 | I am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (Charlie and Lola) by Lauren Child
Buy used from: £0.01 Polly and her parents' favourite. Lola is so cheeky and Charlie is so smart. Fantastic!
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 | I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (Charlie and Lola) by Lauren Child
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.01 More Lola - another wonderful and slightly emotional rollercoaster story. See if you can spot her invisible friend. Fab!
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 | Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (Hairy Maclary and Friends) by Lynley Dodd
Buy new: £4.08 / Used from: £0.01 Funny and witty story. Great illustrations. We love this dog and all his friends. Written as a rhyming poem, it's quick to read when you want to get them into bed pronto.
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 | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Picture Puffin) by Eric Carle
Buy new: £4.08 / Used from: £0.39 By the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar ... more of the same beautiful drawings but without the twee-ness of some of his other stories. Polly loves the colours and the remembering the animals.
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 | Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Buy used from: £9.98 An old favourite - a small boy with a purple crayon makes up his own bedtime story and takes us along for the ride. Simple, great fun and with a hint of danger - makes you think anything is possible.
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 | Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: £8.44 / Used from: £5.98 A timeless classic, as they say. Polly always giggles at the picture of Max being naughty. You can make some great roaring noises during it too.
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 | Slow Loris by Alexis Deacon
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.19 This book is quite simply coooool. It's done in the style of a graphic novel. Initially I thought it would be too grown up but it's got lots of flaps to lift.
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 | Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Buy used from: £6.05 This one has been around since the 1940s. It peaceful and there are lots of things to look at. Great for wee ones.
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 | Harry by the Sea (Red Fox picture books) by Gene Zion
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.01 Harry - another dog we love. Naughty simple storylines and highly politically incorrect in places. Watch out for the fat lady!
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 | The Great Pet Sale by Mick Inkpen
Buy used from: £0.01 Lift the flap books - you gotta love them. This one has got the most fabulous animals in it. Beavers, dragons and penguins. And a happy ending too.
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 | Everyone Hide From Wibbly Pig by Mick Inkpen
Buy new: £5.20 / Used from: £0.01 Yep - love this one also. You can do great silly voices. Polly loved it from being less than 1.
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 | The Elephant and the Bad Baby (Puffin Picture Books) by Elfrida Vipont
Buy new: £4.19 / Used from: £0.99 I remember this one from being small. Lovely pictures and deliciously naughty. My mum bounced me and and down on her knee every in time to the elephant running off. Great social history too!
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 | Cockatoos (Red Fox picture books) by Quentin Blake
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01 Adorable and wry - and can find the cockatoos??
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 | Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack (Picture Puffins) by Lynley Dodd
Buy new: £3.62 / Used from: £0.01 Quite girly in a way. More from Hairy Maclary, this time he gets saved from the river by a little duckling.
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 | Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
Buy used from: £0.01 Reminds me of our kitchen in the 1970s - crazy illustrations. Very simple story and all kids seem to love it. Another quick read for rushed bedtime!
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 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Board Books with Holes) by Pam Adams
Buy new: £2.93 / Used from: £0.49 You can sing it or read it, good fun either way.
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 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Everyone loves this and deservedly so. Quite good for learning number too.
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 | Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram
Buy new: £3.59 / Used from: £0.01 A new find of ours - it's a brilliant crazy book. Great drawings and lots of fun spotting aliens. I like the idea that the moon has to be vacuumed every night. Polly's cousin Thomas adores it too.
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 | Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
Buy used from: £3.61 Sentimental and a bit dull as a story but the pictures make up for it. They are gorgeous and there's lots to look at.
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 | Harry the Dirty Dog (Red Fox Picture Books) by Gene Zion
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.01 The original and best Harry. You can play spot Harry as you go along. Love the duo-tone.
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