Tell me your favourite toddler book

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Am doing some birthday present shopping for DD who's going to be 2 this July - so, hit me with your favourite books!

Current favourites are Julia Donaldson, which we already have a vast array of - but looking for something that me and DH will enjoy too hopefully!

Grufallo, I still remember it by heart!

Toddler really likes the Rachel Bright books at the moment. I quite enjoy them too!
(His 3 favs being hugasaurus, stompasaurus and the squirrels that squabbled)

The only book my two year old will currently entertain is We're Going on a Bear Hunt. His big brother loved it at the same age too.

Agree that Maisy seems dull but my nearly 2yo is really taken by it. We got a Maisy bus one from the library and he likes pointing out all the details on each page. "Door. Ello. Open. Cat. One two. Rain. Rain. Oh no! Ssh (fake snoring sound) Bye bye. Bus. Door."

He says more words when reading that book than he does in an entire day.

Other current favourites

Goodnight Digger
Baby's catalogue
Anything lift the flap
The dog who would dig
We're going on a bear hunt
Anything by Sandra Boynton but especially:
Moo baa la la la
Happy hippo angry duck
Halloween eek
Pyjama time

I remember me and Ds1 nearly wetting ourselves laughing at Stuck. It's just so absurd.

All Oliver Jeffers books are great.

The Way Back Home and Lost and Found particularly.

If I were to ask Ds2 what he remembers best, he would say You Choose.

The Spot book series was a hit with mine! The ones that a little flaps that they can lift up not the basic ones.

No More Kissing! - Emma Chichester Clark
Rover - Michael Rosen
Dog Is Thirsty - Satoshi Kitamura

The Elephant and the Bad Baby - Raymond Briggs ("and they went rur rur rur, aw dow roa")

'Can't you sleep Little bear' and 'Cuddly Dudley' were our boys' favourites along with 'Percy the Park Keeper' 'Burglar Bill', 'Owl Babies' and the Rod Campbell books 'Dear Zoo' and 'My Presents'. Oh, and the 'Alfie' books by Shirley Hughes, although those are very much last century! But my DC were born between 92-2000!

You Must Never Touch a Dinosaur - the irony is great and there's lots of actions you can add as you read it.

Ten Little Fingers was another favourite at that age.

My mam has always spent a lot of time carefully choosing books for my little ones, and has come up with some great ones:
Farmer Duck
Would you rather
The I want my hat back/this is not my hat/we found a hat trilogy
The Great Gran Plan
All ones I don't mind reading over and over again, which says something.

No Bed Without Ted. Even years later, we can all still recite it.

Katie Morgan and the Tiresome Ted. My DD loved that book and demanded I read it to her every day. My DS loved Only One Woof, one of the James Heriot books.

Shark in the Park is legendary in our house. The original is the best.

These and Peepo. I love the sentiment and the rhythm of the words, and the pictures are great

Shark in the park (or Yawn, or any Nick Sharratt books!l)!

You're called what?! - kes Gray
Oi Frog! - kes Gray

No-bot the robot

10 little aliens

We're going on a bear hunt

The tiger who came to tea

Where's Beat? - Emily Gravett

The Day The Crayons Left & The Day The Crayons Came Home - I can't remember who wrote them now but I really like them!
The Wonky Donkey - my 3 year old thinks its hilarious

Oooh am off to reread “I am a Tiger” now to appreciate this!

Loads of great suggestions!

So glad to see Jez Alborough getting some recognition- we love his books! 'Dogs don't fly' is our favourite.

Quentin Blake has some wonderful stories- we love 'cockatoos'

'Peepo' was my mums, mine and both my sons favourite book - so nostalgic

'Dinosaurs and all that rubbish' is another amazing book with a good message.

'You choose' are amazing but tend to hype our 5yo up before bed.

The oi frog series is brilliant too!

Mog (all of them but I can't do Goodbye Mog for obvious reasons)
Hairy Maclary
100 Dogs/Cats/Birds
Diggersaurs
Oi Dog/Frog/Cat/etc
Quick Quack Quentin
My Big Shouting Day
Once There Were Giants
I Want My Hat Back
PB Bear
Spot
Kipper
Alphonse, That Is Not Okay To Do
Bad Cat

My two were/are also big fans of search and find books, we have some easier ones they could do when they were younger too!

My 3.5 year old loves:
Oi frog/cat/dog/duck billed platypus
You're called what?
You choose
Pip & Posy
10 minutes to bedtime little monster/unicorn/fairy/dragon/dinosaur
The tiger who came for tea
One night in the zoo

Snatchabook. We adored this book and I miss reading it now they are older.

Yes You Choose is the best book ever. My kids aged 12, 15 and 17 found it still on the shelf the other day and had great fun going through it lol.

Maybe not for a 2 year old but for age 3/4 plus, The Book with no pictures is ridiculously funny.

The jolly postman series! Absolutely brilliant

Wonky Donkey