100 Books to Read Before kindergarten

Check out the books that have appeared on at least one of the lists of the best books to read to your preschooler before they head off to kindergarten!

The following books have appeared on at least one of the lists of the best books to read to your preschooler before they head off to kindergarten!

All of these books can be found in the Prince Rupert Library, and they can be placed on hold through our catalogue. Just click on the book’s title and you will be redirected to the libraries online catalogue. You can place that book on hold using your password, and we’ll then call and arrange a time for you to pick the books up at the library. If you don’t have a password for your library account, just call us at (250)-627-1345 and we’ll arrange one for you.

Enjoy!

Picture Books 

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema, Verna

Thunder Boy Jr. – Alexie, Sherman

No two alike – Baker, Keith

Big fat hen – Baker, Keith

Triangle – Barnett, Mac

The three bears – Barton, Byron

Madeline – Bemelmans, Ludwig

The very cranky bear – Bland, Nick

Franklin in the dark – Bourgeois, Paulette

The mitten – Brett, Jan

The Runaway bunny – Brown, Margaret Wise

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel    Burton – Virginia Lee

Stellaluna – Cannon, Janelle

I will never not ever eat a tomato – Child, Lauren

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed – Christelow, Eileen

Wolf in the snow – Cordell, Mathew

Hooray for birds! – Cousins, Lucy

Click, clack, moo : cows that type – Cronin, Doreen

Ladybug Girl feels happy – Davis, Jacky

The day the crayons quit – Daywalt, Drew

Babar the King – De Brunhoff, Jean

Last stop on Market Street – De La Pena, Matt

Llama, llama red pajama – Dewdney, Anna

The Gruffalo’s Child – Donaldson, Julia

Corduroy – Freeman, Don

The perfect nest – Friend, Catherine 

Princess Pigsty – Funke, Cornelia

Henny Penny – Galdone, Paul

The Little red hen – Galdone, Paul

The Three little pigs – Galdone, Paul

Stella, star of the sea – Gay, Marie-Louise

Chrysanthemum – Henkes, Kevin

Kitten’s first full moon – Henkes, Kevin

Red sled – Judge, Lita

I want my hat back – Klassen, Jon

The carrot seed – Krauss, Ruth

It’s a tiger! – LaRochelle, David

The story of Ferdinand – Leaf, Munro

Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons – Litwin, Eric

Froggy goes to school – London, Jonathan

How I became a pirate – Long, Melinda

Chicka chicka boom boom – Martin, Bill

Blueberries for Sal – McCloskey, Robert

Make way for ducklings – McCloskey, Robert

Elmer’s day – McKee, David

I stink! – McMullan, Kate

Love you forever – Munsch, Robert

Mud puddle – Munsch, Robert

The paper bag princess – Munsch, Robert

If you give a mouse a cookie – Numeroff, Laura

Fancy Nancy – O’Connor, Jane

The king’s taster – Oppel, Kenneth

The tale of Peter Rabbit – Potter, Beatrix

Curious George – Rey, H.A.

My friend Rabbit – Rohmann, Eric

We’re going on a bear hunt – Rosen, Michael

Dragons love tacos – Rubin, Adam

Russell the sheep – Scotton, Rob

Where the wild things are – Sendak, Maurice

The Cat in the Hat – Seuss, Dr.

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish – Seuss, Dr.

Duck on a bike – Shannon, david

No, David! – Shannon, david

I’m the biggest thing in the ocean – Sherry, Kevin

Sylvester and the magic pebble – Steig, William

Red is best – Stinson, kathy

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly – Tabak, Simms

Grumpy Bird – Tankard, Jeremy

Moose, goose, animals on the loose! : a Canadian wildlife ABC – Valerio, Geraldo

Owl babies – Waddell, Martin

Mouse paintWalsh, Ellen Stoll

Chester – Watt, Melanie

Scaredy Squirrel – Watt, Melanie

Bunny cakes – Wells, Rosemary

The three pigs – Wiesner, David

Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary tale – Willems, Mo

Bear snores on – Wilson, Karma

How do dinosaurs say good night? – Yolen, Jane

Harry the dirty dog – Zion, Gene

Toddler Picture Books 

Goodnight moon – Brown, Margaret Wise

The very hungry caterpillar – Carle, Eric

There’s a bear on my chair – Collins, Ross

Splish, splash, Ducky! – Cousins, Lucy

Ten little fingers and ten little toes – Fow, mem

Where is the green sheep? – Fow, mem

Where’s Spot? – Hill, Eric

Harold and the purple crayon – Jonson, Crockett

Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? – Martin Jr, Bill

Brown bear, Brown bear, what do you see? – Martin Jr, Bill

Solar system – McDonald, Jill

Hand in hand – Wells, Rosemary

Easy Readers 

Clifford the big red dog – Bridwell, Norman

George and Martha, round and round – Marshall, James

Little Critter sleeps over – Mayer, Mercer

Meet the little engine that could – Pipe, Watty

We are in a book! – Willems, Mo

Non fiction 

398.2 The three billy goats Gruff – Galdone, Paul

398.2 My very first Mother Goose – Opie, Iona Archibald

398.24 Town mouse, country mouse – Brett, Jan

French Picture Book

Caramba – Gay, Marie-Louise

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