Favorite Family Read-Alouds

What makes a good read-aloud? Very simply, one you love too! That’s right, parents, we don’t have to hate the stories we are reading. Recently a few have asked about our favorite family read alouds. So I polled my kids (ages 9, 6 and 4, at the time of writing) and included a few Mom loved too.

Picture Books

• The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, Illustrated by Dan Hanna

• Doctor De Soto by William Steig

• Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

• My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch by Graeme Base

• Who Would Win series by Jerry Pallotta

• Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

• The Miracle of Saint Nicholas by Gloria Whelan, Illustrated by Judith Brown (Christmas book)

Chapter Books

• The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White, Illustrated by Fred Marcellino

• Heidi by Johanna Spyri

• The Princess and the Goblin by George Macdonald

• A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck

• Geronimo and Thea Stilton series by Geronimo Stilton, Illustrated by Larry Keys

• The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden

• Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr, Illustrated by Kate Forrester

This is by no means an all inclusive list. We would love to hear what other books you love too! Tell us in the comment box below.