What are your DC's favourite books?

[Plonker]

What are your dc's favourite can't-put-down, read-5000-times books?

I want to buy dd's some new books for Christmas.

Dd1 is almost 9 (and is a rather reluctant reader)
Dd2 is 5 and is just starting to free-read so books for her to read independantly would be good
Dd3 is 16 months and adores to snuggle up with a book

Any recommendations?

Not Now Bernard

It's where I got my inspiration, anyway

DD1 loved it, and now dd2 is getting into it

What sort of age range is the book for bernard?

love your name btw

Captain flippin underpants.
Horrid flippin Henry.
Mr Men.

DS is 7 and has read all sorts, Horrible Histories, Harry Potter (the short ones) etc, but these are the ones he returns to.

DD, not so sure. Likes her Little Misses and fairy stories. She is 4.

DD1 was really into it at the time I joined MN (which was Summer 07) so she would have been 3 1/2

DD2 is 2.3 and starting to like it

DD1 tells me they have it at school, too (she's in Reception)

"Pants" by Giles Andrae for the 5 year old - my 2 can never hear enough of it

"Dear Zoo" by Rod Campbell for the baby

My DD is 9 and is not a very keen reader (of books, that is, loves Beano and DFC). But she is steadily working her way through Lemony Snicket (boxed set from The Book People xmas present last year, lots of books but each is quite short). Has read the first 4 Harry Potters so far. From the school library, top choices recently are 'Goosebumps' series and some Jaqueline Wilsons.

She used to like Captain underpants and Horrid Henry but I think they are a bit passe now.

Joke books def good stocking filler!

My boys 5 love the Simon Bartram ones,Nick Sharatt,Winnie the Witch,Julia Donaldson etc

DD 3(nearly 4)loves Fancy Nancy, Lettice,Blue Kangaroo, Chimp & Zee, Nick Sharatt's Daisy books etc

For DD1 - Ottoline the Yellow Cat
How to train your dragon (Cressida Cowell)
Pippi Longstocking
The Enid Blyton St Clare's series
The World According to Humphrey

For DD2
Junie B Jones series
Magic Pony Carousel series
Winnie the Witch
Ella's Big Chance by Shirley Hughes

For DD3
Anything by
The Ahlbergs
Helen Oxenbury
Mick Inkpen
Lucy Cousins - Maisy etc
Emma Chichester Clark - Blue Kangaroo
Julia Donaldson - Gruffalo etc
Judith Kerr - Mog, Tiger who came to tea
Helen Cooper - The baby who wouldn't go to bed, Pumpkin Soup

DD (8) is obsessed with Horrible Science and Horrible History. Fiction wise atm its warrior cats

Dr Seuss - Green Eggs and Ham

• The Cat in the Hat

Hoorah ! At last DD1 enjoys books that WE want to read too !

Great ideas, thanks everyone!

For your little one - there is also a book I love but can't remember the author of called Pass the Jam, Jim. All mine loved it to death.

YOU CHOOSE ds 6 has been reading it for 3 years and dd 3 now likes it too. It's a very well read book in our house!

For your dd3 - Baby Catalogue by the Ahlbergs (such a lovely book), and also Peepo. My ds (similar age) is also obsessed by the Gruffalo, Maisy, and this. He really loves that one, more than anything.

calm down boris

my ds loves doing the puppet while we read to dd who's just 17 months. she really giggles when it kisses her. and ds like the bits where we check for bugs.

dd2's favourites, she's 7, the ones she keeps going back to are:

Peter Pan.
The Treasure Seekers.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (current obsession).

and for slightly younger readers but she still loves them - would do for a 5yo:
Horrid Henry
Sophie series, Dick King-Smith.

dd1 is 8, her keep=return-to favourites include:
Humphrey the Hamster series
Dick King-Smith animal stories.
Faraway tree series.
Jacqueline Wilson.

4yo dd3 favourites (to be read to, she can't read) this month are:
Hairy Maclarey series.
Dr Seuss.
Miffy.