' classic' children's books

krustylouise

Peekaboo book. Secret garden. Railway children. Alice in wonderland. I remember having these as a young girl and treasured them incidentally I am giving DD (6) secret garden for Christmas

jacqhale

I collected Enid Blyton as a child and have hundreds to pass on to my kids - you could start with noddy and some of the short stories, magic faraway tree and build up with famous five, mallory towers etc when she is older?

kwmlondon

It was Roald Dahl that got me into reading. The Twits. My mum started reading it to me, then stopped and I was so desperate to know what happened next I devoured the book. Then Enid Blyton's books.

Claire212

My DD is almost 2. At night we are reading Charlotte's Webb. She loves it! But for reading herself she also loves the Usborne touchy feely books. We are currently loving That's not my Santa! x

MrsSippi

Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions - some of which I now remember from my childhood. I have always gone for books with more emphasis on pictures before now but having seen the enid blyton and similar suggestions I think I might try slightly more advanced books that I can actually read to her.

Thank you so much everyone - I'm quite keen to go to the bookshop now!

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

my kids LOVE the jolly postman

DD1 likes black beauty too

bylromarha

Age 3 now - last here til she's 5ish?

Richard Scarry books - great for finding things and looking and talking.
Eric Carle books - most famous is Very Hungry Caterpillar
Janet and Allen Ahlberg books - Peepo, Burglar Bill, Each Peach Pear Plum, Jolly Postman
Julia Donaldson books - Gruffalo, Squash and a Squeeze, Tiddler is fab as is Zog
Lynley Dodd books - Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons dairy (can still recite this...)
Shirley Hughes books - Alfie, Dogger

And don't forget Where the Wild things are - they roared their terrible roars and growled their terrible growls

All classics that will last for years and years. My kids started reading these ones aged 2 and are real enduring stories. I have a lovely video of 3 yr old DS reading Each Peach to 1 yr old DD and saying all the things to her that I said to him "Where's the witch?" *yanks her hand to the right spot on the page* " Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhh - good girl!"

bylromarha

MrsSippi wrote: »

Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions - some of which I now remember from my childhood. I have always gone for books with more emphasis on pictures before now but having seen the enid blyton and similar suggestions I think I might try slightly more advanced books that I can actually read to her.

Thank you so much everyone - I'm quite keen to go to the bookshop now!

Sounds a good idea to go for a mix of both.

A picture book they can "read" themselves as they know the story off by heart is a really powerful thing for a 3 year old in enabling them to read for themselves. Another thing I did with mine was get sets of books with CDs, so the child could read along with the story whilst having it told to them.

A more advanced book that they have to recall story from the night before again is a great book skill to learn at an early age. Mine really enjoyed The Faraway Tree series being read to them - and I even managed to find the proper version that hadn't been modernised. Why they banned the names D*ck and F*nny are beyond me? :rotfl:

sooty&sweep

Hi
Can I suggest visiting the bookpeople website. They have a huge selection of childrens books and very reasonably priced too.
Jen

Person_one

A nice illustrated book of Aesop's Fables, or Hans Christian Andersen stories, or Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories are some of my 'standards' when buying for children.