Books for nearly 4 year old dd

[homicidalmummymaniac]

I think we may have reached a stage in dd's reading where I'm not sure where to go.
She will be 4 in January and is at nursery just now, so not actively learning to read or anything. She has loved looking at books and following the pictures in books since she was very young. We are at the library at least once a week for storytime and to change books etc.
Recently she has started to point to letters in sentences that are also in her name, so think she is beginning to think about the actual printed word.
Goodness....I am rambling aren't I?

I just need advice on what books she should be looking at/I should be reading at bedtime.
We read traditional fairy tales,most Julia Donaldson books, Judith Kerr (Mog the Cat, the Tiger who came to tea), Winnie the witch books and other such authors/stories.

We read the The Enormous Crocodile (Roald Dahl) tonight and was noticeably more words but dd enjoyed it and I did too. Should I be reading more lengthy stories like this?
Advice anyone?

Any books are good. I wouldn't too much at this stage but it's good that she's interested. My DS (4.9) has just started reception and he's loving learing the alphabet and trying to write his name.

All schools will want you to do in preparation is read lots of books with your DD. You could talk to her key person at preschool as to what kind of books are good for phonics practice or ask how they teach phonics at the school where she'll be going.

With my DD (almost 8), I used to read lengthy stories and miss out words so she could remember them for the next time. She loved doing that, then I asked her to spot different letters and asked her to count how many letters were in certain words ect. It's all about getting them like books and understand that books can tell stories.

Mine always love Shirey Hughes books as they have lovely stories but are also beautifully illustrated. Waterstones always have a great selection.

Sounds like what we are reading with our daughter who is around the same age.

She enjoys Milly Molly Mandy, My Naughty Little Sister, Mrs Pepperpot & Teddy Robinson for the longer chapter books. But she also loves Ladybird fairy tales and the picture books you have mentioned - Judith Kerr, Shirley Hughes etc...

The Frances books by Russell Hoban are lovely and I have just bought The Church Mouse by Michael Oakley as a christmas present for her. The Katie Morag stories are a bit longer and are fun. And she loves Richard Scary too.