What are the modern day equivalent child books?

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fleetwood_mag@reddit

I have all these books for my kids. Classics. As others have said Julia Donaldson is where it’s at now. I’m surprised there aren’t more collections of books like hers and Axle Sheffler. There’s some great books out there, but they’ve not been made into a series…

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More_Raccoon_6905@reddit

We like ‘10 Little ’ books. Also the ‘There’s a _ in my Book’

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Jenpot@reddit

We still read all of those! For new ones though, both of my kids enjoy the Tom Percival Big Bright Feelings books.

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Remote_Development13@reddit

Supertato

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Various-Flower510@reddit

Na nananananana nananananana supertaaaaato (super super super supertato)

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Hollyhop_Drive@reddit

I wake up with this in my head at night.😐😐🫥

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tooktherhombus@reddit

My kid can't get her head around evil peas sex change between the telly programme and the book

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

So it’s not just me!! I thought it was another symptom of my new-baby sleep-deprivation. I swear evil pea is female in the show and kept saying “she” to my toddler while reading the book but then realised it says “he” when someone else read it to her.

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Hollyhop_Drive@reddit

Just to confuse matters, the later books have also changed evil peas gender.

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sv21js@reddit

The TV production company felt that the show would be too focused on male characters if The Evil Pea stayed as a he, so they changed it.

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Remote_Development13@reddit

My sons 14 now so been a while since I was reading the books to him, had no idea there was a TV programme now

I'll assume the handful of downvotes were from parents who are fed up with watching it :)

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

I didn’t know it was a book originally! My introduction to it was my child watching it on CBeebies, then we later got a supertato book from the health visitor.

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CarolDanversFangurl@reddit

My son has taken to listening to this on the bbc sounds app as he goes to sleep and I can hear your writing

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Various-Flower510@reddit

Lol my 4 year old likes to watch it sometimes😆 its a fucker because it really does get stuck in ur head indefinitely🤣 my husband can be at the other end of the house and i can randomly sing the na’s and he’ll reply with supertaaaato🤣🤣 got my 4 year old in on it aswell

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griffaliff@reddit

And in the dark dark house there were some dark dark stairs! I Stuff of legends.

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

I love how everyone has a different way of reading it too. I always say “in the dark dark house…” really fast, then a big deep breath and pause before the next bit, and it has my littl’un in fits of laughter.

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griffaliff@reddit

I'm so glad, have you shown them the animated version of Funny Bones? I loved it as a child of the nineties.

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racloves@reddit

Definitely Julia Donaldson, especially the Gruffalo is very well known. I think The Tiger That Came To Tea should have been included in your lineup as an iconic book all British kids know. And the Mr Men and Little Miss. Growing up in the 2000’s I loved Jacqueline Wilson books, and most of the girls at school did too, so a slightly older kids but still popular kids book.

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TheCotofPika@reddit

The Jolly Postman, Each Peach Pear Plum, Meg and Mog, and Peepo should have been included!

For today, I'd say it's the 'That's not my...' books, and the 'Never Touch a...' books.

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

My almost 12yo still has all her Mr Mens. Cant bear to part with them. I’m a big fan of Mr Greedy.

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MGSC_1726@reddit

My 9 and 11 year old are loving Jaqueline Wilson books at the minute

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

I’m so glad to hear kids are still reading them! I’m really excited for my girls to read them but they’re 2 and a newborn so I wondered if they’ll seem a bit dated by the time they’re old enough.

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Talinia@reddit

I think she's tried to "hip" them up a bit in her latest ones, though not sure how successfully. For some reason I got recommended the subreddit for her books and a few people were playfully poking fun at the "hello fellow kids" of it all

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Overthinker-dreamer@reddit

My two year old loves Mr Tickle and Mr Tall. (Also the Gruffalo and Tiger who came to tea)

I was also a huge Jacquline Wilson fan growing up.

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MeasurementGlass2165@reddit

Biff Chip and kipper was huge when I was younger

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ConfidentReference63@reddit

These are awful! All those learning to read type books are dire. Dr Seuss showed how to make it fun then these guys went “no”.

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TheCotofPika@reddit

The pictures are fun though, like the blocks spelling out 'hepatitis.'

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orange_assburger@reddit

They are still a mainstay of learning to read at primary school. Was excited to be sent some magic key yo read...until they started to be quite problematic in terms of themes and racism that was questionable in the 90s when I read them but down right problematic in 2024.

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

They still use these now when kids are learning phonics. Great books. I love how crazy the storylines go

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luluruns@reddit

My daughters school still use these, in fact lots of schools here do. Fab books

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Overthinker-dreamer@reddit

Loved the magic key books at school.

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DanezTHEManez@reddit

forever trying to find the glasses ..

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BertieBus@reddit

My kid has brought some of them home. He's 9. I remember them from school 1994-2000

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Balabanovo@reddit

Er, those are older than the world wide web. I SAID, 'THOSE ARE OLDER THAN THE WORLD WIDE WEB, DEAR!"

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Healeymonster@reddit

Brain rot on roblox, and skibidy toilet memes.

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Monkeyboogaloo@reddit

I have a 10 year old. All the ones you mention were part of her early childhood

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tobotic@reddit

The Julia Donaldson books in general are popular.

Jon Klassen, I highly recommend. Like really, really highly. Start with I Want My Hat Back.

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Sarky-and-George@reddit

THE TIGER THAT CAME FOR TEA

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Londistanian@reddit (OP)

I forgot to include that one. The play is also worth a watch.

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Glove-Both@reddit

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen, The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers books are very popular.

There are a number of great picture books these days. I recently got I Ate My Friend which was great, and Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob has caught my eye.

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

We Found a Hat was the best. My daughter and I still say to each other “it looks good on you….” “It looks good on you too”.

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minadequate@reddit

That one is so sweet. The side eye. Are you fully awake? What are you dreaming about?

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Balabanovo@reddit

Well bugger me, I was going for the Klassen too. Kids love a bit of menace and more importantly, so do I. If you want your children to learn how to read, share a book that YOU enjoy.

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minadequate@reddit

The shape series are also fun and are now an Apple TV series… good enough to watch without kids. (I don’t have any I’m just doing research for a kids book I’m illustrating with a friend).

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em_press@reddit

I would not eat a rabbit. Stop asking me questions.

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ribenarockstar@reddit

I sent a board book copy of I Want My Hat Back along with a handknit hat and blanket as a new-baby present last year; went down excellently. Off the back of Sleep Tight Disgusting Blob, it’s worth looking at the Waterstones children’s book awards lists for the last couple of years - I’ve bought Milo And The Mountain for a friend’s little one based on that. And accompanied it with Hungry Little Caterpillar… sometimes the old ones are popular for a reason! Look Up by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola went down well with some friends of mine too

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Such-Distribution943@reddit

Appreciate these tips!! I just went ham on World of Books for our 3 month old, but so far they’re all our classics from the 80s… so it’s awesome to be able to start adding some newer “classics”

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bsnimunf@reddit

Try Chris Haughtons books like Oh no George.

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LochNessMother@reddit

I bought I Want My Hat Back for my husband long before we had a child because it’s just so good.

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DropDeadFredidit@reddit

My 2 year old thinks “I want my hat back” is hilarious

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nosferatus-taxi@reddit

So do I (46m)

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flanmagnet@reddit

All the Jon Klassen ones are wonderful.

To be honest, we read all those mentioned in the post along with Meg and Mog, Not now Bernard, the tiger who came to tea etc

I want to enjoy the book if I'm reading it to my kid 😂

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minadequate@reddit

Jon Klasson ones are pretty great. The hat series and the shape series.

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Spikey_Badger@reddit

Loved this book as a kid

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BeardedBaldMan@reddit

All the Julia Donaldson books - it seems that every Waitrose membership comes with a complete set.

Dear Zoo, Funnybones, My Cat Likes to Sit in Boxes, We're Going on a Bear Hunt seem to have broad appeal.

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StinkyBird64@reddit

She visited our primary school when I was younger, genuinely such a kind and lovely lady 💚

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Hamsternoir@reddit

She's got a lot to answer for though.

While Julia's books are a delight to read and the text just falls off the page it has led to a lot of other young children's authors thinking all books have to rhyme. I've encountered some that I refused to read because they were too painful.

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sprucay@reddit

I find tabby mctat a bit difficult.

Also, the last two pages of a squash and a squeeze were definitely filler, and the word "alackaday" she made up for the rhyme in tyrannosaurus drip always makes me chuckle

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MagicBricakes@reddit

The last two pages of Squash and a Squeeze are so weird. I just skip them 😅

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toxies@reddit

She didn't make up alackaday, it's just an old word we don't really use any more.

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HelixClipper@reddit

It's difficult in that the rhyming structure is AABCCB rather than a more simpler ones such as AABB (stick man, gruffalo, room on the broom), or ABAB (zog, superworm),

but once you understand that it is one of the more poetic books she has written.

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

I find tabby Mctat one of the easier ones to read, it flows really nicely! Not a fan of squash and a squeeze although my partner and I constantly quote it at each other.

Have you read the Smartest Giant in Town? I think it’s my least favourite, the rhymes seem to make me yawn so it’s hard to get through them and the message has a lot to answer for.

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Various-Flower510@reddit

I think what a lot of kids authors dont realise about Julia Donaldson is that theres a way to read her books. Like Tabby McTat has a completely different flow to Tiddler which has a completely different flow to The Scarecrows Wedding which is different to Monkey Puzzle (can u tell my kids LOVE Julia Donaldson🤣)

Like i know that might sound like a bonkers thing to say because i suppose in a sense all kids books have some kind of flow, but theres defo a kind of spoken word element to JD books.

Also, off topic a touch, but its possible to read The Cat In The Hat to the tune of Eminem - Lose Yourself🤣🤣🤣 i used to do it to my oldest when he was a baby and it was so funny i defo recommend spitting bars of The Cat In The Hat

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DD211205@reddit

From the perspective as a parent who loves her books, and also a northerner - there is simply no way that “giraffe” and “scarf” could ever rhyme 🤷🏻‍♀️

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liverwool@reddit

I know what you mean about some of the rhymes in children books as someone from the NW. One of my favourite rhymes is in the TC Tiger books which are written to accompany Little Tiger Cubs/Active Tigers (the UK Taekwon-do Council junior programme); the books rhyme "good" and "food" which had us puzzled until we remembered a lot of the senior UKTC people were Scottish!

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Various-Flower510@reddit

Im from Scotland and thats how i feel about the ‘scarf’ and ‘laugh’ in Stickman🤣🤣

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hairychris88@reddit

I'm from the westcountry and I have exactly the same problem. Those two words do not rhyme in the slightest in my accent!

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cateml@reddit

lol I (a manc) was reading Stickman to my youngest tonight (for the millionth time) and was annoyed yet again by the way I have to mangle that part. C’mon Julia, you’re clearly a very talented writer, I’m sure you can manage to take us northern parents into account.

And ironic in a way because Stickman is so clearly written with the mind to being read out loud, with the italics and capitals repetition.

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benidagreat@reddit

Mrs Bishop and her Fish shop in Everywhere Bear. Like why. She could have chosen any surname.

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nali_cow@reddit

Ah but as a southerner I have the opposite problem with 100 Dogs - there's no way "woofy dog" is rhyming with "scruffy dog" 😞

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saltycandycat@reddit

God THANK you. I’m American and my English husband insists it’s fine. Giraaaarf.

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eggs_and_ham_i_am@reddit

This guy does all the Dr Seuss book better than anyone. His flow is next level.

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Glittered_Fingers@reddit

Glorious! Thank you for the link! :)

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Various-Flower510@reddit

Who me? Im a lady tyvm🤣 i havent found what works with The Lorax lol we dont read that one enough🤣

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eggs_and_ham_i_am@reddit

Forgot the link🤣

*I've added it

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Various-Flower510@reddit

HAHAHAHAHAHA i wasnt sure if u were talkin about me or someone else lol thats so funny thank u i’ll defo be having a look at this🤣

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ghghw@reddit

Not bonkers. You may like reading this (do try, at least the first few sentences - you’ll see): https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/linguistics/1994-cutler.pdf

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WeeBo2804@reddit

I’ve got twins, so it’s at least 2 books a night. If it’s a Julia Donaldson heavy night I find myself struggling to speak normally afterwards. I naturally find myself speaking in rhythm like her books.

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Cam2910@reddit

Julia Donaldson released a lot of the stories as songs.. after spamming the CD for ages, it became difficult not to sign the books.

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Various-Flower510@reddit

Ooooh i didnt know this!! Gonna have to look into this for my kiddos😆

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87catmama@reddit

If your kids have a yoto, all the Julia Donaldson cards have songs on them. I love the Charlie cook's favourite book one. They're all kinda catchy, my 2 yo absolutely loves them.

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Various-Flower510@reddit

Is this like a tony box?

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Talinia@reddit

Yeah it is, though I think there are also tonie figures of some of her stories too

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buttonrocketwendy@reddit

Gruffalo read to the beat of Forgot About Dre (a la MC Grammar) is my favourite thing

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ZaharaWiggum@reddit

It’s also possible to sing The Gruffalo to the tune of Fireman Sam. At least I managed it a few times as a sleep deprived parent not actually reading The Gruffalo because I had memorised it by then!

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Various-Flower510@reddit

Lol i feel like we all have The Gruffalo memorised🤣 ive got that one, Monkey Puzzle, i can do the majority of The Smartest Giant In Town aswell🤣 not tried it but probs Tabby McTat too hahahaha theyre so well written they just fall into ur brain! I used to recite The Gruffalo when i was at work and missing my oldest when i went back🥲

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Bhenny_5@reddit

And some of the rhymes only work if you have a southern accent 😅 …just a minor complaint

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smurphinden@reddit

Ha. I've heard the complete opposite from a few people

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Hot_Individual_6755@reddit

My friend used to work in the big Waterstones in Edinburgh and got to meet a lot of authors who came to do signings. She said the nicest person she met was Katie Price (she was surprised!) and the most unpleasant was Julia Donaldson, who treated the staff with disdain. It’s always coloured my opinion of her even 20 years later reading her books to my kids.

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kernowgringo@reddit

Michael Morpurgo came to ours, yawn

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Lumber_Dan@reddit

Personally I think Dear Zoo is very overrated.

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lammy82@reddit

I don’t know anyone else who remembers My Cat Likes To Hide In Boxes! Been thinking of getting it for my son. The last time I read it was in primary school back in 1988 or so.

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J444KDS@reddit

How you you get a set with a Waitrose membership?

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Dazz316@reddit

My kids are out of it, but everybody and everyone was reading Julia Donaldson. There were Julia Donaldson (usually Gruffalo) things here and there, I've seen a few statues or small events based around the books. BBC does an animated version of the books every Christmas.

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Goldf_sh4@reddit

Julia Donaldson books are exquisite, although technically nolonger modern.

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jaydubyah100@reddit

Ah my gosh. We had My Cat likes to Hide in Boxes when I was a kid - I loved it! I’m in my 40s now but I have never seen a copy since so I’m surprised to hear it mentioned. I can even still recite some of it.

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BeardedBaldMan@reddit

It's a lovely book but the typesetting vexes me. It creates gaps where there shouldn't be and I end up breaking the chantability.

There's also a horrible line "The cat from Norway got stuck in the doorway." and unfortunately due to years of being told in school that one must never say "got" I can't help but read it as "The cat from Norway became stuck in the doorway."

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MGSC_1726@reddit

Yep, the first one that came to my mind was the gruffalo. But all of hers will be classics like these to my kids

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Bhenny_5@reddit

The Storm whale is a nice read

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agentorange65@reddit

I want my hat back - Jon klassen

That's not my cow -Terry Pratchett

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Flat-Protection5854@reddit

I wrote stories for my nephews which they love! Just doing illustrations and will send to a publisher. Hope to end up on a post like this!

Songs of Samaja vol 1 The Samaja Tales vol 1

Coming soon....

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Londistanian@reddit (OP)

Will keep an eye out, good luck!

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Red-locks@reddit

Shout out to Percy the Park Keeper

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

Ohhhh the nostalgia.

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

My daughter is almost 12, but the big ones in the last few years were the “Oi! Frog!” books. The Pigeon books (the pigeon has to go to school etc) are pretty popular and funny. For younger kids it’s the “That’s Not My…” series and of course anything by Julia Donaldson, with the Gruffalo being number 1.

But all kids still love the classics like Each Peach Pear Plum, The Jolly Postman, Dear Zoo etc.

Personally I’m a fan of the Richard Scarry books. The illustrations are hilarious.

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RoboJobot@reddit

Those are all still popular nowadays. You also have all the Julia Donaldson books, the Oi! Frog series

My kids are very partial to The Book With No Pictures by B.J Novak.

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Environmental-Cut779@reddit

Jon klassen and max Barnett teamed with Beth woolville, a bit of Oliver Jeff for good measure

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JackofBlades0125@reddit

I remember funny bones!

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deanomatronix@reddit

Hungry caterpillar 1969 Mog the forgetful cat 1970 Funnybones 1980 Dear Zoo 2004

These books were written over 35 years not sure they’re specific to a particular generation. Think they’re just popular books

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Vetni@reddit

Holy shit. funny Bones just hit a level of nostalgia for me that I haven't had in years

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JT_3K@reddit

If you want to see me turned in to a pile of mush, I recommend Laika the Astronaut

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Pedantichrist@reddit

Anything Anna Currey has done.

Her illustrations for Julia Donaldson are obviously more famous, but her own books are a delight.

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Broken_Woman20@reddit

As a year 1 teacher, I would add in most of the Julia Donaldson books, Six Dinner Sid, Slinky Malinky and Hairy McClary, Going on a Bear Hunt, The tiger that came to tea (old but amazing, same author as Mog)

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brian_topp@reddit

'My big shouting day' was a favourite in our house. I don't think it quite hits the classic mark but it's a lot of fun and was one of the rare books I really enjoyed too.

The hairy macleary series was also a good one.

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dlystyr@reddit

Tales From Acorn Wood by Julia Donaldson

My fav to read to my son..

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markvauxhall@reddit

Lots of great suggestions in this thread that our kids have loved.

Two that I haven't seen that were massively popular with ours:

Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (Mo Willems)
Don't Worry, Little Crab (Chris Haughton)

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Bloody_Star_Wars@reddit

Dogs don’t do Ballet. Best Illustrations ever. My personal favourite to read out loud? Burglar Bill.

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Curious_Lobster1666@reddit

Goat's Coat was a favourite

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bsnimunf@reddit

The Chris Haughton books like Oh No George. Really rich yet simple books to read you your children.

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handsome_vulpine@reddit

Oh god, Funnybones, that awakened a long-dormant memory of me watching the TV show they made of that when I was very young.

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EveryChemistry9163@reddit

Frog and Toad stories - Julia Donaldson is a big admirer, for good reason.

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PM_ME_UR_VULVASAUR_@reddit

Thank you so much for this nostalgia.

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Sensitive-Vast-4979@reddit

Im a teenager and got read the same and most local libraries have these in and probs most primary/first school libraries etc probs as well since mine did , so I think the books are still the most popular since parents would buy the books they were read as a,child since they're familiar

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BorisStingy@reddit

34 year old here. This was my jam when I was a kid.

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Romeo_Jordan@reddit

The Oi books are popular. And I loved where bear for our kids

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Leszmig@reddit

Woah woah woah...I thought I was in the loop with "Oi, Duck-billed platypus"!! Thank you for this!

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hawkeye2604@reddit

These were the best when my kids were younger. They loved them

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Moomoocaboob@reddit

My boy has the ikea polar bear cuddly toy, his name is where bear ❤️ we read that book daily.

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Junior_Apple2678@reddit

pfister? I hardly know her.

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ZaharaWiggum@reddit

I hate this book. The Rainbow Fish is made to feel bad because he won’t give away his shiny scales to the others.

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Old-Cauliflower-1414@reddit

Yeah, such a weird message to put in a children's book.

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Junior_Apple2678@reddit

The great dog bottom swap. Yes, those dogs are putting their bumholes on hooks.

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succubui@reddit

These books bring back so many memories. Now I feel old 😭😭

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LordRumplePumpkin@reddit

It’s still these ones really

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systanford@reddit

My son loved the Mr Panda series of books by Steve Antony.

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slothliketendencies@reddit

Sue Hendra

Jim field

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rox-and-soxs@reddit

The ‘that’s not my ….’ Series for the little ones. Which is about hungry caterpillar level.

Julia Donaldson books are also massively popular.

But honestly, my kid has every one of your examples in her library right now.

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Hopeful2469@reddit

Disagree re it being the same level - the very hungry caterpillar has a narrative to follow which is definitely more complex than the "that's not my" books - arguably "that's not my" books are a bit closer to "dear zoo"

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NoTt_MaG@reddit

Agreed. “That’s not my…” are really bizarre. Same material for different adjectives?

Daughter loves them though.

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Blight-Steel-10346@reddit

I think there's a conspiracy in the making with the that's not my books. I think it's the mouse narrating.

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

They make so little sense to me, if the narrator is saying that’s not my Santa for example (that’s the one we have), does that mean there’s loads of doppelgänger santas that are all eerily a bit different to how they should be? And what makes the final one “mine”?

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UserCannotBeVerified@reddit

Well, if you had Thats Not My Squirrel/Unicorm/Car/Duck/Fairy/Truck then ypud know that the final one is "mine" because obviously its ducklings at so fluffy/bumper is so shiny/wings are so sparkly etc... 😅

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eggmayonnaise@reddit

Yeah, agreed. Caterpillar has it all: days of the week, counting, healthy vs unhealthy food, day cycles, life cycles of animals... It's sneaky in how much it teaches.

That's Not My series is just random materials listed until you get to an arbitrary one.

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PiratePlane8338@reddit

Also the "10 little..." Series are crowd pleasers.

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

The very hungry caterpillar is rated as one of the best children's books of all time.

Whilst I like the 'thats not my' books, they're not comparable in popularity or cultural impact as the very hungry caterpillar.

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Dionysus60@reddit

Holey Moley is a favourite in our house.

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wemcm@reddit

A bit older but I’d say The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods series (well only 2 so far) by Mikey Please has the potential to join the canon. Seriously good (and enjoyably gross!)

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Wiltix@reddit

Rachel Bright (illustrated by Jim Fields) did a lovely series of books, and also Rachel Brights Dino feeling series are very good.

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Itchy-Ad4421@reddit

Ha! Mog!

Is it not just the same books? This is news to me.

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InternetCrafty2187@reddit

Lucy Cousins deserves a shout, we have given and been given Peck, Peck, Peck and Hooray for Fish/Hooray for Birds. Plus the Maisy books of course.

Jon Klassen is excellent, we (I) love Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. And his Triangle/Square/Circle books.

Trish Cooke's Full, Full, Full of Love from the 90s deserves to come back, it's a real classic.

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abyssal-isopod86@reddit

Shit, I loved Funny Bones as a kid!

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sv21js@reddit

Anything Lu Fraser

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ApprehensiveAside812@reddit

I recently discovered the dinosaur that pooped.

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Tricky-Reporter-5246@reddit

I remember reading a book about a key, a cat and Tobias. I loved those boots oks but cannot for the life of me remember what they were called. I loved those books.

Off topic but kinda related. Anyone help?

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SharkByte1993@reddit

They still read all of these in primary schools

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someguyontheweb99@reddit

My daughter was obsessed with julia Donaldson and the dinosaur that poop a….. books

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Leszmig@reddit

This may not answer your question exactly re time of publishing but the following are all books I have found out about during my time as an early years teacher, so might be new favourites for any families out there with younger children :) These have been consistent favourites for the last decade...

"Little Rabbit Foo Foo" - Michael Rosen version "I want my hat back" - Jon Klassen (any of his are good tbh, proper laugh-out-loud for adults) "The boy with flowers in his hair" - Jarvis "Small Knight & George and the royal chocolate cake" - Ronda Armitage (think this is part of a series) "A million chameleons" - James Webb Young "The cave" - Rob Hodgson "My cat likes to hide in boxes" - Eve Sutton (the cat from Norway is a MOOD) "The book with no pictures" - B.J. Novak (from The Office!) "Pass the jam, Jim!" - Kaye Umansky

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Leszmig@reddit

ps soz for formatting, mobile!

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Mjukplister@reddit

Many of these . They are classics for a reason

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Ok-Possession6980@reddit

I remember Funny Bones. One of my faves as a kid. Nearly 50 now!

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CaptainMikul@reddit

We have all 4 you've just said. I particularly like Funnybones because I put on a spooooooky voice for the intro then perk up when the skeletons arrive, which the kid loves.

We also have a large library of Julia Donaldson, although I struggle with The Girl, The Bear and The Magic shoes. Not her best.

The kid started on "That's Not My".

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Raisinsandfairywings@reddit

I’m not a fan of the ones in that set she did, although when my toddler went through a random phase of refusing to go down the stairs, putting on our (imaginary) magic shoes and saying “yes you will, Oh yes you will! Just keep walking and don’t stand still!” got her to start going down them again.

I bloody hate the Rhyming Rabbit though. It’s boring, the rabbit does my head in, and there’s some lines in it that are really quotable for a two year old but sound impolite out of context (“shut up” and “I hate sums”).

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xerker@reddit

In our house:

~6 months to ~15 months - "Thats not my [object/animal]"

~15 months to ~20 months - pop-up everything, bonus points if it has dinosaurs or tractors

~20 months to ~24 months - everything by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, Each Peach Pear Plum and the Jolly Postman were faves.

~24 months to present - Julia Donaldson. The dinosaur that pooped [insert a surprising amount of stuff here] by the Mcfly guys.

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LeadershipAble773@reddit

I met Allan Ahlberg!

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Scottish_Santa@reddit

Bloody love the Mog books. We read them so much that my 3-year-old can do a passable rendition of most of them from memory 🥰 Not goodbye Mog tho, can't face it 😨

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BorderlineWire@reddit

Giraffes Can’t Dance. My youngest sibling is 14 years younger than me and loved it. Now my 3 year old nephew loves it. He also quite likes Wonky Donkey.

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Kitschy_Lil_Tart@reddit

The MOG one brought back memories 🥰

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VampytheSquid@reddit

Wonky Donkey? Worth it for the video of the Scottish granny reading it! 🤣

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bored_toronto@reddit

I guess "Mog" is not from the "Meg and Mog" series?

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87catmama@reddit

No but Meg and Mog are a staple in our house. For my son, not so much for us. We do like them, but he's obsessed and will get us to read the 6 we have over and over (and over) again. There's only so many times I can sound enthusiastic about a diplodocus randomly hatching in the kitchen.

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AvatarIII@reddit

These books didn't stop existing.

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RetroPalace@reddit

Oi Frog!

My daughters still love The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Mog, We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Goodnight Moon though (which I find delightfully weird).

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Middle-Damage-9029@reddit

My little girl has the full funny bones set. She has them all on yoto as well. She likes the jolly postman as well. And all the julia donaldson books. We’ve seen the gruffalo’s child at the theatre twice. And she wants to go again.

She likes bluey books and Spot books.

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PennyBunPudding@reddit

Children's books are very slow to change and are just corporate (not saying they are bad they obviously aren't but it's a way less organic market)

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Blight-Steel-10346@reddit

Jon Klassen books - I want my hat back etc... amazing books!

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eggs_and_ham_i_am@reddit

Giraffe can't dance is a popular one, and one I still know of by heart even though my kids are now pre teen.

Oi frog, Oi cat, Oi dog, are all really popular too.

Some truly wacky rhyming in them that makes kids giggle.

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Mglfll@reddit

Oliver Jeffers. My kids love his books

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Glittered_Fingers@reddit

More modern classics will include: Julia Donaldson (obviously), Oliver Jeffers, Rob Biddulph, Nadia Shireen, Kes Gray & Jim Field...

If I was making a stack of picture books for a little person, I'd want them to read 'Danny McGee Drinks the Sea' by Andy Stanton / Neal Layton because it is very silly. 'The Book with No Pictures' by B J Novak, because it's even MORE silly. 'Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea' by Morag Hood because it is a simple story of friendship and seeing beyond differences, and 'Gallop!' by Rufus Butler Seder, for its clever use of animated images. That last one is especially good for reading with tiny babies because of the contrast on the pages. :)

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Sardinesarethebest@reddit

I have fallen in love with all the kid's picture books by Brendan Wenzel. The sheer delight my kid got from the stories and the pictures amazed me. Also, I know it's old but The Jolly Postman books with the letters you can pull out is lovely as is Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas.

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TheClnl@reddit

So my boy is a big fan of:

Dinosaur that pooped xxxxxxx

Ten little monsters/robots/aliens etc

The Pigeon has to go to school series

Hairy McLary (think they might be old though)

Supertato

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MaskedBunny@reddit

I hate the ten little..... series. Half the time they cannot find something that rhymes with 7.

I do like the dinosaur that pooped easter.

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TheClnl@reddit

Yeah some are better than others tbh but I do like the artwork.

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MaskedBunny@reddit

They're simple and short which is a plus for me. I absolutely hate reading out loud.

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rainbow-songbird@reddit

My daughter insists on the very hungry catapillar every night. She's learnt the whole thing by heart and wants me to point at the words and be proud of her for reading them despite the fact that she is just reciting the book. Dear zoo and mog are regular staples. I guess if it ain't broken why fix it.

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