I love reading stories to the kids, not necessarily always at bedtime, but there are some truly wonderful books out there which always make me smile, no matter how many times I read them. The obvious choices, such as Julia Donaldson, what a complete genius she is, always go down well in our house (my kids are 6 and 4) but there are also others which I never tire of reading and equally the children love. This page is dedicated to just that. If you do choose to read them, I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

If you have any suggestions yourself, please do share and I’ll add them to the list, no book is a bad book!

• The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein
• Penguin – Polly Dunbar
• The Adventures of Bert – Allan Ahlberg & Raymond Briggs
• Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe – Brian Moses & Garry Parsons
• Big Mum Plum – Daniel Postgate
• Someone Bigger – Jonathan Emmett & Adrian Reynolds
• Who’s in the Loo – Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
• Each Peach Pear Plum – Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
• Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers
• We’re Going to a Party – Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
• Dustbin Dad – Peter Bently and Russell Ayto
• Jennifer Jones won’t leave me alone – Frieda Wishinsky and Nel Layton
• Jack and the Incredibly Mean Stalk – Gemma Cary and Kelly Caswell

I don’t know anyone that doesn’t like a Julia Donaldson book but some of our favourites are:

• Charlie Cooks Favourite Book
• Tiddler
• Room on a Broom
• Zog
• What the Ladybird Heard
• Jack and the Flum Flum tree