BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 3 TO 5 YEAR OLDS

 

Picture Books:

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Corduroy by Don Freeman

Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild by Mem Fox

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

The Empty Pot by Demi

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown

The Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall

When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

 

Beginner Chapter Books (good to read to young children):

Little Bear Books (Little Bear, Father Bear Comes Home, A Kiss for Little Bear, Little Bear's Visit) by Else Holmelund Minarik

My Father's Dragon series by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Tashi books by Anna Fienberg