Thanks belly buddies! Yep, we do the 'reality' stories too. We talk about our day every night and I often chat to her in the car about when I was little. It's cracking me up as she's started to re-tell my stories as her own... "when I was a little girl, I was your big sister Mummy and you were a baby and I had a big brother Dave (my bro) and one day..."!! Cute.

Thanks PRMG, I'm mindful of the themes issue. I do have a few of my old books from childhood but was looking through them today and whilst the language level is right for some, the themes are not. Went to read her The Magic Finger and thought better of it as I'm not ready for a discussion on hunting and killing... and neither is she. As far as comprehension and interest though, I'm pretty confident she'll make her opinions clear! I also found the original Pooh books in my hunt and started reading one of those... we got 3 pages in and she glazed over and declared that she didn't think it was a good book and we should choose a different one now!