Children’s Culture Card - Reading to children
Reading with your child reinforces intimacy and creates moments that they want more of. Read rhymes and stories together!Reading to children
Reading out loud helps develop the child’s imagination, vocabulary and emotional intelligence. Reading with your child reinforces intimacy and creates routines that they want more of. There isn’t a wrong way to read to your child. When you read together, you get to discover new favourite books. Even the smallest of babies enjoy the experience. First books help to practice reading with your baby.
Suggested reading by the library
Below, you will find some suggested reading for toddlers and tips to find books with children’s rhymes.
Suggested reading for 0–3-year-olds
- Jane Newberry: Big green crocodile.
- Dr Seuss: Amazing animals.
- Jane Newberry: Big red dragon, play-rhymes through the year.
- Sean Taylor: Five little friends, a collection of finger rhymes.
- Julia Donaldson: One mole digging a hole.
- Rod Cambell: First rhymes.
- Michael Rosen: I am happy.
- Elliot Kruszynski: Wiggle, Walk, Wash, baby’s first animals.
At the libraries, you can:
- read books,
- loan physical, digital and audiobooks, magazines, console and board games, music and movies
- spend time and meet people
- play
- join events, like various story times
- use other library services, like public computers, printing and workshops
- eat snacks
- breastfeed.
Libraries have books for the whole family you can loan and read, in many different languages. Libraries are free of charge. First books help to practice reading with your baby. Larger libraries have a microwave oven for heating up baby food. All library events are also free of charge and almost all are baby-friendly. Libraries are also a good place to meet other families. Read more about library services and events on the library website.