Popular Storybooks to Read to Your Child
Picture books and storybooks are a wonderful way to help children build morals, motivate them, help them grow and understand the world. Besides improving their reading skills, they can also enhance your kid’s vocabulary, recognize various objects and animals. If you are looking for some inspiring and adventurous storybooks for your tiny tots, check out our top recommendations for each age group.
Storybooks for Tiny Tots
1. Grandma’s Bag of Stories
Grandparents are a treasure trove of stories and experiences. This storybook brings you those fun stories and life experiences by one of the most cherished writers Sudha Murthi. The book starts with young characters named Anand, Krishna, Raghu and Meena visiting their grandma Ajji’s place in Shiggaon. After having delicious snacks prepared by granny, all the four children sit around her to listen to stories about mighty kings and cheats, pretty princesses and onions, naughty monkeys and mice, and deadly scorpions guarding hidden treasures. This book is perfect for kids aged 5+ years and will help relate to the characters on a personal level.
This book is narrated in a simple language and has morals that are easily understood by young kids and older ones.
2. Panchatantra Stories
Panchtantra has been one of the most loved humanitarian story collection of all times. This book is a fantastic compilation of 101 stories based on different moral qualities. The book also has easy to understand illustrations that will help your child know the story and, perceive shapes and figures better. This book is ideal for kids of age group 3 – 9 years.
Help your children get lessons on humanity and many moral qualities like wisdom, courage, and bravery.
3. Great Stories for Children
Written by Ruskin Bond, this book has a bunch of stories with intriguing plotlines for young children. These stories can spark their interest in reading and help them understand sentence structures and improve their language skills. A collection of more than 15 children’s tales, this storybook can boost your child’s imagination as well. The book narrates the stories about young children, ghosts, pythons, monkeys and Ruskin Bond’s own experience meeting a ghost.
Ideal for kids of 9 – 12 years, this book can help develop reading habits from the initial stages of their childhood.
4. Animals Stories
These exciting animal stories feature various animals like crocodiles, bears, lions, fishes, wolves, tigers, monkeys, and more as principal characters. This collection has stories like The Wolf and The Lamb, The Peacock and The Crane, The Wicked Snake, and many more intriguing short stories that delight the children. Illustrated with colourful pictures, this book contains 101 exciting stories for kids of 3 – 5 years.
Read out these adventurous stories to your kids and take them on an entertaining ride to the fantasy world.
5. Bedtime Stories
A collection of 101 short stories for children, this storybook has popular bedtime stories for kids of up to 10 years of age. The collection tells tales like The Swan and The Goose, Pandora’s Box, The Mules and Robbers, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Frog Prince, Ali Baba and Forty Thieves, etc. Each of these stories has a moral at the end, which inspires the kids, motivates them to do helpful things and builds their outlook towards life.
Let your child read these inspiring stories before going to bed and motivate them to do better every day.
6. Fairy Tales
A popular book for children of all ages, this collection of 101 fairy tales can truly enchant your child. The book has many popular fairy tales like Cinderella, Beauty and The Beast, The Jungle Book, Rapunzel, Bambi, Peter Pan, and many more. Read them out to your kids or let them read this book to understand the stories with colourful illustrations.
This picture book tells the all-time-favourite fairy tales that are cherished by all. Read these to your children and take them on a magical journey.
