Books for…..

We are a book crazy household. We love book, stories and all that this encompasses. Below I have written a few lists of some of our most treasured books. I have tried to break them down into categories.

A Multi-sensory experience

1) The Smelly Book; Babette Cole

2) The Slimy Book; Babette Cole

3) Peace at Last; Jill Murphy

4) Whatever Next; Jill Murphy

5) The Naughty Bus; Jan Oke

6) The Gruffalo; Julia Donaldson

7) Pass the Jam Jim; Kaye Umansky

8) The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Eric Carle

9) Aliens Love Underpants; Claire Freedman

10) Sharing a Shell; Julia Donaldson

Repeated refrain

1) Dear Zoo; Rod Campbell

2) That’s not my…..; Fiona Watt

3) Brown Bear, Brown Bear; Eric Carle

4) Shark in the Park; Nick Sharratt

5) We’re Going on a Bear Hunt; Michael Rosen

6) The Gingerbread Man; Various

7) Three Little Pigs; Various

8) Little Red Hen; Various

9) Owl Babies; Martin Waddell

10) We All Went on a Safari; Laurie Krebs

Counting

1) 10 Little….; Mike Brownlow

2) The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Eric Carle

3) Tip Tap went the Crab; Tim Hopgood

4) Ten in the Bed; David Ellwand

5) Ten Little Ladybugs

6) Over in the Meadow; Various

7) Jolly Olly Octopus; Tony Mitton

8) The Bad-Tempered Ladybird; Eric Carle

Rhyming

1) The Dinky Donkey; Craig Smith

2) Goodnight Spaceman; Michelle Robinson

3) Rumble in the Jungle; Giles Andreae

4) A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea; Jessica Law

5) The Smeds and the Smoods; Julia Donaldson

6) The Snail and the Whale; Julia Donaldson

7) The Wonky Donkey; Craig Smith

8) Portside Pirates; Oscar Seaworthy

9) Room on the Broom; Julia Donaldson

10) How to Catch a Star; Oliver Jeffers.

Laughing

1) The Dinosaur that Popped a Planet; Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter

2) Kitchen Disco; Clare Foges & Al Murphy

3) I Need a New Bum; Dawn McMillan

4) Oi Frog; Kes Gray

5) There’s a Snake in my School; David Walliams

6) A Squash and a Squeeze; Julia Donaldson

7) The Slightly Annoying Elephant; David Walliams

8) Oi Dog; Kes Gray

Other books which we love…

1) The girl who loved wellies

2) Charlie and Lola – I will not never ever eat a tomato

3) The Scarecrows Wedding; Julia Donaldson

4) The Mess Monsters; Beth Shoshan

5) We all went up a volcano

6) I need a new bum; Dawn McMillan

7) The dinosaur that pooped….; Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter

8) Dig, Dig, Diggin’; Margret Mayo

9) Lost and Found; Oliver Jeffers

10) How to catch a star; Oliver Jeffers

11) Grandad’s Island; Benji Davies

12) Lucy’s Picture; Nicola Moon.