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Leading to Reading: Booklist

Booklists icon whiteThe list below is simply comprised of popular picks — both classics and recent titles — for your baby, toddler, or preschooler. The next time you're at the library, ask your librarian for other suggestions. And check out our resources on choosing good books for more ideas. 

      Babies                Toddlers             Preschoolers


Babies icon small   Books for Babies

You Are My I Love You

   You Are My I Love You
   Maryann Cusimano Love

Goodnight Moon

   Goodnight Moon
   Margaret Wise Brown

All the Places to Love

   All the Places to Love
   Patricia MacLachlan

Counting Kisses

   Counting Kisses: A Kiss and Read Book
   Karen Katz

More, More, More, Said the Baby

   More, More, More, Said the Baby: 3 Love
   Stories

   Vera Willliams

Color Zoo

   Color Zoo
   Lois Ehlert

Ten, Nine, Eight

   Ten, Nine, Eight
   Molly Bang

Pajama Time

   Pajama Time
   Sandra Boynton

Moo, Baa, La La La

   Moo, Baa, La La La
   Sandra Boynton

I Kissed the Baby

   I Kissed the Baby!
   Mary Murphy

Peek-A-Who?

   Peek-A-Who?
   Nina Laden

I Love You as Much

   I Love You As Much
   Laura Krauss Melmed

Dear Zoo

   Dear Zoo
   Rod Campbell

Piggies

   Piggies
   Audrey & Don Wood


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Toddler icon small   Books for Toddlers

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

   Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You
   See?

   Bill Martin, Jr.

We're Going on a Bear hunt

   We're Going on a Bear Hunt
   Helen Oxenbury

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

   Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
   Bill Martin, Jr.

My Very First Mother Goose

   My Very First Mother Goose
   Iona Opie, Rosemary Wells

Hop on Pop

   Hop on Pop
   Dr. Seuss

The Wheels on the Bus

   The Wheels on the Bus
   Paul Zelinsky

Yo! Yes?

   Yo! Yes?
   Chris Raschka

No, David!

   No, David!
   David Shannon

Noisy Nora

   Noisy Nora
   Rosemary Wells

Rosie's Walk

   Rosie's Walk
   Pat Hutchins

Yummy Yucky

   Yummy Yucky
   Leslie Patricelli

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

   The Very Hungry Caterpillar
   Eric Carle

Olivia

   Olivia
   Ian Falconer

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

   It Looked Like Spilt Milk
   Charles G. Shaw



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Preschoolers icon small   Books for Preschoolers

Where the Wild Things Are

   Where the Wild Things Are
   Maurice Sendak

The Napping House

   The Napping House
   Audrey & Don Wood

Dr. Suess's ABC

   Dr. Seuss's ABC
   Dr. Seuss

Hattie and the Fox

   Hattie and the Fox
   Mem Fox

Bear Snores On

   Bear Snores On
   Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman

Caps for Sale

   Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some
   Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business

   Esphyr Slobodkina

Owen

   Owen
   Kevin Henkes

Seven Blind Mice

   Seven Blind Mice
   Ed Young

Knuffle Bunny

   Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
   Mo Willems

Old Black Fly

   Old Black Fly
   Jim Aylesworth

When I Was Little

   When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s
   Memoirs About Her Youth

   Jamie Lee Curtis

My Many Colored Days

   My Many Colored Days
   Dr. Seuss

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

   Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
   Mo Willems

The Missing Piece

   The Missing Piece
   Shel Silverstein

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