I’ve always got my eyes peeled for Jbrary’s annual favorite storytime blog post, and this year I felt like adding some of my favorite titles to the blogging world. I don’t update this blog nearly as frequently as the last time I wrote one of these lists (2020!) though you can find some more recent storytime book posts from Sarah.
These lists are personal. The storytime books that work for me may not work for you–and that is okay! We each have our own storytime preferences. Also, I very well may have missed some great titles that were released over the last year–so make sure to check out all of the great lists all over the internet.
As a manager now, I also don’t present storytime quite as frequently, so, while I’ve identified some of these as favorite storytime books, I haven’t tested them all in storytime myself. Also, since I haven’t done a list in a while, there may be some 2023 (and even 2022) releases on here as well.
2024(ish) Favorite Storytime Books
In no particular order.
Adventure Babies
By Rosamund Lloyd
Age: Babies
Bear Has a Belly
By Jane Whittngham
Age: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool
I Love Your Face!
By Karma Wilson
Age: Babies, Toddler
Peekaboo Who?
By Elena Selena
Age: Babies, Toddler
Swaddled with Love
By Alessandra Preziosi
Age: Babies
Hello, Face!
By Aya Khalil
Age: Babies
Can You Bark Like a Dog?
By Child’s Play International
Age: Babies
On Powwow Day
By Traci Sorell
Age: Babies, Toddlers
What Is Baby Wearing?
By Flowerpot Press
Age: Babies
I Can Say Goodnight!
By Stephanie Cohen
Age: Babies
See, Touch, Feel: Look at Me!
By Roger Priddy
Age: Babies
Rainbow Bear
By Bill Martin & Michael Sampson
Age: Toddler, Preschool
Ms. Rachel and the Special Surprise
By Ms. Rachel
Age: Toddler, Preschool
Paint with Ploof
By Ben Clanton
Age: Toddler, Preschool
Is That the Bus? By Libby Koponen
Age: Toddler
Greetings, Floof! By C.J. Hong
Age: Toddler, Preschool
Hen in the Bed
By Katrina Charman
Age: Toddler, Preschool
Name Your Numbers
By Smriti Prasadam-Halls
Age: Toddler
Knock Knock: Who’s There?
By Rob Hodgson
Age: Toddler
There’s a Bear in Your Book
By Tom Fletcher
Age: Toddler, Preschool
Go and Get with Rex
By David LaRochelle
Age: Preschool, Kindergarten
Bunny Loves Beans
By Jane Whittingham
Age: Preschool
Keep Up Duck!
By Ivan and Rachel Bates
Age: Preschool
On a Flake-Flying Day
By Buffy Silverman
Age: Preschool
Don’t Think of Tigers
By Alex Latimer
Age: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals
By Deborah Underwood
Age: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
The Wrong Book
By Drew Daywalt
Age: Kindergarten, 1st Grade
The Book That Almost Rhymed
By Omar Abed
Age: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
This Is Not My Lunch Box
By Jennifer Dupuis
Age: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
All At Once Upon a Time
By Mara Rockliff
Age: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade