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!