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 It's never too soon: books to use with the very young
Two & 1/2 to Three & 1/2
- Paper books should be in use now
- Look for simple stories with uncomplicated plots, and stories that invite you and your child to participate e.g. books that allow guessing
- Children of this age really enjoy books that play a bit more with language and ideas - rhyme (still), repetition, silly or nonsense language
- Look for simple counting, rhymes, poems, songs
Try these:
- Pamela Allen
- Who sank the boat?
- Inside Mary Elizabeth's house
- Giles Andreae
- Commotion in the ocean
- K is for kissing a cool kangaroo
- Rumble in the jungle
- Frances Barry
- Duckie's rainbow
- Emma Chicester Clark
- I love you, Blue Kangaroo!
- Just for you Blue Kangaroo!
- Lynley Dodd
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's dairy
- (other Hairy Maclary titles)
- Lenny Hort
- The seals on the bus
- Shirley Hughes
- Alfie's 1 2 3
- (other books by Shirley Hughes)
- Mick Inkpen
- Kipper's A to Z
- Kipper's beach ball
- Sam McBratney
- Guess how much I love you
- Susan Rollings
- New shoes, red shoes
- Nick Sharratt
- Faster, faster! Nice and slow!
- One to ten and back again
- Shark in the Park
- Gwenda Turner
- Let's make mud!
- (and other titles by Gwenda Turner)
- Martin Waddell
- Good job, Little Bear
- Room for a little one
- Sleep tight Little Bear
- Colin West
- Buzz, buzz, buzz, went Bumblebee
- "I don't care!" said the bear
- (and other titles by Colin West)
- Jane Yolen
- How do dinosaurs go to school
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