The 1-3 Anthologies and Poetry, and 1-3 Picture Books, along with 4-6 books designated RA are excellent read- alouds for children from a very early age.
A Apple Pie and Nursery Rhymes and others by Kate Greenaway RA
Aesop for Children illustrated by Milo Winter (126 fables) RA
Alan Garner’s Fairy Tales of Gold by Alan Garner
Best-Loved Fairy Tales by Walter Crane
Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith RA
Child’s Treasury of Poems by Mark Daniel
Children’s Treasury of Virtues by William Bennett, illus. by Michael Hague, and others in series
Fables by Arnold Lobel
Favorite Poems of Childhood by Philip Smith
Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde RA
In Aunt Giraffe’s Garden by Jack Prelutsky RA
In the Nursery of My Bookhouse by Olive Beaupre Miller RA
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children by James Herriot
McGuffey’s Primer, Pictorial Primer, and First Reader by William McGuffey RA
Moral Tales by Maria Edgeworth RA
My Dog May Be a Genius and others by Jack Prelutsky RA
My Favorite Story Book by W. G. Vande Hulst RA
Nonsense Poems and others by Edward Lear RA
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne RA
Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes by Marguerite de Angeli
Once On A Time by A. A. Milne RA
Parent’s Assistant by Maria Edgeworth RA
Pleasant Field Mouse Storybook by Jan Wahl
Plum by Tony Mitton RA
Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha G. Alexander
Poems to Read to the Very Young by Josette Frank
Prince Rabbit by A. A. Milne RA
Real Mother Goose illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright
Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Children by Walter de la Mare RA
Ruth Ainsworth Book by Ruth Ainsworth
Songs of Childhood by Walter de la Mare RA
Stories Around the Year by Thornton W. Burgess
Tom Thumb and Other Stories by L. Leslie Brooke
When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne RA
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