Top Ten Childrens Books

I've always been a bit of a reader myself, and I've always been especially keen on kid's books. There are some amazing ones out there that really help to nurture a positive interest in young children right from a few months of age. Our grandson was mad about 'That's Not My Tractor..." from just five months old, and these days he's probably got more books than all three of my kids had put together at his age! My top ten children's books are based on what I share with the grandson today, rather than kid's books I remember over the years. Most of these are suitable for pre-schoolers. 10. I Forgot to Say I Love You I Forgot to Say I Love You is ...  Read the complete review

As with many folks who've written in this category, I've been an avid book person practically since birth. My parents have photos of me before the age of two sitting "reading" to my stuffed animals and I quickly memorised my favourite stories much to the chagrin of my dad who would occasionally try to skip a page or two at bedtime. Growing up in Canada my list might be a little different than some of yours. But it seems that some books were loved on both sides of the pond! There are many children's books I've come to love as an adult but am limiting myself to ones that were around when I was in fact a child. I'm not listing in order of most to least ...  Read the complete review

As a parent to two baby boys, I've been reading a lot of children's books, and the following is a selection of favourites I've read to them, as well as old childhood favourites of my own. **NO.10: Kipper, by Mick Inkpen** I know Kipper from the TV, and was surprised this book was just called 'Kipper', so imagine it is the only or main book about the dog. With that, I expected it to be really good. The story is about Kipper having a clear-out in his basket and getting rid of all his old stuff. When he is finally cleared out, he can't get comfy, so he copies the way lots of different animals sleep to see if it will help him, but of course ...  Read the complete review

I have always been an avid bookworm. From the days of "the yellow house" and "the red house" at infant school right up to modern day housebricks of books. I'm going to exercise boasting rights here and clearly remember being asked to read for the class 2 years below me at infants because I was so advanced for my age. It is the only time in my life, the one and only time that I can profess to be advanced at anything at all so therefore still make sure I get my mileage out of the fact twenty xxx years later!! As such I have a very very long top 30 of childrens books that I absolutely adored, some very young indeed and others once I was able to ...  Read the complete review

As a child, I always loved reading. My Mum used to love embarrassing me by telling everybody that she met that I even read books in the toilet (which wasn't true, by the way!) I started compiling this list with the intention of including some modern stories that my kids enjoy but writing this made me remember so many well-loved classics from my own childhood that there wasn't actually any room for the new stuff! This, then, is a pretty self-indulgent look at some of the many books that I loved as a young girl: 1. Heidi (Johanna Spyri) I have read this book many many times and still have my original paperback copy - complete with loose browning pages taped ...  Read the complete review