Your top not-famous books for baby/toddler storytime

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I have a number of babies/toddlers to buy Christmas presents this year, and I want to get books for them that they probably don't have already.

Assuming that they already have the very hungry caterpillar &co, what would you recommend?

By storytime I mean
"sit with child and read book out loud before they go to bed"
rather than
"give book to child, who then tries to eat it"

It's a present for the parents really - they feel it's important to read out loud but get a bit bored with the same books all the time (and the children in question are still too small to insist on having the same book every night, luckily)

Rainbow rob was a big hit here and still is at the age of 3

Don't panic Annika
Vegetable glue
Give that back Jack
Wobble bear says yellow
Mother knows best

All read here so far this morning!

Iggy Peck Architect

Thanks for the suggestions - I'll look them up :)

Do you get the feeling that we are teaching our children that you can only choose jobs that either
a - start with the same letter as your name
or
b -rhyme with your name?

:o

Any more suggestions from the evening crowd? :)

Anything by Oliver Jeffers

Pete the Cat

Not sure if famous but the Frog and Toad stories by Arthur Lobel are brilliant.

Sorry - Arnold Lobel.

Ten little fingers
Silly dizzy dinosaur

You Can't Take An Elephant On A Bus.

Rhinos don't eat pancakes.

Night Monkey, Day Monkey.

These are favourites all from when my kids were younger and now the grandchildren love them also

Six Dinners Sid by Inga Moore

Cockatoos , All join In and Mrs Armitage on wheels (Quentin Blake) (we all know these by heart and still even now quote them .. my son is 26!)

The Three legged Cat Margaret Mahy (my son's absolute favourite along with Meg and Mog and Megs Veg )

A later one which has become a great favourite with DGCs is:

Toffee's New Friend.. Sally Chambers ( my 3yr old Grandson has to have this at least twice at bed time when he stays with us!! )

if they love reading , The parents will especially love all the Quentin Blakes, Six Dinners Sid and the Three legged cat..

My 14 month old really enjoys the Meg and Mog books, especially Meg on the Moon and Meg's Eggs. And Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (adores Scarface Claw)

Petr horocek : hello, little bird and A house for mouse.
Handa's Surprise
Oh no George
Time for bed Fred.
Barnyard Dance
Mog and meg
Orange, apple, pear, bear and the Odd Egg (Emily Gravett)
Monster zoo
Stuck (oliver Jeffers)

My children adored the above books when they were babies and toddlers. They also loved the 'flaptastic' doring kindersley series inc 'let's go'

And Mr Magnolia

Dragon in a Wagon by Lynley Dodd.

For age 3+ anything by Benedict Blaythwaite.
Oh No George
Nancy Tillman is popular in America but less well known here, and lovely stories for a parent to read aloud.

Ssh, we have a plan

Oh no George

Who's in the loo! Adored by all the children at my sisters pre school :)

The lighthouse keeper's cat books

Pass the Jam Jim - Kaye Umansky
Splash Joshua Splash - Malachy Doyle

Another one with toddlers who love Meg and Mog and Frog and Toad.

My three year old also loves the little children's music book with buttons to hear different musical instruments as you read the story. Lovely illustrations too.