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 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
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
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
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
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
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
