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Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« on: February 02, 2013, 21:21:14 pm »
What are your ladies favourites??

I LOVE kids books, but I find the girly stuff is often a bit sickly and boring so far  :P. I'm obviously reading the wrong stuff, but I want the ballet without the nausea!

Any ideas please ladies  :) :-*
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 21:43:44 pm »
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1406344257/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1359840953&sr=8-1&pi=SL75

E loves, loves, loves this book!! And I enjoy reading it even though I must have read it 200+ times  :o! It's simple, but so endearing.

This one is also popular here with both of mine http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1847389562/ref=aw_cr_item_title?qid=1359841324&sr=8-1

i always find it hard to predict which books my two will like though and often end up buying books that we have borrowed from the library.  they both also like
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2013, 21:45:32 pm »
Sorry, just reread your post-maybe these ones aren't quite girly enough!
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2013, 21:51:06 pm »
Charlotte'sfavourite books are still Hairy Maclary. She also loves lots of other classics, e.g. The Tiger who came to tea, lots of Julia Donaldson  etc. To be honest we haven't bought any girly books as such. Maybe as girly as she has is Peppa Pig which I can't stand! 

Listening in as always after new books! So pleased C loves them as I do too!
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2013, 22:27:16 pm »
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2013, 22:33:22 pm »
"Dogs don't do ballet" is great!
Don't really do girly here especially...
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2013, 22:54:53 pm »
DD tends to just read DS's old books, which are more gender neutral (although contains lots of Thomas books!)

She likes Julia Donaldson too and Octonauts (or 'hat hats' as she calls them) and Peppa Pig.
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2013, 04:22:23 am »
Do you have Angelina Ballerina books by you?  They're pretty cute and not as nauseating as some!
There's also a series called "Ella Bella Ballerina" which tells the stories behind a lot of the famous ballets.  We've read some and I find them to be pretty cool.
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2013, 06:13:38 am »
The Jillian Jigs series is great - author is Phoebe Gilman I think
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2013, 07:35:06 am »
I was also going to suggest "Dogs Don't do Ballet" it is funny and cute and not girly so Jacob would like it too, it is about a dog called Biff who wants to be a ballerina and its theme is about being different and proud.

The Fancy Nancy picture books are girly without being nauseous, but are maybe for 4+ as they are about a young school age, she loves everything fancy and teaches French words and other vocab:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fancy-Nancy-Jane-OConnor/dp/000725346X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1359876691&sr=8-2
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2013, 08:11:34 am »
L is another huge tiger who came to tea fan. Also loves the Alfie & Annie rose, and Olly and me stories by Shirley Hughes - we can re-read those again and again ;D
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2013, 08:37:47 am »
 Not ballet, but the Winnie the Witch stories are a big hit with my girl! I agree with anything by Julia Donaldson too! I love this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Once-There-Giants-Martin-Waddell/dp/0744578361/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359880591&sr=1-1. anything else by  Martin Waddell is good too!

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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2013, 09:54:27 am »
Liz here is a list of a variety of really good books for kids. I went through it and chose several for DS for Christmas when I did the 24 books for Advent.   
http://www.positivelypositive.com/2012/05/17/50-top-childrens-books-with-a-positive-message/

There are lots of them that are too old for her (like in the 6-8+ age) and many that are boys books and so on, but I think there are some really great ones that she will like if you go through the list!!

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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2013, 16:28:12 pm »
The reason for the girly is just to keep the balance - she loves pink and ballet - but spends most of her time playing Dinosaurs and Octonauts!

Dogs don't do Ballet is one that they do both like  :). And Winnie the Witch - yes - they both like those and I could def get another one.

I have a ton of gender neutral stuff  :), and obviously that works best overall.

I HATE reading Octonaut books  >:( >:(. They are so annoyingly written. Too wordy and waffly. Yet I end up reading them again and again and again.

Will check out the suggestions - great - thanks all  :-* :-*
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Re: Books for 2-4 year old girls..
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2013, 16:57:53 pm »
We only have one Octonauts book and I absolutely HATE it as well Liz!!!
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