Top 50 picture books
“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet.”
— Lady Montagu, providing advice on raising her granddaughter, 1752
Books about books
What better way to encourage a love of reading and an appreciation of what lies between the covers than a book about books?
* Limelight Larry, Leigh Hodgkinson
* The Gobbledygook is Eating a Book, Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting
* The Wonderful Book, Leonid Gore
* Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
* Homer the Library Cat, Reeve Lindbergh and Anne Wilsdorf
Make way for dads
With Mum so often the primary figure in preschoolers’ books, it’s good to put Dad in the spotlight as an important role model. That’s why these are some of our all-time favourite books about dads:
* My Dad, Anthony Browne
* Every Second Friday, Kiri Lightfoot and Ben Galbraith
* Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth
* Just Me and My Dad, Mercer Mayer
* Worried Arthur: The Birthday Party, Joan Stimson and Jan Lewis
Groovy grandparents
Grandparents are ever important to children as they grow, providing a secondary anchor in family life, as well as a fresh perspective. We love these titles for the inspiring and loving grandparents they portray.
* Grandma McGarvey, Jenny Hessell and Trevor Pye
* Grandpa’s Slippers, Joy Watson and Wendy Hodder
* Grandpa and Thomas and The Green Umbrella, Pamela Allen
* Mog and the Granny, Judith Kerr
* Granny Grommet and Me, Dianne Wolfer, Karen Blair
“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. She will not want new fashions nor regret the loss of expensive diversions or variety of company if she can be amused with an author in her closet.”
— Lady Montagu, providing advice on raising her granddaughter, 1752
AS FEATURED IN ISSUE 22 OF OHbaby! MAGAZINE. CHECK OUT OTHER ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE BELOW
