Building a family library starts with choosing excellent books for your kids in their earliest years. Our families are avid readers and frequent library visitors – we’ve even been known to give a book instead of a card at a baby shower! So we love kids books and have put together a definite list of the BEST books for little kids. If we were building our children’s libraries from scratch – these are the books we would get first. Happy browsing! And happy reading with your child!
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Classics
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Dear Boy
Dear Girl
The Story of Ferdinand
Madeline
Gruffalo
Snail and the Whale
The Wonky Donkey
Red Shoes
A Big Mooncake for Little Star
A Big Bed For Little Snow
Runaway Bunny
The Very Busy Spider
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Busy Doggies
Who Has Wiggle Waggle Toes?
Big Boy Underpants
Big Girl Panties
Rainforest Animals
The Rainbow Fish
We’re Different We’re The Same
We’re Going On a Bear Hunt
Caps for Sale
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Little Red Riding Hood
Three Little Pigs
There were 10 in the Bed
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight
Nursery Rhymes
Grumpy Monkey
If Animals Kissed Goodnight
Good Night Gorilla
Swarm of Bees
Giraffes Can’t Dance
Cookies Bite-Size Life Lessons
Favorite Five Minute Stories
Disney Classic Stories
Cars Racing Stories
Disney Pixar Stories
Angelina Ballerina
Paw Patrol
Frozen
Kids Who Love Trucks & Trains
Freight Train
Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site
Thomas Big Book of Beginner Books
Trashy Town
Horray It’s Garbage Day!
Little Blue Truck
Going to School
Horris Grows Down
David Goes to School
How Do Dinosaurs Go To School?
Pete the Cat Rocking In My School Shoes
12 Days of Preschool
Our Favorite Series
The Pigeon Series
Elephant & Piggie Series
Baby Loves Science
Fancy Nancy
Pinkalicious
Clifford The Big Red Dog
Lola Plants a Garden
Pete The Cat I Love My White Shoes
Dr Seuss
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
Are You My Mother?
The Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Hop on Pop
Come Over to My House
Go Dog Go!
Raffi
Shake My Sillies Out
Baby Beluga
Down by the Bay
Five Little Ducks
Need more gift ideas? Check out our list of Gifts for One Year Olds!