100 Books to Read with Your Preschooler

While being home during the CO-VID 19 pandemic, turning to books is a great way to connect and bond with your child! Reading books with your child is not only a great way to bond with your child but it is essential for development and growth. Whether reading to a newborn baby or with your preschooler research shows a direct link between daily reading and language, social and emotional development. Check out our favorite list of 100 books to read with your preschooler. Many of these books are read during our DaVinci Kids curriculum and are our students’ favorites!

1. Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
2. Little Blue Truckby Alice Schertle
3. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
4. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown
5. This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer by Joan Holub
6. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martain Jr. and John Archambault
7. Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 by Bill Martain Jr. and John Archambault
8. Our Peaceful Classroom by Aline D. Wolf
9. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
10. The Velveteen Rabbit By Margery Williams
11. The Family Book by Todd Parr
12. The Peace Book by Todd Parr
13. The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
14. It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
15. Marvelous Me: Inside and Out by Lisa Bullard
16. I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
17. Stand Tall by Molly Lou Melon
18. The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
19. This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe
20. Oh Say Can You Seed? by Bonnie Worth
21. From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
22. The Boy Who Grew Flowers by Jen Wojtowicz
23. Career Day by Anne Rockwell
24. Whose Tools Are These? by Sharon Katz Cooper
25. Delivering Your Mail by Ann Owen
26. Who Lives Here? by Nicola Davies
27. Who’s in the Forest? by Phillis Geishator
28. I Took a Walk by Henry Cole
29. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
30. Meet the Orchestra by Anil Hayes
31. Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs by Sandra Boynton
32. Dinosaur Dance by Sandra Boynton
33. Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
34. Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton
35. Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
36. Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton
37. The Good Dinosaur by Bill Scollon
38. Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel
39. The Wump World by Bill Pete
40. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
41. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
42. Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle
43. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
44. The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
45. From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
46. The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
47. 1,2,3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle
48. Little Cloud by Eric Carle
49. From the Garde by Michael Dahl
50. Little Sweet Potato by Amy Beth Bloom
51. Monster’s Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks
52. Geography from A to Z by Jack Knowlton
53. Good Night America by Adam Gamble
54. Smart About the Fifty States by Jon Butler
55. Landmarks by Katie Wilson
56. A Rock Can Be… by Laura Purdie Salas
57. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
58. Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
59. The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood
60. The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
61. Wiggle and Waggle Caroline Arnold
62. Sophie’s Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli
63. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
64. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
65. Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
66. Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
67. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
68. If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss
69. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
70. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
71. What Will Hatch by Jennifer Ward
72. Ducks and Their Ducklings by Margaret Hall
73. The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
74. Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
75. If Dogs Run Free by Bob Dylan
76. Pet Show! By Ezra Jack Keats
77. Let’s Get a Pet! By Chelsea Resnick
78. P is for President by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
79. Boy + Bot by Amy Dychman
80. The Robot Book by Heather Brown
81. Robots, Robots, Everywhere! By Sue Fliess
82. Roaring Rockets by Tony Milton and Ant Parker
83. Hello World! Solar System by Jill McDonald
84. Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
85. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
86. If I Built a Car by Brianna Caplan Sayres
87. The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs
88. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
89. Kipper’s Book of Weather by Mick Inkpen
90. Worm Weather by Jean Taft
91. What Do Animals Do All Day? By Wendy Hunt
92. Life-Sized Animal Tracks by John Townsend
93. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Williems
94. The Book With No Picture by B.J. Novak
95. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
96. I’ve Loved You Since Forever by Hoda Kotb
97. You Are My Happy by Hoda Kotb
98. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
99. Stellaluna by Janel Cannon
100. Good Night My Honey Bunny by Tilly Temple

We hope you enjoy this list of 100 books to read with your preschooler and find some new favorites of your own!