Here’s a starter list of brilliant bedtime books, I’m sure you can think of loads more. They’re not necessarily books to use in a classroom (though lots are brilliant for use in the classroom) but they are all fantastic to read and share.
I want my Hat Back by Jon Klassen (I’d recommend all the hat books and the shape books with Mac Barnett as well, just brilliant)
Horrible Bear by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah O’Hara (Ame is one of my favorite got picturebook authors for read aloud brilliance)
Stanley’s Stick by Jon Hegley and Neal Layton
Grumpy Frog by Ed Vere (Huge fan of Ed Vere all his books are wonderful to read and share)
Is There a Dog In This book by Viviane Schwartz (Another read aloud superstar)
Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak
The Disgusting Sandwich by Gareth Edwards and Hannah Shaw
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Schaeffer(Always reliable brilliant to read aloud, most of Julia’s book are fantastic bedtime reads)
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
King Baby by Kate Beaton
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
The Last Noo-noo by Jill Murphy
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
Hansel and Gretel by Bethan Woolvin
Not Now Bernard by David McKee
Wild by Emily Huighes
Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski
Mog the Forgetful Cat by Judith Kerr
The Bad Seed by Jory John and Pete Oswald
On Summer Hill by Linda Sarah and Benji Davis
The Storm Whale by Benji Davies (in fact any of Benji’s books)
Sun by Sam Usher (all his season books are great)
This is not a picturebook by Sergo Ruzzier
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stern
My Big Shouting Day by Rebecca Patterson
The Night Pirates by Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright
Oi Frog by Kes Gray and Jim Field
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith and Katz Cowley
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
This Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton (I’ve read this book at bedtime more than any other in the world ever!)
Traction Man By Mini Grey (Mini is another bedtime read superstar)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
We’re Going on A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and Axel Shaeffer
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Oh No George! By Chris Haughton (in fact any Chris Haugton books)
Enjoy!!!
Please comment with other suggestions
Being Brave! a first time headteachers blog. 
I’ve been reading these from our library to my 5, 4 and 2 year olds:
– Anthony Browne ‘Into the Forest’
– Emily Rand ‘A Dog Day’
– Sarah Bee and Satoshi Kitamura ‘The Yes’
– Emily Gravett ‘Tidy’
– Oliver Jeffers ‘Stuck’
– Vera Southgate wrote many of the ladybird fairytale books. They stand the test of time. Favourites include ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’
– Beatrix Potter ‘The Tale of Benjamin Bunny’ and others
Agree with your suggestions above, I’ll look some of them up that I don’t know.
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