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Mar 31, 2021 · Reading a bedtime story each night is one of the sweetest traditions to have with your children. Truly, there is no better way to say goodnight than by spending that snuggle time together! It ends the day in a positive and loving way and helps them relax as they get ready to drift off to sleep.
Aug 9, 2024 · Do you love finding new-to-you picture books to read aloud to your children? If you answered yes, then this list is a treat for you! Below you will find over 150 of the very best read aloud picture books as voted by teachers and parents!
Mar 6, 2024 · Good Night, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry The friends seek shelter from a big storm — all with Blue Truck and Frog in the garage. After the storm passes, Frog and Blue Truck drive the animals home for bedtime. This classic is a favorite read aloud!
Aug 9, 2021 · The best read-aloud books for kids are stories you can get lost in. They can be stories full of action, simple stories full of heart, and stories that feel like a warm blanket. Moreover, great read-aloud books help kids (and adults!) step into other worlds or to see themselves reflected.
- Mikkaka Overstreet
- Read-Aloud Books For Bedtime
- Read-Aloud Books About Being Kind
- Read-Aloud Books For Teaching Counting, Colours Or Opposites
- Lengthier Read-Aloud Stories For Young listeners
- Read-Aloud Books About Managing Strong Feelings
- Read-Aloud Books with Witty Wordplay
- Classic Novels and Novellas to Read Aloud
1. Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown In a great green room a little bunny is tucked up snugly and safely in bed and is getting ready to say goodnight to all the familiar things in his room, one by one. A timeless picture book, which is known and loved around the world.
2. The Bear in the Book
by Kate Banks It’s time for bed, and a little boy chooses his favourite book for his mother to read to him. The bear in the book is preparing for his own deep slumber, hibernating through the winter while humans and other animals explore the snowy landscape around him.
3. The Prince Won’t Go to Bed!
by Dayle Ann Dodds When the young prince refuses to go to bed, assorted members of the royal household offer their ideas on exactly what he needs, but it is his sister, Princess Kate, who learns the truth.
5. Gorilla! Gorilla!
by Jeanne Willis Baby mouse is missing! Mother mouse can’t find him anywhere. And then, to make matters worse—a big, scary gorilla charges out of the rainforest!
6. The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t. A beautifully written tribute to the power of kindness, acceptance and standing up for what’s right.
7. The Wild Girl
by Christopher Wormell In the great wide wilderness, a little girl and her dog live alone in a cave high up on the mountainside. They are happy surviving on their own, until one day in the bitter cold of winter, they see bear tracks in the snow that lead right up to their cave . . .
9. Before After
by Matthias Arégui and Anne-Margot Ramstein Which came first? No words are necessary in this beautiful, artfully humorous book, in which every turn of the page offers a surprise.
10. Cockatoos
by Quentin Blake The reader may find Professor Dupont’s hiding cockatoos in the illustrations of his house, but the professor needs to correct the problem that caused his 10 pets to hide in the first place.
11. Ducks Away!
by Mem Fox A mother duck and her five little ducks waddled out one day. Onto a bridge, then—ducks away!
13. Ash Road
by Ivan Southall Graham, Wallace, and Harry will have one glorious week of pure freedom in the outback. No teachers, no school, no homework, no parents breathing down their necks! The boys are elated until they accidentally start a fire that quickly gets out of control in the dry underbrush.
14. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost.
15. The Inquisitor’s Tale
by Adam Gidwitz 1242. On a dark night, travellers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon.
16. Brave Martha
by Margot Apple Martha and her cat Sophie are best friends. Every morning Martha gives Sophie crunchies and milk. And every night Sophie helps Martha get ready for bed. But one night, Martha’s parents have company, and the guests bring their dog.
17. Grumpy Bird
by Jeremy Tankard Bird wakes up feeling grumpy. Too grumpy to eat or play—too grumpy even to fly. “Looks like I’m walking today,” says Bird. He walks past Sheep, who offers to keep him company. He walks past Rabbit, who also could use a walk. Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox join in, too.
18. Maybe a Bear Ate It!
by Robie H. Harris At bedtime, a young boy who cannot find his favourite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.
19. The Alphabet Thief
by Bill Richardson When night falls, along comes a peculiar thief who steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes. It seems that no one can stop her, until the Z’s finally send her to sleep so that all the other letters can scamper back to where they belong.
20. Betty’s Burgled Bakery
by Travis Nichols When the Gumshoe Zoo’s alarm alerts them, they learn Betty’s Bakery has been burgled! But how? Something isn’t quite right—and it’s up to these determined detectives to figure out what! Alliteration abounds in this comic book caper.
21. Where’s the BaBOOn?
by Michaël Escoffier Step right up, fearless readers! Today, in this very book, we will PROVE to you that a snake can hide in a snowflake, that pigs can paint, and that the ones who copy the most are not necessarily cats! Prepare to be AMAZED by the game of hide-n-seek the words play!
22. Animal Farm
by George Orwell A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality.
23. Emma
by Jane Austen Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen’s most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organises the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect.
24. The Great Gatsby
by F Scott Fitzgerald This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story is of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his new love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.
Sep 29, 2023 · Choosing serene read-alouds not only establishes a nighttime routine for your child (cuing them that it's time to doze off), but it can help lull them off to sleep with rhythmic prose and whimsical illustrations. Plus, your child will get to boost their language and reading skills before bed.
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