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100 Books Every Child Should Hear
Before Starting School
A Hat for Minerva Louise
by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Jump Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan
Abuela by Arthur Dorros

The Lady with the Alligator Purse
by Nadine Westcott

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock
by Eric Kimmel

The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton

Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird

Lizard’s Song by George Shannon

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
by Judi Barrett

Lunch by Denise Fleming

Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber

Are You My Mother? By P. D. Eastman

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack

Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey

Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban

Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh

Brown Bear, Brown Bear  by Bill Martin

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
by Virginia Lee Burton

Buzz by Janet Wong

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkin

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Cars and Trucks and Things that Go by Richard Scarry

The Mitten by Jan Brett

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent

Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin

My Dad by Anthony Browne

Corduroy by Don Freeman

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Curious George by H. A. Rey

Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
by Trinka Noble

On Market Street by Anita Lobel

The Empty Pot by Demi

Over in the Meadow by John Langstaff

Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert

Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaola

Freight Train by Donald Crews

Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! By David McPhail

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Pinkerton, Behave! By Steven Kellogg

Frog Goes to Dinner by Mercer Mayer

Raven by Gerald McDermott

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

George and Martha by James Marshall

Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberly

Snapshots from the Wedding by Gary Soto

Goin’ Someplace Special by Pat McKissack

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats           

Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

The Story of Babar, The Little Elephant
by Jean deBrunhoff

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by William Steig

Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say

Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester

Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch

The Teddy Bear’s Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy

Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
by Simms Taback

Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Ho Minfong

There Were Ten in the Bed by Annie Kubler

I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric Kimmel

Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Imogene’s Antlers by David Small

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color by Tana Hoban

Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak

Is Your Mama a Llama? By Deborah Guarina

Where’s Spot by Eric Hill

It Looked Like Spilled Milk by Charles Shaw

Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus

Jesse Bear What Will You Wear
by Nancy White Carlstrom

The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza

 

 

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