We have chosen our favorite books to read to young children and collected them as…
100 Books Every Child Should Hear Before 1st Grade
□ Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
□ Goodnight Max By Rosemary Wells
□ The Napping House by Audrey Wood
□ Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
□ Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
□ Little School Bus by Carol Roth
□ Duck on a Bike By David Shannon
□ No David by David Shannon
□ A Friend for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
□ Will You Be My Friend? by Nancy Tafuri
□ Fix it Duck by Jez Alborough
□ Happy Birthday Moon by Frank Asch
□ Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth
□ The Mitten by Jan Brett
□ Do You Want To Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
□ The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
□ The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
□ Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
□ Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
□ Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
□ Anansi and the Talking Melon by Eric Kimmel
□ In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
□ Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
□ Guess How Much I Love You? by Sam McBratney
□ Widget by Lyn McFarland
□ Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch
□ Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
□ Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
□ The Last Basselope by Berkeley Breathed
□ Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
□ Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
□ Olivia by Ian Falconer
□ Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
□ Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
□ Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
□ The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
□ Whose Mouse are you? by Robert Kraus
□ There’s a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Mayer
□ The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hayes Noble
□ Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
□ Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
□ Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
□ Mabela the Clever by Margaret Read MacDonald
□ Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
□ If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
□ The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola
□ Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
□ Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
□ May I Bring a Friend by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
□ Possum’s Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter
□ I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
□ The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
□ The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
□ Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
□ Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat
□ Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman
□ Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
□ Imogene’s Antlers by David Small
□ The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
□ Henny-Penny by Jane Wattenberg
□ The Lady with the Alligator Purse by Nadine Bernard Westcott
□ Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
□ Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola
□ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
□ Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch
□ Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
□ Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
□ Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
□ The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
□ Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom
□ Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
□ Jamberry by Bruce Degen
□ Tomie DePaola’s Mother Goose by Tomie DePaola
□ Color Farm by Lois Ehlert
□ Corduroy by Don Freeman
□ Off to School, Baby Duck by Amy Hest
□ Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
□ Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
□ Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
□ The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
□ Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
□ The Wheels on the Bus by Paul Zelinsky
□ Curious George by Margaret Rey
□ We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
□ Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
□ Come Along Daisy by Jane Simmons
□ Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
□ How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen
□ Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathon London
□ Brown Bear Brown Bear, what do you see? by Bill Martin
□ Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
□ Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky
□ Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
□ Possum Come a-knockin’ by Nancy Van Laan
□ Sally Goes to the Beach by Stephan Huneck
□ Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
□ The Little Engine that Could by Piper Watty
□ Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
□ Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll
□ There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback