There are so many adventures to find in books!
If you’re looking for ideas for a book you haven’t read yet, PBS KIDS has drawn together a list of books we think are pretty great. We’ve sorted our recommendations into lists of books you can read aloud to your kids, read along with your kids, and books that are fun for kids to read on their own. You can download a printable list here.
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault (2-6) - Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin (2-6) - Press Here
Herve Tullet (2-6) - Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Mo Willems (2-6) - Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson (3-6) - Curious George
H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey (3-6) - Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans (3-7) - Alligator
PieDennis Lee (3-7) - Stellaluna
Janell Cannon (3-7) - Z is for Moose
Kelly Bingham (3-8) - No, David!
David Shannon (3-8) - Jazz
Walter Dean Myers(3-8) - Leo: A Ghost Story
Mac Barnett (3-9) - Olivia
Ian Falconer (4-6) - Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type
Doreen Cronin (4-7) - The Lorax
Dr. Seuss (4-6) - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst (4-9) - Invisible Boy
Trudy Ludwig (5-9) - Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Paul Fleischman (6-9) - My Brother Charlie
Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete (6-9)
- Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown (2-5) - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle (2-5) - The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats (2-5) - The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt (2-6) - Interrupting Chicken
David Ezra Stein (2-6) - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff (2-6) - Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Bernard Waber (2-6) - Corduroy
Don Freeman (3-5) - Green is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors
Roseanne Greenfield Thong (3-5) - Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/Marisol McDonald no combina
Monica Brown (3-6) - Pinkalicious
Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann (3-6) - I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen (3-6) - Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein (3-7) - The Secret Footprints
Julia Alvarez (3-8) - Hello, Rock
Roger Bradfield (3-8) - Two is Enough
Janna Matthies (3-8) - Lowriders in Space
Cathy Camper (5-8) - The Stories Julian Tells
Ann Cameron (5-9) - Salsa Stories
Lulu Delacre(5-9) - The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo (6-9)
- The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss (4-7) - May I Please Have A Cookie?
Jennifer E. Morris (4-7) - Hop on Pop
Dr. Seuss (4-6) - Go, Dog. Go!
P.D. Eastman (4-8) - Bark, George
Jules Feffer (4-8) - Diary of a Wombat
Jackie French (4-8) - Library Lion
Michelle Knudsen (4-8) - Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Eric Litwin (4-8) - Hi! Fly Guy
Tedd Arnold (5-8) - My Name is Yoon
Helen Recorvits (5-8) - Tales for Very Picky Eaters
Josh Schneider (5-8) - We Are in a Book
Mo Willems (5-9) - The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (6-9) - Nate the Great
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (6-9) - The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Dave Pilkey (6-9)