Great Books to Read Aloud. Part 1
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Great Books to Read Aloud for Children Age 0-5 by Children's Laureate - Jacqueline Wilson
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Benefits of Reading Aloud by Julia Eccleshare children's books editor at the Guardian
Read Aloud Books
From the book Great Books to Read Aloud "For all readers the advantages of listening to a story are unlimited. First and foremost, it is fun. Sharing a book is an entirely delightful thing to do. And it's easy, too. Enjoying silly sounds together, searching under flaps for missing characters, repeating the words and linking them to the pictures is a delightful experience for all from the very youngest baby onwards.But beyond the pleasure there are also important and significant benefits. Reading aloud has a remarkable effect on
children. It enhances children's skills, interests and development in many ways that reach far beyond just improving their own reading interests and abilities. Listening to stories has a strong influence on personal and social growth as it gives children the chance to experience things beyond their own world and to think about other people and their lives. Hearing stories also gives children access to new words, phrases and sounds, all of which improve their spoken and written vocabulary.
Sharing a story by reading it aloud can make difficult or scary things seem safer.
All of these and more are the unexpected extras that can be gained from reading aloud."
Ten Top Benefits of Reading Aloud to Your Child
Read Aloud Books
From the book Great Books to Read Aloud
1. Reading aloud creates the perfect bond between parent and baby - it's cosy, comforting and it's fun.
2. Listening to stories provides children with new 'friends' - characters whom they learn to love.
3. Hearing new words gives children a richer vocabulary.
4. Children can understand stories that are beyond their own reading ability.
5. Hearing books read aloud improves a child's ability to listen for periods of time and increases attention spans.
6. Reading aloud allows children to interact by interrupting and asking questions
about meaning.
7. Hearing a story read aloud enables children to make connections with others' personal experiences.
8. Listening to more complex stories can help children to extend their knowledge and understanding.
9. Listening to a story being read aloud shows beginner readers how fluent readers read.
10. The words children hear in books givethem a rich language when they begin
their own writing.
Pants
One Snowy Night
Rosie's Walk
The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
No Matter What
Hairy Maclary from Donaldsons Diary
It's bedtime, Wibbly Pig!
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
Where the Wild Things Are
Handa's Surprise
Olivia
Not Now, Bernard
Bear Snores On
Owl Babies
Pumpkin Soup
Winnie the Witch
The Elephant and the Bad Baby
Angry Arthur
All Join In
There Was an Old Lady
Dig Dig Digging
Doing the Animal Bop
That's Not My Puppy: Its Coat Is Too Hairy
Just-So Stories
Peace at Last
Each Peach Pear Plum
The Wind in the Willows
Jaqueline Wilson - Great Books to Read Aloud for Children -
Jaqueline Wilson Wrote
What other people think about reading aloud to children
Best Book to Read Aloud for Children Age 0-5 - Voting
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
We're going on a bear hunt. We're going to catch a more...1 point
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark more...0 points
Each Peach Pear Plum (Picture Puffin) by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg
'In this book with your little eye, take a look an more...0 points
Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Dear Zoo is twenty-five years old -- and still as popular more...0 points
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy (Viking Kestrel picture books) by Lynley Dodd
Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk in town, followe more...0 points
Pants by Giles Andreae
A rollicking, young, funny homage to underwear, Pants more...0 points
ONE SNOWY NIGHT by Nick Butterworth (1990 Hardcover 24 pages Weekly Reader Books, First US Edition) by Nick Butterworth
ONE SNOWY NIGHT by Nick Butterworth (1990 Hardcove more...0 points
The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue (Scholastic Press) by David Armitage
The lighthouse light always needs to be lit at nig more...0 points
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mommy are more...0 points
No Matter What by Debi Gliori
I'm grim and grumpy," says Small to Large, "and more...0 points
Is it Bedtime Wibbly Pig? by Mick Inkpen
Wibbly Pig is being his usual cheeky self, he does more...0 points
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl th more...0 points
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
In the forty years since Max first cried "Let more...0 points
Handa's Surprise (Walker paperbacks) by Eileen Browne
Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to t more...0 points
Olivia Counts by Ian Falconer
Everyone's favourite piglet is once again a star i more...0 points
Not Now, Bernard (Mini Hardback) by David McKee
Not Now, Bernard is a cautionary tale about parents more...0 points
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
One by one, a whole host of different animals and more...0 points
Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
By the Kate Greenaway Medalist Deep in the woods in more...0 points
Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas
Winnie lived in her black house with her cat, Wilbur. more...0 points
Angry Arthur by Hiawyn Oram
Once there was a boy called Arthur, who wanted to more...0 points
There Was an Old Lady (Classic Books With Holes)
Inventive die-cut artwork offers young readers of more...0 points
Doing the Animal Bop: With Music CD by Jan Ormerod, Lindsey Gardiner
Here comes a festival of brightly hued animals, an more...0 points
That's Not My Puppy: Its Coat Is Too Hairy (Usborne Touchy Feely) by Fiona Watt
-- Invite babies and toddlers to touch and feel a more...0 points
A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
How did the rhinoceros get his wrinkly skin? Why w more...0 points
Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
The hour was late and Mr Bear was tired. But he co more...0 points
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Illus. in full color. "While Granny is a-rockin' more...0 points
Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings
Including 12 New Poems! If you are a dreamer, come more...0 points
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the mischievous Toad live more...0 points
The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton
It's their very first adventure and the Secret Sev more...0 points
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What do you think of choices made by "Great Books to Read Aloud" author? Have you got a favorite book to read with a child?
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franstan Aug 30, 2011 @ 7:03 pm | delete
- Great list of books for young children
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postingbits
Aug 10, 2011 @ 1:21 pm | delete
- We have read a lot of the books you have listed, my children really enjoy the books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Shieffer. Recently my daughter received the Hairy Mclary series. Great list, we will be adding more to our collection from it.
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slotowngal May 29, 2011 @ 8:25 pm | delete
- Lots of great read aloud books here! Another favorite in our family is "Old Black Witch" by Wende and Harry Devlin.
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lemonsqueezy
Feb 16, 2011 @ 9:52 am | delete
- You have some of my favorite books listed here. Maybe they are my favorite because they are so fun to read. I voted for "We're Going on a Bear Hunt."
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purplelady Apr 17, 2010 @ 8:05 pm | delete
- Awesome lens on a subject I think is so important. It is important for both the person who is reading and the person being read to. One of my favorite books to read aloud (to both children and older adults) is Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. I have added your lens as a featured lens on http://www.squidoo.com/wilfrid-gordon-mcdonald-partridge. 5 books, 1 featured lens and some socializing.
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