The AW Toddler Read-Aloud Library

Cujo

It by Stephen King. Perfect read-aloud story.

I'm not drinking the water so I don't have to worry.

The Spiderwick Chronicles.
How to Be a Pirate.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle.

The Berenstain Bears by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy and Herman Parish

Arthur by Marc Brown

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The Night Before Christmas

Anything by Dr. Seuss

Hubby says Lord of the Rings, but I find wee ones have a little trouble staying focused.

The Borrowers
Howliday Inn and Bunnicula
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (and all the other Ramona books)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Charlotte's Web
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Bridge to Terebithia
anything by Ronald Dahl

I am new here, but I DO already have kids, so I have a long list of stories I'd highly recommend.

Pardon if I don't know the authors off the top of my head, most the books are in my daughter's room and she's asleep..not about to go wake the sleeping beast to find the authors...hehe

Most nights I do read to my kids from The 365 Days of Bible Stories for Children
but they also like the following-

My Dog Never Says Please (a new favorite)
Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type (both with country accents)
Anything by Dr. Suess or Mercer Mayer
Turtle Time (A Bedtime Story)
The Whispering Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit
Pajama Time! (very cute but almost has to be sang to the kids)
There's a Monster At the End of This Book (Grover)
There's Another Monster At the End of This Book (Grover and Elmo)
The Moon in My Room (a nightlight book)
The Pokey Little Puppy (pretty much any Little Golden book)
Any of the classics, i.e. Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears, etc.

Truth is, I have found a lot of really great new ones, but I also tried my best to find some of my favorites from my childhood, most especially The Monster at the End of This Book. It was one of my all-time favorites.

If you want I can look through the kids' bookcase for more suggestions as well. Just let me know.

By Keats.

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

That one makes me cry when I read it.

I love the Giving Tree! I second that one.

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald (any of the series)
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (or any of his board books)
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam Mcbratney

These are geared towards a little older age group.

Any of the The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Collinsfort Village by Joe Ekaitis
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

I forget what the book was called, but it was 3 inches thick, the hardcover was dark blue, and the pages were golden trimmed. It had EVERY story tale EVER. It was the very first book I ever had, and my dad read it ro me every night for as long as I could remember.

tiny terror said:

Cujo

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Well, I guess there's nothnig left to do now but pick out the dress you're going to wear when Dan Rather asks you why your son shot the President.

deacon said:

Well, I guess there's nothnig left to do now but pick out the dress you're going to wear when Dan Rather asks you why your son shot the President.

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It's a perfectly good Boy and his Dog book. Sheesh.

Any Richard Scary book.
This and That by Julie Sykes
Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
The Just So series by Rudyard Kipling

The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

tiny terror said:

It's a perfectly good Boy and his Dog book. Sheesh.

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it's the nasty old bat's fault. ruined a good dog. i always wondered if the rabbit and bats were in cahoots.

I've never trusted rabbits. All that fluffing around and chewing. Not to be trusted, the lot of them.

we agree on that. just when you think you can trust one, he'll lead your as$ into a hole filled with rabid flying rats and bail on you.

The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

Everybody should be exposed to that short story at a young age. What? Nightmares? Bah! They'll live and be more literar...ily evolved for it.

kiddie books

Marget Wise Brown's The Runnaway Bunny & Goodnight Moon

In the great green room there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of a cow jumping over the moon.

Encyclopedia Brown- Boy Detective
Andrew Lost series

Oh, and Cujo of course

And I am never, ever drinking the water here.