This list of books for young children was created with the help of my friends on Twitter. These books would be great for children from birth to 5+ years old. I've read some of them to my own children so many times that I know the words off by heart!
The Snail and the Whale; Monkey Puzzle; The Gruffalo; Stick Man; Tidder: The story-telling fish Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
The Usborne ‘That’s Not My …’ series (great for babies)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
I Want my Hat Back Jon Klassan
The Jolly Postman; Cops and Robbers; Peepo; Each Peach Pear Plum; Bye Bye Baby; Funnybones Janet and Allen Ahlberg
Where’s my Teddy; It’s the Bear Jez Alborough
The Hairy Maclary stories Lynley Dodd
Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School + many more Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds
Green Eggs and Ham; Oh the Thinks you can Think! Dr Seuss
Who’s in the Loo? Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
Shark in the Park Nick Sharratt
Pants; More Pants Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt
The Blue Kangaroo Series Emma Chichester Clark
Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
The Charlie and Lola stories Lauren Child
The Winnie the Witch stories Korky PaulMixed up Fairy Tales Hilary Robinson and Nick Sharratt
Aliens Love Underpants Claire Freedman and Ben CortWe’re Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen
The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle Beatrix Potter
The Babar Books Jean de Brunhoff
The Mr Men Books Roger Hargreaves
The Great Dog Bottom Swap Peter Bently and Mei Matsuoka
Not Now Bernard; the Elmer the Elephant books David McKee
Press Here Herve Tullet
So Much Trish Cooke and Helen Oxenbury
The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr
Oh No, George! Chris Haughton
The Little Princess stories Tony Ross
Sharing a Shell Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks
The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Eric Carle
The Elephant and the Bad Baby Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs
The Man on the Moon! Simon Bartram
The Iron Man Ted Hughes
Pumpkin Soup Helen Cooper
Stanley's Stick Neal Layton and John Hegley
The Blue Balloon Nick Inkpen
The Whales' Song Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe
Meerkat Mail Emily Gravett
George Saves the World by Lunchtime Eden Project Books
The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
The Bad Tempered Ladybird Eric Carle
Tadpole's Promise Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
Tales from Percy's Park Nick Butterworth
Sea of Tranquility Mark Haddon
Slow Loris Alexis Deacon
The Mystery of the Blue Arrows David and Chuck McKee
My Granny is a Pirate Val Mcdermid
We are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures Amnesty International
The Snail and the Whale; Monkey Puzzle; The Gruffalo; Stick Man; Tidder: The story-telling fish Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
The Usborne ‘That’s Not My …’ series (great for babies)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
I Want my Hat Back Jon Klassan
The Jolly Postman; Cops and Robbers; Peepo; Each Peach Pear Plum; Bye Bye Baby; Funnybones Janet and Allen Ahlberg
Where’s my Teddy; It’s the Bear Jez Alborough
The Hairy Maclary stories Lynley Dodd
Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School + many more Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds
Green Eggs and Ham; Oh the Thinks you can Think! Dr Seuss
Who’s in the Loo? Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
Shark in the Park Nick Sharratt
Pants; More Pants Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt
The Blue Kangaroo Series Emma Chichester Clark
Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
The Charlie and Lola stories Lauren Child
The Winnie the Witch stories Korky PaulMixed up Fairy Tales Hilary Robinson and Nick Sharratt
Aliens Love Underpants Claire Freedman and Ben CortWe’re Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen
The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle Beatrix Potter
The Babar Books Jean de Brunhoff
The Mr Men Books Roger Hargreaves
The Great Dog Bottom Swap Peter Bently and Mei Matsuoka
Not Now Bernard; the Elmer the Elephant books David McKee
Press Here Herve Tullet
So Much Trish Cooke and Helen Oxenbury
The Tiger Who Came to Tea Judith Kerr
Oh No, George! Chris Haughton
The Little Princess stories Tony Ross
Sharing a Shell Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks
The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Eric Carle
The Elephant and the Bad Baby Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs
The Man on the Moon! Simon Bartram
The Iron Man Ted Hughes
Pumpkin Soup Helen Cooper
Stanley's Stick Neal Layton and John Hegley
The Blue Balloon Nick Inkpen
The Whales' Song Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe
Meerkat Mail Emily Gravett
George Saves the World by Lunchtime Eden Project Books
The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
The Bad Tempered Ladybird Eric Carle
Tadpole's Promise Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
Tales from Percy's Park Nick Butterworth
Sea of Tranquility Mark Haddon
Slow Loris Alexis Deacon
The Mystery of the Blue Arrows David and Chuck McKee
My Granny is a Pirate Val Mcdermid
We are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures Amnesty International
