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Reading Ever After®

Early Literacy - Books for Preschoolers (4 and 5 Year Olds)

Sharing books and stories every day is the most important thing you can do to prepare your child to learn how to read.

Look for:

  • interesting stories and characters
  • folk and fairy tales
  • rich language
  • many different styles of illustration
  • poetry and stories told in rhyme
  • cumulative stories
  • wordless picture books
  • real world subjects
  • preschool concepts

Please ask a librarian for help in locating books and music to share with your preschooler.

SHARE A STORY
 
  • Family & Friends
    • I Love Saturdays y Domingos by Alma Flor Ada
    • When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang
    • Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
    • Where's Jamela? by Niki Daly
    • Owen by Kevin Henkes
    • In the Rain with Baby Duck by Amy Hest
    • Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
    • Jonathan and His Mommy by Irene Smalls-Hector
    • Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
    • Corduroy by Don Freeman
    • Trashy Town by Andrea Griffing Zimmerman
  • Laughs
    • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
    • Olivia by Ian Falconer
    • What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story by Kate Lum
    • Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
    • No, David! by David Shannon
    • Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
    • The Pig in the Pond by Martin Waddell
    • "Hi, Pizza Man!" by Virginia Walter
    • Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
    • King Bidgood's in the Bathtub; Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
  • Share a Story - Traditional Favorites
    • Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale by Verna Aardema
    • Strega Nona: An Original Tale by Tomie De Paola
    • The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-up Book by Keith Faulkner
    • The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
    • The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel
    • Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott
    • Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
    • Sody Salleratus by Aubrey Davis
    • The Leopard's Drum: An Asante Tale from West Africa by Jessica Souhami
    • Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
  • Share A Story - Creatures
    • Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
    • Good Night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins
    • The Pigs' Picnic; The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
    • The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent
    • The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie
    • Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
    • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
    • The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
    • Doctor De Soto by William Steig
    • Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
HAVE FUN WITH CONCEPTS
 
  • Have Fun with Concepts - ABCs
    • Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth
    • Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears… by Valorie Fisher
    • Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
    • ABC for You and Me by Margaret Girnis
    • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
    • I Stink! by Kate McMullan
    • Kindergarten ABC by Jacqueline Rogers
    • The Hidden Alphabet by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  • Have Fun with Concepts - Shapes & Colors
    • Color Farm; Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
    • The Wing on a Flea by Ed Emberley
    • Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
    • I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait
    • Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  • Have Fun with Concepts - Counting
    • Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
    • The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
    • We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs
    • Dig! by Andrea Griffing Zimmerman
    • Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
    • Teeth, Tails & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book by Christopher Wormell
FEEL THE RHYTHM
 
  • Feel the Rhythm - Poems
    • The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews
    • Tomie's Little Book of Poems by Tomie De Paola
    • Little Dog Poems by Kristine O'Connell George
    • Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield
    • The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear
    • Animal Snackers by Betsy Lewin
    • Geese Find the Missing Piece: School Time Riddle Rhymes by Marco Maestro
    • Read-aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky
  • Feel the Rhythm - Songs
    • The Ants Go Marching
    • Today Is Monday by Eric Carle
    • Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
    • Miss Mary Mack: A Hand-Clapping Rhyme by Mary Ann Hoberman
    • Down by the Bay by Raffi
    • She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges
    • Fiddle-i-fee: A Farmyard Song for the Very Young by Melissa Sweet
  • Feel the Rhythm - Stories in Rhyme
    • Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
    • Three Wise Old Women by Elizabeth T. Corbett
    • Oh No, Gotta Go! by Susan Middleton Elya
    • Barnyard Song by Rhonda Gowler Greene
    • Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by David M. McPhail
    • The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann
    • The Cat in the Hat; Green Eggs and Ham; Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
    • Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
    • Subway by Anastasia Suen
    • Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
    • How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen

Explore the World

  • A Tree Is a Plant by Clyde Robert Bulla
  • Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
  • Dinosaurs by Gail Gibbons
  • Eyes, Nose, Fingers and Toes: A First Book About You by Judy Hindley
  • Exactly the Opposite by Tana Hoban
  • Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
  • Delivering Your Mail: A Book About Mail Carriers by Ann Owen
  • Fire Engines by Anne F. Rockwell
  • Can You See What I See?: Picture Puzzles to Search and Solve by Walter Wick
LEA EN ESPAÑOL

Listen! --Music on CD

  • All-time Favorite Dances = Bailes Favoritos de Todos los Tiempos
  • Wee Sing Silly Songs and others by Pamela Conn Beall
  • A Child's Celebration of the World
  • Multicultural Children's Songs and others by Ella Jenkins
  • Learning Basic Skills Through Music and others by Hap Palmer
  • Beethoven's Wig: Sing Along Symphonies by Richard Perlmutter
  • Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band and others by Raffi
  • Preschool Aerobic Fun and others by Georgiana Liccione Stewart
  • Let's Wiggle and others by the Wiggles
    

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