Children's Books discussion

Hi

I'm going to do some readings for bigger groups of kids aged 3-6. What should I be looking for? It may be possible to divide them into two groups based on their age, but I'm not sure about that yet.
Do you have any suggestions for great books? Any advice on what in particular I should be looking for? Anything that doesn't go? I would love to do a great job and make the kids excited about reading!

Thanks in advance

Anything by Margaret Read MacDonald or Judy Sierra is likely to work. Find one of their collections that has advice about how to tell a story. You're going to be reading but there are similarities... you want something 'dramatic' as in 'can be acted out'... something that has a chorus the kids can chime in on might work, if you're comfortable with that.

Are you going to be trying to show pictures? Be sure to preview them to make sure they're clear and bold enough. Or find a Big Book, if you can.

My mom taught nursery school for over 20 years. One favorite they read to the older kids (4-5) was My Father's Dragon.

I would go check out storytime at your nearest library and see how they do things.

As wonderful a book as My Father's Dragon is, it is a chapter book and not a picture book. I would stick with picture books for this age range, especially if these events are only for a short time span. BTW, how long will you be reading to the children? If you are able to separate the 3s and 4s from the 5s and 6s, that would be ideal. For the younger ones, you want picture books that do not have very many words or sentences on each page, and that have large pictures that can be seen by the whole group.
For the 5s and 6s, you can read picture book folk and fairy tales, but make sure they are not too long or wordy, or they will loose the attention of the children quickly. Some of the children will be entranced, and others will be antsy.

For 3s and 4s:
almost any book by Eric Carle

For 5s and 6s:
Folktales by Paul Galdone

If you will reply with your email address, I can send you lists of story time picture books that are tried and true.

There are tips here, too: https://www.hbook.com/2016/06/what-ma....
I appreciate her theme that a good storytime is not a performance, but a collaboration between storyteller and audience.

They seem to be having some problems with updated links there. This one works for me, at least:

http://www.hbook.com/2016/06/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/what-makes-a-good-storytime/

A great training is offered at WebJunction called Supercharged Storytimes for All - The posts by (mostly public) librarians and storytime leaders was almost as valuable as the training! One of my favorite for learning colors and count to 10 is Emma Dodd's Dog's Colorful Day!
https://www.webjunction.org/news/webj...

Thank you Michael for fixing my link.

Thank you all for the wonderful tips and tricks.
Unfortunately, none of the books you've recommended has been translated, but it gives me something to work with :)

Translated into what?
(Your question was in English; we didn't know you needed something else.)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been translated into 25 languages...

Many of the stories could simply be told (instead of read); you could do a rough translation yourself.

Since you live in Denmark, have you consulted with Danish children's librarians for Danish picture books?