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Best Preschool Books
By an Amazon.com customer
Are You My Mother?Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01
Big Red Barn Big BookBig Red Barn Big Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $11.95
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: 40th Anniversary Edition (Brown Bear and Friends)Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: 40th Anniversary Edition (Brown Bear and Friends) by Bill Martin Jr.
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $14.85
See also Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do you Hear? & Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? & Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
The Carrot Seed 60th Anniversary EditionThe Carrot Seed 60th Anniversary Edition by Ruth Krauss
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom)Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom) by Bill Martin Jr
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $3.89
Clap Hands (Big Board Books)Clap Hands (Big Board Books) by Helen Oxenbury
Buy used from: $2.49
Clip-clopClip-clop by Nicola Smee
Buy new: $9.81 / Used from: $4.61
Each Peach Pear Plum (Picture Puffins)Each Peach Pear Plum (Picture Puffins) by Allan Ahlberg
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.01
A Fairy Went a-Marketing (Unicorn)A Fairy Went a-Marketing (Unicorn) by Rose Fyleman
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01
First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards))First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards)) by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.81
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Big BookFive Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Big Book by Eileen Christelow
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $14.92
Grandfather Twilight (Paperstar Book)Grandfather Twilight (Paperstar Book) by Barbara Helen Berger
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.62
Could illustrations be more beautiful? That mixed with soft, quiet text makes this a winner for a quiet moment.
Hand Rhymes (Picture Puffins)Hand Rhymes (Picture Puffins)
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01
Eency, wensy spider type rhymes to be done with preschool hands. Fun for all.
The House in the NightThe House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $7.96
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Mini Book and CD (If You Give...)If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Mini Book and CD (If You Give...) by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Buy new: $8.63 / Used from: $6.47
See also: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake If You Give a Pig a Pancake If You Give a Moose a Muffin If You Take a Mouse to School If You Give a Pig a Party If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.25
See other "concept" books by this excellent author
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.68
See so many others featuring Jesse Bear
Little Fur Family Deluxe EditionLittle Fur Family Deluxe Edition by Margaret Wise Brown
Buy new: $12.47 / Used from: $9.01
A tiny book with simple and lovely language. Prefect for small preschool-sized hands and the fur cover is a wonderful additional to an almost perfect preschool read. By Goodnight Moon's author.
Llama Llama Red PajamaLlama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Buy new: $9.93 / Used from: $7.05
Millions of Cats (Gift Edition) (Picture Puffin Books)Millions of Cats (Gift Edition) (Picture Puffin Books) by Wanda Gag
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.99
This won the Caldecott for best illustration in a children's book in 1929. Considered one of the first (and still one of the finest)picture books, the repetitious text is excellent reading for the preschool corwd.
Moo Baa La La LaMoo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01
Finally, a board book that can enjoyed equally by preschoolers/toddlers and their parents. Check out the expressions of the animals. Funny, rhythmical text.
The Napping HouseThe Napping House by Audrey Wood
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $15.46
Check out the other offerings from this husband and wife team.
Nutshell Library (Caldecott Collection)Nutshell Library (Caldecott Collection) by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: $12.20 / Used from: $9.50
Five tiny "concept"books by noted and uber-popular children's author Maurice Sendak. See also the CD by Carole King called Really Rosie with the text of these books (and others) set to music.
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself)One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself) by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01
Also available as a board book.
Sheep in a Jeep (Read-Along Book & CD)Sheep in a Jeep (Read-Along Book & CD) by Nancy E. Shaw
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.18
Funny sheep in funny situations with rhyming text. See other "Sheep" titles by this author as well.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter)The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter) by Beatrix Potter
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01
The whole series by Beatrix Potter would make a lovely gift. Soft watercolor illustrations and classic English text.
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little ToesTen Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
Buy used from: $15.44
Everything by this Aussie is magical.
Tomie DePaola's Mother GooseTomie DePaola's Mother Goose by Tomie dePaola
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $0.01
The finest and my favorite of all the Mother Goose offerings. Multiple stanzas, appealing colors and also available (with fewer poems) in board book format. A must-have.
Where's Spot? (Picture Puffin)Where's Spot? (Picture Puffin) by Eric Hill
Buy new: $8.18 / Used from: $0.72
Lifting the flap fun
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: board book & CDThe Very Hungry Caterpillar: board book & CD by Eric Carle
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $8.48
I prefer the hardcover version so you and your preschooler can stick their fingers through the tiny holes that the caterpillar has "eaten". But this is all they seem to offer.