I always loved the Golden Books especially 'The Monster at the End of the Book' where Grover tries all sorts of things to stop you turning the page (because of the monster at the end of the book). Can't wait to read it to my son.

What are your favourites?

Caps for sale and the Harry the Dog books

Who sank the boat
Clifford the big red dog books

the hungry little catepillar and we're going on a bear hunt are faves
ive also bought the large picture book series of the Faraway tree by enid blyton- cant wait til Ds is old enough

i remeber that book OP, loved it lol!

This is the House that Jack Built. I loved it and memorised every word; DD1 did the same; DD2 has the same thing coming to her. LOVE that book!

I love the monster at the end of the book!!! Havent heard that in years

DD was very excited to hear There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I also just rediscovered The little engine that could! and I have always loved AA Milne's Now We Are 5 and When We Were Young - have been known to recite it to myself lol!

Oh I have so so many

Where the Wild things are
The Hungry Catapiller
We're going on a bear hunt
Daisy Dog (golden book)
The Best Nest (Most of the Dr Seus Books actually)
Puff the Magic Dragon

When DD1 was born, I made a list of classic books I wanted as people kept asking me which books to get her. Most of them were my fav childhood stories.

Love the Little Golden Books, especially "Home for a Bunny" and "Pussy Willow"
All Richard Scarey books
Lots of the bush ballads by CJ Dennis and Banjo Patterson, amonst others.
Anyone know who wrote "The Ballad of Ben Hall"? I've been looking everywhere for it.
"The Owl and the Pussycat"
Rev. W. Awdrey's "Thomas the Tank Engine" series - origionals, not the duddy new ones.

Lots and lots - many of them are even the same actual copies from my childhood, over 35 years old some of them.

Goodnight Moon
Where the Wild Things Are
Richard Scarry books
Meg & Mog books
Captain Pugwash books
Lots of Dr Seuss, particularly the Sleep Book and Great Day for Up
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
One Dragon's Dream
Harry the Dirty Dog

I'm sure I've forgotten some too.

Each Peach Pear Plum (actually anything by the Ahlbergs)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Wind Blew (and others by Pat Hutchins)

For when she is older:

Charlottes Web
The Secret Garden
Little Women
Enid Blyton (for when she is older)


I am sure there are others...

I'm reading DD all my old Enid Blyton books, which originally belonged to my mother so they are lovely and unedited. I adore re-reading them so most of them are actually sitting on my bedside table for me to read on my own

I hope she loves them as much as I do or I'll be devastated! That's why I thought I better read them to her now before she is old enough to protest.

Where The Wild Things Are
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Naughtiest Girl in School
The Wishing Chair

And so many more. I'm collecting Harry Potter books and DVDs although I discovered them in my adulthood, I believe my girls will love them when they're older. And all my Judy Blumes I'll let them read when they're about 10 or so.

the hungry little catepillar
Corduroy

hairy mclarey

Possum Magic

Oh that reminds me too, I've kept my copy of The Magic Pudding for my girls too!

Kittens

(was mine, given to me by Great Aunt - DS1 is obsessed with cats, due to my parents having one - he even takes this book for sleepovers at their place)

BTW, all those who mentioned the Enid Blyton books - these are apparently worth a mint now, particularly as a set in hard cover.

Fish out of water.

I am currently reading The Magic Faraway Tree to my girls and they love it! I am having so much fun reading it too - I love how everything is "in a trice" and other wonderful expressions

I have also read them other old favourites:
Meg & Mog
Where the Wild Things are
My Cat likes to hide in boxes
Dr Seuss (numerous!)
The very hungry Caterpillar

Loads more, I could go on!

. I wonder if that is just selected titles or all of them. I have loads of them - but would never part with them

Fish out of Water by Helen Palmer Geisel
Oh the Places you will Go
The story of Ping
What do you do with a Kangaroo?

The Enid Blyton ones that are most valuable are obviously the older edition ones. I've bought some reprinted hardbacks that wouldn't be worth much and I scour op shops for older ones. I always loved The Naughtiest Girl in School and ended up naming my daughter Elisabeth, perhaps subconsciously after Elizabeth in that series?

I can't wait to introduce my kids to the Roald Dahl books when they are older.

Oooh yes, The Witches and The BFG were probably my favourites!

Tikki Tikki Tembo and The Story of Ping I picked up recently because I remember loving them so much. I still have my childhood copy of The Velveteen Rabbit which I adore, but it's still a little long for DD to read.

DH loves to read her his very dog-eared, much loved copy of Mr Magnolia by Quentin Blake. It's such a fabulous story.

I always loved Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The first time I read Peepo to my daughter I cried, it's such a beautiful book.

Lots of the picture books mentioned already as well as plenty of chapter books, eg, Enid Blyton (which I have been collecting via ebay - I don't like the new editions as they have been edited to make them more modern and PC), Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, the Wizard of Oz, Pippi Longstocking etc etc.

I still read to my 11yo but only if it is something that I want to read too, eg, we are currently most of the way through the Malory Towers series. I also read her modern books by authors like Jacqueline Wilson. These weren't around when I was young but I know I would have devoured them if they were. Next on our list is Are You There God, It's Me Margaret which was a huge revalation to me in Year 6.

I am also reading Blinky Bill to my 7yo. This isn't quite as good as I remembered. Much prefer Snugglepot and Cuddlepie these days (even though this resulted in my daughter freaking out about 'big bad banksia men' if we ever came across banksia seed pods at the park etc).

I just got a couple of "Ramona" books from a market on the weekend. I loved those books so much when I was Ramona's age! DD is still too little for them to hold her attention but I think I'll be passing them on to my sisters for my nieces for a while.

Oh my goodness!!! Is that the one that goes 'the cat from Norway, got stuck in the doorway'?? I LOVED that book!

Some we're reading:

Each Peach Pear Plum
The very hungry caterpillar
Georges Marvellous Medicine
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

I want to get my snugglepot and cuddlepie book from mums. She's kept heaps of my books, my boys are loving my old golden books. Heidi of the hills, the little engine that could, we help mummy, we help daddy, the little red hen etc

The Best Nest
A Fish Out of Water
Roger Bandy
Any of the Berenstain Bears books
John Brown, Rose & the Midnight Cat
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek
Hot Water for Boris
The Tiger who Came to Tea

and many more that I just can't think of at the moment

Yes, that is the book. I came across it in the ABC shop and HAD to buy it for my girls

Jillian Jiggs (Jillian Jillian Jillian Jiggs, it looks like your room has been lived in by pigs)
How the birds got their colours (aboriginal tale)
Knickerless Nicola
The Rainbow Fish
The Disney Elegant book of manners

I saw this thread in recent topics and came here to post about Monster at the end of this Book Loved it so much! One fish two fish Dr Seuss was my other favourite.

From my childhood: Bears in the Night, Hungry Caterpillar, the Tawny Scrawny Lion. I'd forgotten Fish out of Water - will go and look for it!

I must say, my DDs have far better books than I ever had (and far more of them!).

I like reading these and mercifully DD is enjoying them too at the moment giving me a lovely break from Maisey:

The Mog series of books
Paddington
Noisy Nora
Dogger
Madeline

Lots of mine have already been mentioned...

My cat likes to hide in boxes
The diggingest dog
Meg and Mog

Currently reading The Magic Wishing Chair, and will go onto more Enid Blyton stories

Looking forward to Roald Dahl

Definitely The Magic Faraway Tree books!

Meg and Mog
The Hungry Caterpillar
Any Dr Seuss
George's Marvellous Medicine
We've been reading Secret Seven lately and I plan to introduce more Enid Blyton soon

now I enjoy reading Very Hungry Caterpiller and Wocket in my pocket.

Whey they are older I can't wait for them to get into Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Fantastic Mr Fox.

Older still - Famous Five, Trixie Beldon & Anne of Green Gables. (well dd anyway)

Slightly OT but we are enjoying finding old songs on You Tube the kids will like.

DD is currently (like right this second) listening to/watching Butterfly Ball. They also like "Manamana" and Tra La La (banana splits)...