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Recommended Reading List
The following 35 preschool books were recommended by our local library. This reading list is perfect to use for a summer reading program or to assist in selecting appropriate books during the school year.
Preschool Board Books
in alphabetically order
- Baby Happy Baby Sad
By: Leslie Patricelli
Book Details:
Explore opposites by showing a baby happy and sad.
Pages: 24
ISBN-10: 1406311782
ISBN-13: 978-1406311785
- Hands Can
By: Cheryl Willis HudsonBook Details:
Photographs of toddlers exploring their world.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0763616672
ISBN-13: 978-0763616670 - Hooray for Fish!
By: Lucy Cousins
Book Details:
Little fish has all sorts of fishy friends.
Pages: 34
ISBN-10: 0763639184
ASIN: B00509CQ1M
- Mommy Hugs
By: Karen Katz
Book Details:
Cuddle up for this kiss-and- read book.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 1416941215
ISBN-13: 978-1416941217
- Whose Toes are Those?
By: Jabari AsimBook Details:
A fun rhyming book about toes (This Little Piggy).
Pages: 11
ISBN-10: 0316736090
ISBN-13: 978-0316736091
- Who Do You Love? By: Mandy Stanley
Book Details:
Asks a number of animals who do they love.
Pages: 24
ASIN: B002C7YUD2
ISBN-13: 9781416939290 - My Very First Book of Food
By: Eric CarleBook Details:
Matches various animals with the food they eat.
Pages: 20
ISBN-10: 0399247475
ISBN-13: 978-0399247477
Preschool Picture Books
in alphabetically order
- The Amazing Adventures of Bathman
By: Andrew PelletierBook Details:
Bathman to the rescue!
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0142407763
ISBN-13: 978-0142407769
- All for Pie, Pie for All
By: David MartinBook Details:
Read about Grandma cats’s apple pie!
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0763638919
ISBN-13: 978-0763638917
- Blue Goose
By: Nancy TafuriBook Details:
Farmer Gray’s animals paint the farm.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 1416928340
ISBN-13: 978-1416928348
- Bunny Fun
By: Sarah WeeksBook Details:
A lively bunny finds many ways to have fun.
Pages: 40
ISBN-10: 0152058389
ASIN: B005K5JIH6
- Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack
By: Doreen Cronin and Betsy LewisBook Details:
Go on an alphabet adventure with active farm animals.
Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780689877155
- Duck’s Key.
By: Jez AlboroughBook Details:
Lift the flaps and help duck find his car keys.
Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 9781929132720
- Dunk Skunk
By: Michael RexBook Details:
Animals perform fantastic sporting feats.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0399242813
ISBN-13: 978-0399242816 - The Gingerbread Girl
By: Lisa ErnstBook Details:
Can the gingerbread’s sister escape the same fate as her brother?
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0525422595
ISBN-13: 978-0525422594
- I Love Trains
By: Philemon SturgesBook Details:
Explore colorful trains.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0064436675
ISBN-13: 978-0064436670
- I’m Bad!
By: Kate McMullanBook Details:
T-Rex searches for food in a prehistoric forest.
Pages: 40
ISBN-10: 0061229717
ISBN-13: 978-0061229718
- Llama Llama Red Pajama
By: Anna DewdneyBook Details:
When baby llama wants his mama, there’s drama.
Pages: 40
ISBN-10: 0670059838
ISBN-13: 978-0670059836
- Shhhhh! Everybody’s Sleeping
By: Julie MarkesBook Details:
Everybody in your town sleeps, even the librarian.
Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780060537906
- Stanley at Sea
By: Linda BaileyBook Details:
A dog follows the scent of ham onto a boat.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 1554531934
ISBN-13: 978-1554531936
- There’s Nothing to Do on Mars
By: Chris GallBook Details:
Davey is bored on Mars until he goes exploring.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0316166847
ISBN-13: 978-0316166843
- This Jazz Man
By: Karen EhrhardtBook Details:
Pages: 32
ASIN: B003V4B5AG
An old familiar tune, with swing! - Tugga-Tugga Tugboat
By: Kevin LewisBook Details:
Follow a tug boat on his busy day.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0786856157
ISBN-13: 978-0786856152 - Best Friends
By: Anna MichaelsBook Details:
Best friends pick apples and find a snail.
Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780152051334
- Biscuit Visits the Big City.
By: Alyssa CapyucilliBook Details:
Enjoy the city with an excited puppy.
Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780060741662
- My Pony Jack
By: Cari MeisterBook Details:
Lacy takes care of her pony Jack.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 067005917X
ISBN-13: 978-0670059171 - Puppy Mudge Wants to Play
By: Cynthia RylantBook Details:
Mudge wants to play but Henry wants to read.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 1416915567
ISBN-13: 978-1416915560
- Today I Will Fly!
By: Mo WilliamsBook Details:
An elephant and piggie book: one wants to fly and the other thinks it’s impossible.
Pages: 64
ISBN-10: 1423102959
ISBN-13: 978-1423102953 - Chesapeake Bay
By: Kelly BennettBook Details:
Learn about the Chesapeake Bay.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0516297023
ISBN-13: 978-0516297026 - Fabulous Fishes
By: Susan StockdaleBook Details:
Colorful pictures and easy text about fish.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 156145429X
ISBN-13: 978-1561454297 - Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau
By: Jennifer BerneBook Details:
Before he became famous he was a curious boy.
Pages: 40
ISBN-10: 0811860639
ISBN-13: 978-0811860635 - Ocean Babies
By: Deborah Lee RoseBook Details:
Lovely water colors describing ocean life.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0792266692
ISBN-13: 978-0792266693 - Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World
By: Steve JenkinsBook Details:
Looks at sibling relationships in the wild.
Pages: 32
ISBN-10: 0618375961
ASIN: B005EP24WS - The Toddler Cookbook
By: Annabel KarmelBook Details:
Book contains a collection of simple recipes.
Pages: 48
ISBN-10: 0756635055
ISBN-13: 978-0756635053 - Zoo’s Who: Poems and Paintings
By: Douglas Florian
Book Details:
Contains short poems and paintings of zoo animals.
Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780152046392
Preschool Beginner Books
in alphabetically order
Preschool Non Fiction Books
in alphabetically order
Source: Montgomery County Public Libraries, January 2009
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