Read to Your Toddler Every Day: 20 Folktales

Science tells us that young children develop best when they are read to. In this follow-up to Read to Your Baby Every Day, soothe your toddler with retellings of traditional folk tales, fairy tales and fables from around the world paired with images of Chloe Giordano’s charming hand-embroidered illustrations on cloth. Every tale is the perfect length to read aloud to your toddler before bedtime and carries a message of empathy, friendship and care for the world around us. Bond with your toddler and help them grow as you read to them these timeless stories: King Midas and the Golden Touch, The Baobab Tree, The Firebird, The Three Wishes, The Fish that Talked, The Stone Cutter, The Ant and the Grasshopper, A Bag Full of Stories, Brer Rabbit Down the Well, The Magic Fish Hook, The Singing Toad, The Magic Pear Tree, How the Bear Lost His Tail, Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey, The Fisherman and the Genie, The Rainbow Serpent, The Boy and the Dragon, The Little Girl and the Hare, The Boastful Turtle, and The Lion and the Thorn.