy MacClary
Oi Frog/Dog/Cat/etc
Meg, Mog & Owl
Kipper
Richard Scarry (although illustrations might be small)
The Large Family

My two also like books based on things they watch, so Peppa Pig, Octonauts, etc.

The Julia Donaldson books? Full page illustrations

I have a lot of Julia Donaldson - generally very popular but i find the quality hit and miss, some are amazing and others feel churned out. Are spinderella / Tabbycat / Highway Rat / superworm /scarecrow wedding good?

He is less interested in meg&mog or mog books now (though still enjoys them when they are his sister’s choice).

That looks like a helpful list @Duckchick , thanks for the recommendations.

I like highway rat. I like scarecrow wedding but DS doesn't. Not keen on the rest (but love all other Julia D books!)

'The Pencil' by Allan Ahlberg and for non fiction 'Is the blue whale the biggest thing there is?' by Robert E. Wells which was a book in a pack called Wonderwise, so it might be hard to get hold of on its own, but it was, hands down, the favourite picture book of all three of my children at this age.

My 5 year old loves:

Elmer the Elephant
The Large Family
Julia Donaldson books

DC like the Highway rat and Tabby mctat. We have spinderella but I don't think it's as good (it's not a bad story but the language doesn't flow as well, it's not poetic in the same way). We've had superworm and the scarecrows wedding out the library, again they aren't bad but the kids didn't like them enough for me to buy them.

Thank you, I will try highway rat of the JD ones. Elmer and the Large family books are good ideas, thanks.
The pencil sounds great, definitely getting that one.

Mouse Pirate by Dawn Treacher

Thank you for sharing. Any books with a lot of pictures to start learning letters for 4 year old?

Sometimes schools can get a little high strung about how your child comes to learn their letters in case it clashes with a particular scheme that they use but, putting that aside, in terms of an attractive book for learning letters then the Letterland ABC book is quite sweet.

I used to teach reception and love all the Julia Donaldson books.
Also Jez Alborough books: Where's my teddy? and It's the bear.
There are lots of videos of people reading books available on YouTube, so you could check some out there before buying.