dd (4) loves Milly-Molly-Mandy, so what next?

[snickersnack]

It?s her first foray into chapter books ? she loves the idea of ?the same story but different every night? (as she described it) and I?d love to get her something similar. Any ideas? I don?t think she?s got the concentration or patience for a proper story that carries on from one chapter to the next, so they would need to be stand-alone. And ideally some pictures ? MMM is great (I loved it when I was little) but there are a fair few pages with no drawings which is tough when you can?t read?

My Naughty Little Sister!

Teddy Robinson
Amelia Jane stories
Would second My Naughty Little Sister

Lotta books by Astrid Lingman - v good.
Mrs pepperpot
Teddy robinson
Naughty Little Sisetr
Also there are some older enid Blytons thatare short stories, like Tales of Toyland, Sunshine Stories.

I adored Mrs Pepperpot, and had totally forgotten about them. And we love Shirley Hughes, so will definitely see if I can track down some Naughty Little Sister. And when I went on to Amazon to order them, lo and behold I found Olga Da Polga, which was another favourite when I was small.

Thanks.

A couple of others that aren't in print now (but should be), so you might have to track them down second-hand:

Barbara Softly's Ponder and William books - 70s Puffins about a boy and his panda pyjama case. They have very gentle adventures

and

Gwynnedd Rae's Mary Plain (and sequels) - 50s slightly surreal (but again deeply cosy) stories about a bearcub who lives in a zoo in Berne with her extended family - but also goes on visits, has suitcases, talks, is naughty, and writes letters in rebus form

Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf
Definitely Teddy Robinson
Little House in the Big Woods (the first of the little house on the prairie books - at the start Laura is 4). The chapters stand alone nicely, and when I first read it with DD I picked the ones most likely to appeal, Laura's birthday, christmas time etc.

There is a modern hardback version of MMM with lots of colour pictures that comes with a cd - very nice book, DD was given it for Christmas.

Spelt the Mary Plain author wrong - she's Gwynedd with only one 'n'; and the dates, too, not that anyone cares, they're actually 30s/40s

Bink - those sound great. I like a challenge - will see if I can rustle them up. Actually, Ponder and William sounds vaguely familiar from my yoof.

Am very excited about Teddy Robinson - it seems to come highly recommended by everyone!

Takver - my memory of LHITBW and the other books in the series are that they were for much older children, but now I'm wondering whether I'm remembering them rightly. I suspect the ones that came later in the series are much more sophisticated than the earlier ones, as they are all written from the perspective of Laura. I'm pretty sure my mother has them all in a box somewhere- maybe I'll dig them out.

She got a hardback MMM for Christmas - I had no idea there was an all-singing, all-dancing colour option out there!!!

The Magic Faraway tree

The Josie Smith} books by Magdalen Nabb (they are out of print but there are loads around secondhand on Amazon and Abebooks).
The [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Junie-Jones-Her-Way-Jones/dp/1905294069/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=123 3262406&sr=1-2 Junie B Jones} books - a modern Millie Molly Mandy, but funnier.

Sorry, Junie B Jones again

snickersnack I would say that the later Little House books appeal more to older children - DD liked the Big Woods one age 4, as of now (age 6 going on 7) she has read up to I think the House on Plum Creek (not absolutely certain as she read the later ones herself).

The big jump is really between On the Banks of Plum Creek and By the Shores of Silver Lake. There is a gap of three years there, because Laura is 9 in Plum Creek and 12 at the start of Silver Lake. Bad stuff has happened to the family in between (they have all had scarlet fever and Mary has gone blind) so the mood is bleaker.
The first three books I would say are great for younger children but they need to be a little older for the rest.

2nd or 3rd My Naughty little Sister. Wishing Chair / Faraway Tree?

PS my nearly 5 yo is on her second week of the the Naughtiest Girl Saves the Day on CD. She insists that it is her favourite.

Teddy Robinson! DS loves it, as did I when I was little

My DD (nearly 4) loves 'My naughty little sister'. She is also a fan of anything by Dick King Smith.
She also likes those kitten books by Holly Webb- found cheaply in Sainsburys and Tescos! Lucy Daniel's Animal Ark books also appeal to her.