What's your favourite children's book?

[coagulantwolf]

The one with the keys and the dog and the house...

 

[Goldstone1976]

The Narnia series - If pushed to select only one, it'd have to be The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Giant Jam Sandwich - all rhyming couplets
King Solomon's Mines - although the racism is breath-taking by today's standards

 

[FamilyGuy]

Wind in the Willows - and I still read it frequently

 

[cloud]

My faves include Ant and Bee

My 8-year old loves the Lemony Snicket series

 

[BuddyBoy]

Roald Dahl - Dirty Beasts.

 

[footychick]

Guess How much I Love You
The Famous five books - used to love these when I was a child.
The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Maisys Rainbow Dream (Maisy Mouse) - more like Maisys Rainbow Trip

 

[atfc village]

Brendon Chase.

 

[Bodular]

Room on the broom for me, I almost know it off by heart

 

[tweenster]

The Gruffalo

Another vote for The Gruffalo. Our kids use to love the 'Spider in the Bath' videos as well.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Swallows and Amazons

 

[Greg Bobkin]

At the other end of the spectrum is Baby Brains, or something like that. Utter, utter tripe.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

At the other end of the spectrum is Baby Brains, or something like that. Utter, utter tripe.

Baby Brains is great. What's wrong with that?

 

[pasty]

A couple of Enid Blyton books were my favourite as a kid. Mr Gallianos Circus & Well Really Mr Twiddle

 

[Lord Bamber]

The Gruffalo
Hairy McClaray

 

[rcf0712]

There's a hippopotamus on my roof eating cake takes some beating

 

[Guinness Boy]

Boing! by Sean Taylor is superb. When they get a bit older (7ish plus) though you can't beat a bit of Mr Gum by Andy Stanton. Absolutely hilarious (featuring an angry fairy who whacks you with a pan if your garden becomes untidy AND a butcher called Billy William among other bits of comic genius).

 

[wunt be druv]

This


Read it endlessly to both my kids,(and others) and they love it.

 

[supaseagull]

Boy by Roald Dahl. I remember reading it when I was 11 and loved it....read it again more recently and it was still very readable.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Baby Brains is great. What's wrong with that?

If it's the one I'm thinking of where this 'child genius' kid ends up going to University at a week old, and then into space shortly afterwards, I just thought it was plain stupid. I know there's meant to be a bit of make-believe in children's books, but this was just too far-fetched for me. Maybe I read it and read too much into it, but it really annoyed me when I read it.

I've always thought that, to a point, there should be a lesson to be learned from children's books, but I didn't get what the message was meant to be with it. I just found it dull and a little bit odd but, like I say, maybe I was taking it to literally.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

If it's the one I'm thinking of where this 'child genius' kid ends up going to University at a week old, and then into space shortly afterwards, I just thought it was plain stupid. I know there's meant to be a bit of make-believe in children's books, but this was just too far-fetched for me. Maybe I read it and read too much into it, but it really annoyed me when I read it.

I've always thought that, to a point, there should be a lesson to be learned from children's books, but I didn't get what the message was meant to be with it. I just found it dull and a little bit odd but, like I say, maybe I was taking it to literally.

Yes, that is the one. There's also a second one in the series where Baby Brains becomes a rock star when it turns out he's a musical genius.

There's no social message in it, as you say. Just a fun, tall story.