100 Books Every Child Should Hear Before Kindergarten

I found this list online last week, and I thought it might be helpful for other parents out there. I'm always wondering what new books to get for Jackson. We have quite a few that are listed on here, but I like having a list - something to go to, when I want to get him a new book. They're listed alphabetically by author's name, which I italicized to make it easier for you. Happy reading!


( ) Each Peach Pear Plum Ahlberg
( ) Wheres My Teddy? Alborough
( ) Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Barrett
( ) Ten, Nine, Eight Bang
( ) The Three Bears Barton
( ) Madeline Bemelmens
( ) Little Gorilla Bornstein
( ) Goodnight Moon Brown
( ) Turtles Race with Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story Bruchac
( ) Mr. Gumpys Outing Burningham
( ) The Little House Burton
( ) The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle
( ) Freight Train Crews
( ) Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type Cronin
( ) Happy Birthday, Jamela! Daly
( ) Strega Nona De Paola
( ) Jamberry Degen
( ) The Empty Pot Demi
( ) Rap a Tap Tap: Heres Bojangles-Think of That Dillon
( ) Abuela Dorros
( ) Go, Dog, Go Eastman
( ) A Handful of Sunshine: Growing a Sunflower Eclare
( ) Growing Vegetable Soup Ehlert
( ) Go Away Big Green Monster Emberley
( ) Mean Soup Everitt
( ) Olivia Falconer
( ) Bark George Feiffer
( ) Ask Mr. Bear Flack
( ) The Everything Book Fleming
( ) Corduroy Freeman
( ) Millions of Cats Gag
( ) The Three Little Pigs Galdone
( ) Is Your Mama a Llama Guarino
( ) Lillys Purple Plastic Purse Henkes
( ) Wheres Spot Hill
( ) Bedtime for Frances Hoban
( ) Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color Hoban
( ) Youll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch Hutchins
( ) Biggest, Strongest, Fastest Jenkins
( ) Mama, Do You Love Me? Joosse
( ) The Wolfs Chicken Stew Kasza
( ) The Snowy Day Keats
( ) The Caterpillar and the Polliwog Kent
( ) I Took My Frog to the Library Kimmel
( ) Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus
( ) The Carrot Seed Krauss
( ) Swimmy Lionni
( ) Frog and Toad All Year Lobel
( ) Froggy Gets Dressed London
( ) Sylvia Longs Mother Goose Mother
( ) Mabela the Clever MacDonald
( ) George and Martha Marshall
( ) Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Martin
( ) Guess How Much I Love You? McBratney
( ) Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey
( ) Raven: a Trickster Tale from the American Northwest McDermott
( ) Flora McDonnells ABC McDonnell
( ) Widget McFarland
( ) Too Much Noise McGovern
( ) Growing Colors McMillan
( ) I Stink McMullan
( ) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Numeroff
( ) Diez Deditos: Ten Little Fingers Orozco
( ) BeeBimBopPark
( ) Dos and Donts Parr
( ) Kermit the Hermit Peet
( ) The Little Red Hen LITTLE
( ) The Little Engine that Could Piper
( ) Not a Box Portis
( ) Goodnight Gorilla Rathmann
( ) Curious George Rey
( ) Mouse Mess Riley
( ) The Toolbox Rockwell
( ) Were Going on a Bear Hunt Rosen
( ) Dog Heaven Rylant
( ) Richard Scarrys Best First Book Ever Scarry
( ) Where the Wild Things Are Sendak
( ) The Cat in the Hat Seuss
( ) Spicy Hot Colors; Colores Picantes Shahan
( ) No David Shannon
( ) Lizards Song Shannon
( ) It Looked Like Spilt Milk Shaw
( ) Im the Biggest Thing in the Ocean Sherry
( ) Caps for Sale Slobodkina
( ) Night Shift Daddy Spinelli
( ) Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig
( ) A Hat for Miverva Louise Stoeke
( ) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Viorst
( ) Owl Babies Waddell
( ) Mouse Paint Walsh
( ) Mr. Cookie Baker Wellington
( ) Yoko Wells
( ) The Three Little Pigs Wiesner
( ) I Went Walking Williams
( ) Knuffle Bunny Willems
( ) Bear Snores On Wilson
( ) The Napping House Wood
( ) Big Black Bear Yee
( ) How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Yolen
( ) Harry the Dirty Dog Zion