I'm after your absolute favourite childrens book.
I find it hard to get a good one. I buy one, get home and its.. meh.
Inspire me!!!
I'll start with my favourite -
The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
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I'm after your absolute favourite childrens book.
I find it hard to get a good one. I buy one, get home and its.. meh.
Inspire me!!!
I'll start with my favourite -
The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
What the ladybird heard by Julia Donaldson
absolute fave!
"Oh, The Things That You'll Do!" By Dr Seuss
Utterly inspiring and evoking, whatever age :)
Mr Chicken Goes to Paris.
I'm hanging out for the sequel.
Sorry, I'm not going to play if I can only name one... :p
Oh gosh I had troubles naming just one too Marydean!!
Keep them coming ladies, I'm on the book depository ATM. What the ladybird heard, and the gruffalo are currently in my basket!
I already have all Dr Seuss books (and agree the places you'll go is absolutely beautiful, a gift from my dad when I finished uni :) )
Searching for Mr chicken goes to paris right... NOW.
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^ nup, never heard of that one MD. Who wrote it?
:p
DS loves this one!:
My favorite is Corduroy followed by The terrible plop
Haha, I love lots of kids books, Enid Blyton books (i used to love) Dr Seuss but the one that sprang to mind when I saw the title of this thread was The poky little puppy Cutest book ever!!!
I haven't read the other replies yet so sorry if I am repeating but I love "Oh the places you'll go" by Dr Seuss. It was a favourite of mine and it is a favourite of my childrens also.
I also love the book "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch. I love reading this one to DS2 as it is gorgeous.
A good book for babies is Ten Little Fingers and Ten little Toes by Mem Fox.
It's SO lovely and the illustrations are gorgeous!
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox is another fav of mine. But I find my DD loses interest :(
But gee... that story makes me tear up just about every time. Reminds me of my Grandad :)
The places you'll go is beautiful - but again, my DD lose interest!
She likes fun quick stories, that rhyme and can have a lot of expression :D
She might like Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox.
Courdaroy and Wilberforce.
Oh, and There is a Hippopotamus on my Roof Eating Cake.
I have a whole heap of ****ys circle books. I'm not sure if they're still around but I used to buy them when DS1 &DD1 were little. They are great for reading to little ones as they are interesting enough to get their attention, and not too long that they get bored.
DS2's all time favourite book is "A fish out of water" by Dr Seuss. He thinks it is hilarious watching the fish grow bigger & bigger.
I just have to say.... I just you tubed this book. And I am now crying. Oh. My. God. What a beautiful story. :cry::
Now buying it too... LOL!
Where is the green sheep is a bit boring for her. She's pretty good, loves reading and will sit there listening watching, but some books I can just tell that she's not that excited about, iykwim. Loves lots of different voices.. she gets right into it! heehee!
Oh man.. that book is so beautiful!! :)
She loves that story!! haha! What is with it?! Bizare!:
my sons fave books, that mummy is absolutly OVEVR reading, are i love you stinky face, hungry caterpillar, wombat stew and all the dreamtime books, but im not over reading the dreamtime ones as they were my faves to!
I know! It is so gorgeous and it is hard to not get emotional when reading it... especially when pregnant!:
Oh good lord, who suggested 'Love you forever'?? I had to google it too and now I'm bloody crying and it's not even 9am!!
I love the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo's Child... so much fun to read and my kids get really into it. My Mum, by Anthony Brown is great for younger kids. He also writes My Dad, but hey, let's talk mum up, not dad. I Love You to the Moon and Back is beautiful, can't remember the author. In fact can't remember if that's the title or just what we call it!! I'd go and find it to check for you but I can't see for all the bloody tears in my eyes over that Munsch book!!!
You guys ever watch Friends? Joey did a reading of Love You Forever to Rachel and Ross's baby, Emma. So beautiful.
My all time favourite is The Polar Express. Loved it since I was a little girl. Haven't been brave enough to see the film. Always loved The Eleventh Hour too by Graeme Base.
DD's favourite is The Terrible Plop. Her eyes light up whenever I get it out to read to her.
Can't name just one Telly. :p
Current Favorite is The Gruffalo, although DS is going on about the Fox's underpants due to my step-Dad's misreading of it. DS went to see a play of The Gruffalo's Child couple of weeks ago so I'm looking for that book.
I love reading The Cat in the Hat, DH hates reading Dr Suess, he gets tounge tied. I'll have to look for Oh the places you will go.
Uno's Garden, Is your Grandmother a Goanna, Green Sheep, and about a thousand more.
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge makes me cry too so I don't read it very often.
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Same!!!
I don't have an absolute fave, but love Aussie books like Possum Magic, Edward the Emu and Diary of a Wombat. All beautiful book and so many more! :)
Oh and I love reading 'Ten little fingers and ten little toes' to my girls, just so cute.
Another "Ten little fingers and ten little toes" fan here. DD loves looking at the pictures of the babies.
Guess how much I love you and We're going on a bear hunt.
A lovely classic story is the Velveteen Rabbit.
Winnie the Pooh (box set), my DH read the whole series to my DS1, it was a bedtime routine and DS1 loved it when he was a toddler.
Does anyone remember the name of the book about the Chinese Brothers?
ten little fingers and toes is a favourite here.
There was a program on ABC2 called bookaboo that had some fantastic books on it but I can't remember any of the names. A couple of stand outs include little red riding hood from the wolf's perspective and one about a farting little boy. Excellent ones.
ETA: found the websites, some of the good books were:
Pooh Is That You Bertie by David Roberts
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
by Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton
Splat the Cat
by Rob Scotton
The Cow That Laid an Egg
by Andy Cutbill & Russell Ayto
Grill Pan Eddy
by Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross A great rhyming one
The Wolf's Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood
by Toby Forward & Izhar Cohen
The Five Chinese Brothers?:
for the chinese borthers one, I was going to suggest "rikitikitango"...that is a good rhythm read aloud.
Another great read aloud is :have you seen my potty?
by i like "the mole who knew it was none of his business" crack up!
all the books mentioned so far :clap: love 'em
and i agree that book makes you cry - esp. when pregnant!
My daughter loves the where's wally books (not reallyreading books though)
Yeah, one of them had a metal neck or something so he could have his head cut off, and the others all had other things too... pmsl Helpful much?
ETA: Googled and yep The Five Chinese Brothers! lol Thank you! It has been doing my head in for years.
Totally love Strega Nona too!
Where Is The Green Sheep :) was given to us as a gift and it's just so cute! Can't wait until DD can actually understand when we read it, ha ha.
Oh my gosh favourite children's books well having worked in childcare for some time now I have to many, but I must say I love the ones where you can really add something to the story by using voices etc, A lot have been mentioned some of my fav's are:
The Gruffallo
Edward the emu and Edwina the Emu
Possum Magic
The very hungry caterpillar
Tiger in a pink hat
Wombat stew
Room on the broom
Brown bear
Rumble in the Jungle.
Just to name a few, but there are so many wonderful books out there for children these days.
I absolutely love Jeanne Baker - Where The Forest Meets The Sea and Window are huge favourites here. Gorgeous books and great messages in them about the environment.
There is a sequel out to Window, called Belonging. The boy in Window grows up and has a family of his own.:
I saw a review for Belonging a few weeks ago, will have to check it out. Thanks :)
Some great mentions already that I wont repeat. I'll name a few for toddlers that are winners in this house... Major cheat, I can't stick to just one sorry!
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
Goodnight Owl by Pat Hutchins
Hello Lulu by Caroline Uff
Tough Boris by Mem Fox
Willy the Dreamer by Anthony Browne
The Elephant Tree by Penny Dale
Wake Up Mr B! by Penny Dale
Fox in Socks by Dr Suess
Hand, Hand, Fingers Thumb by Al Perkins
Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd
Oh, I'll stop!!
Tellytubby, greats minds think alike! I was going to start the very same thread!
I'm loving 'Peepo' at the moment, remember it from when I was a kid. DH hates it though :lol: doesn't help that it's Moo's absolute fav too!
ETA - just googled Love You Forever...now I'M crying!
Man, just youtubed Love You Forever and bawled while feeding DD to sleep.
Anyway, this is an awesome thread, heaps of books I want to buy now.
DD loves the Hairy Maclary books and "Time for Bed" by Mem Fox (I love this one too and the pictures are just lovely).
When I was a kid I loved all of Alison Lester's books.