![]() | That's Good! That's Bad! (An Owlet Book) by Margery Cuyler
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.47 This is a very fun book that involves the whole audience. The children love to say "No, that's bad" or "No, that's good" after I read "Oh, that's good", or "Oh, that's bad".
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![]() | Swimmy (Knopf Children's Paperbacks) by Leo Lionni
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 We read this book during my unit on ocean/sea creatures. This year I called it "Splash!" This was our first week back to preschool and I had a bulletin board that said, "Welcome to our School" with a picture of each child and their name on a fish swimming together in a school. It was so cute!
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![]() | We Are All Alike ... We Are All Different by Cheltenham Elementary School Kindergartners
Buy used from: $0.99 This is a great book to illustrate to the children their differences and similarities. We use it to foster friendship and how we are all important and individual.
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![]() | Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is a great story to read for lots of different themes and concepts. I like it for animal babies and rhyming words. This is one of the kids' favorites that we read just because.
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![]() | Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $0.39 This is a fun book that I share with them when our theme is "All About Me"
We talk about how we can have many different feelings and moods.
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![]() | Excuse Me!: A Little Book of Manners by Karen Katz
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.78 This book is so nicely illustrated and simple. It teachs manner words so well! I am going to read it to the children during "Birthday" week. Hopefully the children will learn what to say when they receive a gift-thank you!
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![]() | I Love You Stinky Face by Lisa Mccourt
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $1.29 This is one of my own children's favorite books. We read this one over and over and they never get tired of it.
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![]() | The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $1.99 I read this at our orientation while the mothers are at school with their kids. I have the hardest time not getting a tear in my eye as I finish the last couple of pages. Then we do fun activities that go along with the story. Everyone leaves feeling excited about the first day of preschool.
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![]() | The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Buy used from: $1.51 This book teaches alot of concepts like days of the week, counting, and good nutrition. I use it with several different themes such as bugs and food.
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![]() | SOMETHING SPECIAL by David McPhail
Buy used from: $0.99 This is a great book for helping the children to learn about developing talents. We all have something special we can do.
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![]() | The Little Engine That Could (Original Classic Edition) by Watty Piper
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 I love this book because it teaches children that they need to keep trying and eventually they'll get it. I like to read it during our transporation unit or trains, planes and cars theme
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![]() | Cookie's Week by Cindy Ward
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $1.89 This is a fun simple book to teach the days of the week involving a very mischievious kitten. The kids love it and are always rolling with laughter. We end up reading it a couple of times.
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![]() | The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog! by Cynthia Rylant
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $1.18 They love this one! It goes well with a pets theme or just for anytime. Its a favorite!
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![]() | Three Little Kittens Little Golden Book 50th Anniversary Edition (50th Anniverary Commemorative Facisimile Edition)
Buy used from: $0.01 This is a classic favorite of children.
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![]() | Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is another fun participation story. The children love to say, "Jump Frog, Jump" every other page and then at the end whisper, "Jump frog, jump". Its great fun!
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![]() | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This is a fun rhytmical story that helps children understand that each letter in the alphabet has a big one and a little one. Its really fun to read to the class.
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