Grow a Reader Booklists

Find a great book in these lists created by library staff especially for ages 5 and under. For even more choices, see our complete Grow a Reader booklist archive online. 

Animals and Nature | Creativity and Fictional Stories | Feelings | Grow a Reader Skills and Practices | Health and Self-Care | Play | People and Places | Preschool or Kindergarten | Reading | Speech Development | Things That Go | Weather

Animals and Nature

• Bear Books
• Billy Goats Gruff and Others
• Dinosaurs
• Do Like a Duck Does!
• Dog Tales
• Fish
• Growing Things
• Moo, Quack, Arf - Animal Sounds
• Passionate About Pups
• Pig Tales

Creativity and Fictional Stories

• Colors Are Fun!
• Imaginations Run Wild
• Let's Pretend
• Pirates, Ho!
• Princess Power: Unconventional Princess Picture Books
• Robot Reads
• Superhero Picture Books
• You Can't Catch Me

Feelings

• Are You Crying?
• Explaining Death to Young Children
• Explaining Divorce
• Feelings
• Loss of a Pet
• Moving Day

Grow a Reader Skills and Practices

• Letter Knowledge
• Narrative Skills
• Phonological Awareness
• Playing
• Print Awareness
• Print Motivation
• Reading
• Singing
• Vocabulary
• Writing

Health and Self-Care

• All Dressed Up
• Bedtime
• I Feel Sick!
• Potty Training
• Yoga and Meditation for Kids

Play

• Dance
• Funny Picture Books Parents Love, Too
• Get Popping
• Get Up and Dance
• Sign With Me!
• Sing Loud, Sing Proud: Picture Books to Sing Aloud

People and Places

• All Kinds of Families
• Best Babysitters Ever
• Brothers and Sisters
• Build a Better World
• El Dia de los Ninos
• Father's Day
• Friendship Tales for the Very Young
• Military Families
• New Baby
• Ours by Choice: Adoption
• Our Stories for the Youngest Readers
• Picture Books About Voting
• Spanish for Young Ones
• Wild, Wild West

Preschool or Kindergarten

• Math for Preschoolers: Problem Solving
• Nursery Rhymes and Songs
• Starting School

Reading

• Baby-Tested, Mommy-Approved
• Books About Libraries
• Easy Books for Beginning Readers
• Phonological Awareness
• Picture Books that Break the Fourth Wall
• Read Me a Story
• Rhyming
• Story Time Favorites
• Wordless Books

Speech Development

• Talk with Your Infant
• Talk with Your Young Toddler
• Talk with Your Older Toddler
• Talk with Your Preschooler

Things That Go

• Just Choo Choos
• Trains and Buses
• Wheels

Weather

• Let's Go Fly a Kite
• Stories for a Rainy Day
• Weather
• The Whistling Wind
• Wintry Reads