Definitely THe Magic Faraway Tree, again by Enid Blyton. I loved these books, and have already purchased them for DD for when she is old enough to appreciate them.
Awesome! Thanks ladies! Had totally forgotten about these but LOVED Enid Blyton and The Borrowers - read them myself later on but sure they're good for reading aloud.
And Cally, yes, I remember those too. I still have my old Paddington!
Looks like I'm going to have to go second-hand bookshop hunting. I notice they're all older titles so far... I wonder why? They just don't write 'em like they used to?!
If your DD is into fairies, we read the tinkerbell books. Theres a series of about 10 or 13 books. So heaps to choose from. But we also love all those above, to add we do peter pan (we love all things with tinkerbell and fairies here), curious george has some longer books too.
Enid Blyton was a huge hit from 3 here also. All of the Enchanted woods books as well as the Noddy series.
Love Fantastic Mr Fox too
Other hits:
Charlotte's Web,
The Enormous Crocodile (Roald Dahl)
We have found a lot of these on audio books also for the car and also great for quiet time and quiet play. DD loves doing puzzles and listening to The Magic faraway tree!
I found lots at our local library including being able to download audio books from the local library catalogue at home.
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