We’ve got a great bundle of books for you today, thanks to Random House. Our Blog Birthday Giveaway – Random House, features Hugo the Hare’s Rainy Day by Jez Alborough, Do Dare Duck by Joyce Dunbar and Wanda and the Alien to the Rescue by Sue Hendra. A great selection of picture books.
We love Wanda and the Alien as regular readers will know, so I know that this latest outing for the unlikely friends will be a big hit. Wanda and the Alien to the Rescue (which was published last month) sees the friend help a little animal in need.
Last year we reviewed Billy the Goat’s Big Breakfast where we were introduced to adventures of Billy and his friends, including Hugo the Hare. It would appear that Hugo and I gave something in common – neither of us like water! In Hugo the Hare’s Rainy Day (published on 27th February) we see him overcome his fears to help his friends. Written by Jez Alborough, this is bound to be a wonderful book full of clever rhyming text.
Do Dare Duck is written by Joyce Dunbar and illustrated by Jane Massey and will also be published on 27th February.
Does Duck dazzle as much as the peacock? Does he dawdle like the tortoise, or does he dash like the hare? No? Well, what does Duck do? Does Duck … dare?
These are look like great books and 5 of you could win yourself a set of these books. For a chance to win, just complete the rafflecopter below – good luck!
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the gruffalo – the writing and illustrations are brilliant!
I love The Very Hungry caterpiller by Eric Carl as the illustraitions are bright and interactive!
we love the kipper the dog books, following the cheeky rascal’s antics
These are fab books for getting your children engaged in storytelling and discussion. Fingers crossed x
Oh forgot to say about a favourite – hard to say there are so many but we love Kipper and Hairy Maclary has us in stitches x
My daughter has a book called “I Love You as big as the World” I like it because it was a gift from my mum to her and it’s got lovely illustration.
My favourite are the Beatrix Potter books,the drawings are so colourful and cute.
Wiggly pig 🙂 my daughters fav book when she was a baby
LOVE BEATRIX POTTER BOOKS
Would love to read these books to my son!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, my little one loves telling me what the caterpillar eats next!
the Beatrix Potter books, pictures are lovely :}
The Gruffalo – great illustrations 🙂
Dear Zoo- my girls find it funny all the animals
Peter Rabbit the pictures are so lovely.
My son loves the Pipsy and Posy books at mo and the pictures are nice and explain story well
Each Peach Pear Plum, I love the detail and the colours
The little red train books as there is so much detail to lookat
Great choice – we love those books too – good luck
i love the very hungry caterpillar because I used to read it as a child!
Rumble in the Jungle, I love it because you can get so animated while reading, Me & my children love to act out the animals 🙂 x
We have a copy of Peter Pan which has great, detailed illustrations that we can look at for ages plus some pop-up pages. It’s a favourite story and the pictures add so much too it.
The Very Hungry caterpiller by Eric Carl love the pics and the way it turns into the butterfly
we love the kipper the dog books
Guess How Much I love You <3
beatrice potter, so decorative
we like Spot The Dog – Spot is cute, we like the illustrations
The Very Hungry Caterpillar because of the holes in the book!
My little boy loves wheres spot. Its the flaps that are so much fun!
The Snail and the Whale is my favourite – I love the sweet story and the illustrations are great too.
what a busy baby because my son has always loved it
We love Giraffes Can’t Dance. It was one of the first books that we learned by heart and it’s sing song words and story never fail to make us smile.
Dear zoo has alway been the favourite in this house teaches kids loads from animal s to sizes and the picture are great
Spot the dog because I remember reading them when I was a child.
Guess how much i love you? Becuase its cute and has bunnies.
Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson as I love the illustrations and I think the story is really fun x
Dear Zoo because it’s cute
Stanley Bagshaw. Very funny and set up north!
I love Dear Zoo as it is something that I read when I was little and is still as popular today!
The Beatrix Potter books, the quality of drawings are great and my grandchildren love the stories
Little rabbit foo foo we love the Rythm
Dear Zoo is our favourite – we love the animals
I love The Smartest Giant In Town by Julia Donaldson. I like that it shows the Giant helping others with items he has just bought for himself. I also love the songs- my son has started singing along with them too 🙂
I love the gruffalo’s child- it is a fantastic sequel and the illustrations are fantastic, My son loves it too
The Gruffalo – great illustrations
The greedy bee, my girls love it.
The very hungry caterpillar! Brings back memories of me reading it, and it is my little girls fave book
My little lady loves the Pip and Posy books – we read ‘The Bedtime Frog’ at least 10 times a day and she loves to point out all of the different animals.
Spot. I love dogs, and Spot is so cute.
I like The Very Hungry Caterpillar because it reminds me of my childhood.
My sons would probably be I Love My Daddy
my son currently loves the book never too little to love. he’s not interested in listening to the story but loves flicking through all the different pages.
We love Peppa Pig series, so colourful @anna8301
Funny Bunny’s Magic Show by David Wood. It comes with a bunny that you can move through the pages.
Spot the dog as the illustrations are cute and nice and colourful and brings back memories of my childhood
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – it has great illustrations
The gruffalo I just love the character 🙂
I love the Beatrix Potter books, small to handle and beautiful illustrations
I love the Beatrix Potter books . Such lovely characters , that I remember from my childhood .
i loved Beatrix Potter books growing up , beautiful drawings and amazing stories , just loved them xx
dear zoo because it is bright and colourful
I love the Gruffalo it’s my grandsons favourite
The Very Hungry Caterpillar my grandson loves this.
We love Dear Zoo fantastic pictures and interactive
the Mr Men books cos there is a lesson to be leaned with each story
kipper the dog
Love The Gruffalo pictures – so full of character.
Goodnight Moon. I love the detail included on every page!
kipper the dog x
the very hungry caterpillar. takes me back to my childhood reading it myself
mr men books are brilliant
My favourite book is the first book I ever read by myself at nursery school, Where the Wild Things Are, and I still love it all these years later. 🙂
That’s not my duck – because my niece loves all the different textures.
We’re going on a bear hunt – the fun and suspense make it a great book 🙂
The very hungry Caterpillar
the jolly postman is such a great book, my kids love the pictures and the letters
I love the very hungry caterpillar
The very hungry caterpillar because its a classic and still an amazing book
Dear Zoo was always my eldest sons favorite now he takes great pleasure in reading it to my 8 month old.
the hungry caterpillar xx
very hungry caterpillar 🙂 Never gets old and the story can be interpreted through the pictures so a fab book to start reading with
Tabby mc tat but we love all Julia Donaldson books.
The Hungry Caterpillar. I think its because I always loved Caterpillars as a Child
the gruffalo a a lovely interactive story
I love BooBoo its about a little gosling who love to eat. The illustrations are just beautiful and it is a funny lovely story!
We love room on the broom and Hairy Maclary. The use of rhythm to tell the story makes it come alive without having to make silly voices for characters, perfect for a quiet bedtime story when you don’t want little one stimulated.
Where the wild things are – I loved it when I was little, and I adored reading it to my daughter.
all of the spot ones as i enjoy them as much as lillie pops
I have so many picture books that I love for so many reasons but I think Lost & Found – its so beautifully illustrated.
Jez Alborough’s Duck in the Truck- deliciously witty rhymes and full of anticipation!
The very hungry caterpillar. It has to be this, the story the pictures and the little cut outs! 🙂 Such a wonderful story!
The very hungry caterpillar, my son loves it 🙂
I love Dogger as its animations are so detailed
Funny bones all my children love this book, it allows their imagination run away.
The kids have so many books, but they love one called Freddy the frig
I love reading the Meg & Mog books to my little ones as they bring back great childhood memories!
The Tiger who came to Tea, love the imaginative flow of the story plus old fashioned standards and lifestyle.
My favourite is Where’s Spot, I first bought it for my daughter over 25 years ago and I’ve just ordered the 25th anniversary special edition one, with a silver cover, for my granddaughter (and me!!), I love the pictures in the book and the story x
Dear zoo my little boy loves the pictures and the flaps
The Beatrix Potter books, the quality of drawings
Where’s Stig – Lots of fun!
The hungry caterpillar stands the test of time
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which I loved reading with my son when he was younger.
my grandson loves wheres wally books
The Chrsitmas Bear by Ian Whybrow is mine and my sons favourite
Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice
The very hungry caterpillar- the kids love it.
I love you, blue kangaroo – my daughter never tired of it
The Very Hungry Caterpillar I enjoyed as a child and my child loves them too!
I enjoy reading a book called: There’s an ouch in my pouch. It rhymes and my daughter likes to join in.
Emily’s ice dancing show – its a good interactive book that all my family love – not just my grand-daughters
Spot the Dog
I loved Meg and Mog as a child and it was probably because it was something to do with flying and magic
My young grandchildren and I love the touchy feely books like That’s not my dinosaur/monster/dragon etc. 🙂
I really loved reading Some Dogs Do to my kids because it is cleverly written in rhyme
The Very Hungry Caterpillar because it makes my grandson laugh
One, two Peek-a-boo .. for its lovely bright pictures & sturdy lift the flaps .. i read it to my grandchild & I’m sure it will last for her to read to hers its so well made!
Tiddler – very witty
The Gruffalo – my daughter likes spotting the birds
The Rainbow Fish – the pictures are beautiful and it has such a lovely message for kids.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar has always been a classic favourite in our home I love the bright colours and the holes and the way it allows your little ones to follow its journey to make it to a butterfly its brilliant xxx
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – its just so colourful
Your cant beat a bit of Green Eggs and Ham!
The Very Hungry Caterpillar because the illustrations are lovely and the holes make the book fun!
The Gruffalo, great story!
Has always and will always be the best ‘The very hungry caterpillar’
The Hungry Caterpillar. I love the illustrations.
the hungry caterpillar. its a book that all kids get to read and will be around forever
The Hungry Caterpillar, the touch and feel one we have
Stick Man – love the story and the illustrations 🙂
Giraffes can’t dance (as I have just read it to my children this bedtime!) x
We love Room on the Broom, such a funny book and the illustrations are brilliant.
The Gruffalo – my son loves it!!
The Gruffalo the story is so engaging and the illustrations and unique and beautiful .
The Paperdolls we love the wee song in the book
Still a massive fan of Where’s Wally – not really a storybook but keeps the whole family amused for hours
I love the Hungry Caterpillar as I love the design of the pages
The gruffalo and the gruffalos child, amazingly illustrated books, my 3 love them
It has to be Spot The Dog. My little man loves to see whats hidden behind the flaps. In fact, any book that has flaps to lift up is a winner here xxx
Dear zoo
we love to lift the flap to find the animals its been a fav for all my kids
beatrix potter with all those lovely illustrations
Peepo – Memories
The Tiger who Came to Tea. I remember it from my childhood, now my children love it too
Gruffalo
the hungry Caterpillar i love the illustrations!
The tiger who came to tea, a book I read when I was little and now read to my little ones
The Hungry Caterpillar. Great prize
My daughters love the Hungry Caterpillar especially since they can put their fingers through the spaces
the gruffalo… brilliant illustration
Love super worm!
Such a great little story & pictures to go with it!
I love Peace At Last by Jill Murphy because it is just a lovely story – especially for bedtime 🙂
my kids loves kipper the dog books x
Currently enjoying How to grow a dinosaur. Very simply because at the moment dinosaurs are the most favourite thing in the world!
My three children all loved Spot the Dog and never seemed to tire of finding ‘Where’s Spot’!
The tiger who came for tea. my brother loved it so much
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – it’s got everything! It’s bright and colourful and it’s got little holes to poke your fingers in…. not forgetting the beautiful butterfly at the end!!!
Any Peppa Pig books, my little granddaughter loves looking at the pictures. They are so bright and colourful x
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – a timeless favourite
We’re going on a Bear Hunt, love the repetitive of the story and my teenager as a little boy could recite most of it by heart, we read it so often.
The tiger who came to tea is such a classic x
james and the giant peach, I loved this story as a child
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – lovely illustrations and fantastic story!
sooooooooooooo many to choose from….
I like Stick man. It’s completely different, has beautiful bright pictures which tell the story without the need for words. x
I love Richard Scarry books for all the silly pictures and the detail. Can look at them for ages.
Aren’t they fab, we have one of those and Monkey really loves it.
My little one has a lovely book called Bizzy Bear Off We Go which is interactive and he loves it
The very hungry caterpillar 🙂
We love The Baby That Roared, it’s daughters favourite at the moment 🙂
everyone in our house love you choose, because the children love making up all kinds of stories based on their choices and the possibilities are endless