A List of Excellent Books for Young Children
Are You My Mother? by P. Eastman
Babar by Jean De Brunhoff
The Box With Red Wheels by Maud Petersham
Bye Bye Baby by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Hines
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
Into the Night by Deborah Heiligman
Just Grandpa and Me by Mercer Mayer
Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Little Bear by Else Minarik
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Mama, Do You Love Me? by B. Joosse
Mama Don't Allow by Thacher Hurd
On Mother's Lap by Ann Scott
The Relatives Came by C. Rylant
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
The Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone
Umbrella by Taro Yashima
Where's My Mother? by H.A. Rey
Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Food
Bread by Ann Morris
Chicken Soup With Rice by Maurice Sendak
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Corn is Maize by Aliki
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Hines
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
Fruit a First Discovery Science Book Scholastic
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Lord
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Jamberry by Bruce Degan
Little Red Hen by Lucinda McQueen
Lunch by Denise Fleming
Mealtime by Maureen Roffey
The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
Peanut Butter and Jelly by Nadine Westcott
Sam's Sandwich by David Pelham
Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
What Food is this? by Rosmarie Hausherr
You Are What You Eat from Macmillan Science books
Farms
The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
The Box With Red Wheels by Maud Petersham
Chicken Little by Stella Nathan
Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt
How Ducklings Grow by Diane Molleson
Jump Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan
Let's Go to the Farm by Pat Whitehead
Life in the Meadow by Eileen Curran
Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Birningham
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm by Betty MacDonald
Old MacDonald by Pam Adams
On the Farm by Richard Scarry
Over in the Meadow by Lillian Obligado
Piggies by Audrey and Don Wood
Rooster's Off to See the World by Eric Carle
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
Seasons on the Farm by Jane Miller
See How it Grows by Marguerite Walters
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Three Ducks Went Wandering by Ron Roy
Three Little Pigs by Vera Southgate
Who Took the Farmer's Hat by Joan Nodsett
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice Provenson
Friends
Alexander the Wind-up Mouse by Leo Lionni
At Night by Anne Rockwell
Clifford's Pals by Norman Bridwell
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Dandelion by Don Freeman
Do You Want to be My Friend? by Eric Carle
I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joose
Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek
Monkey Face by Frank Asch
Nicky's Friends by Harriet Ziefert
No Roses for Harry by Gene Zion
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
The Pokey Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy by Jane Thayer
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Who Wants an Old Teddy Bear by Ginnie Hofmann
William's Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
Dinosaurs
Baby Triceratops by Beth Spanjian
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton
Curious George and the Dinosaur by H.A. Rey
Day of the Dinosaur by Jan Berenstain
Dinosaur Babies by Maida Silverman
Dinosaur Day by Liza Donnelly
The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard by B.G. Hennessy
Dinosaurs a First Discovery Science book from Scholastic
Dinosaurs by Gail Gibbons
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
My Visit to the Dinosaurs by Aliki
Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs? by Bernard Most
Science Books About Animals and Plants
Animals and Their Babies from Macmillan Early Science books
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
Dinosaur Babies by Maida Silverman
The Egg a First Discovery Science book from Scholastic
Flowers a First Discovery Science book from Scholastic
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
How Ducklings Grow by Diane Molleson
Now I Know All About Seeds by Susan Kuchalla
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller
See How It Grows by Marguerite Walters
Seeds Get Around from Macmillan Early Science books
Skeletons! All About Bones by Katy Hall
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Tree a First Discovery Science book from Scholastic
Response, Predictable and Rhyming Books
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg
Funny Fingers, Funny Toes by Laura Damon
Gingerbread Man by Lucy Kincaid
How Many Bugs in a Box by David Carter
I Know an Old Lady by G. Brian Kaus
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Look Closer by Brian Wildsmith
Look! Look! Look! by Tana Hoban
Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr. Seuss
Old MacDonald by Pam Adams
Old Mother Hubbard by Colin Hawkins
Over in the Meadow by Lillian Obligado
Says Who? by David Carter
Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi
Today is Monday by Eric Carle
Three Bears by Paul Galdone
Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Children’s Favorites
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Billy Goats Gruff by Stephen Cosgrove
Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Corduroy by Don Freeman
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The Little House by Virginia Burton
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia L. Burton
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Stories that Encourage Sharing, caring and Beauty
Scarecrow's Hat by Ken Brown
A Day's Work by Eve Bunting
Anna's Table by Eve Bunting
Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
Secret Place by Eve Bunting
Someday a Tree by Eve Bunting
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Hooray for Grandparent's Day by Nancy Carlson
Frederic by Leo Lionni
Good Morning, Granny Rose by Warren Ludwig
The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
The Teddy Bear by David McPhail
Gardner George Goes to Town by Susan Moxley
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst
It Takes a Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill
Maggie and the Pirate by Ezra Jack Keats
Peach and Blue by Sara S. Kilborne
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
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