The following is a list of some suggestions for storybooks. Some of the books were used in the past to create storybook aprons, and some were recommended by Hawai‘i librarians and teachers across the nation. Feel free to print out our list, but keep in mind these are only examples. By all means, pick a story that you like. Just remember that you are reading to 4–7 year olds.
A Fishy Alphabet in Hawaii, by Leslie Hayashi
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst
Amelia Bedelia, by Peggy Parish
Are You My Mother? By Philip D. Eastman
A Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat, by John Archambault
Bootsie Barker Bites, by Barbara Bottner
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina
Charley the Caterpillar, by Dom Deluise
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by John Archambault
Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes
Clifford, the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell
Corduroy, by Don Freeman
Curious George, by Margret Rey, et al
Dogs in Space, by Nancy Coffelt
The Elephant's Child, by Rudyard Kipling
How the Ant Family Came to Hawai‘i, byMaili Yardley
How the B-52 Cockroach Learned to Fly, by Lisa Matsumoto
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
Jumanji, by Chris Van Allsburg
Koala Lou, by Mem Fox
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes
The Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
Moki and the Magic Surfboard, by Bruce Hale
The Musubi Man, by Sandi Takayama
I Never Win!, by Judy Delton
No Peas for Nellie, by Chris Demarest
If You Give a Moose a Muffin, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Pig a Pancake, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
In the Small, Small, Pond, by Denise Fleming
Me First, by Helen Lester
Miss Spider's Tea Party, by David Kirk
The Mitten, by Jan Brett
The Paper Bag Princess, by Robert N. Munsch
Pua's Dilemma, by Ann Kondo Corum
The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister
The Royal Raven, by Hans Wilhelm
Rumpelstiltskin, by Paul O. Zelinsky
The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown
The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats
Stephanie's Ponytail, by Robert N. Munsch
The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig
The Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark, by Donivee Laird
The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
A Whale's Tale, by Gill McBarnet
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
The Witch's Hat, by Tony Johnston