Books for Four Year Olds
Little Croc’s Purse by Lizzie Finlay
One hot day, Little Croc finds a lost purse.
“Finders keepers! tease his friends, imagining a treat of lemonade and a lovely cool swim.
But Little Croc is determined to find the purse’s owner…
Will his honesty be rewarded? Or will he be tempted to spend the money inside?
Littlemummy: A cute story promoting the ‘spending, sharing, saving’ ethos. Good for parent’s trying to teach kid’s about pocket money.
Erin: “I liked the purse and the money. I like money because you can spend it, and save it for riding horses”
Little Croc’s Purse ?3.99 on Amazon
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
This book is by the creators of The Gruffalo. I love children’s books that rhyme and flow, makes reading them so much less laborious and they seem to hold the children’s attention longer.
Littlemummy: I’m going to stick my neck out and say this is even better than The Gruffalo (which was excellent)
Erin: It’s amazing but the dragon is a bit scary!
Room on the Broom ?2.98 on Amazon
Katie Morag and the Grand Concert by Mairi Hedderwick
Every year on the Isle of Struay there is a Gran Concert, where the islanders play fiddles, recite poetry, and sing and dance for their friends and neighbours. Katie Morag can’t wait to sing her special song on stage – but just as the curtain rises, disaster strikes…
Littlemummy – I liked this one as it is set on a Scottish island and features the song ‘You cannae shove your granny off a bus’. The illustrations are also really interesting and quite elaborate with a map of the island etc..
Erin – “Well, I didn’t like the croaky voice but I liked the baby”
Katie Morag and the Grand Concert ?5.39 on Amazon
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates
Dog loves books about dinosaurs, and Dog loves books about aliens: in fact Dog loves all books! Dog has his very own bookshop, although he doesn’t have many customers. But that’s all right, because when Dog is surrounded by books, he is never short of friends or fun.
And when someone does come into the shop, Dog knows just which books to recommend…
Littlemummy: This book has a nice story but it’s not very in depth and only takes about two minutes to read.
Erin: “I liked the books but not the dinosaurs”
Ah, I remember it well. It’s actually quite a shame when they grow up and you don’t have that quiet reading time with them anymore. I used to like ‘Winnie the Witch’ and the Gruffalo. I dread to think how many times I read Winnie. Oh and when my first one was teeny (he’s now nearly 15!) we used to read Miffy too (showing my age here). x
Room on the Broom has been a favourite in our house since age 2. The words ‘…and whoosh they were gone!’ – made Ella giggle and giggle at age 2 (and still does at 6), traditionally rolled out now at Halloween.
I may have to buy Katie Morag if it contains that song!
I love british kids books, there are some lovely ones that we don’t get here. Tx for the reviews
I love ‘Room on the broom’ more than Oliver I think. He does like it but asks me not to read it too much. When I went to London last year Oliver was worried because I wouldn’t be there to ready to him (Rhona was there but that didn’t count) so I had to record myself reading the books so he could listen to them each night before he went to bed
Some great Scottish books are the Hairy Maclary/Slinky Malinki & Scarface Claw ones. Really good rhyming books, you will love them!!
Two other books, ‘The story of Clan Mingin’ and ‘The story of Clan McWee’ Really good Scottish words, good to say them in a strong Scottish accent which Oliver tries to copy
Thanks for the suggestions Terry