To celebrate Bring Your Child to the Library Day, our children’s staff have compiled a list of their favorite read aloud titles for you to enjoy.  

Did you know that reading together as a family has many benefits for your children? Listening to you read will help your child increase their attention span, build their vocabulary, reduces stress, promotes a love of reading, and strengthens your bond! 

Besides being some of our favorites, we choose these titles based on their appeal to a wide audience. Many are also classics that we think every child should read! 

For families with children ages 4-6 

• A Bear Called Paddington by Bond  
• Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Dicamillo  
• The Blue Fairy Book by Lang 
• Frog and Toad are Friends by Lobel  
• Mouse Tales by Lobel 
• Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by MacDonald 
• The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by Milne 
• Little Bear by Minarik  
• Tales of Peter Rabbit and His Friends by Potter 
• The Crayon Man by Beibow 

For families with children age 7-9 

• The Penderwicks by Birdsall 
• A Little Princess by Burnett  
• How to Train your Dragon by Cowell  
• Tuesdays at the Castle by George  
• Pippi Longstocking by Lindgren 
• The Willoughby’s by Lowry  
• Wayside School is Falling Down by Sachar 
• The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Shepherd  
• The Boxcar Children by Warner  

For families with children age 10-13 

• The War that Saved My Life by Bradley 
• The BFG by Dahl 
• Some Kind of Courage by Gemeinhart  
• All Creatures Great and Small by Herriot 
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Juster 
• Ella Enchanted by Levine  
• The Wee Free Men by Pratchett  
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by Rowling 
• Treasure Island by Stevenson  
• The Hobbit by Tolkien  
• The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Wood