Recommend "books to read to your children"

[Buddleja]

Each time we (me and my 6 and 4 year old) go to the library we (well OK I) choose a chapter book for me to read to them, and then they get ones they want to 'read' themselves

Anyway I'm currently reading 101 Dalmatians - it's going down well - but wondering which book to go for next time.

What chapter books have gone down well with your children?

We are curently reading 'My naughty little sister' but that might be a bit too young for yours

The Magic Faraway Tree?
(I remember my mum reading me that!)

Adventures of Pippi Lonstocking
Adventures of Mrs Pepperpot
Milly Molly Mandy stories
Little House on the Prarie books
Gobbolino the witches cat

The Sophie series by Dick King Smith- I've just read 6 of these to my 4 yr old and she loved them.

They are boys - I wonder how they'd take to stories about girls? I'll give it a go as I'd hate them not to read something in the furture because it has a girl in it (mind you the 4 year old thinks all girls are yucky at the moment!!)

Oh I LOVEd my naughty little sister when i was small

Professor Branestawm - so long as you can read without giggling

How to Train your Dragon books (probably more for the 6 y/o - but no more complex than 101 dalmations)

Captain Underpants (though again I struggle to read these out loud without getting the giggles)

DD didn't like Mr Gum but I know it is enormously popular.

We also have a book of Welsh and one of Ethiopian folk tales which make excellent bedtime stories.

Mr Gum is my 6yr old's favourite.

When DS1 and DS2 were 4 and 6 they used to enjoy the Ladybird versions of classics such as Treasure Island, Wind in the Willows, Three Musketeers etc. Like this. Now they are 6 and 8 they are reading them themselves so double the value!

Astrosaurs
Horrid Henry
Magic Treehouse
Cows in Action
Sir Gadabout
Beatrix Potter
Five finderouters
Atticus greek myths
The sheep-pig and similar
the owl who was afraid of the dark and others in that series
naughty nora stories (written by a vicar so only if you don't mind a religious thing going on)
worst witch (maybe a bit girly)
Arabian nights
stig of the dump ( maybe only for 6 year old, mine loved it)

I forgot:
JAke Cake
Spy dog
flat stanley
jiggy mccue (if you don't mind toilet humour)

Excellent - loads to take from

To be honest I'm not too sure my 4 year old follows 101 Dalmatians, but it's a good excuse for a cuddle!

Neither boy can read - 6 year old is trying really hard but is finding it tough going - so I want to make sure I can read him something he finds interesting to keep his interest in books alive - want to avoid the idea that books are hard work

Maybe get 'My naughty little sister and bad Harry' first? We have had the audio book cd from the library and is far more tolerable on long car journeys than tumble tots songs etc.