Book recommendations for the under 3s...

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I think it would be useful to have this. My 15 month old dd’s favourites;

Mog (the original one)
What the Ladybird heard
Spot books
Sharing a Shell (Julia Donaldson)
Also the DK books that have colours / a baby dictionary one with pictures.

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TK Maxx generally have a big book section with lots of variety and are well priced. Worth grabbing a selection and seeing if your little one chooses any favourites.

Thanks @PooterLoop

DS 22 months likes all the usborne "thats not my..." books, and tiddler/tyrannosaurus drip by julia donaldson.

My 16 mo likes:

Gruffalo
Dark Dark Tale
Why I love My Mummy / Daddy
Chuffa Chuffa Choo Choo
That’s Not My Books
Lift the flap books
The Tiger that came to tea

My DDs favourites at the moment (as well as Mog, we love Mog!)...

The tiger that came to tea
The Gruffalo
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
Katie Morag
Superworm
Room on the broom
The Wonky Donkey
Any of the Maisy Mouse books
Any of the Pip and Posy books
Dogs Don’t Do Ballet
You can’t take an elephant on a bus
The very hungry caterpillar
Hairy McLarey from Donaldson’s Dairy
Barry the Fish with Fingers
Giraffes can’t dance
The first hippo on the moon

It’s been a while but I second the books suggested so far and
dear zoo
Where the wild things are
We’re going on a bear hunt
A series called ‘you choose’ just full of pictures of things per page - hats/ shoes/ houses
Jeannie Barker collage books are lovely - a series of fantastically detailed photos of collage pictures showing things like a house or city street evolving over time - difficult to explain but my girls loved them- maybe for a bit older though.

Also
Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!

All of the Chris Ferrie Physics for Babies series
Love (I forget who by)
Betty Goes Bananas in her Pyjamas
Henri Toulet A Game

Hairy Maclairy (loads of stories)
Anything by Chris Haughton (try ‘a bit lost’)
Zog
Colin and Lee, carrot and pee
I am bat

We love Julia Donaldson's books. My favourite is Tyrannosaurus Drip or Room on the Broom. We got a bundle of 10 from Amazon, including those, Gruffalo, Gruffalo's Child, Paper Dolls, The Troll, What the Ladybird Heard, snail and the whale and a couple of others. We now have lots more!

DS likes the 10 little superheroes book - there's a whole series of them

Pip & Posy
Poppy & Sam Farmyard stories
Calm Down Boris.

In addition to many above.

Each Peach Pear Plum.
Percy the Park Keeper.
Old Bear.
Dear Zoo.
Happy Birthday Moon.

Blue Kangaroo
A million chameleons

I would also say the 10 Littles series, we started reading these when DD was 2, she's now 4 and is attempting to read parts herself. 10 Little Monsters, 10 Little Pirates and 10 Little Princesses in particular.

Other favourite picture books before 3 were
I don't want to go (and other Shirley Hughes books)
NoodleHead
Miffy series (esp Miffy at the playground)
A Squash and a Squeeze (Julia Donaldson)

We also have a nice illustrated book of the Naughty Little Sister stories which we used to read at bedtime.

The tiger that came to Tea

Dear Zoo

Pumpkin Soup
Owl Babies
Cowboy Baby
Dark Dark Wood

Place marking so I can come back and do a list. Lovely thread!

My DD is nearly 3 and her current favourites are:

• The Tale of Peter Rabbit (she's obsessed with anything Peter Rabbit atm!)
• the Marlon Bundo book (can't remember the full title)
• All the Underpants books like Aliens Love Underpants, Pirates Love Underpants etc
• Loads of Julia Donaldson books like The Smartest Giant in Town, Room on the Broom, The Paper Dolls, Zog and the sequel,
• The Girls
• Each Peach Pear Plum

My nearly 2 year old loves:

Dear Zoo
Tales of Acorn Wood books
Bizzy Bear book series
Goodnight Moon
DK My first Words

Bringing down the moon
The odd egg
Hush a bye bunny
Goodnight tiger
Goodnight tiptoe
Where's tumpty
Doodle bites
Room on the broom
Maisy goes to nursery

Thanks so much for replies, this has given me some great ideas.