Julia Donaldson books

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Ds is very into Julia Donaldson's books and he seems to have his favourite on rotation. There are some I flipping hate reading over and over - some or just too repetitive but he seems to love those! The Smartest Giant is not one I enjoy... I do like Monkey Puzzle though. What are your favourites/least favourites?

No one's mentioned Sugar lump and the unicorn yet, another one for nostalgia like Paper dolls.
Love them!

Cave baby was a slow burner for me, I love it now, but it took a few reads.

Also, don't listen to the CD recordings of the books read by Imelda Staunton, I LOVE Immelda Staunton normally, but I cannot stand the way she reads them!! I'm not a huge fan of James Corden but he was much better as the mouse in the Gruffalo.

@Katy123g I flat refuse to ever make scarf rhyme with giraffe, and for this reason I can't bear The Smartest Giant In Town!

I adore Hospital Dog.

I absolutely love stickman and don’t get why people don’t! I find it strangely emotional especially when he is stuck in the snow. I love her writing and this one rhymes well and fast.

You think they don’t rhyme?!

Paper Dolls! 😢😭😢😭😢😭

some of them are bloody irritating. (Says I, who will never write a successful book in my life!)

Snail and the whale
Read The Magic Paintbrush this eve. I think it’s beautiful.
I am ordering paper dolls...!

We love the Gruffalo, the Gruffalo's Child, Monkey Puzzle, Tiddler and Stickman. Room on the Broom is new to us and another winner!

My top 3

Day monkey, night monkey
Superworm
The everywhere bear

I hated paper dolls, Charlie cooks favourite book and wake up Lydia Lou (or something like that)

My top five:-

1. Night Monkey, Day Monkey
2. Snail and the Whale
3. Squash and a Squeeze
4. Tiddler
5. The Ugly Five

Love tiddler, squash and squeeze (with voices), highway rat ( lots of voices )

Sharing a shell is lovely and very glittery.

Tabby Mccat

Snail and Whale makes me cry.

charlie cook, is ok. Took a while to “get it”.

do not like scarecrow wedding.

How could I forget room on a broom. Love that

Room on the broom (or witch on a stick as it's now know after my DD asked for that).

Scarf - scar (as in from a wound) f

Giraffe - ji RAF

I like Charlie Cook and A Squash and a Squeeze

Also The Paper Dolls, which makes me cry. I really didn't like it at first but I really love it now.

ah accents! For me it rhymes perfectly.

For me giraffe is gi-arr-ff

What was there to get with Charlie cook? Just going through all the books right?

I love some of the lesser known ones like the everywhere bear and the flying bath. Tabby mctat and the ugly five are my least favourites, I used to get away with skipping a few pages but not anymore 😂 scarecrows wedding is another fave.

Monkey Puzzle, Tiddler & Room on the Broom are the faves in our house ❤️

The magic paintbrush is so beautiful, a joy to read aloud.

They definitely don't rhyme if you have an accent north of Birmingham 😂

Night monkey day monkey is nice with a lovely rhythm.

Night monkey laughed and said don't be daft ...

DD’s current favourite are “zog and the flying doctors” and “scarecrows wedding” both have to be read a few times a day.

I think I must have read “room on the broom” a trillion times, she still likes to dress up as a witch most days. Except she’s a wicked witch.

She’s loved them all so far, I think my favourite is “tiddler”, “snail on the whale” makes me teary (I know, I’m pathetic)

Day monkey night monkey, Charlie Cook and Flum Flum for me.

Hate the highway rat and the scarecrow one.

Room on the broom, Gruffalo and Zog are just meh to me.

I got away lightly - I only ever had to read The Gruffalo and Superworm repeatedly, neither of which were too bad. Once my little one got old enough to choose others from the library/school, I had to read a few more, like the Snail & the Whale...I found all the others we had to read pretty dreadful so, fortunately, each was only read a couple of times before being returned.

Zog and the other Zog one