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The Famous Five - Enid Blyton. Ahh this book..there's no doubt about it this book IS my childhood. I was obsessed! Me & my friends would pretend to be the Famous Five in the playground and always end up arguing about who got to play the boys haha. I had all the Famous five casette tapes and would listen to them at bed at night. Along with the Secret Seven they were just my favourite stories ever and I get wait for Lily to hopefully get into them the way I was.
B -
I'm a big Sister - Joanna Cole. This is a book I've been waiting to read with Lily for ages and I'm so excited that we can now we've had the 12 week scan. The book talks about the importance of being a big sister and helping mummy and daddy out and its a book I think will really benefit Lily in terms of helping her understand what being a big sister means.
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Guess How Much I Love You - Sam McBratney. Who doesn't love this story!? It's beautiful! I started reading it with Lily last week actually and she's made me read it to her almost every night since. She does the arm movements and says 'Mummy I love you THIS much' which is just the sweetest thing ever
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D - Harry Potter - JK Rowling. My favourite thing about the whole Harry Potter series was having my mum read it to me. She read me every book from the very first one to the very last. Me and my brothers were only allowed a chapter or two a night but it made it seem so much more exciting. Every night I'd race home from school and couldn't wait to eat all my tea up and get into my pyjamas because I knew that meant the next chapter was coming. My mum was just as much into the stories as I was and it was a great thing that we got to share together so I'm very much hoping I get to share the Harry Potter experience with Lily too.
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The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton. Yes another Enid Blyton! Her books are just so magical in my eyes, they dont make stories like these anymore and this book just so happens to be my favourite of all time. It's about an enchanted tree and each day there's a different magical land at the top of the tree and the group of children who venture to the top never know what land it's going to be. There's something so special about this book and the way its written, it really allows you to easily get lost in your imagination and not many books do that for me these days. It's probably the book I'm most excited to read to Lily out of them all.
What books do you enjoy reading with your children?
