My brother and I were complaining recently about how hard it is to find some of the children’s books we grew up with and consider classics. Is this what happens when you have kids? You want to re-live your own childhood through their eyes? There are a few that are easy to find. The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Where the Wild Things Are, for example. And there are 5 children’s books turning 50 this year, which means they are readily available too. But they are definitely for older kids so they remain on the shelf. I’ll list them below then my compilation of FlashWolfe’s favourite titles at 18 months.

Celebrating 50 Years

  1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
  2. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming
  3. Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
  4. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
  5. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Best Books for 18-Month Old

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Concepts and First Words

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Peek-a-boo and Lift-the-Flaps

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Songs and Spotting

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Lovely Board Books

Holiday

Bedtime