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Hello

I'm looking for recommendations for bedtime books. My son goes from racing around to ready for bed in about 10mins at the moment and his trigger is his bottle.


I'm keen to introduce a book.


It needs to be available as a board book or at least be relativelu sturdy as he is still quite rough with books. I think too it needs to have a bit of a story, he seems to be losing interest in 'that's not my...' Type books. He likes animals.


I'd be really keen to hear what you read with your kids, especially very 'active' ones!

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bluesuperted

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Second all Julia Donaldson books, perfect wind down books, my favourite is Stick Man. Barefoot books are lovely too - gorgeous illustrations and very calming ;) two lovely pre-bed ones are Listen Listen (about the seasons) and 'I took the moon for a walk' - we have both in board book versions.
EmilyPie

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Current favourites with my 2yo are bigger digger by Steve Webb, jump on board the animal train by Naomi kifford and monkey puzzle by Julia donaldson. The walker books tend to be pretty good for this age too. We like bear hunt, farmer duck, the ravenous beast and penguin. You can get versions of these with DVDs with animated versions of the stories which are also good. However, for bedtime we have a big book of nursery rhymes called lavenders blue, and he chooses 3 or 4 from that each night for us to sing. Nice combination of book and lullabys.
bluesuperted

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Oh and I forgot this book:


http://www.whsmith.co.uk/Products/The-Bedtime-Collection-Stories-Rhymes-and-Pictures-for-the-Very-Young+Paperback+9781408305423


It's fantastic, lots of well loved authors (Julia D, Shirley Hughes, Benjamin Zephaniah, Roger McGough), illustratora and poets have contributed towards this book and the variety is great for pre-bedtime and parents not getting sick of the stories. Lots of them have a bedtime theme and we still recite the poem 'nudey dudey' at bath time as we all loved it!


It's an absolute bargain too - was created with Surestart in mind.

Bellenden Belle

Bellenden Belle

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1845065220/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0JQV4X39Y6YSY6J8EZ62&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=418449247&pf_rd_i=468294


The very noisy night - gorgeous book about all the excuses we make to avoid going to sleep.

espelli

espelli

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cant-You-Sleep-Little-Bear/dp/1844284913/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376215025&sr=1-1&keywords=cant+you+sleep+little+bear

Can't you sleep little bear is lovely


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peepo-Board-Book-Janet-Ahlberg/dp/0141337427/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376215100&sr=1-1&keywords=peepo+board+book

and Peepo is a favourite here too.

tomo

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Oliver Jeffers, Lost and Found and How to catch a star are firm favourites and good calming bedtime reads.


Julia Donalson books are fab, Room on the Broom is my personal fave so gets read a LOT!


Meg and Mog books are good too and always seem to go down well if my son's particularly fractious at bedtime.

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