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Best Reads for Kids!

Reading aloud to children will help improve their reading and literacy skills

There are so many reasons to read to young children; it is a crucial part of language and literacy development, expands imagination, improves listening and concentration skills, and increases vocabulary.

We have collated some of our top picks for children’s books, we hope you will enjoy!

0 – 1 yrs2 – 3 yrs4 – 5 yrs 6 – 7 yrs8 – 9 yrs10 – 11 yrs

0 – 1 years

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox

That’s Not My Puppy
Fiona Watt & Rachel Wells

Hello Little Babies
Alison Lester

Dear Zoo
Rod Campbell

Mesmerized
Katey Love

Go Baby Go!
Sally Rippin

Gossie & Gertie
Olivier Dunrea

Baby Gets Dressed
Katrina Germein

Clap Hands
Helen Oxenbury

Hug
Jez Alborough

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2 – 3 years

Froggy Green
Anna Walker

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle

The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Plister

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury

Giraffes Can’t Dance
Giles Andreae

Duck’s Away
Mem Fox

Maisy books
Lucy Cousins

Not a Box
Antoinette Portis

Spot books
Eric Hill

Nighty Night
Margaret Wild

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4 – 5 years

Stuck
Oliver Jeffers

Pig the Pug
Aaron Blabey

Imagine
Alison Lester

Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak

The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson

The Little Yellow Digger
Alan Gilderdale

Hairy Maclary Books
Lynley Dodd

It’s A Book
Lane Smith

Some Dogs Do
Ian Falconer

Mix It Up
Herve Tullet

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6 – 7 years

Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss

The Cat on the Mat is Flat
Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Are We There Yet?
Alison Lester

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss

A Necklace of Raindrops
Joan Atkin

Fox & Fine Feathers
Narelle Oliver

Diary of a Wombat
Jackie French

Rascal the Dragon
Paul Jennings

Nobody Owns the Moon
Tohby Moon

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8 – 9 years

Charlotte’s Web
E B White

Fantastic Mr Fox
Roald Dahl

The Iron Man
Ted Hughes

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum

Matilda
Roald Dahl

Treehouse Series
Andy Griffiths

The Legend of the Gold Snail
Graeme Base

Dinosaurs Before Dark
Mary Pope Osbourne

Ready, Set, Boris
Andrew Joyner

Half Magic
Edward Eager

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10 – 11 years

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Hiawyn Oram

Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O’Dell

Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo

The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll

Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson

Seven Wonders of the World
Anna Othitis

The Lightning Theif
Rick Riordan

Adventures of TinTin
Herge

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