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My Top 5 Kids Books I Love Reading To The Twins

We are a house of readers. I always have a book on the go (although I am not a fast reader) and Kate has about 16 on the go at once. The twins love to read as we have read to them since they were babies. I think reading is fundamental and every child should read. So...for this post I decided that I would list my "Top 5 Favourite Kids Books". These are all books that I didn't discover or hadn't read until the Twins came along and are in no particular order.

My Top 5 Favourite Kids Books

1: Jump In by Ian Whybrow

This is an underrated gem of a kids book. I discovered this when I picked it up at The Works in their "10 books for £10" sale one day. I had never heard of it, nor had Kate, but from the first read I loved it. A great rhyming book with a clever use of words, great illustrations and so much fun to read out loud. Whenever a relative or friend announces they are expecting their first child I buy them this book. There is a sequel called "All Change" which is just as good.


2: Tiddler by Julia Donaldson

Picking just one book by Julia Donaldson is hard as so many of them are brilliant. I love "Room on the Broom", "Monkey Puzzle", "The Gruffalo", "Zog", "The Troll", "Charlie Cook's Favourite Book" and so many more...but my all time favourite is "Tiddler". I don't know why but I just love the story, love the narrative and love the characters. If I ever ask the twins to get a book for me to read to them they will always come back with this one.

3: The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

A classic which will be 50 years old next year! But it still a great read for children today. It is a simple story with great illustrations. I enjoy reading this one aloud to the twins...especially as my "Tiger" voice is apparently "really funny". I shall be adding that to my CV.







4: The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poytner

The first in the "Dinosaur That Pooped..." series and, in my opinion, the best one. It has become a tradition in our house that we read this on Christmas Eve. A very funny, if slightly disgusting, story that will make adults and kids laugh...and possibly gag. The others in the series are also good so worth getting if you can get a collection. And written by two guys from McFly too...who knew they were multi-talented.  



 
5: The Fairytale Hairdresser and Rapunzel by Abie Longstaff and Lauren Beard
 
A great series of books which follow the adventures of Kittie Lacey who is the "Fairytale Hairdresser". She is a normal, modern girl who has a salon in a Fairytale world. The whole collection of books are really good, clever and witty but I really like the first one about Rapunzel best. A great story and a great read. The twins have all 8 in the series and they read them by themselves now and they absolutely love them.

Next week the twins will be hijacking my blog again and they will be listing their favourite books. Watch this space...

Until next time...

The Twiglet's Dad

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