Books for 3.5 year old???

[meowmix]

Can anyone recommend books for a 3.5yr old boy? Really after factual books and/or anything that gets me out of reading Harry and the Profoundly Irritating Dinosaurs for one more time...

Thanks Mumsnetters.

Have you tried the Dorling Kindersly books? They have great books for all different levels. Boys especially love them.

Dorling Kindersley do vast selection of reference books - they're excellent.

Mine enjoyed
We're going on a Bear Hunt
Anything by Mick Inkpen
Percy the Park Keeper
Kipper
Anything by Dick King-Smith
Anything by Roald Dahl

Oh - and as it's a boy, you'll very shortly be looking for anything with wees, poos and bums.

Captain Underpants is GROSS but very popular

fortyplus have you been stalking me? Last night DS informed a whole restaurant that his poo smelled stinky and that his willy is stretchy. Then he coughed a bit hard and threw up across the table (tidal wave of mozarella and tomato) before helping himself to the bread basket without a flicker of concern. You can imagine the size of tip we had to leave.

DEEP JOY!

I adore my 2 boys, but they really ARE from another planet, aren't they?!

a very smelly one at that

meowmix do you have the Gruffalo/room on the broom and all the other scheffler/donaldson books? All excellent. Like Snail and the Whale too. All my three love/loved them. Not factual at all tho, sorry!

DS2 (3.5) also adores Richard Scarry's What do People Do all Day which he got last christmas.
That's sort of factual.

Otherwise, Usborne do a factual series but 3.5 might be a bit young.

Lol at yr ds in the restaurant (sorry)

try to get hold of a local Usborne Organiser and have a look at their catalogue

they have loads that would be ideal

One they do is a Flip flap body book, every child inc mine has loved it, as they talk about where your food goes after its been eaten

nice idea anniebear but am in the gulf of arabia so books are rarer than the teeth of the hen. So am using you lot as virtual browsing team and will then order off Amazon.

DS loves snail on the whale/gruffalo etc. He has tons of books but devours them so we need more!! Will try Richard Scarry

my dd loves 'read me a story please' which is a big book with loads of stories (not factual) - she is 3.9

Have you got Duck in the Truck, and the other Duck Books by Jez Albrough? ds loved those at about 3.5

Another vote for Duck in the Truck dd loves these , she also likes Bare Bear and a lovely book called Hop into Bedtime.

Lol, maybe not then meowmix !!!!!!!!!!!

Whatever you do avoid Thomas or else you will never get away!!

Gruffallo by Julia Donaldson is very good

All the kids love Where The Wild Things Are and Slinky Malinki. The have the added bonus of being fun to read aloud.

DS just turned 3 and is loving the MR men books at the minute. Also loves the usbourne phonic readers.

Dr Seuss books are great.
The Jolly Postman is a classic
If he likes the Gruffalo have you bought the Gruffalo's child?
Where the wild things are is also a favourite

Oh Nemo my children all love those Mr Men books. I really don't! Not sure why, is it because they go on a bit and ar every wordy and a bit silly?

I like books that rhyme or at least have rhythm and end with everybody safe in bed (like Bear Hunt, Where's My Teddy, Gruffalo's child etc).

I just bought a set from the book people like This and had a variety, very good value for money.

That link also includes the gruffalos child in the selection!

William and the Night Train is a hit with this age, beautiful words, and a very good before-bed book.

How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight is fun.

And Bumpus, Jumpus, Dinosaurumpus is a great rhyming book with dinosaurs in.

to add to the others, my ds who is 3.2 also likes books about animals. His grandma got him a great one the other day "Do like a Duck Does". You have to put on a broad yorkshire accent for it though, I feel

And then Fillyboy also especially loves

Charlie and Lola / Clarice Bean
All Julia Donaldson/Axel Scheffer stuff.
Helen Cooper
Alfie/general Shirley Hughes
Dr Seuss
Barefoot Books
Ivor
Thomas the Naffing Tank Engine (though fortunately he seems to be going off them...but dd has taken to brandishing them alarmingly...)
Eric Carle (his books are pretty factual IMO)

But he also likes chapter books, even though I tend to feel they are mainly aimed at little girls. Doens't faze him. His absolute favourite is about a little girl called Aurora but he loves Pippi, Bullerby children, my naughty little sister, tales of joe and timothy...oh god loads more.

We love the Usborne and Scolastic reading books. Scolastic do very good ones eg he is "reading" one right now called something like Its Pumpkin Time about 2 kids who grow puumkins...bascially takes you through the life cycle of a plant..

not a kids book, my brother has bought this for dd (3.5) for xmas, so haven't seen her reaction, but i love it and i'm sure she will.

heaven and earth
hundreds of photographs through microscopes or telescopes, or xrays, anything that can't be seen with the human eye. the text will be beyond her but the images are beautiful and we can talk her through it at an age appropriate level.

failing that, flat stanley or the moomin books if he has the patience for something with not so many pictures.

My dd loves Mr Men books too but my heart sinks when she chooses one for me to read, they're so long winded and stupidly written. Although I loved them myself as a child too. I also used to love beatrix Potter books as a child too and bought some for dd and I wish I hadn't they are so twee.