what classic children's book do you recommend for 3.10 and 18 month dds?

[jujumaman]

My bil is asking what to buy my dds for Xmas

They both love books esp the youngest and as he is a buy it all off amazon type thought I'd ask for lots

What do people recommend as an essential part of their education? They have the gruffalo and a lot of Dr Seuss plus various others. Would love to hear what other mnettrs' dcs loved at this age. Thank you.

Dogger

Not Now Bernard!

My dds love it

Tiger who came to Tea
Room on the Broom

the very hungry caterpillar

any of the Hairy MacLary series, but my favourites are Slinky Malinky or Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack.

DD1 brought 'So Much' back from Reception the other day (is a pre-school book)

Me and her were in tears and dd2 (2.3) was transfixed. Lovely, lovely book

Hairy McClairy books
Room on the Broom and any others by Julia Donaldson
All 3 of mine have loved "Pants" and "More Pants"

Spike Milligan Children's treasury is a lovely book for your nearly 4 yo.

Dear Zoo for the little one.

Mr Men

Ahlberg- Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo are essential!
Percy Parkkeeper books by Nick Butterworth are lovely
Donaldson and Scheffler
For the older one- what about My naughty Little Sister?
You Choose-Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt

Charlie Cooks Favourite Book- Julia Donaldson

The Hungry Caterpillar.

These are my favourites, nevermind the dc's

You Choose is fab- DS2 (4) adores that book, its falling apart now.

The ones which I haven't got totally bored of after years of reading them to 3 small dds have been:

Pants!
Hairy Maclarey
Charlie and Lola, and others by Lauren Child
All Julia Donaldson
Tony Ross's Little Princess series - "I don't want to..."
Katie Morag
Ant and Bee (if you can find them)

Also the Mog books by Judith Kerr

Thank you all very much, I thught I posted this the other day but it didn't come up
Am gonna link him to this thread and he can then use his initiative. Thanks again.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt
No No Jo
No David! by David Shannon (good for readers who are just starting as uses a few short words, and it's funny)
Good Boy Fergus by David Shannon
Tough Boris
Possum Magic

the Book People have a couple of good deals on collections at the moment- just bought these and these were a huge hit last year.

The Ahlberg books, especially Peepo!

Anything by Shirley Hughes (the collection is great, it has poems for very young children and stories for older ones)

Where the Wild Things Are