children's timeless books

[Louise07]

I would like to buy my daughter some timeless books for bedtime reading She is 3 and I'm thinking along the lines of the hungry caterpillar, the tiger who came to tea, where the wild things are. Can anyone suggest any others. Many thanks

[ladyalex]

The House at Pooh Corner and all the Winnie the Pooh books are pretty good...maybe for a bit older than three, but they will last.

[woofgang]

wind in the willows., any Dr Seuss.

[Kiki-frog]

Julia Donaldson's Gruffalo books are always loved by young children. So much scope for inventing silly voices for the characters.

[roslyn251254]

All the Beatrix Potters.

[roslyn251254]

Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev Awdry should go down well too especially if she has seen them on tv

Little Miss and Mr Men

[Kiki-frog]

Janet and Allan Ahlberg's picture books are also good, and Shirley Hughes' 'Dogger' is a tearjerker with a lovely ending

[knowabit]

the Julia Donaldson books are all brilliant.. all my kids and nephews love them. I like that they are rhyming stories...
The Gruffalo
Monkey Puzzle
A squash and a squeeze
Snail and the whale
Room on the broom
Smartest giant in town
Tabby McTat

[knowabit]

oh, and 'Each Peach Pear Plum' and 'Peepo' by Janet Ahlberg...

[Kiki-frog]

knowabit - Each, Peach, Pear, Plum is one of my faves as well!

[knowabit]

my daughter is always telling me the story.. she does not need the book anymore!

[maggiebee]

The Katie Morag books set on a fictional island off the west coast of Scotland.
Katie is a rather feisty character, loved by all.

[rockyracoon]

I loved Charlotte's Web when I was little.

[andrew1707]

I can only agree with a few of the posters above: Julia Donaldson has a great range of books for kids 3+.

[Ric.ror]

Dont forget the Christopher Robin poems
My boys can still quote them

[Mosaic]

Mr and Mrs Large - an elephant family......I can still recite them from memory.

[pinkgin]

And when she's a bit older you simply must have "The Chronicles of Narnia"

[China Doll]

Absolutely must have Roald Dahl and Peter Pan for when she's a bit older.

One book I always liked was Dogga (although I read it to my sisters and didn't ahve it myself). What about a bit of Meg and Mog too? I have started a book list for my nephew on amazon, and once I put a few in that i wanted for him, I then got loads of recoomendations.

[boxtops]

I loved Babar the Elephant when I was little - can you still get the books?

[Sheenamf]

Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney

[firewatch]

My cat likes to hide in boxes is an absoloute fav of my daughters and wheres my cow by terry prachett. Also Enid Blyton noddy naughty Amelia Jane etc