GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN(book list compiled by Dave Page)

Please note that the ages suggested are when the books might be introduced to children.

Most of these books will be enjoyed by young children of different ages.

These books are listed by Title then Author.

BABIES ( 0 – 1 year)

White on Black Hug

Tana Hoban Jez Alborough

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Baby Faces

Bill Martin Jr./ EricCarle Margaret Miller

Touch and Feel Playtime First Words

DK Bright Baby

BOOKS FOR 1 – 2 YEARS

Goodnight Moon Ten, Nine, Eight

Margaret Wise Brown Molly Bang

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Truck

Eric Carle Donald Crews

Where’s Spot? Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb

Eric Hill Al Perkins

Freight Train Peek-a-Moo

Author: Donald Crews Marie Torres Cimarusti

BOOKS FOR 2-3 YEARSAre you My Mother? Froggy Gets Dressed

Philip D. Eastman Jonathan London

Curious George Good Night, Gorilla

Margaret Rey Peggy Rathmann

Go, Dog, Go! Red is Best

Philip D. Eastman Kathy Stinson

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Where is the Green Sheep?

Laura J. Numeroff Mem Fox, Judy Horacek

The Snowy Day My Car

Ezra Jack Keats Byron Barton

BOOKS FOR 3-4 YEARSGo Away, Big Green Monster! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Ed Emberley Bill Martin Jr./John Archambault

Thomas’ Snowsuit 10 Minutes till Bedtime

Robert Munsch Peggy Rathmann

So Much The Family Book

Trish Cooke Todd Parr

Peter’s Chair Mooncake

Ezra Jack Keats Grace Lin

Knuffle Bunny Corduroy

Mo Willams Don Freeman

BOOKS FOR 4-6 YEARS

I Spy Ultimate Challenger! A Book of Picture Riddles Toronto ABC

Jean Marzollo Paul Covello

Where The Wild Things Are Grumpy Bird

Maurice Sendak Jeremy Tankard

The Giving Tree Rhyming Dust Bunnies

Shel Silverstein Jan Thomas