LIBR529/Favourite Books for Three Year Olds

There are too many books to recommend for three and four-year-olds, so this is primarily a list of titles that I love to use for programs or to promote to parents. Many of the books on my lists for two-year-olds, like Pete the cat or Owl babies are also perfectly wonderful for three's of course. This is just the beginning....

Allinson, Beverley. Illustrated by Barbara Reid. (1990.) Effie. Toronto: Summerhill.
Carle, Eric. "Slowly, slowly, slowly," said the sloth. New York: Philomel, 2002.
Crebbin, June and Katharine McEwen. Cows in the kitchen. Candlewick, 1998.
Dewdney, Anna. Llama, llama, red pajama. New York: Viking, 2005.
Diesen, Deborah. The Pout-pout fish.New York: Farrar Straus, Giroux, 2008.
Durango, Julia. Cha-cha chimps.New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
Falconer, Ian. Olivia. New York: Atheneum, 2000.
Fleming, Candace. Muncha, muncha, muncha. New York: Atheneum, 2001.
halfmann, Janet. Art by Betsy Thompson. Eggs, 1,2,3: Who will the babies be? Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple.
Hubbell, Patricia. Cars: Rushing! Honking! Zooming! New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2006.
Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page. Time to eat. Boston: Houghton Miflin, 2011.
Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad are Friends. New York: HarperCollins, 1970.
Lunn, Janet and Kim LaFave. Amos's sweater Toronto: Groundwood, 1990.
Massie, Diane Redfield. The baby BeeBee Bird.New York: HarperCollins, 2000.
Stinson, Kathy & Robin Lewis. Red is best Toronto: Annick, 1988.
Waber, Bernard. Ira sleeps over. Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Waddell, Martin. Farmer Duck. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 1991.
Wilson, Karma and Jane Chapman. Bear says thanks New York: McElderry books.
Wormell, Christopher. George and the dragon. New York: Knopf, 2006.
Yolen, Jane. How do dinosaurs say good night? New York: Blue Sky, 2000.

Allison Taylor McBryde September 2013