BOOKS THE PRESCHOOL YEARS! Everyone is different and loves different types of books.

These are the type of books that will get your child to read and enjoy it. These books will have them picking up the books on their own and will sit without you reading it to them. They will also create an enjoyment and love of learning in their first year of their life. Some kids may gravitate towards some books and prefer others. HIGHLY RECOMMEND BOARD BOOKS the first couple of years… so they don’t tear the pages and they can turn the pages on their own, drool on the pages and easily wipe away, and feel the pages themselves.

• The Kissing Hand. (Audrey Penn) NOT THE BOARD BOOK – it is a shortened version of the regular book and not as good as the paperback book. The kids like to kiss their hands and put it to your face at home. In school, they made a hand print of their hand (with paint) and then painted a heart in the middle of their hand and gave it to their mom as a present on the first day of school.
• I Love You the Purplest (Barbara M. Joosse)
• My Father’s Hands (Joanne Ryder)
• The Little Engine That Could (Watty Piper)
• Grug, Grug and the circus, Grug and his bicycle, Grug learns to dance, Grug and the big red apple, Grug builds a boat, Grug learns to fly, Grug goes to school, Grug learns to read, Grug and the Green Paint(Ted Prior)
• The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown)
• The Selfish Crocodile (Austin Charles and Michael Terry)
• Are you My Mother? (P.D. Eastman)
• The Foot Book (Dr. Seuss)
• Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You? (Dr. Seuss)
• Ten Apples Up On Top! (Dr. Seuss)
• And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (Dr. Seuss)
• Giraffes Can’t Dance (Giles Andreae)
• Clifford The Big Red Dog (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford and the Big Parade (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford’s Good Deeds (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford’s First Christmas (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford the Firehouse Dog (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford’s Manners (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford at the Circus (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford the Small Red Puppy (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford Goes to Dog School (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford’s Family (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford’s Riddles (Norman Bridwell)
• Clifford Takes a Trip (Norman Bridwell)
• Corduroy (Don Freeman)
• Uni The Unicorn (Amy Krouse Rosenthal)
• A Visitor for Bear (Bonny Becker) a mouse is wants to have a cup of tea with bear, but bear does not like visitors.
• Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread (Pamela Allen)
• Mr McGee (Pamela Allen)
• Mr McGee and the Elephants (Pamela Allen)
• Mr McGee Goes to Sea (Pamela Allen)
• The Pear in the Pear Tree (Pamela Allen)
• The Very Noisy Baby (Alison Lester)
• The Dinky Dinky (Craig Smith)
• Tickly Octopus (Ruth Galloway)
• Annie’s Chair (Deborah Niland)
• Possum Magic (Mem Fox)
• The Apple Pie Tree (Zoe Hall)
• Little Puggle’s Song (Cikki Conley & Helene Magisson)
• Who Sank the Boat? (Pamela Allen)
• Snore! A noisy night for dozy dog (Michael Rosen & Jonathan Langley) All of the animals can’t sleep because a dog is snoring.
• When the Fly Flew In… (Lisa Westberg Peters)
• Pink (Janet A. Homes and Jonathan Bentley)
• Is it bedtime Wobbly Pig? (Mick Inkpen)
• Wibbly Pig’s Silly Big Bear (Mick Inkpen)
• The Thing About Yetis (Vin Vogel) – Thinking about summer.
• The Super Soccer Game (Little Life Lessons)
• Tom and Pippo Go for a Walk (Helen Oxenbury)
• Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans)
• Madeline and the bad hat (Ludwig Bemelmans)
• May I Bring A Friend? (Beatrice Schenk De Regniers)
• If You Take a Mouse To School (Laura Numeroff)
• If You Take a Mouse To the Movies (Laura Numeroff)
• I Smell Christmas (Mercer Mayer’s Little Critter) -scratch and sniff scents
• Mog’s Christmas (Judith Kerr)
• Mog on Fox Night (Judith Kerr)
• Mog in the Dark (Judith Kerr)
• Mog and Bunny (Judith Kerr)
• Mog’s Bad Thing (Judith Kerr)
• Mog and the V.E.T. (Judith Kerr)
• Mog the Forgetful Cat (Judith Kerr)
• MOG and the Baby (Judith Kerr)
• MOG’s ABC (Judith Kerr)
• EASTER – The Best Ester Egg Hunt Ever (Dawn Casey) * Favorite all year round
• I Love You So Much (Carl Norac)
• I Love to Cuddle (Carl Norac)
• Hello, Sweetie Pie (Carl Norac)
• Rabbit and Skunk and the Scary Rock (Carla Stevens)
• The BEST Hawaiian Style MOTHER GOOSE Ever! (Kevin Sullivan)
• Sea Adventures – My First Search and Find Book (Neiko Ng)
• Pele Finds a Home (Gabrielle Ahuli’i)
• Hina  (Gabrielle Ahuli’i)
• Jack’s Garden (Henry Cole)
• Whose Home is This? (Sara Leman)
• Homer the Beachcomber (Janet Craig)
• Billy Bully A School-yard counting tale (Alvaro & Ana Galan)
• The Bambie Book – a Golden Super Shape Book
• Wombat Stew (Marcia K. Vaughan)
• Fire (David Bennett)
• White Rabbit’s Color Book (Alan Baker)
• The Rainbow Fish (Marcus Pfister)
• The Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!  (Marcus Pfister)
• Little Miss Spider (David Kirk) 
• The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)
• Bats at the Beach (Brian Lies)
• Bat Loves the Night (Nicola Davies)
• Sebastian lives in a hat (Thelma Catterwell & Kerry Argent)
• A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Philip C. Stead)
• Usborne First Experiences – Going to the Dentist
• Helping Hands- Valuable Lessons
• Digger Dozer Dumper (Hope Vestergaard)
• Charlie Anderson (Barbara Abercrombie)
• Sailaway Home (Bruce Degen)
• The Jacket I Wear In The Snow (Shirley Neitzel)
• “I can’t” said the ant (Polly Cameron)
• The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (Mo Willems)
• Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
• Olivia
• Baby’s Book of Winnie the Pooh – A Disney Treasury of Stories and Songs for Baby
• Buttons (Tom Robinson)
• The Story Orchestra – The Nutcracker (Jessica Courtney-Tickle)
• Gingerbread Friends (Jan Brett)
• Gingerbread Christmas (Jan Brett)
• The Animals’ Santa (Jan Brett)
• The Pig in the Pond (Martin Waddell)
• Coat of Many Colors (Dolly Parton)
• Mog’s Christmas (Judith Kerr)
• Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Adventure in the Hundred Acre Wood 
• Elmer’s Christmas (David McKee)
• My First Little House Book: Christmas In The Big Woods