I grew up loving Robert Munsch’s story about Jonathan and the subway station in his wall. I’m sure we all have favorites. Now I find that the author and entertainer has made audio versions of many of his books available for free on his website. Download them all and play them for your children – you can’t really go wrong. What a great gesture from a great children’s writer.
On a related note, I had no idea he was a Canadian, and that he based the stories he writes on the children he first tells them to. His story telling style is apparent in the audio recordings, and are quite entertaining as Wikipedia states:
Munsch stories are well known for their juvenile, yet catchy, humour. Parents sometimes criticised them as being rude or obscene. Munsch himself is well known for his manic storytelling methods, with exaggerated expressions and well-acted voices; his performances are always loved by kids, of all ages.