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Tangarine Mummy Machine
14-11-2010, 20:13
What was the last book you read to your child/ren?
Did they enjoy it?
Tangarine Mummy Machine
14-11-2010, 20:14
The pidgeon found a hotdog.
They love it.
headoverfeet
14-11-2010, 20:15
Mine love Dinosaurs Love Underpants, its pretty funny and I like doing different voices :D They love books, we read quiet a bit :yes:
MummaBear03
14-11-2010, 20:15
The Blues Clues book she borrowed from the school library last week. She loved it, but then, she chose it too!
Maximum22
14-11-2010, 20:16
hairy maclairy - rumpus at the vet
hes 19 months so im not sure if he liked it, but i like reading the Hairy Maclairy books because he can say puppy and point and they rhyme :)
TripleTime
14-11-2010, 20:16
Babies first animals
Thats not my dolly
Thats not my train
That was all tonight before bed. Girls were more interested in making animal sounds, DS was busy playing with the touchy, feely book.
We read his ABC book before bed tonight. He's memorised all his books so we really need some more. I'll keep an eye out on this thread :D
Chub Chub
14-11-2010, 20:16
Grug and a Fairy book. Awesome combination
The Little Princess I want my mum by Tony Ross. She loves the little princess series on DVD and books.
BabelFish
14-11-2010, 20:18
'Slinky Malinki'.
That was the day after she was born.
Her first favourite book, though, was 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'.
FearlessLeader
14-11-2010, 20:18
where is the green sheep- DS adores it! Turns the pages so excitedly :goodvibes: until the second to last which has no pictures and then he closes the book, i think he thinks it's a faulty page :laughing:
chicken and eggs mum
14-11-2010, 20:19
We read "Wonky Donky" and "Where is the Green Sheep?" before bed!!!
Her all time fave is green sheep - and she got wonky donky for her b'day!! If you want a funny book - wonky donky is it!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
RipperRita
14-11-2010, 20:20
Brown bear brown bear. Despite my best efforts ds isn't really that into books yet... I loved books and reading as a kid so hopefully he'll get into it. Otherwise there is always dd........
WorkingClassMum
14-11-2010, 20:21
Now We Are 6 by AA Milne
Sheer Bliss
14-11-2010, 20:21
Did I ever tell you how lucky you are? (or is it were??) Dr Seuss! The kiddies love him, mums tounge doesn't, LOL!!!
Babies are more interested in turning pages, so they usually have a book of their own to play with.
BabelFish
14-11-2010, 20:21
where is the green sheep- DS adores it! Turns the pages so excitedly :goodvibes: until the second to last which has no pictures and then he closes the book, i think he thinks it's a faulty page :laughing:
DD loves that too. So do I! :laughing: It's my favorite Mem Fox book.
DD has memorised it now and whenever she gets to 'but where is the green sheep?' she looks up and says 'oh DEAR!!'. Funny baby :D
Mrs Nietzsche
14-11-2010, 20:27
Where the Wild Things Are. I always thought it was stupid, but what do you know, DS loves it.
Chub Chub
14-11-2010, 20:27
We read "Wonky Donky" and "Where is the Green Sheep?" before bed!!!
Her all time fave is green sheep - and she got wonky donky for her b'day!! If you want a funny book - wonky donky is it!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
I NEED to get a copy of Wonky Donky....it is one of my favourites too. It is tooo funny!
If you like WOnky Donkey....try Vegetable Glue. It is about a girl who won't eat veggies and all her body parts fall off....even her bottom! Then Grandma saves the day by making her eat veggies which creates vegetable glue that make her body stick together. It is really funny!
threeofthem
14-11-2010, 20:27
Tonight we had Where the wild things are, Old macdonald had a farm and Who sank the boat.
The 3 always choose what they want read to them and I adapt the story for ds2, who is almost 2.
samatha the swimming fairy for dd1
and a dora the explorer book for dd2
flyawayfree
14-11-2010, 20:29
I read Peter rabbit to ds just before, he loves it and I love it because I read it as a kid. We read a lot here (atleast ten books a day).
We read at least 3 at bedtime and often others during the day. We love books :)
Tonight...
DS1 chose 'Mr Grumpy' and 'Grug and the rainbow'
DS2 chose 'Where is the green sheep?' (which is chooses every.single.night and if he gets two, its always 'Thats not my plane')
BabelFish
14-11-2010, 20:36
At bed time other favorites are also 'Penguin', 'Apple Pear Orange Bear', 'Monkey and Me', 'Scarface Claw' and Dr Seuss.
DP and I both take turns to act out stories at bed time. So one of us reads, the other one does the acting. DD loves that soooooo much. I started doing it one night when he was reading 'Penguin' to her and it's just stuck!
At least DP is getting some use out of his NIDA degree :laughing:
SassyMummy
14-11-2010, 20:36
I can't remember which because it was on Friday night (she left to go see Mum on Saturday morning, and returned this evening... she's currently watching Junior Masterchef)... but it was one of the Mr Men books. She's got hte collection, and loves them all.
Mischief
14-11-2010, 20:38
Mr G had "who makes this sound" and Mr O had "wheels on the tractor" or something like that tonight.
They both love books and we read at least twice a day. And they will both choose a book to read.
Scholastic gets a quarter of my wage each month!
My daughter has loads of books. She loves them. She has the same 10 or 15 she likes best. It's great but can get a bit tedious for me lol. Her favorites are hairy mclary from donaldson's dairy and how do dinosaurs say goodnight. When the dinosaurs say goodnight in the book, she calls out to her dad to come in and he makes a funny noise when he gets to her door and walks across the room to kiss her goodnight. She loves it. She also likes what do I look like, slinky malinki, pets with Elmo, hide and seek, the very hungry caterpillar, goldilocks flip the flap book and loads more. Apologize for poor spelling and grammar, am writing from my iPhone.
Tonight's roster was baby's first animals, penguin, and hairy maclary (scarface claw edition) with half of roar thrown in pre pooy nappy intervention.
chicken and eggs mum
14-11-2010, 20:42
I NEED to get a copy of Wonky Donky....it is one of my favourites too. It is tooo funny!
If you like WOnky Donkey....try Vegetable Glue. It is about a girl who won't eat veggies and all her body parts fall off....even her bottom! Then Grandma saves the day by making her eat veggies which creates vegetable glue that make her body stick together. It is really funny!
Sounds like my kind of book!!! Might go and hunt this one out tomorrow!!!! I love books where adults can have a bit of a giggle as well!!!
Ds1 loves a book called AHH SPIDER! he loves it soo much!
F is mad for all the eric karl books. Started with caterpillar but we now have a large collection
singlemumma82
14-11-2010, 20:47
We are currently reading my old 'Blinky Bill' novel and DD loves it.
Prior to this we read the High School Musical series.
DD and I both love our books.
ComeBackKid
14-11-2010, 20:56
'Everyone's got a bottom' and a thomas book about colours tonight.
My kids also love 'where is green sheep' and 'the very hungry caterpillar'. DS is into 'the cat in the hat' and the 'mr strong' book.
DD loves any book we have that has a baby in it.
My kids are little book worms!! Love it :)
tigerchick
14-11-2010, 21:10
I have been reading little red hiding hood to my DD atm and she love it.
My 8 month old DS loves it when I read to him :goodvibes: The last book we read was 'Anna Banana & Me'...he loves the pictures and I still love the story as much as I did when I was little.
NonnyMouse
14-11-2010, 21:14
Rocketman's pick this evening was Green Eggs and Ham. :)
The Girls Only Club
14-11-2010, 21:15
They read to me now.We are just started Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.The girls take it in turns to read a chapter.
Lemonhead
14-11-2010, 21:15
Hairy Maclary's Scattercat!
We read to DS every night before bed :).
FiveInTheBed
14-11-2010, 21:17
DP did the book reading tonight whilst I had a shower.
The last book I read was this arvo, it's a new one and it's a winner...'Harvey, the boy who couldn't fart.'
Lateralus
14-11-2010, 21:27
The gruffalo & a squash and a squeeze by Julia Donaldson. We all love them! Also a fan of all the Pamela Allen books we have (who sank the boat, I wish I had a pirate suit, Bertie & the bear etc). Oh, and she loves where the wild things are!
bubbasmum
14-11-2010, 21:29
Charlie and Lola book. Cant remember what its called but its about Lola wrecking Charlies rocket he made for a school project. Ds loves it!
bubbasmum
14-11-2010, 21:32
where is the green sheep- DS adores it! Turns the pages so excitedly :goodvibes: until the second to last which has no pictures and then he closes the book, i think he thinks it's a faulty page :laughing:
My ds loves this book and knows the words off by heart. He reads it to me!
trishalishous
14-11-2010, 21:56
DD is only 6 months, but she loves her chew book, with animals and toys, i make the noises too :)
"theres a dog, a dog goes WOOF WOOF"
Mrs Awesome
14-11-2010, 21:56
We last read The Wonky Donkey and a book called "Heads" which is a popup book with other moving parts and touchy feely bits about all these different animals heads.
Mrs Molly Coddle
14-11-2010, 22:01
"Hop on Pop." I haaate Dr Seuss but DS loves Hop on Pop. Sigh.
Ana Gram
14-11-2010, 22:12
We recently finished The Princess Bride and have just started on Alice in Wonderland.
Seacretsquirrel
14-11-2010, 22:13
Not quite sure what DD had tonight as DH read to her but knowing her pattern of late (read obsession) it was the Charlie and lola colours book (only because we have only have 1 other C&L book) and the I am absoloutely too small for school - (C&L) she is getting another couple for xmas.
The last ones I read to her was I am absoloutely too small for school and Happy Birthday to you blue Kangaroo - Emma Chichester-Clark - she is wonderful and has a pile of Blue Kangaroo books - all with a bit of a moral and then there are a few stand alones my fave (and a big fave with DD) is No More Kissing - about a little monkey who hates kissing and ends up kissing his new baby brother - by accident of course:laughing:
For DS I last read Aliens Love Underpants and the sequel - something along the lines of Aliens in underpants save the world which is jsut as unny as the 1st one.
He also rather likes the thats not my (truck, monster, dragon, dinosaur, frog) books and Where is green sheep.
OMG I just found "Aliens Love Panta Claus" I so have to get this for the kids for xmas
Crunch the crocodile, it's 17 yrs old (it's was my DD1 first book). It's been well used and is a little worse for wear but all my kids have loved it. I have even made them a big crocodile tail.
FearlessLeader
14-11-2010, 22:17
Crunch the crocodile, it's 17 yrs old (it's was my DD1 first book). It's been well used and is a little worse for wear but all my kids have loved it. I have even made them a big crocodile tail.
'my name is crunch and i want my lunch!' :yelclap: i remember that one!
LolliLips
14-11-2010, 22:22
Time For School Stinky Face
The Cat in The Hat
Kipper's Christmas Eve
How The Kookaburra Got His Laugh
They are part of the regular cycle along with my personal favourite 'Orange Bear Apple Pear' but they're getting too old for it now :'( such a wonderful book though.
KatiesMum
14-11-2010, 22:30
She reads me 1 and then I read her 2
tonight she read me Fairy Bear, and I read her Wendy's Big Game (a Bob the Builder book) and Jungle Book 2 (a shortened version)
The Okay Book, followed by one about Kangaroos. He loved them :)
Time for bed- Mem Fox at bed time tonight. DD loves all of the animals and doing the animal noises.
DD loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar as well. I made her a caterpillar cake for her 2nd birthday last weekend! She knows it so well she reads it to me! Well, she reads the important words and skims over the fill!
Some reading highlights today included Walter the Farting Dog, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Time for Bed, Where is the Green Sheep (here is the green sheep fast asleep.... Behind the broccoli :laughing:), Isabella's Garden (hands down best children's book ever written), Each Peach Pear Plum.
Actually I just realised we didn't read much today. It was a drawing day as they seem to be at the moment.
2 Cherubs
14-11-2010, 23:27
We read a "Meg and Mog" Book, cant remember the name at the moment. DS loves all "Meg and Mog" books.
Im going to the bookstore next week to get a book that DS kindy teacher told me the kids love called "Wonky Donkey"
RoarsomeMum
15-11-2010, 02:44
We are reading "Superfudge - Judy Blume" chapter a night, She is loving it! (and So am I! like dipping myself in childhood :goodvibes:)
Enid Blyton's "The Magic Faraway Tree". Certain parts of it are a bit old fashioned but DD loves it all the same.
mamatochompers
15-11-2010, 11:52
My Potty Book for Boys. He likes it but he's getting a bit sick of it too.
4fullstop
15-11-2010, 15:48
Oooohhh.... this is a great thread!! I'm requesting madly from the library online as I read the responses.
Our older 3 love "Where is the Green Sheep" too - can't believe how popular it is! All the Hairy Maclary books. We also love "Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum" by Lisa Wheeler; and "Toddle Waddle" & "The Snail and the Whale" by Julia Donaldson.
My baby loves one ... can't remember it's name, but it's quite a big book with full page black & white photos of babies faces. Any book with pictures of other babies really!
I've just read "The Faraway Tree" series to my 5yo, now we're onto "The Wishing Chair". She's obsessed - she desperately needs to learn to read so she can read herself - she's always bugging me for "just 1 more chapter" :laughing:
I worked in public libraries for 11 years and LOVE books - and hope my kids will too!
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