Books for a 2.3 year old

[thistlemuncher]

I'm just doing an order off amazon and need some suggestions for DS please! (and don't tell me to go to a library because I'm not in the UK so have no access to English books)

He's 2 yrs and 3 months. He loves Room on the Broom and the Thomas and 10 balloons book. He also likes the Gruffalo and a Thomas and Friends "Thomas' really useful word book". I did get him some of the other Donaldson books, but I must admit I wasn't very impressed with them (whale and snail, cave baby etc). He also has aliens love panta claus which he's not very interested in.

He's a bit rough with his books so I'm a bit reluctant to buy him paper books, but as far as I can see he's getting a bit old for board books. We have a book in French that has plasticised pages (they're almost as thin and flexible as paper, but they're coated so they're not as easy to bend or tear) have you ever seen any of these in the UK? He has a couple of lift the flap books, but he just tears the flaps off so I've confiscated them!

Any suggestions? (preferably of ones that won't send me crazy reading them and re-reading them for the next 6 months!) Thanks.

Harry and a bucketful of dinosaurs (and subsequent sequels)

All books by Oliver Jeffers

Dr Seuss

We have a farm babies book with those plastic pages, also has some buttons to push with baby farm animal noises. Both of mine love it.

The smartest giant in town, stick man, we're going on a bear hunt, the tiger who came to tea, tyrannosaurus drip, where's spot

Thanks!

Octopus Socktopus (my DD aged 13 months loves this). It does have flaps though.

What the Lady Bird Heard (version with sounds). Is a Donaldson book.

The Hairy Maclary books by Lynley Dodd

I love you little monster is the most lovely book ever. It nearly makes me cry every time!

DS also loves the maisy books, gruffalo, smartest giant in town, any book involving animals/ jungle/ zoo etc. He is 2.8. He has a box full, you never know which one they take a shine too, and he has a new favourite each week!

Bob the man on the moon
Ginger
My granny's a juggler
Balloon
When marvin got mad
When mum turned into a monster

Lynley dodd - the dudgeon is coming, & slinky malinky series

Julia donaldson - zog, monkey puzzle, squash & squeeze, tiddler

Mister magnolia, peace at last, bog baby, dear zoo, peepo, each peach pear plum, harry the dirty dog, little red train books, whose nose & toes?

Dr Miaow - Sam Lloyd
Ten in a bed - Penny Dale - lovely pictures
Bear hunt - Micheal Rosen
Duck in a Truck and its many sequels - Jez Alburgh

My 2 year old's favourite book is The Baby Dragon Tamer. It's one I love to read too.

The lion who wanted to love
The lonely wasp
The little blue tractor

Pants-Giles Andreae
Stick Man- Julia Donaldson
The Tiger Who Came to Tea- Judith Kerr

^my 2.11 DD's current faves!She also loves the gruffalo, the very hungry caterpillar, mr magnolia, the enormous crocodile, spot the dog books and ruby.

My DD is 2.3 and she loves the Kipper series by Mick Inkpen, and also anything by Nick Sharratt - she loves the pics. One night at the zoo by Judith Kerr also a big hit. Rod Campbell's farm-based books also very popular! And YY to going on a bear hunt, I loved that as a child and love that now DD loves it too!

It's worth you looking for the book people's website, they do lots of preschool. Box sets which are v good value.

The Alfie books are still going strong in my house and DS is 4 now.

His fav books at 2.5 were There's a Shark in the Park, and the Dirty Bertie books.

TBH though, I'd just head to a bookshop and see what takes your fancy!

My now-two-year-old loves the Moomin books,

Moomin and the Birthday Button
Moomin and the Moonlight Adventure
Moomin and the Winter Snow

They're really charming.