Reading has always been something that brings me great joy and I hope I am able to encourage a love of reading in my boys. The books I am reading right now are in the infant, toddler and preschooler genre. I guarantee the books on this list will bring lots of laughter and joy. These are the books we read over and over and over again.
Top 10 Books/Series for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
1. Anything Sandra Boynton: Her books are funny, sometimes have songs associated with them and have wonderful illustrations. They are also on the short side, so if you need a quick bedtime story these are perfect. We read the following Sandra Boynton books all the time: Snuggle Puppy, Barn Yard Dance, Moo, Baa, La La La and Dinosaur’s Binkit. We have so many of these books, we really should buy stock in Sandra Boynton!
2. Little Blue Truck series by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry: If you have kiddos who love trucks like mine, then this series is for you. Great illustrations and catchy rhymes. I think I have the two main books memorized.
3. Llama Llama series by Anna Dewdney: Sadly the author passed away from brain cancer, her last wish for people to read books to their kids Her books are super short, rhyme and have really cute pictures. If you don’t have a ton of time before getting the kiddos down to bed, then these books will work great! Here are our Llama Llama favorites: Nighty-Night, I love You, Zippty-Zoom and Red Pajama.
4. Star Wars Epic Yarns by Jack and Holman Wang: My preschooler is obsessed with Star Wars. He has never seen any of the movies, but dang the Disney/Star Wars marketing machine really works! We found these cute books with felt characters. I am so impressed with the amazing felt-working skills!! Serious crafting goals! We have all three: New Hope, Return of the Jedi, and Empire Strikes Back. The authors also have a series of cozy classics that look adorable too. I might need the Pride and Prejudice one for my P&P collection.
5. Good Night Series by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper. We have Good Night Seattle, Washington State and New Baby.
6. Any lift the flap book. One of our favorites is The Ultimate Construction Site Book by Anne-Sophie Baumann and Didier Balicevic. It boasts over 60 interactive elements. My mother-in-law gave it to my oldest and he just loves it. It’s a little too delicate for my toddler, but my preschooler loves it!
Lots of elements to lift and move!
7. Dr. Seuss Classics: Hop on Pop and How the Grinch Stole Christmas are two of our favorites. We read the Grinch year round. We also love the little board books too!
8. Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry. This book has been around a long time and has been recommended to me several times. It has a lot of great pictures with loads of things to look at, my older son likes to point out the silly cars.
9. Tiny board book block set: We have the Sesame Street and Thomas the Tank Engine books, but there are many others.
These little books are great to take to restaurants, fit in my purse and are fun to stack too.
10. Hello and High Fiveby Highlights Magazine: These are awesome subscriptions. Hello magazine is made of a really durable material for infants and toddlers. High Five is geared towards preschoolers. Both my boys love getting these in the mail. My mom bought the subscriptions for their birthdays, it is a great gift.
For more book ideas for kids, check out my Pinterest Kids’ Book Board.
What are you reading with your kids?
Cheers and happy reading! Amy
your favorite books were Hop on Pop, Tikki Tembo, Miss Twigglys Tree house and the Madeline books.