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 Varda Aadema Peoples Ears
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: Grosset and Dunlap Go Away Spot
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Bill Martin Jr. Do You See
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 Jack Prelutsky Very Young
Down By the Bay Raffi
Words Bird’s Hats (Word Bird’s Jane Moncure for Early Birds)
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: Jane Yolen An ABC Book
Six Sleepy Sheep Jeffie Ross Gordon
People in My Community Jacqueline Laks Gorman (series)
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 Jean de Brunoff Elephant
Dear Zoo Rod Campbell
Freight Train Donald Crews
Click, Clack, Moo: Doreen Cronin Cows That Type
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 Jon Scieszka Pigs
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 Jane Yolen Soon
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 Jan Brett Christmas Eve
You Read To Me, I’ll Read to Mary Ann Hoberman You
What I Like About Me! A Celebration of Differences Allia Zobel-Nolan