Favorite Books for Preschoolers

Here are some of my favorite books to read with my preschooler. If time would permit, I could list many more. What are some of your favorites? I’d love to read your comments on this topic!

We love Hoot, by Jane Hissey. In fact, any book in Hissey’s Old Bear series ranks as a favorite, and we have collected several. The charming artwork complements the funny tales about these stuffed animal friends. There are also some precious old British DVDs of the stuffed animals in these books. The books are getting easier to find!

Another one of our favorite books is The Paper Princess by Elisa Kleven. This seems like it would be a book for a girl but all 4 of my boys have loved it, and I still find that it chokes me up a bit when I read it, even after all these years.

We love anything by Robert McCloskey. My current preschooler is in love with Blueberries for Sal, but my other boys have, in turn, cherished Lentil and Make Way for Ducklings, while my oldest still enjoys McCloskey’s older fare, Homer Price and Centerburg Tales.

Another author we look for is Marjorie Flack. My boys have all loved Angus Lost, Angus and the Ducks, Ask Mr. Bear and The Story About Ping.

One of our bedtime favorites, which we’ve owned for 10 years now, is Reeve Lindbergh’s The Midnight Farm. This peaceful counting rhyme is the perfect story before dropping off to sleep at night.

One thing I like about The Midnight Farm is the illustrations by Susan Jeffers. She is one of my favorites. I love her drawings in this copy of Robert Frost’s poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.

I also like the illustrators Jan Brett, Paul Zelinski and Peter Spier.

We just discovered the Read Aloud Bible Series by Ella Lindvall this year, but it has become an instant favorite.

The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was In It by poet Carl Sandburg is a silly favorite. We love reading about the procession of the Chocolate Chins, the Spoonlickers and the Easy-ticklers.

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