Top 40 Picks for Preschoolers
Picture Books
Potato Joe — Baker
The Very Hungry Caterpillar —Carle
Cows in the Kitchen — Crebbin
Giggle, Giggle, Quack — Cronin
I’m Gonna Like Me — Curtis
Dog’s Colorful Day — Dodd
The Wide-Mouthed Frog — Faulkner
Beetle Bop — Fleming
Tell Me About Your Day Today — Fox
Corduroy — Freeman
Step Gently Out — Frost
Chicken Chickens — Gorbachev
Is Your Mama a Llama? — Guarino
Wemberly Worried — Henkes
The Snowy Day — Keats
Bubble Bath Pirates! — Krosoczka
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo — Lewis
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom — Martin
The Baby Beebee Bird — Massie
There’s an Alligator Under My Bed — Mayer
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie — Numeroff
All Through My Town — Reidy
Where the Wild Things Are — Sendak
No, David! — Shannon
A Sick Day for Amos McGee — Stead
Minerva Louise and the Red Truck — Stoeke
Press Here — Tullet
Knuffle Bunny — Willems
The Napping House — Wood
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? — Yolen
People, Poetry, Facts, and Folklore
Pop!: A Book about Bubbles — Bradley
The Three Billy Goats Gruff — Carpenter
Oodles of Animals — Ehlert
All Aboard: A True Train Story — Kuklin
What Did Dinosaurs Eat? — MacLeod
Goldilocks and the Three Bears — Marshall
First Shape Book — Montague-Smith
My Very First Mother Goose — Opie
Big Wheels — Rockwell
Little Hands Fingerplays and Action Songs — Stetson
Note to Parents: These titles were chosen by the Youth Services Librarians of the Dauphin County Library System for their appeal to the interest level of this age group. At this age level, they are meant to be read aloud to your child–the finest way to promote a love of reading, build vocabulary and assure her/his future reading success. lm 2-2014