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mamanee 
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 Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:17pm |
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The best books I have ever found are from the 123DOLLAR store! Ok so Whitcoulls probably has a better range but honestly, they have really beautiful books for children that are often numbers/colours/alphabet and even stories and board books too! They are often only $2 or $4 and I have seen similar books elsewhere for upwards of $15! Sam eats all of his books and pushes them around the room and bends the covers but he will sit there and go 'gudgudgudglahblahgud' at his books like a chicken!
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arohanui
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Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:25pm |
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Oh my gosh YES the $2 shop!! I totally forgot about that!
We have these AWESOME chatter chatter books from the 123 dollar shop... there's an animal one and a 'jobs' one. There's a little bit at the bottom that you move up and down so the mouth looks like it's talking. It's really good and especially a good dads one (DH does all the voices.. although he does a gay voice for the man who's a gardener lol and I tell him off). They're good cos they're rhyme too.
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.Mel
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Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:27pm |
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Spot? has anynoe mentioned Spot? We love Spot, Nyah still does.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 26 March 2008 at 11:49pm |
We have a Thomas (we have all of the books), a Mr Men (he also has the whole series all 46 books), Spot and Little Critters Fan here.
My BF works at Whitcolls so she gets the books for me (with a nice discount too) and I also get them from the Warehouse.
I got a whole heap of books from the Kindy I was working at before I had Andrew and they were cleaning out their library and I got to take what I wanted.
DH was never encouraged to read and I was so i'm continuing on my family tradition there.
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lizzle
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:48am |
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the boys have all my old books - so we have four full shelves of books, and five giant stoarage containers - i rotate.
our favourites are:
"we'er going on a bear hunt" - this is now Jake's favourite....not mine - he sings it all the time - as we look for tstuff in the supermarket "we're going on a spaghetti hunt, we're going to get a big can"
Taine loves Noddy - but the books are kinda hard to find - Mum has got me some from trademe so waiting on them. in the meantime we have some library books.
the warehouse sell a range of books by "priddy books" - fabulous pictures, realy cheap. i get these for my nieces and nephews.
hairy Maclarey is slowly making a come back, after the disasterous reading of 2007, when everytime we saw Scarface claw Taine would scream hysterically, and Jake would argue about Hercules Morse "NOT A HORSE MAMA"
Where the wild things are.
in the night kitchen
Lion in the meadow (we are onto our third book of this - it gets lot of love)
Down the back of the chair
i could go on and on
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mountaingoat
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 6:51am |
I so so so can't wait to go through all the books my parents have in storage from when my bro & I were little 
From memory, I really loved:
- Good Night Little Bear
- House By Mouse
- Paddington ... one about going to the fair
- anything by Enid Blyton
- Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth
- The Very Hungry Catepillar
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aimeejoy
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 9:02am |
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Hannah is really keen on fairy tales at the moment. Bugger tho cos they are really long! She is also getting very keen on my old picture books and a particular favourite is 'Sally's Secret' by Shirley Barber, I used to love that one too.
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Rachael21
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 10:05am |
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Ooo yes the hungry caterpillar Jack knows heaps of the words and 'reads' along so cute.
The little yellow digger
My Dad
Hairy Macleary
Moo Baa lalala
Spot
and then heaps of board and random cheap books we have picked up from places.
The super shed is great for baby books, they are 25cents each and it doesn' really matter if they get destroyed cos they aren't in the best condition anyway. I got a really good one for Jack about a new baby when I was pregnant.
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mum2paris
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:45pm |
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There is a book i absolutely love that my girls have, It's called if kisses were colours. It's so sweet.
We have heaps of neat hairy maclary ones, i also love eric Carle books - "hungry cterpillar" and other one sin that collection.
Just me and my dad - type books you know the ones with that cute hedgehog in it.
berenstein bears books are a hit here lately, and dr seuss books
we get lots at the whitcoulls sales, we have alot of a lot of books too.
I can't wait till paris is old enough for roald dahl.. i loved all his books as a kid
ooooh, and the one by enid blyton - i have all mums old enid blyton books, and i especially love the one (darn it i can't remember the name i'm tired.... the one about that tree, with the saucepan man and moonface and the ladder that goes to different worlds up the top of the tree....)
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Mum2ET
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:58pm |
ATM Ella loves book that she can interact with, so her favs are Spot (opening the flaps) and any touch and feel book (she really loves that's not my kitten and the kitten fur at the back is always wet from her trying to eat it ).
Because I used to work for Whitcoulls, I mostly buy from books from them...just brought a whole heap after Christmas when they had 50% off bargain books (got some really good deals i.e. a spot boardbook for around $3). They usually have a sale around late May/early June so will probably stock up on books then.
I used to love all the enid blyton books- Mum2paris I know the books you mean, think they are 'Adventures of the Faraway Tree (or something similar).
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lizzle
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 9:26pm |
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brown bear brown bear what do you see?
also great...if really annoying after the 50th reading
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 9:41pm |
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we got heaps when whitcoulls marked the books all for a $1 one day...BIG mistake on their part but SCORE on mine!
we also love the $2 shop ones...esp the animals etc.
i also buy a few like the dr seuss ones on sale in packs etc...
I havent bought spot or hairy mclary simply cause they read them at DC...so i am not doubling up...
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 10:42pm |
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Michaela loves being read to or flicking through her books herself.
She has been given a couple of beautiful books from her aunty and uncle in Brisbane called "I love you Little Mouse" and "Thank you Little Mouse". They are lovely stories with beautifully illustrated, textured pages and velvety covers. She also likes "Guess how much I love you", sparkle books and she her golden books - her favourite golden books are "the little red caboose" and "Scuffy the tugboat".
Whitcoulls have a sale on golden books atm. 3 for $10 so I've picked up a few of them recently.
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Posted: 27 March 2008 at 11:17pm |
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Just thought I'd let you all know about a great website that you can get books from pretty cheaply...
www.bookdepository.co.uk, its an English site so all prices are in pounds but they do free shipping and their books are really well priced. All the ones I've ordered have taken about a week so arrive, so its pretty quick.
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