Recommended Books to Read with Your Child!
Title Author Book
A Chair For My Mother
Vera Williams
Bread and Jam for Frances
Russell Hoban
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin Jr.
Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes
Doctor DeSoto
William Steig
Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel
Arthur (series)
Marc Brown
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Eric Kimmel
A Hole Is to Dig
Ruth Krauss
Horton Hears a Who
Dr. Suess
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Numeroff
Jumanji
Chris Van Allsburg
Lon Po Po
Ed Young
Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans
Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey
Miss Nelson is Missing!
Harry Allrad and James Marshall
Miss Rumphius
Barbara Cooney
The Mitten
Jan Brett
Olivia
Ian Falconer
The Ox Cart Man
Donald Hall
Peter Rabbit (the Tales of)
Beatrix Potter
The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
The Spider and the Fly
Mary Howitt
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in
Peoples Ears
Varda Aadema
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
William Steig
The Little House
Virginia Lee Burton
Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
The Snowman
Raymond Briggs
No, David
David Shannon
The Keeping Quilt
Patricia Polacco
The Little Engine That Could
Watty Piper
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
Curious George
H.A. and Margaret Ray
Read With Dick and Jane: Go Away Spot
Grosset and Dunlap
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See
Bill Martin Jr.
My Many Colored Day
Dr. Seuss
The Cat In the Hat
Dr. Seuss
There Is a Wocket in My Pocket
Dr. Seuss
Fire! Fire! Said Mrs. McGuire
Bill Martin Jr.
ABC I Like Me!
Nancy Carlson
Hippos Go Berserk
Sandra Boynton
Engine, Engine, Number Nine
Stephanie Calmenson
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Jack Prelutsky
Down By the Bay
Raffi
Words Bird’s Hats (Word Bird’s for Early Birds)
Jane Moncure
Word Bird’s Fall Words
Jane Moncure
Miss Spider’s ABC
David Kirk
The Icky Bug Alphabet Book
Jerry Pallotto
The Hullabaloo ABC
Beverly Cleary
So Many Sounds
Dana Meachen Rau
My “f” Sound Box
Jane Moncure
The Handmade Alphabet
Laura Rankin
All in the Woodland Early:
An ABC Book
Jane Yolen
Six Sleepy Sheep
Jeffie Ross Gordon
People in My Community (series)
Jacqueline Laks Gorman
Ape Cape
Pam Scheuneman
More Bugs in Boxes
David Carter
Who Is Tapping at My Window
A G Deming
Bear in a Square
Stella Blackstone
The Story of Babar, the Little
Elephant
Jean de Brunoff
Dear Zoo
Rod Campbell
Freight Train
Donald Crews
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Doreen Cronin
Strega Nona: An Old Tale
Tomie DePaola
Olivia
Ian Falconer
Ask Mr. Bear
Marjorie Flack
How Are You Peeling? : Foods and Moods
Saxton Freymann
Is Your Mama a Llama?
Deborah Guarino
Look! Look! Look!
Tana Hoban
Rosie’s Walk
Pat Hutchins
Alphabet City
Stephen Johnson
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Barbara Joosse
George Shrinks
William Joyce
The Dog Who Cried Wolf
Keiko Kaszo
The Carrot Seed
Ruth Krause
Tacky the Penguin
Helen Lester
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo
Kevin Lewis
Frederick
Leo Lionni
Froggy Gets Dressed
Jonathan London
There’s a Nightmare in My
Closet
Mercer Mayer
Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney
Flossie & the Fox
Pat McKissack
Zin, Zin, Zin!: A Violin
Lloyd Moss
The Peace Book
Todd Parr
10 Minutes Till Bedtime
Peggy Rathman
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Michael Rosen
Grandfather’s Journey
Allen Say
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Charles Shaw
Caps for Sale
Esphyr Slobodkina
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Sims Taback
Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst
The Lady With the Alligator
Purse
Nadine Westcott
The Napping House
Audrey Wood
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight
Jane Yolen
The Hello, Goodbye Window
Norton Juster
Abuela
Arthur Dorros
Bark, George
Jules Feiffer
A Chair for My Mother
Vera Williams
Come Along, Daisy!
Jane Simmons
Corduroy
Don Freeman
Dinosaur Roar!
Paul Strickland
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Mo Williams
Duck on a Bike
David Shannon
Go Away, Big Green Monster
Ed Emberley
Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathman
Harry the Dirty Dog
Gene Zion
Horton Hatches the Egg
Dr. Seuss
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Kevin Henkes
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Mordicai Gerstein
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
Candace Fleming
Old Black Fly
Jim Aylesworth
Owen
Kevin Henkes
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
Eric Carle
Rumpelstiltskin
Paul Zelinsky
The Stray Dog
Marc Simont
Swimmy
Leo Lionni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
William Steig
The Three Bears
Paul Galdone
Tuesday
David Wiesner
The Wheels on the Bus
Paul Zelinsky
Where’s Spot
Eric Hill
Wolf’s Chicken Stew
Keiko Kasza
A Pocket Full of Kisses
Audrey Penn
Apple’s and Pumpkins
Anne Rockwell
Clifford, The Big Red Dog
Norm Bridwell
Finklehopper Frog
Irene Livingston
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Doreen Cronin
Froggy Goes to School
Jonathan London
Froggy Learns to Swim
Jonathan London
Hooray for You: A Celebration of
“You-ness”
Marianne Richmond
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon
Jane Yolen
Hug
Jez Alborough
I Love You All the Time
Jessica Elin Hirschman
Because I Love You So Much
Guido Van Genechten
I Spy Shapes in Art
Lucy Mickelthwait
Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten
Linda Desimowich
Let’s Get Ready for First Grade
Linda Desimowich
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
David Kirk
Mouse’s First Day of School
Lauren Thompson
Olive, The Other Reindeer
J. Otto Seibold
Sadie and the Snowman
Allan Morgan
Sleep Tight, Little Mouse
Mary Morgan
Snowmen at Night
Caralyn Buehner
Something Special for Me
Vera B. Williams
Stranger in the Woods
Carl R. Sams
Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born
Jamie Lee Curtis
The Feelings Storybook
Alexandra Delis-Abrams
The Golden Egg Book
A.J. Wood
The Grouchy Ladybug
Eric Carle
The Little Old Lady Who was not Afraid of Nothing
Linda Williams
The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister
The Very Busy Spider
Eric Carle
This First Thanksgiving Day, A Counting Story
Laura Krauss Melmed
Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day
Jamie Lee Curtis
Tooth Fairy Tales
Deb Capone
T’was the Night Before Thanksgiving
Dav Pilkey
Wake Up, It’s Spring
Lisa Campbell Ernst
What A Day at School it Was
Jack Prelutsky
What Can I Do Today?
Allison Stoutland
What if There Were No Colors?
Cindy Thurmond
When I Was Little: A Four-Year Old’s Memoir of Her Youth
Jamie Lee Curtis
Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve
Jan Brett
You Read To Me, I’ll Read to
You
Mary Ann Hoberman
What I Like About Me! A Celebration of Differences
Allia Zobel-Nolan
