{"id":409,"date":"2014-01-22T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T05:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/?p=409"},"modified":"2014-01-22T19:35:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T08:35:28","slug":"childrens-books-my-kids-ask-for-again-and-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/?p=409","title":{"rendered":"Childrens Books My Kids Ask For (again and again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">I didn\u2019t own a bookshelf before I had kids. \u00a0Now I own 6 of them brimming with kids books. \u00a0Kids books line the walls and carpet the floors. \u00a0I go to book fairs with a suitcase-on-wheels.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A good kids book is one that the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">kids<\/span> choose. \u00a0 Here is a list of books that my kids keep coming back to.<\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\">Baby books<\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(ok, so the kids may not have asked for these, but they giggled as I read them)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Bedtime Peekaboo<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Bath time Peekaboo<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #074d7c;\"><span style=\"cursor: pointer;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-412 alignright\" alt=\"a peekaboo\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/a-peekaboo.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Popup Peekaboo Farm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That\u2019s Not My\u2026 (series)<\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\">1-2 years<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dr Seuss Flip the Flap Collection<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Pop Up)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Tiger Who Came To Tea (popup)<a href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/c-tiger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-414 alignright\" alt=\"c tiger\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/c-tiger.jpg\" width=\"121\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Good Night Gorilla<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Good Night Moon<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Not a box<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thank You Bear<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Where is the Green Sheep?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dear Zoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Noisy farm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Spot (flip the flap versions)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Meg, Mog and Owl<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Twit Two (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookdepository.co.uk\/author\/Maddy-McClellan\">Maddy McClellan<\/a>)<a href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/e-twit.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/e-twit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-416 alignright\" alt=\"e twit\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/e-twit.jpg\" width=\"166\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>2-3 years<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Harry the Dirty Dog<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mammoth in My Fridge<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Chief Rhino to the Rescue<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mr Pusskins: A Love Story<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mr Pusskins and Little Whiskers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Click Clack Moo: \u00a0Cows the Type<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Vote for Duck<a href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/f-rhino.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This is not my hat<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Owl Babies<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thomas The Tank Engine Word Book<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Bark George<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #074d7c; cursor: pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/f-rhino.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-417 alignright\" alt=\"f rhino\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/f-rhino.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Kipper<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Who Sank The Boat?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Bark George<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Story of Peppa Pig<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Pout Pout Fish<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Shhh! Little Mouse<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Who&#8217;s in the bathroom<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Animalia by Graeme Base<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Rumble in the jungle<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Rocko and Spanky Have Company<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Cow That Laid an Egg<\/p>\n<h1>3-5 years<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Millions of Cats<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Don\u2019t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus<a style=\"color: #074d7c; cursor: pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/j-pigeon.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #074d7c; cursor: pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/j-pigeon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421 alignright\" alt=\"j pigeon\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/j-pigeon.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">No David<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Skippyjon Jones<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Oh No George<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Duckling Gets a Cookie<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Guess How Much I Love You<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you Give a Mouse a Cookie<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This Moose Belongs To Me<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Harold and the purple Crayon<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Fix It Duck<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Duck in the Truck<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mr McGee and the Perfect Nest<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dr Meow\u2019s Big Emergency<a style=\"color: #074d7c; cursor: pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/k-duck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-422 alignright\" alt=\"k duck\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/k-duck.jpg\" width=\"104\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Cat in the Hat<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Green Eggs and Ham<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Comic Books &#8211; DC Super Pets<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Comic &#8211; Spongebob comics (United Planton)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Comic &#8211; Mr Toast<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Captain Underpants (full colour version)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sam the firefly<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dr Dog (and its sequel)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hot Wheels \u2018I Can Read\u2019 series<a style=\"color: #074d7c; cursor: pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/m-peabody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-424 alignright\" alt=\"m peabody\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/m-peabody.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Doc McStuffins \u2018I Can Read\u2019 series<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The snail and the whale<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Detective Peabody: Up In The Air<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Angel pavement<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dinosaurs Galore<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Octonauts (various)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Don\u2019t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-423 alignright\" alt=\"l sponge\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/l-sponge.jpg\" width=\"181\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Incredible Book Eating Boy<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">This Is My Book<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Reggie Queen of the Street<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Where&#8217;s Wally<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Olivia<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On a tall tall cliff by Andrew Murray<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dandylion by Lizzzie Finlay<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hot Wheels scholastic readers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Dinosaur Train readers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Lego scholastic readers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Clancy the Courageous Cow<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Grill Pan Eddy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-425 alignright\" alt=\"n reggie\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/n-reggie.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Roald Dahl (Enormous Crocodile, The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me, The Twits and many many more)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Knuffle Bunny (series)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Tom and the Dinosaur Egg<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Runaway Train<\/p>\n<h1>5-7 years<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Flotsam<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Iggy Peck: Architect<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Magic Tree House #1 &#8211; Dinosaurs before dark<a href=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/p-iggy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-427 alignright\" alt=\"p iggy\" src=\"http:\/\/funhello.com\/tomdickson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/p-iggy.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Megasaurus mash-up<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Stories for five year olds by Dubosarsky and others<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I may have forgot one or two, and there are some notable absences because this list\u00a0only includes stories my kids really liked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn\u2019t own a bookshelf before I had kids. \u00a0Now I own 6 of them brimming with kids books. \u00a0Kids books line the walls and carpet the floors. \u00a0I go to book fairs with a suitcase-on-wheels. 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