These brightly colored picture books are ideal first reading for tiny tots. And what’s better than snuggling down with your toddler at bedtime with a good story? Exactly.
Here are some of our absolute favourites for you to try.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle
Yup, as you might have guessed from the title, the caterpillar is hungry… really hungry… starving in fact! And the little guy eats his way through page after page of yummy food until… well, we won’t spoil it for you. And just like him, when it comes to this book toddlers simply can’t seem to get enough.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
By Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
Be warned: This fun read is likely to inspire many a bear hunt of your own, which is fine as long as you don’t actually ever find one.
The Napping House
By Audrey Wood and Don Wood
We absolutely love how this story builds momentum, making tiny tots wonder and really think about what’s coming next and ultimately what will happen in the end.
Yummy Yucky
By Leslie Patricelli
Little people put everything in their mouths, even things they aren’t supposed to. Read this book with them to explain the difference between yummy and yucky and then they can stop experimenting on her own… you can but hope anyway.
Where’s My Teddy?
By Jez Alborough
If your toddler’s got a favourite toy, blanket or anything else they can’t live without or get to sleep without, then chances are they will be able to relate to this book, which is all about looking for a lost teddy bear.
Sheep in the Jeep
By Nancy E. Shaw and Margot Apple
Full of fun rhymes, this is a book that your toddler will want to hear again and again… and probably again and again. And… you get the idea.
Green Eggs and Ham
By Dr. Seuss
Who doesn’t love Dr Seuss? And this book about not liking green eggs and ham is a brilliant rhyming classic that is as fun now as it was the first time you read it. I do not like them, Sam, I am!
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