Tell me your Top 10 childrens books please.

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Looking for ideas for a 5 year old girl and a 2 year old boy. Have I missed any classics?

the tiger that came to tea..
peace at last
I love you forever
snappy little colours, numbers, if fact any snappy books...
charlie chick..

that all I can think of at the moment..

Favourites of my 5,4 and 2.10 LOs
fidget and quilley
Julia Donaldson - a squash and a squeeze
Any Mr Men/Little Miss

mine love
The Gingerbread man
The Elves and the shoemaker
Room on the Broom
Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs
Herb the vegetarian Dragon
Mog stories
Fidget and Quilly get ready for bed
Kipper's bear
Jennifer Jones wont leave me alone
Roald Dahl Revolting Rhymes
The Gruffalo

5 yr old - The Faraway Tree Series by Enid Blyton
The Wishing Chair series by Enid Blyton
Mrs Pepperpot books
My Naughty Little Sister books
Pookie and Pookie Believes in Santa Claus because I love them

Peepo - Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Each Peach Pear Plum - Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Little Red Train to the rescue -Benedict Blathwayt
Pumpkin Soup - Helen Cooper
Any of the Mog books - Judith Kerr
Any of the Alfie & Annie Rose books - Shirley Huges
Dogger - Shirley Huges
My Naughty Little Sister books - Dorothy Edwards

Saturday night at the Dinosaur stomp
Dinosaur Roar (can't you tell I've got two boys)Paul Strickland
All Juliet Donaldson's books
Guess how much I love you
Penguin Post - Debbie Gliori
Cuddly Dudley
So many more it's hard to remember the names.

I have a 5yo boy and a 2yo girl - so opposite way round. In my top 10 for a 2yo would be:

The Gruffalo (and all the other books in the series - my fave is the Snail and the Whale but I think the Smartest Giant in Town appeals to them younger - look up Julia Donaldson)
Peace at Last/Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
Hairy McLairy books
We are all going on a Bear Hunt
The Hungry Caterpillar
Guess how much I love you
The tiger who came to tea

5yo is more specific as to what they are into, the level they are at. We have just reread all the Thomas series with DS. He also loves Horrid Henry, but that might not appeal to a girl. I like Flat Stanley but DS is not as keen. He also like fairy/dragon etc stories. We have just started reading Roald Dahl's The Twits.

DD loves all the Julia Donaldson books (and so do I) and DS is just starting to like Hungry Caterpillar type books but, there are lots listed we haven't tried yet so thank you all for your ideas. DD has become Disney Princess obsessed of late and I need to find interesting books to stop me falling asleep mid sentence (really).

What about the Moomins or Graham Oakley's church mice series. Dts (nearly 5) love both as well as others mentioned here - Hairy McLairy etc.

They also love Charlie and Lola which they will be getting for Christmas!

BFG for the 5yo - my dd absolutely adores that book!

The Little Princess books are good, and Preston Pig for the 2yo boy - perfect!

Got a nice Charlie and Lola set of 4 books in little bag for about £9 from book people. DD loves them, made the mistake of buying Clarice Bean because they were the same author but she has refused to read them since we read the fisrt. Not sure why, I think they are funny.

Forgot about Preston Pig - have borrowed them from library in the past but you are right Rhubarb DS will love them.