Must Reads for 3-5 Year Olds

An ongoing list of books for preschoolers

• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss- A really fun book with some absolutely WILD illustrations!

• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff- This book is silly and iconic… and it’s part of a whole series!

• Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss- It’s long and hard to read, but oh, so fun!

• Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan London- The whole series is great (my second favorite is Froggy Bakes a Cake), but this one includes the phrase “Bubble bubble, toot toot, chicken airplane soldier!”

• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss- Basically, if “What Does a Fox Say” were a children’s book!

• Curious George by H. A. Ray- This book (and the rest of the series) is absolutely ICONIC!

• Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by James Dean and Eric Litwin- A really fun and rhythmic book to read!

The following books are ones my parents read to me as a kid that I still love to this day:

• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

• The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort

• The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

• Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

• Hey, Little Ant! by Phillip and Hannah Hoose