The BEST toddler and preschool books!

I have grown to love children's books, which is a really good thing because those are pretty much the only books I finish nowadays! Over the past fifteen years, we have read a lot of children's books and have fallen in love with quite a few.  I know this list won't be CLOSE to exhaustive, but here are some of the books we have loved and read until the pages were falling out, the cover ripped up and duct tape was holding the spine on....  These are the books that bring mama tears to my eyes when I read them and think of times gone by.  I know you have a different list, share some favorites in the comments!


Board Books:

Ten Tiny Babies by Karen Katz

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Goodnight Moon by Margret Wise Brown

The Runaway Bunny by Margret Wise Brown

Good Dog Carl by Alaxander Day

I am A Bunny by Richard Scarry

Pat The Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

Where's Spot by Eric Hill

Peter Rabbit Touch and Feel by Beatrix Potter

Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Dieson

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson 

*I love a lot of other books by these same authors but I've listed the ones that have remained our top favorites over the years.  These books make great baby gifts!*






Non-board books:


Watch Out, Wilf! by Jan Fearnley

The Donkey Who Carried A King by R.C. Sproul

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Bunny's First Spring by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Little Farmer Joe by Ian Whybrow & Christian Birmingham


I'm A Big Brother by Ronne Randall

But No Elephants by Jerry Smath

The Little Old Man Who Could Not Read by Irma Simonton Black

Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina


Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 

Blueberries For Sal by Robert McClosky

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martian Jr. and John Archambault

Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Curious George by H.A. Ray

Doctor De Soto by William Steig

This sums up our favorite favorites list!  Now we're off to read!!!