Reading Ever After - Preschoolers Booklist

Booklists

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 [1]
	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