Bedtime Reading

For recommended stories and rhymes to share with your child at bedtime, why not try Jacqueline Wilson’s book Over 70 Tried and Tested Great Books to Read Aloud

The Booktrust produces booklists and rhyme time sheets for
parents, including The Booktrust Best Books of 2010, a selection of children’s books arranged in age categories: under 5, 5-8, 9-12, and teenage. A copy is in our school library which can be consulted.

For our youngest children…

• Bedtime Stories Booklist (wonderful picture books to share)
• Bookstart Rhyme time sheets:
  Jungle Rhymetime
  Rhymes (including I’m a little teapot, Round and round the garden, etc. illustrated by Polly Dunbar)
  More Rhymes (including Twinkle Twinkle, Hey Diddle Diddle, etc. illustrated by Sarah Garson)

Further recommended books and websites about storytelling for all ages.