Read 20 Minutes a Day

Læs 20 minutter om dagen

Read 20 minutes a day is a popular series by Gads Børnebøger, full of wonderful and heartwarming stories that celebrate the joy of reading and the child's imagination. This collection contains several picture books by various authors and illustrators.

Zakiya Ajmi is a widely celebrated debut author. She was nominated for the Nordic Literature Council's Children's Book Prize in 2022 and shortlisted for the Cultural Ministry's Children's Book Author Prize.

Siri Melchior has already proved that her illustration style travels, her books having been published in Germany and Spain.

Rasmus Bregnhøi is a hugely popular and award-winning Danish illustrator, who was short-listed for the Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis in 2019.

Read 20 Minutes a Day

Læs 20 minutter om dagen

Read 20 minutes a day is a popular series by Gads Børnebøger, full of wonderful and heartwarming stories that celebrate the joy of reading and the child's imagination. This collection contains several picture books by various authors and illustrators.

Zakiya Ajmi is a widely celebrated debut author. She was nominated for the Nordic Literature Council's Children's Book Prize in 2022 and shortlisted for the Cultural Ministry's Children's Book Author Prize.

Siri Melchior has already proved that her illustration style travels, her books having been published in Germany and Spain.

Rasmus Bregnhøi is a hugely popular and award-winning Danish illustrator, who was short-listed for the Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis in 2019.

Synopsis

A collection of picture books, converted into a traditional read-aloud format and giving parents a tool to enable them to read 20 minutes per day to their children, thus creating the foundation for good reading habits.

Studies show that if you read aloud to your children, they will have a clear linguistic advantage, and find it much easier to learn to read and write when they start school. The texts are suitable for dialogical reading - guidance can be found in the parent guide and conversation questions after each story.

The picture books include:

  • The Witch by Zakiya Ajmi & Anne Louise Laugesen
  • Magnus & Mini by Siri Melchior
  • Three Robbers and a Sausage Lion by Thorstein Thomsen & Rasmus Bregnhøi
  • The Shy Girl in the Sky by Zakiya Ajmi & Anne Louise Laugesen
  • Magnus & Grandma's Mobile by Siri Melchior
  • The Grumpiest Man in the World by Kim Langer, Thorbjørn Petersen & Mårdøn Smet
  • Aunty's Laundry by Zakiya Ajmi & Anne Louise Laugesen
  • Dusty by Siri Melchior

Reviews

"A collection of beautiful picture books from some of our very best authors and illustrators. The book is designed for dialogical reading, and the questions after each story are good for opening up the narrative and associating the themes with the child's own life. The stories also work well without the didactic approach, so you can just enjoy the good stories and the beautiful illustrations." – (Library Review (Lektørudtalelse)

Read 20 Minutes a Day
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Original Language: Danish
Original Publisher: Gads Forlag
Published: May, 2025
176 pages
Category: Children's Books
Available material: English samples of some of the stories exist

Territories Handled

World except: Danish

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