my top ten children's books (Top Ten Childrens Books)

Member Name: freud

Product:	Top Ten Childrens Books
Date:	11/09/08 (129 review reads)
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I've always loved to read and have passed my love of books onto my daughters.

I really enjoyed reading to them any time of day, but especially at bedtime - I was thrilled, but rather sad, when they said they were 'too old' to be read to anymore as they could read themselves!

the following is a list of my favourite books but not in order of importance

1. the borrowers by mary norton

we were read this at primary school & i loved hearing about these tiny little folk who 'borrowed' from the big house. the books are so well written that you could imagine every character down to their shoelaces

2. the night before christmas

this is really a long poem which was written in 1890s? in the usa

'twas the night before christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse....' I used to save this up until christmas eve and read it to my daughters as my mum had done for me - magical

3. thomas the tank engine (& friends!) by rev awdry

these used to come in thin, rectangular hardback books & the adventures had by the engines were always exciting & fraught with danger!

4. old bear stories by jane hissey

wonderfully illustrated book with great stories about teddy bears - sometimes sad, sometimes funny and always with the 'ahhhh' factor

5. jennings by anthony buckeridge - my eldest daughter used to shriek with laughter when reading these books about the middle class schoolboy & his adventures. traditionally thought of as a boys' favourite for some reason...!

6. shirley hughes' alfie & annie rose stories are fantastic - well written & beautifully illustrated. the stories are relevant to small children & are centred around a little boy & his baby sister - heartwarming

7. funnybones by janet & allan ahlberg - i think this is still on the national curriculum? 'in a dark dark house in a dark dark wood...' the stories are about skeletons, which, although scary, children seem to love

8. grimms fairy tales

i had to put this on my list - where would we be without fairy stories? sometimes scary but a firm favourite with children & a good basis for early role-play

9. vald the drac by ann jungman

absolutely hilarious to read. these books follow the adventures of vlad - the veggie vampire from romania

10. roald dahl - the wonderful story of henry sugar

this includes turtles, fingersmiths, a man who can see with his eyes closed - a great read with scary twists & turns which children love

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what would we do without books?

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