How to buy books for a toddler: please suggest authors

[Colin Macs Mom]

We do Snuggle Puppy too!

[Canwi]

Personal Penguin is also pretty cool!

[mini me]

"The Gruffalo" and "Going on a Bear Hunt" are huge fav with my 3yr olds in kindergarten, along with the Mr Men series. I second the Dr Suess books as well as the kids love hearing the nonsense word and rhyming - plus it's a real challenge for you as a parent to read a page straight with no mistakes!! Like a tongue twister!
There was also a Dinasaur themed book (a boy's toy dinasaur came to life) was a huge hit with the boys - can't remember the titles tho, so if anyone knows these books?

[Shiv52]

Most of our favs have already been mentioned!!

Julia Donaldson's books are great.  As are the Giles Andreae series (Rumble in the jungle, commotion in the ocean etc.).

Andi, the dinosaur ones are the 'Harry and the dinosaur' series by Ian Whybrow.  They're great too!

[Mama2boys]

Thanks all, thsi is greta, now does anyone know where to get books cheap???

[Ennypen]

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=100

http://www.redhouse.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=18201&langId=100

Can also get some good bargains on amazon if you look for the other sellers books rather than the ones straight from amazon. I also totally recommend going to charity shops and if you don't already use your local library.. never ending books and free to borrow for LOs.

[Mama2boys]

Thanks Helen, we are big time library goers but there is nothing like owning a brand new book! the smeel and feel of crisp pages that you know only you or your mama have touched...nice!

but will certainly check out the sites and request sopme of the below at the library.

and good ole Amazon normally does the trick!

[Ennypen]

You are soooo right about owning a new book... its lovely isnt it.

Ebay has loads of new book bargains on it too... bought 10 Little Miss books for £4 a week or so ago and that was including the postage!

The Book People has some fab packs of books for bargain prices... I got this set http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10051_166639_100_59607__category_
for Woo a week or so ago and the books are all gorgeous and he adores them... such a bargain too!

H x

[speechie]

Love this thread!
We're book people too!
I LOVE the Richard Scarry books- with Huckle and Lowly- some many little details to look at and loads of silly little things- like pickle cars.
For photo- info books, DK publishers makes nice board books, and some more advanced books as well- nice photos of animals, trucks, etc. "My first Truck book" ETc... Very simple, but LOs love the photos.
P.D. Eastman wrote/illustrated "Go Dog Go" and it's one of Nick's favorites. Again, simple, but great for beginner readers, simple concepts of colors, up and down, over and under, etc.
I'll think some more...

[momtonb&ab]

We love Robert Munsch and Richard Scarry and the little wombat series too!  We really really really love the Jillian Jiggs series too - fantastic rhyming for them - author is Pheobe Gilman.  Awesome books.  Keep in mind too that at the used book store for next to nothing (or the dollar store) you can pick up little golden books, and i can't believe how books i loved as a kid are still a bit hit with my  kids.   

But for sure Munsch, Scarry and Gilman - all great stuff.  Oh, and someone mentioned Sandra Boyton, she is fantastic too but I find our guys have already gone beyond the 'depth' of her stories and want longer more involved stories.  they will sit for hours listening to Robert Munsch stuff like Stephanie's Ponytail or Alligator Baby - they LOVE that stuff. 

DH has been trying to find some of the Harry and the Midnight....series but we are having a hard time finding them.

[Texomamama]

Margaret Wise Brown.  Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny (my favorite book of all).  For one of my baby showers, we did a children's books theme.  We got about 20 books, many of them signed by the people who gave them to us.  It was a nice way to do it.  Agree with the previous comments about Grimms.  Perhaps it is best to view that as classic literature understanding the times in which they were written, as opposed to "happy, feel good" children's books.  Having said that, we do have a copy.

[kimbo613]

Haven't read all the books on this list but it's full of classics.  "100 picture books everyone should know"

http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61