100 Best Books for Kids

We got a booklet from our local library with a list of The 100 Best Books for Kids. My goal is to read all of these books with my kids.


Books For Bedtime

• Time For Bed
• Guess How Much I Love You
• Good Night Gorilla
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight
• Ten Nine Eight
• Bear Snores On
• Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
• Where is the Green Sheep
• Ten Minutes Till Bedtime
• Lemons Are Not Red

Nursery Rhymes

• My Very First Mother Goose by Ionia Opie
• A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes by Kady MacDonald
• Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
• Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa by Uzo Unobagha
• Animal Crackers by Jane Dyer
• The Three Little Kittens by Paul Goldone
• To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda
• This is the House That Jack Built by Simms Taback
• And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon by Janet Stevens
• Little Robin Redbreast by Shari Halpern

Amazing Animals

• Little Red Hen
• Bob
• Is Your Mama a Llama?
• My Friend Rabbit
• Three Bears
• Pigs A Plenty
• I Love Animals
• Owl Babies
• Barnyard Song
• Animalia

All About Me

• From Head to Toe
• It's Okay to be Different
• I Like Myself
• Parts
• I'm as Quick as a Cricket
• My Many Colored Days
• Busy Toes
• Whoever You Are
• Mommy's Hands
• Growing Like Me

Fun With Food

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Jamberry
• Feast for 10
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
• Yoko
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Eating the Alphabet
• Lunch
• The Doorbell Rang
• Pancakes, Pancakes

Funny Stories

• George and Martha
• I Love the Alphabet
• Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type
• My Little Sister Ate One Hare
• Strega Nona
• More Spaghetti, I Say!
• Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
• Pete's A Pizza
• Martha Speaks
• Bark George

Best Books for Preschoolers

• A Chair for My Mother
• The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
• Did I Tell You I Love You Today?
• The Mitten
• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
• Abuela
• Stellaluna
• Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
• Tomas and the Library Lady

Classics Kids Like

• Curious George
• Corduroy
• The Runaway Bunny
• Where the Wild Things Are
• Millions of Cats
• Harry the Dirty Dog
• Tale of Peter Rabbit
• Green Eggs and Ham
• Madeline
• Caps for Sale

Best Books for Babies

• Goodnight Moon
• Maisy's Colors
• Big Red Barn
• Big Fat Hen
• Itsy Bitsy Spider
• I Went Walking
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
• Hug
• "More More More," Said The Baby

Best Books For Toddlers

• Everything Book
• Peek! A Thai Hide and Seek
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Mouse Paint
• Cuddle Time
• This is the Baby
• Freight Train
• The Snowy Day
• Clap Your Hands
• Olivia

Do you think this is a good list? What books have you read? What books would you add or remove?

Disclaimer: This list was not put together by me. I received it from our local library.