Reading Lists
Recommended Children’s Books
Please note that the age categories are loose and many books span age categories.
2–3 year olds
The Rainbow Snail – Karin Akesson
Little Angry Cat – Audrey Bouquet
Nana in the City – Lauren Castillo
Rafa Counts on Papa – Joe Cepeda
Hot Pot Night – Vincent Chen
Crocodiles Need Kisses Too – Rebecca Col–
There’s a Mouse in My House – Ross Collins
Dog’s Colorful Day – Emma Dodd
Big Little Hippo – Valeri Gorbachev
Out the Door – Christy Hale
Summer Song – Kevin Henkes
The World and Everything In It – Kevin Henkes
Oceans of Love – Janet Lawler
Squeak, Rumble, Womp! Womp! Womp! – Wynton Marsalis
Armadillo Antics – Bill Martin, Jr.
Lola Plants a Garden – Anna McQuinn
Bear Came Along – Richard Morris
Hot Dog – Doug Salt
Green – Laura Seeger
The Loud Book – Deborah Underwood
The Rice in the Pot Goes Round & Round – Wendy Wan-Long Shen
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash – Sarah Weeks
Bear Can’t Wait – Karma Wilson
Summer Days and Nights – Wong Yee
Trashy Town – Andrea Zimmerman
3–4 year olds
Avocado Asks – Momoko Abe
Mini Mighty Sweeps – Lori Alexander
Catch That Chicken – Atinuke
The City Tree – Shira Boss
Me and Mama – Cozbi Cabrera
Maybe Something Beautiful – F. Campoy
Whose Hat Is This? – Sharon Cooper
Our Pool – Lucy Cummins
The Little Fire Truck – Margery Cuyler
There’s a Dragon In Your Book – Tom Fletcher
Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar – Modjdeh Hassani
Little Houses – Kevin Henkes
There’s No Such Things as a Dragon – Jack Kent
Dim Sum Here We Come! – Maple Lam
Big Mooncake for Little Star – Grace Lin
You Were the First – Patricia MacLachlan
Roar: A Dinosaur Tour – Michael Paul
All Are Neighbors – Alexandra Penfold
Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree – Naoko Stoop
Yellow Time – Lauren Stringer
If You Find a Leaf – Aimee Ticuro
4–5 year olds
Our Favorite Day of the Year – A.E. Ali
Twenty Questions – Mac Barnett
Farmhouse – Sophie Blackall
If You Came to Earth – Sophie Blackall
Rocket Says Look Up – Nathan Bryon
The Yellow Ao Dai – Hanh Bui
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree – Jamie Dennihan
When Grandpa Gives You a Tool Box – Jamie Deenihan
Leila the Perfect Witch – Flavia Drago
Fern & Otto: A Story About Two Best Friends – Stephanie Graegin
Dreaming Up – Christy Hale
A Day With No Words – Tiffany Hammond
Arnie the Doughnut – Laurie Keller
The Grandmaster’s Daughter – Dan-ah Kim
100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli – David Larochelle
How to Apologize – David LaRochelle
The Lantern House – Erin Napier
The Old Boat – Jarrett Pumphrey
Just Like Grandma – Kim Rogers
I Talk Like a River – Jordan Scott
Lala’s Words – Gracey Zhang
The Big Book of Bugs – Yuval Zommer
The Big Book of Blue – Yuval Zommer