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Read–alouds for Grownups to Share with Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Reading together and reading aloud is fun and important for young children. Hearing books read aloud gives young children a good start in building vocabulary and loving books. Here are great read-alouds for each of the ages and stages of early childhood. So, set aside a special time each day and Read Together, Read Aloud!
Quicklinks: Infants | Crawlers and Early Walkers | Toddlers | Preschoolers
Infants (0–9 months)
Black & White
By Tana Hoban
Clare Beaton's Action Rhymes
By Clare Beaton
Clare Beaton's Nursery Rhymes
By Clare Beaton
Daddy Hugs
By Karen Katz
The Going to Bed Book
By Sandra Boynton
Hey! Wake Up!
By Sandra Boynton
Mommy Hugs
By Karen Katz
Ten Tiny Babies
By Karen Katz
What is That?
By Tana Hoban
Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
By Karen Katz
Where is Baby's Yummy Tummy?
By Karen Katz
Board Book series:
Amazing Baby
Board Book series:
Begin Smart
Crawlers & Early Walkers (9–18 months)
All of Baby Nose to Toes
By Victoria Adler
Barnyard Dance!
By Sandra Boynton
Heads
By Matthew Van Fleet
Itsy-Bitsy Babies
By Margaret Wild
Look at You!: A Baby Body Book
By Kathy Henderson
Max's Breakfast
By Rosemary Wells
Pat-a-Cake!: Nursery Rhymes
By Annie Kubler
Peekaboo Morning
By Rachel Isadora
Peek-a-Boo!: Nursery Games
By Annie Kubler
See-Saw!: Nursery Songs
By Annie Kubler
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
By Mem Fox
This Little Chick
By John Lawrence
Whose Knees Are These?
By Jabari Asim
Whose Toes Are These?
By Jabari Asim
Board Book series:
Begin Smart
Toddlers (1-1/2 – 3 years)
Big Red Barn
By Margaret Wise Brown
Dear Zoo
By Rod Campbell
A Good Day
By Kevin Henkes
Good Morning, Chick
By Mirra Ginsburg
Hello Baby!
By Mem Fox
Hooray for Fish!
By Lucy Cousins
Jump, Frog, Jump!
By Robert Kalan
The Little Dump Truck
By Margery Cuyler
Llama Llama Red Pajama
By Anna Dewdney
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
By Denise Fleming
My First Mother Goose
By Tomie dePaola
My First Songs
By Tomie dePaola
Rin, Rin, Rin, Do, Re, Mi
By José-Luis Orozco
Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy
By Denise Fleming
Storytime: First Tales for Sharing
By Stella Blackstone
This is the Farmer
By Nancy Tafuri
Today is Monday
By Eric Carle
Uh-Oh!
By Rachel Isadora
Preschoolers (3 – 5 years)
1 2 3: A Child's First Counting Book
By Alison Jay
The Baby Beebee Bird
By Diane Redfield Massie
Barn Dance!
By Bill Martin, Jr.
Bear Snores On
By Karma Wilson
Bein’ with You This Way
By W. Nikola-Lisa
A Birthday Basket for Tia
By Pat Mora
Book! Book! Book!
By Deborah Bruss
The Cow Loves Cookies
By Karma Wilson
Crictor
By Toni Ungerer
Do Like a Duck Does!
By Judy Hindley
Duck on a Bike
By David Shannon
Feathers for Lunch
By Lois Ehlert
Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed
By Eileen Christelow
Froggy Gets Dressed
By Jonathan London
Growing Vegetable Soup
By Lois Ehlert
Here's A Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
Collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters
How Rocket Learned to Read
By Tad Hills
I Like Me!
By Nancy Carlson
King Jack and the Dragon
By Peter Bently
Lola Loves Stories
By Anna McQuinn
May I Bring a Friend?
By Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
My Lucky Day
By Keiko Kasza
The Old Man & His Door
By Gary Soto
One Dark Night
By Lisa Wheeler
One Monday Morning
By Uri Shulevitz
Pet Show!
By Ezra Jack Keats
Pete's a Pizza
By William Steig
Planting a Rainbow
By Lois Ehlert
Room on the Broom
By Julia Donaldson
Snowballs
By Lois Ehlert
The Stray Dog
By Marc Simont
Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems
Compiled by Jane Yolen
This is the House that Jack Built
By Simms Taback
A Visitor for Bear
By Bonny Becker
Waddles
By David McPhail
Wild About Books
By Judy Sierra