What have you been reading to your dc/s tonight?

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We just finished Henrietta's House by Elisabeth Goudge - lovely book, but aimed at a bit older than I had realised when I skimmed it in the shop DD seemed to enjoy it though, despite the rather old fashioned language. I kind of miss the old days of Kipper & the Gruffalo though .. .

annabelcaramel, that features from time to time here too

Harry and the blardy dinosaurs. Again.

Pennies - land of birthdays is my favourite one!
Read The Very Hungry caterpillar to ds who is particularly interested after having invested in a butterfly garden for dd's birthday but sadly said caterpillars, having turned into cocoons seem to be a little too dormant for a little too long after having been knocked over several times!

Dd- read You Choose, which is very interesting and gives rise to lots of discussion (perhaps a little too much when child in question is trying to string out the book time in order to delay the evil moment of sleep!!)

Land of Goodies is my favourite

isittooearlyforgin - it's mine too and it's also particularly appropriate here too at the mo as DD had her birthday last week.

DD age 5 had "I love you forever"... she loves it, I cry every time, and then read for a bit in bed, the fairy books.

Ds age 7 had "the dawn trader", and was reading some Captain Underpants books in bed, plus his football magazine.

DS age 3 wanted "the marrow mangler", a little red tractor story.

DD & I are working our way through the Laura Ingalls Wilder books for bedtime stories, but Grandma is here today, so she picked a different one.

Gobbolino The Witch's Cat to both dd (8) and ds(5). Lovely story but the language is a bit archaic.

Dd has now disappeared to bed with The Magic Faraway Tree which she says is one of her favourite books. Ds is still awake listening to Horrid Henry in bed. Both my 2 don't seem to need much sleep .

I love Gobbolino - I also like the sequel which has Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse - and where Sootica gets to be a kitchen cat too.

many happy returns pennies' dd and hope you managed to get hold of a walking chiming clock!!

Winnie's New Computer
Dig, Dig, Digging
Monkey and Me
Kipper's Year

Jane Eyre - DS is only 18m so he can't really understand a 'proper' children's story any more than he can that. And if I have to read A Black Cat one more time...

On the plus side, it sends him to sleep a treat - as it does me..

Burgular Bill and Funnybones .

Snowbone which is the sequel to Barkbelly which we just finished and which we really loved. I have been recommending it all over the place, a great exciting magical adventure story (altho' it does have some sad and gory bits, so probably no younger than 5+).

DS (8) is reading King Arthur by Geraldine McCaughren.

I'm reading Clarice Bean to DD (5) - again - but that's OK because I rather like it.

Lol tegid - dh just started reading Jane Eyre to dd tonight but she is 12 . I'll look forward to that tomorrow night! I read Swallows and Amazons to ds who is nearly 9.

Beatrix Potter- The Tale of Samuel Whiskers to ds2 22 months.

Nothing to ds1 cos he's 13 and thinks that books are The Devil's Works.

The Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Laurence Anholt. Gorgeous, gorgeous illustrations as you might expect.

A Rainy Day

the one when poor moley gets blown into the river

very apt for today's weather

HumphreyCobbler We much prefer Amazing Aeroplanes not. God, I rue the day I ordered that set!!

Martine est Malade

In French

I understand about 60%

I hope that DD understands more

I don't read to them anymore, except at Christmas.