The following books have appeared on at least one of the lists of the best books to read to your preschooler before they head off to kindergarten!
All of these books can be found in the Prince Rupert Library, and they can be placed on hold through our catalogue. Just click on the book’s title and you will be redirected to the libraries online catalogue. You can place that book on hold using your password, and we’ll then call and arrange a time for you to pick the books up at the library. If you don’t have a password for your library account, just call us at (250)-627-1345 and we’ll arrange one for you.
Enjoy!
Picture Books
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema, Verna
Thunder Boy Jr. – Alexie, Sherman
No two alike – Baker, Keith
Big fat hen – Baker, Keith
Triangle – Barnett, Mac
The three bears – Barton, Byron
Madeline – Bemelmans, Ludwig
The very cranky bear – Bland, Nick
Franklin in the dark – Bourgeois, Paulette
The mitten – Brett, Jan
The Runaway bunny – Brown, Margaret Wise
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton – Virginia Lee
Stellaluna – Cannon, Janelle
I will never not ever eat a tomato – Child, Lauren
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed – Christelow, Eileen
Wolf in the snow – Cordell, Mathew
Hooray for birds! – Cousins, Lucy
Click, clack, moo : cows that type – Cronin, Doreen
Ladybug Girl feels happy – Davis, Jacky
The day the crayons quit – Daywalt, Drew
Babar the King – De Brunhoff, Jean
Last stop on Market Street – De La Pena, Matt
Llama, llama red pajama – Dewdney, Anna
The Gruffalo’s Child – Donaldson, Julia
Corduroy – Freeman, Don
The perfect nest – Friend, Catherine
Princess Pigsty – Funke, Cornelia
Henny Penny – Galdone, Paul
The Little red hen – Galdone, Paul
The Three little pigs – Galdone, Paul
Stella, star of the sea – Gay, Marie-Louise
Chrysanthemum – Henkes, Kevin
Kitten’s first full moon – Henkes, Kevin
Red sled – Judge, Lita
I want my hat back – Klassen, Jon
The carrot seed – Krauss, Ruth
It’s a tiger! – LaRochelle, David
The story of Ferdinand – Leaf, Munro
Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons – Litwin, Eric
Froggy goes to school – London, Jonathan
How I became a pirate – Long, Melinda
Chicka chicka boom boom – Martin, Bill
Blueberries for Sal – McCloskey, Robert
Make way for ducklings – McCloskey, Robert
Elmer’s day – McKee, David
I stink! – McMullan, Kate
Love you forever – Munsch, Robert
Mud puddle – Munsch, Robert
The paper bag princess – Munsch, Robert
If you give a mouse a cookie – Numeroff, Laura
Fancy Nancy – O’Connor, Jane
The king’s taster – Oppel, Kenneth
The tale of Peter Rabbit – Potter, Beatrix
Curious George – Rey, H.A.
My friend Rabbit – Rohmann, Eric
We’re going on a bear hunt – Rosen, Michael
Dragons love tacos – Rubin, Adam
Russell the sheep – Scotton, Rob
Where the wild things are – Sendak, Maurice
The Cat in the Hat – Seuss, Dr.
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish – Seuss, Dr.
Duck on a bike – Shannon, david
No, David! – Shannon, david
I’m the biggest thing in the ocean – Sherry, Kevin
Sylvester and the magic pebble – Steig, William
Red is best – Stinson, kathy
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly – Tabak, Simms
Grumpy Bird – Tankard, Jeremy
Moose, goose, animals on the loose! : a Canadian wildlife ABC – Valerio, Geraldo
Owl babies – Waddell, Martin
Mouse paintWalsh, Ellen Stoll
Chester – Watt, Melanie
Scaredy Squirrel – Watt, Melanie
Bunny cakes – Wells, Rosemary
The three pigs – Wiesner, David
Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary tale – Willems, Mo
Bear snores on – Wilson, Karma
How do dinosaurs say good night? – Yolen, Jane
Harry the dirty dog – Zion, Gene
Toddler Picture Books
Goodnight moon – Brown, Margaret Wise
The very hungry caterpillar – Carle, Eric
There’s a bear on my chair – Collins, Ross
Splish, splash, Ducky! – Cousins, Lucy
Ten little fingers and ten little toes – Fow, mem
Where is the green sheep? – Fow, mem
Where’s Spot? – Hill, Eric
Harold and the purple crayon – Jonson, Crockett
Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? – Martin Jr, Bill
Brown bear, Brown bear, what do you see? – Martin Jr, Bill
Solar system – McDonald, Jill
Hand in hand – Wells, Rosemary
Easy Readers
Clifford the big red dog – Bridwell, Norman
George and Martha, round and round – Marshall, James
Little Critter sleeps over – Mayer, Mercer
Meet the little engine that could – Pipe, Watty
We are in a book! – Willems, Mo
Non fiction
398.2 The three billy goats Gruff – Galdone, Paul
398.2 My very first Mother Goose – Opie, Iona Archibald
398.24 Town mouse, country mouse – Brett, Jan
French Picture Book
Caramba – Gay, Marie-Louise
