Favourite Books
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Topic: Favourite Books
Posted By: peanut butter
Subject: Favourite Books
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:23pm
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Following on from Stacey's post about 1000 books, I am wondering what books you have and what are hits in your household?
So far Tom has a small but growing collection of Hairy McLarey, a spot book, a farm animals book, some sparkly books and all my little golden books etc. What are the good buys? |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:28pm
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Spot is GREAT!
Daniel loves the wiggles colour book (theres a pic in the photo gallery section on a thread sparkle started) of me and him looking at it. It's got sparkly bits in it. It was about $5 from the warehouse Ummm he loves lots of cheap warehouse books that have textures or flaps that open up and loves them to bits and knows where the "touchy" bits are hehe |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:29pm
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Ellas faves are the farmyard sounds one and "i love you sun I love you moon"...that is the one she likes me to read her best of all. Her upstairs book is "five little xmas trees"..she loves that one!
And we have a squeaky one of hippos...I say "hippo" in a real deep voice and she giggles...and the tiger one we use to learn to count...we are up to 1 2 3 4...and pointing. She also favours a few fairy tale ones i got (grannie doesnt like them!)...but we make up the story as we go...and a snappy dinosaur one that daddy is really good at reading to her. Her fave and only grannie reads it successfully to her for some reason is "Corderoy" - apparently the raggedy ann doll in the story is ELLA and they have all sorts of adventures going to the shops for mummy...it is a book but words have been majorly changed! LOL! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:39pm
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Maya's fave as a baby was That's Not My Teddy, and now the gremlins also have That's Not My Monster and That's Not My Mermaid.
Spot was also a big hit when Maya was a bit younger, Peepo, Hairy McLary, Bunny My Honey... she has so many books! The gremlins love two books they were given for their birthday about Googly Eyes, and any touchy feely books, and they're big into animal books atm. We probably own close to 500 childrens books. We have most of the "classics" plus a heap of board books, touch and feel and lift the flap books. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:44pm
| Gotta buy more books!!! Where does everyone buy them from? Normal shops or something like doubleday? |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:47pm
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I get most of ours from Whitcoulls, I used to pretty much buy a book a week and every time I go in to buy a birthday pressie or stationery or something I inevitably come out with more books! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:49pm
| Warehouse, especially for board books which are the best at the young age. Can't rip the pages and can chew on them a bit. Nice and cheap and lots to choose from. |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:49pm
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Noah's absolute fave is Hairy Maclarey. He just loves those stories - esp the bit with Scarface Claw. So we have a few of those ones now but he only really likes Scarface Claw and the classic Hairy Maclarey. Oh and he has this Halloween one where it goes "Whoooo are you" and he is really in to that at the moment and sits there and reads it to me now with his little "whooo whoooo" on all the pages. Cute!!
We (read DH) takes him to the library a couple of times a week and get him a few books at a time so that we keep rotating what we have at home without having to buy lots and lots but I am slowly building up his own collection. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:50pm
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I just crept into her room to see what else is on her bookshelf, she's got a full set of Dr Seuss, heaps of Ladybird classics and Little Golden Books... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:51pm
| I try to avoid bookshops because I cant buy just one! I come out with HEAPS! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:51pm
Even wee Iggle Piggle has her own collection of cloth and crinkly books  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:55pm
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Whitcoulls have great sales but I always seem to like the ones that aren't on sale. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:57pm
off to rejig my budget and see if I can put in a book fund (education fund )
edited so it made sense 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:59pm
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Books can be bloody expensive I reckon. I budget $20 for birthday present books but it's getting harder and harder to find any decent ones at that price. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:59pm
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Oh I love crinkly books, I bought Spencer one from Countdown for $8, best thing I have ever bought.
We also buy lots from warehouse, the board ones, he loves all his books and will play with them for ages as well as me actually reading them to him. We also have a vtech nursery rhyms book which is interactive that he loves too. (although I don't love hearing twinkle twinkle little star played 20 times in a row). I keeping meaning to join the library as well because he is quite good now and doesn't really chew the books that much anymore. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:04pm
We buy mainly from The Warehouse. It's my vice, I have to control myself 
Also when I was working, we had one of those companies (actually there was 3 different ones) that brought in "stuff" and left it in the staffroom. We could look at it and order what we wanted. I got sooo many cheap books from there. And a couple of years ago I went to a Scholastic sale (at their warehouse somewhere out Tamaki way I think???) and got sooo many books for my classroom for crazy prices of like $2. I've never been able to find out that sale again though... I think it was in the last few months of the year. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:06pm
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I've been to it once too Arohanui, it's just before Xmas. It was great! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:11pm
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I love it when kids I know get to about 8, then I can buy them their first Roald Dahl book (usually the first) I always buy " The Twits" that was my first, and I loved it
! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:16pm
Yeah I left with massive boxes filled with all sorts of books! You'll have to let us know if you hear of when the sale is on again... ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Maya wrote:Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:16pm
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I Roald Dahl! The BFG was my fave even tho I was terrified of giants after I read it lol, and The Witches and Fantastic Mr Fox and Matilda... ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:17pm
| 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! |
Posted By: arohanui
Date 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. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:27pm
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Spot? has anynoe mentioned Spot? We love Spot, Nyah still does. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 11:49pm
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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. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date 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 |
Posted By: mountaingoat
Date 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 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date 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. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date 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. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date 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....) ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:58pm
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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). ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: lizzle
Date 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 |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date 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... |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date 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 By: Bayley
Date 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. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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