Children have very tender minds, they believe each things they are being told. Therefore, proper parenting is a tough task. Parents have to impart the cultural beliefs but always have to care not burdening them with harsh realities. Therefore, storybooks can play a wonderful role in your child’s life developing his sense of imagination and cultivating good habits. You can read numerous storybooks to your children. Each storybook has different impact. The books can be of fantasy or culture but the main aim should be an excellent entertainment as well as raising the moral value. Here is the list of twelve best books.
1. Panchatantra
This is collection of small stories on Indian mythology. Every story in this book has a good reading ease as well as has a moral ending. The stories are translated in all major languages throughout the world and are easily available from retail stores.
2. Jatak Tales
These are the stories originating from Buddhist mythology. Each story represents a life term of Lord Buddha. The main aim of the stories is to impart the sense of peace and non-violence in kids. These stories are full of fantasies, talking animals, and equally good moral values. These are available in all major languages.
3. Cinderella
This is a cute story of a girl who fulfilled her dreams and reached the class of rich from rags. The story is full of fantasy characters and dreams with fairies, charming prince, and talking animals. The story of Cinderella is very popular among kids. It even has a happy ending that will surely make your kid happy.
4. Ramayana
This is a story of Hindu god, lord Rama, who is considered as an example of an ideal man. The story is in different chapters with full of fun and action. Each instance of the story develops a sense of idealness and helps in character building. The Ramayana is available in all major languages in all bookstores.
5. Adventures of Peter Pan
This is an extremely popular story with Peter Pan as hero and captain hook as villain. It has adventure, action and travel based fantasy story with humans, little fairies and flowers. Peter pan and his fairy friend even have a romantic angle. The storyline is very captivating as every part of the story leads to a newer story.
6. Snow white and seven dwarfs
This is story of a princess Snow white and the seven dwarfs who rescued her from evil clutches of her step family. The fantasy story is full of action and cozy comfort with songs and is popular among little girls. It has evil step mother, little princess, a charming prince and singing birds which surely mesmerize the kids.
7. James and the Giant Peach
It is a cute storybook written by Roald Dahl about a boy James and his adventure toward the centre of a giant peach. The story is light and very entertaining.The story starts with orphan James who lives with his evil aunts. He then encounters with a magical peach and six anthropomorphic insects. The story revolves around James and these insects and how they got away from the hands of evil aunts.
8. Arabian Nights
If your kid loves adventure, then this is the right book. Islamic culture and travelers are very inspiring. They are action and drama packed and will certainly hold your kids glued to their seats while listening to them. These books have been translated in all major languages. The story book has a collection of adventure stories with heroes like Aladin, Sindbad, Alibaba and Talib. Each story is packed with lot of adventures.
9. Wonder Bear
It is cute book by Tao Nyeu, with lots of pictures encouraging young ones to make up a story of their own. Each time the story seems different and becomes more interesting. The story has pictures instead of text. You can sit with your kids and make your own story out of it. You can even encourage your kinds to tell you a story. The book has excellent graphics, which attracts the kid
10. When sheep cannot sleep
It is a counting book by Satoshi Kitamura with beautiful vibrant pictures and art works. However, it is completely accessible to kids. They love the way it leads to counting. The sheep wooly has insomnia which leads him to different adventure with each adventure encouraging the kids to count.You can teach them counting while reading the story book
11. No flying in the house
It is a cute story by Betty Brock about a girl who discovers that she is half fairy and half human and the path she must choose to become only one of them. It is a story about her struggle with lot of fantasies and fun creatures. The story has a dramatic ending. The book is excellent for kids to learn human values.
12. Skippy Jon Jones, Lost in Spice
Written by Judy Schachner, it is about a talking cat who thinks himself as a cute Chihuahua with multi lingual capacity and a big humor. Kids who love pets and dolls always love it. The talking cat named skippy dreams of having a adventure in Mars. It is an excellent storybook for kids to learn about space, cats, and dogs. There are lots of words of other languages which you can encourage your kids to include in their vocabulary.
There are many other storybooks too, but these books have special place in everyone’s heart. So read them with your kids and let them learn new things of the world.
