Do you have any children's book or children's author suggestions for a preschool aged child?

Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches and Other Stories should be required reading for any preschooler. It sets the tone for accepting and appreciating others who are different.

The Caldecott Medal is given to children’s picture books of distinction every year. There are many books on the list at the link that you might find enjoyable.

Jonathon Cleaned Up Then He Heard Another a Sound or other stuff by Robert Munsch. King Bidgoods in the Bathtub or pretty much anything by Don and Audrey Wood. The Give a Mouse a Cookie books by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. (et al). Finally Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina.

I just bought this book, “King Bidgoods in the Bathtub” by Audrey and Don Wood, for twins who are two. It is a really funny story and beautifully illustrated.

(It won the Caldecott Medal in 1986)

First question is are these for her to read on her own or for you to read to her and or together?

Its been 7 years since preschool and sooooo many books ago, but here is a stab.

Self readers:
Eloise – Kay Thompson
The Adventures of Isabel, Ogden.Nash
Chester’s Way, Kevin.Henkes
Olivia -

To Share:
Dr Suess – The Lorax
A Light in the Attic – Shel Shilverstein
Any Winnie the Pooh – AA Milne
Beatrix Potter Books

I would highly recommend Leo LIonni for that age. They are classics. The stories are great and the illustrations are wonderful. You should probably avoid Nicolas, Where Have You Been? though.

@blueiiznh: she just turned 4 so she can’t read yet. I read to her. She does love Olivia – we just got an Olivia Haunted Hotel book. We do read Eloise and also Fancy Nancy. I have some great picture books from when I was a kid. I also bought a bunch of Paul Galdone books (classics but with his great illustrations). I read Richard Scarry to her – the words are typed next to the objects so it’s a good way to learn to identify objects. I buy her books from Scholastic sometimes, through the preschool. They’re cheap so I buy a lot of them.

Please keep the suggestions coming. I appreciate all of them.

ok I admit I’m a big geek/nerd but I read my son Harry Potter when he was 4

—I have to admit it also @tranquilsea as read those and poetry to her from 3yrs on up.

@jca At 4 she is very close to being abe to manuever though some of those. Especially after you reading to her. Very jealous and love/miss that nightly reading time. It is so amazing to see when they “finally get it”.

Also maybe make a ritual of a certain night/afternoon at the Library! We still come home with a pile more than you can carry.

Snow by Roy McKie and P.D. Eastman was one of my favorite books when I was little. Easy to understand prose and poetry, with sweet cartoon pictures.

If you can find this book The Littlest Snowman by Charles Tazewell, either vintage or otherwise buy it! This has the best pictures of any children’s book that I ever owned and a nifty story too.

And Go Dog Go also by P.D.Eastman.

This is Paris or This is London or This is New York by Miroslav Sasek Fantastic illustrations.

The Boy and the Tiger by Helen Bannerman (it’s the exact same story as Little Black Sambo, but they’ve changed the boy’s name so it won’t be offensive. The story itself was never offensive. It’s about a little boy trying to outsmart some tigers who stole his clothes. That’s it)

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

I Am a Bunny by Ole Risom

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Any of the Babar books by Laurent de Brunhoff

Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

Baby Farm Animals by Garth Williams

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood

Jenny and the Cat Club by Esther Averill

Milly and Tilly by Kate Summers

Suki’s Kimono by Chieri Uegaki

Dog’s Don’t Do Ballet by Anna Kemp

Any of the Dorrie the Witch books by Patricia Coombs

When she gets a little bit older I would recommend reading these books aloud to her:

Mandy by Julie Edwards (aka Julie Andrews from the Sound of Music)

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scot O’Dell

Charlotte’s Web by e.b. White

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Amazing Voyage of Jackie Grace by Matt Faulkner <3

A Light in the Attic & Where the Sidewalk Ends are both ones that every child needs to own…