Preschool and Kindergarten
Good books for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
A ball for Daisy
by Chris Raschka
Ages 3 - 7
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A wordless picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball.
A pet for Petunia
by Paul Schmid
Ages 4 - 8
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Petunia so desperately wants a pet skunk that she refuses to believe her parents when they say skunks stink.
Boy and Bot
by Ame Dyckman
Ages 4 - 8
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One day, a boy and a robot meet in the woods. They play. They have fun. But when Bot gets switched off, Boy thinks he's sick.
Bye-Bye Baby Brother!
by Sheena Dempsey
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For every older sibling who has ever thought, "Hey, what about me?"
Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg
by Lori Mortensen
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Can Cowpoke Clyde get ol' dirty Dawg into the washin' tub?
Do you know which ones will grow?
by Susan A Shea
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A duckling grows and becomes a duck, so can a car grow into a truck?
Everyone can learn to ride a bicycle
by Chris Raschka
Ages 4 - 8
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A father teaches his daughter all about bicycle riding, from selecting the right bike to trying again after a fall.
Flora and the flamingo
by Molly Idle
Ages 4 - 8
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In this wordless book, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.
I wish I had--
by Giovanna Zoboli
Ages 4 - 8
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Do you wish you had the sharp eyesight of a blackbird, the tail of a lemur, or other animal's strengths?
Is everyone ready for fun?
by Jan Thomas
Ages 3 - 7
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Chicken's cow visitors try to jump, dance, and wiggle on his couch, which is much too tiny for such exuberant activities.
Lucky ducklings
by Eva Moore
Ages 4 - 8
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While following their mother through town, five little ducklings, Pippin, Bippin, Tippin, Dippin and Little Joe, all fall into a storm drain.
Mary Wrightly, so politely
by Shirin Yim Bridges
Ages 4 - 8
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Mary Wrightly is a polite young girl who speaks a small, soft voice--unless she really wants to be heard!
Mom, it's my first day of kindergarten!
by Hyewon Yum
Ages 4 - 7
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A five-year-old boy, ready and eager on his first day at "the big kids' school," must calm his very worried mother.
Open this little book
by Jesse Klausmeier
Ages 4 - 9
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Die-cut pages open to reveal different animals, each opening a book of a different color and reading about the next.
Rain!
by Linda Ashman
Ages 4 - 8
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As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles.
Ribbit!
by Rodrigo Folguiera
Ages 4 - 8
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When a pig visits a frog pond, sits on a rock, and says only "Ribbit!", news spreads fast but only the wise old beetle has an explanation.
Sergio makes a splash
by Edel Rodriguez
Ages 3 - 6
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Even though he loves water, Sergio the penguin is afraid to swim in the deep water until he learns how.
Steam train, dream train
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Ages 4 - 8
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The dream train pulls into the station and all the different cars are loaded by the animal workers.
The watermelon seed
by Greg Pizzoli
Ages 4 - 8
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After swallowing a watermelon seed, a crocodile imagines a scary outcome.
Which is round? Which is bigger?
by Mineko Mamada
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Compare pairs of objects and choose which has a particular attribute, a challenge that seems obvious until the pages are turned to reveal unexpected twists.
Who put the cookies in the cookie jar?
by George Shannon and Julie Paschkis
Ages 4 - 8
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Someone has to milk the cow, grow the wheat, harvest the sugar cane--everyone has a special job to do to make that cookie possible.
Windblown
by Edouard Manceau
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Where did all these pieces of paper come from? Who do they belong to?
Yes, let's
by Galen Goodwin Longstreth
Ages 3 - 7
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A family spends the day hiking, swimming and picnicking.
Z is for Moose
by Kelly Bingham
Ages 4 - 8
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Zebra is absolutely certain he'll be able to direct everyone to appear on the correct page, at the appropriate time. How difficult can it be? Oh, dear. Zebra forgot about moose. Watch the trailer
