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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago

London

If you were to buy a book for a new born - obviously to be used when older but still for under 3-5yrs - what would be the book you’d purchase?

Where the Wild Things Are?

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

The Tiger Who Came to Tea?

What you buying?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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By *ickawitchCouple
over a year ago

Away with the fairies (Liverpool to you)

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

I love this book. I am a big fan of the cat in the hat too but that is for an older child

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

Any or all of them or one of the That’s Not My books

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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago

London

You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've bought my little one Elmer the Patchwork Elephant books and I read them to her most nights even though she's only 7 months. I used to love the story and pictures and she seems to enjoy the books too!

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

My favourite is The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson.

Out of the list though I’d go for The hungry caterpillar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rumble in the Jungle

Commotion in the Ocean

Both fun and little'uns like the rhyme

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"Any or all of them or one of the That’s Not My books

The That's Not My Name books are wonderful. There's also a really lovely William Morris illustrated book the V&A sell.

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By *eorge JetsonMan
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

The gruffalo

The gruffalos child

Stick man

A squash and a squeeze

Room on the broom.

Basically anything by axl schaeffer and/or Julia Donaldson and you can't go far wrong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Guess How Much I Love You!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All of the above plus

Sharing a shell

Dr Seuss

Bear Hunt (standard)

Aliens Wear Underpants

Oh my, there's so many! Thank goodness my kids are all grown up! I spent a fortune on books even buying doubles so I could keep a stack out of their sticky fingers haha!

Peach x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Guess How Much I Love You!"

Awww yes! Both mine loved this one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Guess How Much I Love You!"

Yes!

Peach x

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By *isaB45Woman
over a year ago

Fabville

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Just get them all

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By *imbo2007Man
over a year ago

Peterborough

Peace at last

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By *ersnickety PantsWoman
over a year ago

Club Meets Only

Dear zoo

The very hungry caterpillar

The gruffalo

Are my little ones most read

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Guess How Much I Love You!

Awww yes! Both mine loved this one

It’s the first book we bought for our wee one

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, definitely, from that list.

Don't rule out The Gruffalo. That's also a classic for good reason. But the same author came up with my all-time favourite book to read to my kids: What The Ladybird Heard.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar, definitely, from that list.

Don't rule out The Gruffalo. That's also a classic for good reason. But the same author came up with my all-time favourite book to read to my kids: What The Ladybird Heard. "

Oh I love both of them! The audio books are great; Alexander Armstrong (from Pointless) reads What The Ladybird Heard and it’s fab

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By *hortarseWoman
over a year ago

Norfolk

There was one my daughter loved it's call you choose. You had to choose where you live what home you have. She still got it she 11 now. It's one everyone can join in with

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Katie Morag books are pretty good to...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Superworm by Julia Donaldson. Was my lads favourite when he was younger

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By *eorge JetsonMan
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

"There was one my daughter loved it's call you choose. You had to choose where you live what home you have. She still got it she 11 now. It's one everyone can join in with"

I remember this book.

My son still has his from years ago.

One of his absolute favourites.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Guess How Much I Love You!

Awww yes! Both mine loved this one

It’s the first book we bought for our wee one

That’s lovely. You’ll keep that forever now.

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

The big hungry bear and the red ripe strawberry

Good night Gorilla

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Guess How Much I Love You!

Awww yes! Both mine loved this one

It’s the first book we bought for our wee one

That’s lovely. You’ll keep that forever now.

Tesco are currently doing a huge range of GHMILY baby items, clothing, teddies etc....I want them all!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I pretty much own all of the above already

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By *eorge JetsonMan
over a year ago

Middlesbrough

There's also one called "colour me happy"

It's a poem that incorporates colours with how your feeling in a situation.

For example "When it's raining, colour me grey" and there's a little cat involved in a rainy day with a glittery grey puddle.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Each, Peach, Pear, Plum" or

"Peepo".

Janet& Alan Allberg.

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

"The big hungry bear and the red ripe strawberry

Good night Gorilla "

Correction it’s

The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

""Each, Peach, Pear, Plum" or

"Peepo".

Janet& Alan Allberg. "

Forgot about each peach! Fuzz knows the whole book off by heart still I'm sure!

Peach x

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By *JohnMan
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

I would consult with the parents to make sure they don't end up with 20 copies of the same book. I you are the parents... you can't go wrong with any on that list, really. For what it's worth, the Caterpillar is the one I remember most vividly. Although I imagine there's a ton more choice now than there was back in the 15th century when I was young.

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

Monkey puzzle

The gruffalo

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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago

London

""Each, Peach, Pear, Plum" or

"Peepo".

Janet& Alan Allberg. "

Oh god yes!!!

And when a little older; My Naughty Little Sister books by Dorothy Edwards and Dogger by Shirley Hughes!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If you were to buy a book for a new born - obviously to be used when older but still for under 3-5yrs - what would be the book you’d purchase?

Where the Wild Things Are?

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

The Tiger Who Came to Tea?

What you buying?"

We're going on a bear hunt... i used to read it to my son when he was a baby and when he learned to read, he read it himself ..its a wonderful book

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

Any Roald Dahl ones when he/she/they are older. Classics x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I still have a whole collection of children's books from when my son was young, he won't let me get rid of them...says he wants them for when he has kids

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don’t have to choose from my list, just to confirm.

Guess How Much I Love You!

Awww yes! Both mine loved this one

It’s the first book we bought for our wee one

That’s lovely. You’ll keep that forever now.

Tesco are currently doing a huge range of GHMILY baby items, clothing, teddies etc....I want them all!"

Haha don’t do it!! You’ll get loads as gifts anyway and you’ll end up with too much! If you do then buy 3 to 6 months as people tend to buy newborn or 0 to 3 and they won’t wear half of it lol x

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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

The big big sea by Martin Waddell

I use to know it off by heart and remember walking my son down the deserted beach at moonlight telling him this story. We loved it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've never met a newborn that can read

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

That’s not my books are great for the young ones.

We read to our lad from about two months. He loved a book

Our favourites were The Gruffallo; Guraffes can’t dance; who’s that in the loo

Never to early to read to them

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

"And when a little older; My Naughty Little Sister books by Dorothy Edwards and Dogger by Shirley Hughes!"

Seriously? There's a children's book called Dogger? Please tell me that's about the area on the shipping forecast and not what popped into my head.

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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago

London

"And when a little older; My Naughty Little Sister books by Dorothy Edwards and Dogger by Shirley Hughes!

Seriously? There's a children's book called Dogger? Please tell me that's about the area on the shipping forecast and not what popped into my head. "

It’s his stuffed toy dog.

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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago

London

"I've never met a newborn that can read

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By *xperimentalistMan
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

Where the wild things are!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Lynley Dodd books, Hairy McClary etc. My favourite one is Scarface Claw.

Where the Wild Things Are. I had a stuffed toy of the Wild Thing with long red hair as a child

The Velveteen Rabbit, although it used to make me feel sad when I was little. Still beautiful though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Lynley Dodd books, Hairy McClary etc. My favourite one is Scarface Claw.

Where the Wild Things Are. I had a stuffed toy of the Wild Thing with long red hair as a child

The Velveteen Rabbit, although it used to make me feel sad when I was little. Still beautiful though.

Also The Mousehole Cat. Our cat is named Mowzer after the heroine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The busy little train by Anna claybourne.

I still know the words of by heart.

Sometimes, even though they’ve completely outgrown it I still read it to them.

It makes them smile as much as me

“Chuggetty, chuggetty, clickety-clack a train is coming along the track Monkey is driving - hear him say, who wants a trip on my train today?”

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And when a little older; My Naughty Little Sister books by Dorothy Edwards and Dogger by Shirley Hughes!

Seriously? There's a children's book called Dogger? Please tell me that's about the area on the shipping forecast and not what popped into my head. "

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By *ed and WolfieCouple
over a year ago

Gravesend

Pretty much every book mentioned here I’ve read to my two.

Gruffalo , each peach pear plum and hungry caterpillar were clear favs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mr Tickle. Then s/he can collect them all.

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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago

London

"Mr Tickle. Then s/he can collect them all. "

That’s a great idea to actually have repeat presents for each birthday!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Mr Tickle. Then s/he can collect them all.

That’s a great idea to actually have repeat presents for each birthday!! "

It's actually cheaper to buy the whole collection from The Book People, but not as much fun!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loving all the ones mentioned, I normally go for "that's not my..." or a Julia Donaldson book. I buy all my friends pre school children books as gifts as I frimly belive in promoting the love of books and reading.

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By *stella OP Woman
over a year ago

London

"Mr Tickle. Then s/he can collect them all.

That’s a great idea to actually have repeat presents for each birthday!!

It's actually cheaper to buy the whole collection from The Book People, but not as much fun!

I could do that and then hoard them for years releasing them one at a time!!! Mwahahahaha

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By *iss SJWoman
over a year ago

Hull

"Mr Tickle. Then s/he can collect them all.

That’s a great idea to actually have repeat presents for each birthday!!

It's actually cheaper to buy the whole collection from The Book People, but not as much fun!

Love The Book People - I bought my niece the Beatrix Potter set (amongst others) from them. Those lovely little white books I remembered from when I was little

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The very hungry caterpillar

The boy who wouldn’t go to bed by Helen Cooper

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fairy tales - Chicken Licken, Goldilocks & the three bears, Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Billy Goats Gruff.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All of Judith Kerr's books.

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