Favorite Books for Preschoolers:
Compiled by Lori Von Asten,
EC-EEN Teacher, New Auburn School District

Theme                    Book                                        Author
Winter                      The Snowy Day                                Ezra Jack Keats
                                    Froggy Gets Dressed                        Jonathan London
                                    The Jacket I Wear in the Snow         Shirley Nertzel
                                    Snowballs                                         Lois Ehlert
 

Colors                         My Crayons Talk                                Brian Karas
                                    Who Said Red                                    Mary Serfoza
                                    Mouse Paint                                       Walsh
                                    A Color of His Own                            Leo Lionni
                                    Brown Bear, Brown Bear                    Bill Martin
                                    Go Away Big Green Monster             Ed Emberley
                                    My Many Colored Days                    Dr. Seuss
                                    Little Blue and Little Yellow                Leo Lionni
                                    Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?      Tana Hoban
                                    Mary Wore His Red Dress &
                                          Henry Wore His Green Sneakers  Merle Peek
                                    Green Eggs & Ham                            Dr. Seuss

Food                            Green Eggs & Ham                                         Dr. Seuss
                                    The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear       Don & Audrey Wood
                                    Eating the Alphabet                                          Ehlert
                                    Let's Find Out About Ice Cream                      Mary Ebeltoft Reid
                                    Bread is for Eating                                           David & Phillis Gershator
                                    Each Orange Has 8 Slices                                Paul Giganti
                                    Chicken Soup With Rice                                 Sendack
                                    If You Give A Mouse A Cookie                      Numeroff
                                    Pancakes, Pancakes                                        Eric Carle
                                    Pancakes for Breakfast                                    Tomie DePaola
 

Monsters                    Thump Thump Thump                                     Anne Rockwell
                                    Go Away Big Green Monster                          Ed Emberley
                                    "Billy" Series (several books)                            Pat Hutchins
                                    There's a Nightmare in My Closet                    Mercer Mayer
                                    Where the Wild Things Are                             Sendack

Family                      Noisy Nora                                                     Rosemary Wells (new baby)
                                    Guess How Much I Love You                        McBratney
                                    The Kissing Hand                                           Penn
                                    Our Granny                                                    Margaret Wild
                                    The Doorbell Rang                                         Pat Hutchins
                                    Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti
                                    Whose Mouse Are You?                                Kraus
                                    The Napping House                                        Audry Wood
                                    Ten Nine Eight                                                Molly Bang
                                    Whose Mother Are You?                                Eastman
                                    On Mother's Lap                                            Ann Herbert Scott (new baby)
                                    Hush Little Baby                                            Sylvia Long
                                    Is Your Mama a Lama?
                                    More More More Said the Baby                    Vera B. Williams

Friends                        The Doorbell Rang                                        Hutchins
                                    Yo! Yes?                                                      Chris Raschka
                                    Froggy Goes To School                                London
                                    The Earth and I                                            Asch
                                    Will I Have a Friend?                                    Lohen
                                    Edward Unready For School                        Wells
                                    My Best Friend                                            Hutchins
                                    Herman the Helper                                        Kraus
                                    Rainbow Fish                                                Pfister

Death of a Pet           When a Pet Dies                                            Fred Rodgers
                                    I'll Always Love You                                     Wilheilm (death of a dog)
                                    The Tenth Good Thing About Barney            Viorst

Transportation          Cars! Cars! Cars!                                            Grace Maccarone
                                    The Big Red Bus                                              Judy Hindley
                                    Construction Zone                                            Tana Hoban
                                    Traffic:  A Book of Opposites                           Maestro
                                    Mr. Grumpy's Motor Car                                 John Birmingham
                                    Mr. Grumpy's Outing
                                    Cars                                                                Rockwell
                                    Emma's Vacation                                             McPhail
                                    The Car Trip                                                    Oxenbury
                                    How May Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow

Christmas                    Gifts                                                                Jo Ellen Bogart and Barbara Reid
                                    How the Grinch Stole Christmas                        Dr. Suess
                                    The Snowman                                                   Briggs
                                    Twas the Night Before Christmas                      Thomas Moore
                                    Carl's Christmas                                               Alexandra Day
                                    Claude the Dog:  A Christmas Story                 Dick Gackenback
                                    Imogene's Antlers                                            David Small
                                    The Polar Express                                            Van Allsburg

Rabbit/Easter           Max's Chocolate Chicken                                Rosemary Wells
                                    Read to Your Bunny                                        Rosemary Wells
                                    Good Night Moon                                           Margaret Wise Brown
                                    Runaway Bunny                                              Margaret Wise Brown
                                    The Golden Egg Book                                    Margaret Wise Brown
                                    Hush Little Baby                                            Sylvia Long
                                    Guess How Much I Love You                       Sam McBratney

Halloween                 Mousekin's Golden House                            Miller
                                    A Dark Dark Tale                                        Ruth Brown
                                    The Little Old Lady Who Was Not
                                            Afraid of Anything
 

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