1000 Books to Hear Before Kindergarten

Looking for great picture books to share with the special child in your life? 1000 Books to Hear Before Kindergarten is a great place to get started. We will be updating this page over the next several weeks to include the books that we have in our catalog and don't hesitate to make an interlibrary loan request!

​Click on any of the titles listed and it will take you to its page in the catalog. From there, you can read a description of the book and reserve a copy.

• The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
• Jamberry by Bruce Degen
• Are You My Mother? by PD Eastman
• Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
• Olivia by Ian Falconer
• Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

• Where's My Teddy? By Jez Alborough
• Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch
• Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
• Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett
• The Three Bears by Byron Barton
• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
• The Mitten by Jan Brett
• Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown​​

• Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
• Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
• Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
• Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
• Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird
• Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
• Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
• Corduroy by Don Freeman

• What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Teddy Bears' Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy
• Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
• Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
• Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan Jondon
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin

• Make Way for the Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
• Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster by Michelle Nelson-Schmidt
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff
• Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Curious George by H.A. Rey
• We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• I Stink! by Kate and Jim McMullan
• Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman

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• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen
• First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

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