I have learned as a parent to not keep it to just picture books when reading to my children. I need the imagination to expand. They also learn a lot from you reading to them; it could be patience, it could be asking what certain words are so they can remember them there selves, or just that quality time they get with you in general. 

The books I’ve read to my children:

~ Edgar and Ellen Rare Beasts by Charles Ogden

Books I’ve read myself:

~ Twilight by Stephanie Meyer