This website is under development in 2018. Check in periodically for updates.
This page will contain detailed reviews and storytelling/pedagogy tips for best-practice storytime books, with links to video tutorials. The books have all been selected to specifically target conversational reading priorities, at the 3-5 year old range of linguistic development.
While you wait for the full content, here’s a small selection to get you started (and don’t forget that good “active literacy” books for toddlertime are great for storytime, too):
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Ben-Barak, Idan | Do Not Lick This Book |
| Blabey, Aaron | Pirahnas Don’t Eat Bananas |
| Bland, Nick | The Wrong Book |
| Byrne, Richard | This Book Just Ate My Dog! |
| Byrne, Richard | This Book Is Out of Control! |
| Byrne, Richard | We’re in the Wrong Book |
| Cotter, Bill | Don’t Touch This Book |
| Cotter, Bill | Don’t Push the Button |
| Evanson, Ashley | This Book Is Magic |
| Fletcher, Tom | There’s a Monster in Your Book |
| Gray, Kes | Oi Frog |
| Lee, Andy | Do Not Open This Book |
| Lee, Andy | Do Not Open This Book Again |
| Lehrhaupt, Adam | Warning: Do Not Open This Book |
| Lehrhaupt, Adam | Please, open this book! |
| Long, Ethan | Tickle the Duck! |
| Matheson, Christie | Tap the Magic Tree |
| Matheson, Christie | Touch the Brightest Star |
| Novak, B.J | The Book With No Pictures |
| PatrickGeorge | Any/all PatrickGeorge books https://patrickgeorge.com/books |
| Portis, Antoinette | Not a Box |
| Portis, Antoinette | Not a Stick |
| Schwarz, Viviane | There Are Cats In This Book |
| Schwarz, Viviane | Is There a Dog in This Book? |
| Sharratt, Nick | Big Book of Crazy Book of Mixups (+ any other mix-up books) |
| Smith, Craig | The Wonky Donkey |
| Smith, Craig | My Daddy Ate An Apple |
| Stanton, Beck and Matt | This Is a Ball |
| Stanton, Beck and Matt | The Red Book |
| Stanton, Beck and Matt | Did You Take the B from My _ook? |
| Stanton, Beck and Matt | Wait |
| Stone, Jon and Smollin, Michael | The Monster At the End of This Book (Grover/Sesame Street) |
| Stoney, Annaliese | It’s NOT Just a Blanket |
| Thomas, Jan | Let’s Sing a Lullaby With The Brave Cowboy |
| Thomas, Jan | Is That Wise, Pig? |
| Thomas, Jan | Who Is Chasing Duck? |
| Tullet, Herve | Press Here |
| Tullet, Herve | Mix It Up |
| Tullet, Herve | Let’s Play |
| Tullet, Herve | The Finger Circus Game |
| Willems, Mo | Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus |
| Willems, Mo | The Elephant and Piggie series |