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Story Books
I'd appreciate some suggestions for story books suitable for a four year old boy. He has loads of books with pictures in but I'm looking for ones without pictures that can be read to him while he's snuggled up in bed.
I was thinking something along the lines of Famous Five but I've never read any of those and wonder if they might have any scary stuff in. Are David Walliams books scary, they get very good reviews?
Any ideas?? Thank you.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.'When we were very young' and 'Now we are 6' books of verse. I read and learnt many of these when very small, eg. 'How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue, Oh I do think it's the pleasantest thing, ever a child could do.... etc.. Some black & white line illustrations. Wonderful stuff.
Thank you everyone, hadn't thought of the Enid Blyton fairly story type books. He has pretty much all of the Julia Donaldson books in picture book format.
His other grandma was a primary school head so we leave it to her to buy books for him but when he comes to stay I'd like to have a few books that he maybe hasn't heard and which will be nice bedtime stories to capture his imagination without scaring him or giving him nightmares.
Thanks again, very helpful x
He's coming to stay by himself for two weeks next month, so my thinking was a short chapter of something age appropriate each night might be interesting for him. Although I get your point bednobs, it's finding something suitable, those pinkalicious books look great and funnily enough his favourite colour is pink!
Dr Zeus's, now I think we have one of those somewhere on the bookcase, will have a look 👍
We're going to Waterstones next week so I'll have a good browse and see what they have.
Oh bednobs, I do understand where you're coming from 😕😘 I'm going to look into the books you mention and will think of you if and when I read them.
Foxy, I think he's past the MrMen books, he's a bright spark and is already reading, loves Encyclopædia type books and can tell me the names of every dinosaur ever discovered, and has a pet snail which he found in the bath! His parents are very eco friendly and outdoorish, as are we. But thank you for your suggestion 👍😘