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Reading Right From the Start
Children's Books Listed in Reading Right from the Start

These books can be enjoyed by children of all ages. We give suggestions for a particular age to help you get started. It was hard to choose which ones to include! Look for other books by these authors as well.

Bickart, T. S., & Dodge, D. T. (2000, 2nd printing 2001). Reading right from the start: What parents can do in the first five years. Washington, DC: Teaching Strategies, Inc. Books are listed on pp. 59-62.

Especially for Your Baby

Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

Play Rhymes by Marc Brown

Tomie DePaola's Mother Goose by Tomie DePaola

Eye Winker, Tom Tinker, Chin Chopper: 50 Musical Finger Plays by Tom Glazer

Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky

Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri

My Very First Mother Goose illustrated by Rosemary Wells

Especially for Older Babies and Toddlers

Moon Bear by Frank Asch

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Will I Have a Friend? By Miriam Cohen

Where's Spot? By Eric Hill

Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins

Mama, Do You Love Me? By Barbara Joosse

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

Over in the Meadow by John Langstaff

Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

"More, More, More" Said the Baby by Vera Williams


Especially for Older Toddlers

The Little Red Hen by Bryon Barton

Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton

Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell

Wait Till the Moon is Full by Margaret Wise Brown

Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Freight Train by Donald Crews

Corduroy by Don Freeman

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag

Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale by Maurice Sendak

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss' ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss

Voyage to The Bunny Planet by Rosemary Wells


Especially for Your Preschooler

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale retold by Verna Aardema

Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett

Stone Soup retold by Marcia Brown

Abuela's Weave by Omar Castaneda

Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman

The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie R. Flournoy

The Three Bears by Paul Galdone

Bread is for Eating by David and Phyllis Gershator

Miss Tizzy by Libba Moore Gray

She Come Bringing Me that Little Baby Girl by Eloise Greenfield

Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? An Adventure in Color by Tana Hoban

Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale retold by Lily Toy Hong

Aunt Flossie's Hats by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky

Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack

Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf as told to John Scieszka

Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months by Maurice Sendak

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber

Yoko by Rosemary Wells

Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young




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