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Carrie and Danielle: The Best Children’s Books to Give Kids

  • Michelle · 11 months ago
    My three year old loves all things Julia Donaldson. Gruffalo, The Room on the Broom, Night Monkey Day Monkey .. anything by her.
  • Daniel Gibbons · 11 months ago
    Agree 100% on the Julia Donaldson books. My sister knows her and last summer got my daughter The Gruffalo, Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose and The Snail and the Whale, all signed and with a personal message.
  • Keris · 11 months ago
    Oh absolutely! Monkey Puzzle is one of our absolute favourites!
  • Jez · 11 months ago
    My daughter loves 'we're going on a bear hunt' and the 'lettice' the rabbit books.
  • Suzi · 11 months ago
    Julia Donaldson books are modern day classics. The Jez Alborough books about the Bear and Eddy are great for reading aloud. This week in class we are reading all the Hairy Maclary books and the children adore them (so do I).
    I love childrens books and have a sizeable collection considering I have no children!!
  • Emily · 11 months ago
    Great list! Yes, we love Dr Seuss - currently Mr Brown Can Moo, Can You? is the fave. Other current favourites for my 2 and 4 year old are:
    Where Is The Green Sheep? / Mem Fox
    How To Catch A Star / Oliver Jeffers
    One Ted Falls Out Of Bed / Julia Donaldson (in fact anything by JD)

    And my personal favourite at the moment is Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon. I don't even need the children around to enjoy that series.
  • Max Elliot Anderson · 11 months ago
    Author James Patterson has a ten year-old son who doesn’t like to read. So Patterson has established http://www.readkiddoread.com to help other reluctant readers.

    I, too, grew up as a reluctant reader. And my father was the author of over 70 books. Now I write action-adventure and mystery books especially for tween boys. My blog, Books for boys, http://booksandboys.blogspot.com is # 4 on Google today.

    Max Elliot Anderson
  • floyd5432 · 6 months ago
    I would also think about the book By The Great Horn Spoon. Check out the book here http://www.hornspoon.info