Something lovely about our boy…he loves books. When he was tiny, he was happiest each day when he was sitting in a pile of books and perusing them, or (even better) being given some ‘good’ books to thumb through and ‘read’.
So, I thought it would be good to begin a list of the books we own or bring home from the library that are a hit with the little man – something we can continue to add to, and refer to when making future purchases. Hopefully something you might find helpful when considering reading with little people too…
(Books in bold are in our collection, in italics are from the local library)
Hairy McLary – Lynley Dodd – we have the whole collection
On a Rabbit Hunt – Elizabeth Pulford
Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street – Patricia Grace
A Lion in the Meadow – Margaret Mahy
A Summery Saturday Morning – Margaret Mahy
Feast for 10 – Cathryn Falwell
Barnaby Bennett – Hannah Rainforth
Dragon in a Wagon – Lynley Dodd
Duck’s Stuck – Kyle Mewburn
Tales from Acorn Wood – Julia Donaldson
Zachary Quack Minimonster – Lynley Dodd
I Went Walking – Sue Williams
Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! – Kyle Mewburn
Too Tight Benny – Janeen Bryan
ABC – Alison Jay
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen
My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes – Lynley Dodd
Time for Bed – Mem Fox
Cat’s Whiskers – Lynley Dodd
One Ted Falls Out of Bed – Julia Donaldson
Wild Birds – Joanne Ryder
Nobody’s Diggier than a Dog – Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Baby Talk – Judy Hindley
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book – Julia Donaldson
A Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
Black on White – Tana Hoban
Count with Maisy – Lucy Cousins
Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear? – Bill Martin Jr
That’s Not My Monster – Fiona Watt
The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
Global Babies – Global Fund for Children
Baby Dance – Ann Taylor
It’s the Bear – Jez Alborough
Our Dog – Helen Oxenbury
Where are You Going? – Eric Carle & Kazuo Iwamura
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson
One Duck Stuck -Phyllis Root
Nighty Night – Margaret Wild
Grump – Margaret S Wong
Maisy Goes to the Library – Lucy Cousins
The Best Picnic Ever – Claire Jarrett
Spot’s First Walk – Eric Hill
The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr
Birds – Kevin Henkes
Little Bird’s ABC – Piet Grobler
Monkey and Me – Emily Gravett
Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers
Piglet and Papa – Margaret Wild
Stuck in the Mud – Jane Clarke
Chatting – Shirley Hughes
Annie Rose is My Little Sister – Shirley Hughes
Ginger – Charlotte Voake
Just Enough – Teri Daniels
Giggle Wiggle Wake Up – Nancy White Carlstrom
The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle
Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree – Jan Peck
Hushabye – John Birmingham
Hiding, Giving, Alfie Gets in First, Lucy and Tom’s 123, Alfie’s ABC, Rhymes for Annie Rose, Out and About, The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook – Shirley Hughes
Peek a Boo What? – Begin Smart
The Night Eater – Ana Juan
123 – Alison Jay
Horace – Holly Keller
Chicken in the Kitchen – Tony Johnston
I Am Pangoo the Penguin – Satomi Ichikawa
Hullabaloo ABC – Beverley Cleary
Five Little Monkeys Play Hide and Seek – Eileen Christelow
The Big Sneeze – Ruth Brown
Mama – Kelly Jones
Our Community Garden – Barbara Pollak
Piggity Wiggity Jiggity Jig – Diana Neild
The Little Yellow Digger – Betty & Allan Gilderdale
Fantail, Fantail – Margaret Mahy
Kiss Goodnight Sam – Amy Hest
There Was a Crooked Man – Gavin Bishop
Bedtime Countdown – Raymond McGrath
Hester Lister’s Blister – Chris Gurney
I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola), Say Cheese, I am Too Absolutely Small for School, I’m Really Ever So Not Well – Lauren Childs (et al)
Supersonic Tonic – Stephanie Rosenheim
Crocodiles Don’t Brush Their Teeth – Colin Fancy
The King’s Bubbles – Ruth Paul
Tiger’s Story – Harriet Blackford & Manya Stojic
Some Dogs Do – Jez Alborough
Spot Goes to the Farm – Eric Hill
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes – Mem Fox
The Cow That Laid an Egg – Andy Cutbill
The Tickle Tree – Chae Strathie
We have many other books on our bookshelf and in our reading lists, but these are the real favs so far! We’ll update that as the list grows longer…
