The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The gold standard. There is not a loose beat in it.
The best rhyming stories to read aloud
Rhyme does half the work at bedtime. Children start finishing your lines, and you can read it half asleep. These are the ones with verse that actually scans.
The Girl, The Lights & The Prince
Kisszu
A longer adventure in rhyming poems and rhythmic prose.
Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
The same team, with more voices to do.
Giraffes Can't Dance
Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees
Bouncy verse with a warm heart.
Each Peach Pear Plum
Janet and Allan Ahlberg
A few lines per page, for the very youngest.