Many thanks to everyone and for your suggestions.
We have decided to buy him some editions of the Beatrix Potter series and we can add to them as he gets older.
Just hope he doesn't rip them to shreds before he learns to read.
Great idea..I started my kids on these and also the pengiun series, they all grew up reading lots of different books and still love books today as much as they were younger, although todays ones ae kindle form