what are some good children's books?

[Melisa1985]

Doing a registry and adding some books on, but can't seem to think of any good ones at the moment. Please share some really good children's books you know or that your child enjoys/enjoyed?

 

[jen435]

Oh the places ull go by dr seuss is a great one to have! I already bought it for ours and plan to have every teacher she ever has write a little something in it for her that way she has something special to look back at when shes older.

 

[cupcake0406]

Ill love you forever is an amazing children's book. Also any by Julia Donaldson including the grinch and he rest of the collection! Xx

 

[MrsWhy]

My sons favourite book was 'Charlie Cooks favourite book' by Julia Donaldson - he also has 'Elmer the amazing elephant' and 'Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs'

Just a couple of suggestions you may like

 

[Zfbaby]

Guess how much I love you! Anything with classic fairy tales and I second the dr Seuss suggestion. We have bought a few dr Seuss books.

 

[Firestar]

I've probably bought more books so far than anything else...........

The first thing my mum bought for bump was a copy of "The Very Hungry Catapillar" complete with an interactive soft finger puppet

I've also found a load of the "It's Not My......" series which are interactive with textures and suitable early on.

I'd also recommend bath books, apparently me and my brother adored these at bath time.

 

[alicecooper]

For really young children, picture books are nice - especially soft ones with bright pictures.

Shark in the Park is a good one for toddlers. Nice sing-song rhyming kind of book.

My 3 year old DS2 likes simple books - Pocoyo ones and things like that. He likes ones with sound like Dallas Dog and Clara Cat where you can press a button and it makes a dog or cat noise.

if you're thinking long term, Enid Blyton books are fab from about age 4 upwards. I especially recommend The Faraway Tree trilogy. My 5 year old DS2 is really into those ones.

My 7 year old DD is a huge bookworm. She goes through 1 book in two nights sitting in bed reading. She currently loves :

Carbonel : Prince of Cats
Gobbolino the witches cat
My Best Fiend
The Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse

she's also really getting into Choose Your Own Adventure books

she still likes Enid Blyton books as well. and Roald Dahl books.

 

[OmiOmen]

My son has lots of books so I will give recommendation based on what he, and we, like the most.

Board books are best for babies because they can hold them and look at them without ruining them. I think it really helps get babies interested in books early on. Board books for babies I really recommend are;

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Along with any other books by Eric Carlie
• Each peach, pear, plum
• Mini library book sets- These are very cheap and small so great for little babies and younger toddlers
• Amazing baby series
• Texture books- These are a must have on a babies book self in my opinion! You can read them to your baby however they can also get used to feeling lot of textures when looking at them themselves.
• Cloth and water proof books are also great for babies to play with and look at on their own.

But if you mean books to read to kids and/or for older toddlers then these series of books are great;

• Mr Men/Little Mrs
• Hairy Maclary
• Albie
• Dr. Seuss
• Spot
• The Gruffalo
• Any fairy tales for kids books
• Any baby/toddler treasury book
• A my first picture dictionary- They won't get it right away but they will love looking at the pictures and describing what they see.

 

[Anderson8]

my 18 month ds has lots of books but by far his favourites are the Maisy books and Wibbley Pig

 

[nicola ttc]

Guess how much i love you by Sam McBratney
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
The very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle

I have a 14 yr old, 9 yr old, 5 yr old and 3 yr old and these have stood the test of time for all of them!!

The Gruffalo/Gruffalo's child, Stickman are also long lasting favourites.
The 'thats not my....' series are interactive and good for little ones.

 

[Whimsy82]

What a fun thread!

My favorites are The Adventures of Little Bear and
The Adventures of Frog and Toad.

I ALWAYS give them as gifts at baby showers! I can't wait to buy them for my LO.

 

[Amberyll23]

My 15 mo old DD has a ton of board books and is always looking at them and trying to read to herself (of course it is all babble at this stage), and she must have me read 10-12 of them to her every night (no joke!)

Her favorites by far:

Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? --Dr. Seuss
Moo, Bah, La La La--Sandra Boynton
Goodnight Moon--Margaret Wise Brown
Oh the Thinks You Can Think!--Dr. Seuss
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff--Dr. Seuss
Doggies--Sandra Boynton
Anything Mickey Mouse (she is a Mickey Mouse junkie, so we have a bunch of disney books)

 

[MumMumMum]

Favourites here are:

That's not my...
Any Julia Donaldson
Hairy McClary

My daughter also loves the Jack Tickle pop up books

 

[beccybobeccy]

You are never too young for Winnie the Pooh

 

[_jellybean_]

Babies (specifically) enjoy looking at real faces (as opposed to cartoons/drawings, etc.). There are a lot of board books that are wonderful for babies. Go to amazon.com, and type in picture "baby faces books" without the quotes, and you'll get a lot of really great ones! I've bought most of the ones that come up on the first page.

Also, books like "Brown Bear, Brown Bear," "Are You My Mother," are nice. There are SO many wonderful children's books. PM me if you want me to give you a long list.

Also, for newborns...they enjoy looking at black, white, and red, and familiar faces. DH and I took pictures of ourselves and our family members and bound them together to create a homemade book. Lo loved it.

 

[ILoveShoes]

My LO is 2.5, and he loves Julia Donaldson books and The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 

[hubblybubbly]

Depends what you're looking for...

If you're looking for what a baby will like to play with you can't beat the "that's not my...." books, any board books with textures or real pictures of animals.

Dear zoo is probably the ultimate favourite though.

If you're looking for books to read to baby then we like "smidge" "fish don't play ball" Winnie the pooh and mr men books.
X

 

[aimee-lou]

I'm a fan of story books, as are my boys. We've always read a bedtime story (from about 4 months when routine was all in place) so proper good old fashioned fairy tales are excellent. You can get them in board book form with touchy feely bits in them. We have Three Little pigs, Goldilocks, Red Riding Hood, jack and the Beanstalk and the Enormous Turnip lol.

Old bear stories are also a favourite. They're quite rare now...took us ages to find them.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt is one of Earl's favourites although he's getting a bit old for it now - he knows it by heart lol.

Winnie the Pooh is also high on the list.

When he was younger we had a lot of Maisie Mouse, That's not my ......, Thomas books, and I used to go to charity shops in town where they do 3 for 99p so we have lots of random ones like Scruffy Teddy.

 

[xJessie91x]

I don't know what age you're thinking of but I lead a preschool and the best books are
A squash and a squeeze
The smartest giant in town
Room on the broom
Giraffes can't dance
They are my favourites, the children absoloutely love marvin wanted more - a sheep that eats everything including the world then throws it all up again ... Delightful huh?!
But the very hungry caterpillar is a total any age fav!!

 

[ReadytoMum]

Doing a registry and adding some books on, but can't seem to think of any good ones at the moment. Please share some really good children's books you know or that your child enjoys/enjoyed?

I haven't read through all the replies, so I apologize if I list doubles. But having worked at a daycare for several years, there are certainly "crowd favourites" that stand out.

1. Chicka Chicka 1-2-3
2. The Lady With the Alligator Purse
3. 10 Little Monkeys
4. Llama Llama Red Pyjama (or any of the Llama Llama books!)
5. There Was An Old Lady (Who Swallowed a Fly)
6. Mortimer Be Quiet!
7. The Animal Mall
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
9. If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
10. Everyone Poops
11. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
12. The Three Little Pigs
13. The Rainbow Fish
14. Miss Nelson is Missing
15. White Rabbits Color Book

And you and your LO will make your own favourite stories too!