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Classic Children's Books
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People have been asking us what we would like them to get DD for her Christening next week! I would love her to have a collection of lovely books. I love reading and remember getting some lovely books when I was little (the complete works of Lewis Carroll being one of them) and I would love DD to have inherited my love of reading and books and her Christening seems the perfect way to start this love off. Where as most woman love shoes and bags - waterstones is my weakness lol
So far we have the inlaws getting her the complete winnie the pooh collection and a lovely aunty and uncle are getting her the complete beatrix potter collection.
so please inspire me further and tell me what other 'classic' children books did you love as a child or think every child must own? (I know DD is only 29 weeks but I would love books that she will get pleasure out of for many,many years to come x)
Thanks
People have been asking us what we would like them to get DD for her Christening next week! I would love her to have a collection of lovely books. I love reading and remember getting some lovely books when I was little (the complete works of Lewis Carroll being one of them) and I would love DD to have inherited my love of reading and books and her Christening seems the perfect way to start this love off. Where as most woman love shoes and bags - waterstones is my weakness lol
So far we have the inlaws getting her the complete winnie the pooh collection and a lovely aunty and uncle are getting her the complete beatrix potter collection.
so please inspire me further and tell me what other 'classic' children books did you love as a child or think every child must own? (I know DD is only 29 weeks but I would love books that she will get pleasure out of for many,many years to come x)
Thanks
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There is a good thread in toddler about books, have pinched so many for Dylan's xmas and birthday presents
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The Railway Children
The Jungle Book (not the disney one although I love the film
Swiss Family Robinson
Little Women
What Katy Did Collection
Black Beauty
Treasure Island
Heidi
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
The Secret Garden
I know this is not strictly a children's books but I read Lorna Doone when I was 6 and loved it.
Can you tell I love books also, Olivia is 10 months and has already over 200 books!!
I really loved books and reading when I was a child and I hope Toby will be the same!
Books for now
Dear Zoo
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Tiger who came to tea (wonderful!!!)
Where the wild things are
Each Peach Pear Plum
Guess How Much i love you
For later
To Kill a Mockingbird
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia
Elidor
Wind in the Willows
S x
lol I can't wait to have an excuse to read all these books again - will be reading them to Toby whether he likes it or not!
If you want books to keep for when she is a little older, Andrew Lang's coloured fairy books are classics, as are George MacDonald's books and Frances Hodgson Burnett. And someone mentioned the Green Knowe books on a thread I started over in Toddler, which I want to get Peter.
More modern classics: Dogger (Shirley Hughes) and the Mog books (Judith Kerr). I don't know if you can get them in Britain, but Rosemary Wells's books are gorgeous. And Tony Ross (Horrid Henry) and Michael Rosen have both published new collections of fairy tales which have just been reviewed as must-haves. We also have the copy of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats illustrated by Alex Schaeffler who also does most of Julia Donaldson's books, which is gorgeous. I would also recommend anything by Donaldson, including Cave Baby, her latest which isn't illustrated by Schaeffler but very beautiful and very funny.
Right, I'll stop now, although I could go on and on. Hope that helps.
(By the way, it may be worth checking out second hand sites. You can definitely get hold of the Just So Stories and The Jungle Book which are also must-haves but you may get nicer hardback copies second hand. We have a beautiful copy of Howard Pyle's Robin Hood handed down from my great-great-uncle, but that is a 'read to' copy as it dates from 1911!)
We loved the Narnia books when we were young, Dad used to read them to us and take it in turns to lie on each of our beds. Mum would always lie on the other one and fall asleep. I know understand why, bless her, Mummy tiredness! He also read us The Hobbit, which we loved, 101 Dalmations, The Secret Garden, Peter Pan, and of course, all the Roald Dahl classics.
I think it's a lovely idea for pressies, something that baby will actually use for many years to come! x x x