20 Dads Share Their Favorite Children’s Books

Looking for a book to read to your children? These 20 dads share their favorites.

Since before Moses and the stone tablets fathers have been telling stories and reading to their children. It’s something that’s ingrained in our DNA. Even though it can be frustrating when you can’t get more than four words out without being questioned, we do it because we love it.

Below are books that these twenty dads enjoy reading to or with their children. There are books for kids both young and old because the reality is that no matter how old we get and how old our children get, we’re still their dad and they’re still our babies.

What books do you enjoy reading with your children? Do you have any good stories about reading stories? Please share them with us in the comments section.

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Ron Mattocks

Author

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1)
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
Where the Wild Things Are
Go, Dog. Go! (I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books)

Josh Brewster

Hockey Writer/NHL Broadcaster

Goodnight Moon
The Giving Tree
Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings
The Cat in the Hat
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Book & CD (Book and CD)

Eric Payne

Blogger 

Daddy’s Girl
Please, Baby, Please
Horton Hears a Who! (Dr. Seuss Classics)
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Guess How Much I Love You

Jeff Tincher

Social Media Consultant

Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, No. 5)
Afternoon on the Amazon
Listen to My Trumpet! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Watch Me Throw the Ball! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
The Canary Caper (A to Z Mysteries)

Kyle Bradford

Blogger 

Everyone Poops (My Body Science Series)
Quackadack Duck
Holy Bible-English Standard Version
Scaredy Squirrel
Franny K. Stein

Andrew Cotto

Author

Danny the Champion of the World
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The BFG
Heaven Is Having You
The Red Balloon

Whit Honea

Blogger

The Five Chinese Brothers
Whose Mouse Are You?
Nobody Rides the Unicorn
Guess How Much I Love You
Zorgamazoo

Matt Vilano

Blogger 

Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
Scrawny Cat
What Pete Ate from A to Z
Too Many Daves–The Sneetches and Other Stories
Room on the Broom

Marcus Williams

Blogger

Llama Llama Red Pajama
Fox in Socks
Room on the Broom
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Jim Turner

Social Media Consultant 

Watership Down
Where the Red Fern Grows
Goodnight Moon
Pat the Bunny
Go, Dog. Go!

Lane Reed

Fashion Designer

I Love You Stinky Face
Good Dog, Carl
In a People House
Jamberry
Goodnight Moon

Jim Higley

Author

Caps for Sale
The Snowy Day
The Story about Ping
Goodnight Moon
Harry the Dirty Dog

William Lucas Walker

Screenwriter

The Little Engine That Could
Odd Velvet
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads
The Dangerous Book for Boys
The Daring Book for Girls

Jack Steiner

Blogger

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Superfudge
Stuart Little
Where the Wild Things Are

Fred Goodall

Blogger 

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Adventures of Max and Pinky
The Hallelujah Flight
These Hands
Ron’s Big Mission

Gary Walter

Blogger 

Daddy’s Girl
Guess How Much I Love You
Pajama Time!
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Matt Peregoy

Blogger

Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin
Monster at the End of This Book
I Love You Stinky Face
Go, Dog. Go!
Olivia

Adam Cohen

Blogger

How Rocket Learned to Read
Good Night New York City
The Cat in the Hat
The Very Hungry Catepillar
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom:

Jayson Gaddis

Blogger

Hug Time
Goodnight, construction
Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
The Family Book

Ted Rubin

   Social Media Strategist

The Art of Racing in the Rain
Rabbit’s Foot, A Gift From My Father
Atlas Shrugged
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Photo from “This is What Real Fatherhood Looks Like” on Good Men Project