What books to read to my daughter?

sarahspain

I sell Usborne Books and they have a wonderful selection of touchy feely books, story books, alphabet books etc for children of that age.

Have a look at usbornebooksathome.com to find someone local to you who sells them, or you are welcome to contact me.

If you find someone local and have a party at home you can get free books.

searcher30

for general info if of any interest. I have just ordered some of the children's books recommended in the thread and i foudn that the children's book (as bought used) were cheaper to buy than the postage and packing. here is a list of prices from amazon if of interest to anyone else here:
Ten in the Bed 0.69 pence (p&p £2.75 and same for each book every time)
Where the Wild things are £1.75
The Very hungry Caterpillar £2.12
Each Peach Pear Plum 0.20 pence
Alfie gets in first £1.37
The Bear under the Stairs 1 pence (!)
Little Rabbit Foo Foo £1.49

Gingermonkey_2

Whilst it may seem a little old, you cannot beat the Cat in the Hat books! My frends daughter was in hysterics at whoever tried to read it to her at age 2, it is infectious, fantastic for fun voices and she still loves them (now 4). They have been going so long we have managed to pick up the whole series in Charity shops, great stuff!!!

gingerdad

conradmum wrote:

I asked a similar question at Christmas and got some great suggestions. My ds3 (2 1/2) really enjoys:
Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Ten in the Bed
We're Going on a Bear Hunt


and more! Hope there are some useful suggestions there.

I learnt all of these as campfire songs (involved in Scouts), my kid’s love singing songs. We have loads of books at home, but use the library allot, they do some brilliant story sacks, and also sell off loads of books for 5 or 10p.

VickyM_2

I'm going to be biased here because I work in children's publihsing - but any book, as early as possible is the best start you can give your child. start off with nice solid board books or squish squash ones when they're tiny and just get them used to the idea of turning the pages and hearing your voice. the more you interact with them (eg asking a question - what's happening to the bear?) the better. Don't worry if you feel silly about it, and don't worry too much about what the book is - they'll let you know if they like it or not!

And don't give up reading to them too early - apparently it still does a lot of good to be sharing a book at bedtime when they're 9 or 10.

Sorry if I'm teaching anyone to suck eggs...just always want to tell people how incredibly important it is!

katglasgow

My son is 2.5 and he is a big fan of The Gruffalo and Very Hungry Caterpillar too. We are lucky in that he gets books from relatives for CHristmas and birthdays, but I keep a look out at church sales, charity shops etc... where you pay 25-50p for a book. I've had some lovely ones from there: a big bumper book of nursery rhymmes, Marvin who wanted more, Room on the broom, Teddy and Rabbit's runaway washing. You dont need too many if you child is anything opike mine, he likes to read the same ones again and again and again and takes great joy out of telling you what is about to happen on the next page before you turn over!
For counting, he likes to count as you do things (go up steps, put potatoes in pot etc...) He can actually count up to 10 by his-self now!
Karyn

purplepurple

Bought "Great Books to read Aloud" today from WHSmiths (cost £1, but using the voucher from the vouchers thread got £2.50 back on my card:D ) and it's ace! It's got over 70 of the best books around for children of all ages and my daughter was overjoyed to find lots of her favourite books listed!
She now wants to read every book that's listed in it!:D

searcher30

Thank you everyone for your replies

freebie_fairy

Red Fox publishers do some good ones:

Mister Magnolia - Quentin Blake
Borka - John Burningham
Eat Your Peas - Kes Gray
Crispin - The pig who had it all - Ted Dewan

I think they are aimed at 3+
They teach kids about friendship and other useful stuff.

tw1nklestar

mine used to love all the jill murphy books - peace at last etc., but they r 17 16 and 12 now - me personal fav was click clack moo cows who type - i dont know why it just always makes me smile :rotfl: