These books will help kids 3 to 5 years old discover the joy of reading. Browse this list of new and classic children's books recommended by the Quicklists Consulting Committee of the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, and start reading along with your preschooler today!
All the World
By Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee
By Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee
Follow a circle of family and friends through a day of enjoying the world around them and their many connections.
Boo Hoo Bird
by Jeremy Tankard
by Jeremy Tankard
When Bird gets a boo-boo, his friends all try to figure out a way to make him happy again.
Book Fiesta!: A Children’s Day/Book Day Celebration—Una celebración de El día de los niños/El día de los libros: A Bilingual Picture Book
By Pat Mora; illustrations by Rafael López
By Pat Mora; illustrations by Rafael López
Colorful illustrations complement the bilingual text celebrating children and books.
Bubble Trouble
by Magaret Mahy
by Magaret Mahy
In a humorous, rhyming text, Little Mabel blows a bubble that encases her baby brother. He happily floats through the neighborhood as everyone follows along trying to figure out how to rescue him.
Duck! Rabbit!
By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
It’s a duck! No, it’s a rabbit! Clever illustrations lead the reader to wonder, is it a duck or a rabbit? Could it be both?