book list from bloggers & friends

Don't you love when you get MORE IDEAS FOR BOOKS from people who love to read books to young children just like you?!

Yes, of course, absolutely, yes!

Here is a list from bloggers and friends via my Zella Facebook Page.

(you can follow me on FB via the button on the right column ... OR JUST CLICK HERE).

Give the list a look, check out on Amazon if the title looks interesting to you or for your child! Add them to your "look for" list during your next library visit! There were only a couple books that I couldn't include on the list because the title given didn't quite match up to a title I could find with an author, so my apologies to any favorites that are missing!

To note: while I am so excited and appreciative of the contributors' ideas on this list, it does not mean I have read all of them and therefore need YOU to be the evaluator of what books you like for your family or your school. Perhaps some are too young, too scary, too commercial, too short, too long...ahhhh, yet perhaps so many are just fabulous and a bit of a treasure to find :)

HAPPY READING!

Special THANKS to book idea contributors:

Natalie Giulianelli, Alida Fernandez Chacon, Learning for life, Jo Pentony, Randi London Albertsen, Angie McLaren, Lucy Kiermaier Michaud, Images of Learning Project, Rachel White, Stephanie West, Courtney Floyd, Playing in Prep, Sara Brooks Long, Maria Navaratne, Rainbows within Reach, Jaana Swanson

Books recommended by bloggers, educators and parents:

Bitsy and the Bear ~ Angela McAllister

Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs ~

     Giles Andreae

Charlotte's Web ~ E.B. White

Dear Zoo ~ Rod Campbell

Duck on a Bike ~ David Shannon

Fox in Sox ~ Dr. Seuss

Funny Face ~ Nicole Smee

Go Dog Go ~ P.D. Eastman

Good Night,Me Andrew Daddo

Green Eggs and Ham ~ Dr. Seuss

Hiccup: The Viking who was Seasick ~

    Cressida Cowell

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World ~ Marjorie Priceman

Hush Little Baby ~ Sylvia Long

I Was So Mad ~ Mercer Mayer

Little Rabbit Foo Foo ~ Michael Rosen

Love you Forever by Robert Munsch

Mrs. Wishy Washy ~ Joy Cowley

On the Way Home ~ Jill Murphy

Owl Babies ~ Martin Waddell

Popcorn ~ Frank Asch

Purple, Green and Yellow ~ Robert Munsch

Pussy Willow ~ Margaret Wise Brown

Red, White and Blue ~ Debbie Clement

Remember the Night Rainbow ~ Cooper Edens

Room on a Broom ~ Julia Donaldson

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes ~ Mem Fox

The Giving Tree ~ Shel Silverstein

The Gruffalo ~ Julia Donaldson

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry & The Big  Hungry Bear ~Don & Audrey Wood

The Spiffiest Giant in Town ~ Julia Donaldson

The Very Busy Spider ~ Eric Carle

The Wolves in the Walls ~ Neil Gaiman

Today I Will Fly ~ Mo Willems

Too Many Pumpkins ~

    Linda White

Where is the Green Sheep? ~  

    Mem Fox

Where the Wild Things Are ~ 

    Maurice Sendak

Wild Child ~ Lynn Plourd

Zero ~ Kathryn Otoshi

+ books and poems by:

Eric Carle, Beverly Cleary, Lois Ehlert, Mem Fox, Virginia Lee Burton, Shel Silverstein

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And, of course, I would LOVE to add more books to our great starter list! What are some of YOUR favorite books for young children? Please comment below & offer 1 or 2 or 3...or more!