Brooklyn Public Library Homepage  |  Catalog  |  Get a Library Card
First 5 Years
Reading TogetherExplore BrooklynPrograms & EventsLinks
Babies Toddlers Preschoolers
  • Read to Your Preschooler
  • How to Help
  • Reading Milestones
  • Books for Preschoolers
  • Songs & Rhymes

Books for Preschoolers

There are many wonderful books for preschoolers at BPL. Here are some suggestions of what to look for:

Stories with characters and plot

Caps for Sale book jacket Caps for Sale
by Esphyr Slobodkina
ISBN: 020109147X
Check the Catalog »

A Chair for My Mother book jacket A Chair for My Mother
by Vera Williams
ISBN: 068800914x
Check the Catalog »

Simple fairy and folk tales

The Gingerbread Boy book jacket The Gingerbread Boy
by Richard Egielski
ISBN: 0060260300
Check the Catalog »

Zomo the Rabbit book jacket Zomo the Rabbit
by Gerald McDermott
ISBN: 0152999671
Check the Catalog »

Alphabet books

Alphabet Under Construction book jacket Alphabet Under Construction
by Denise Fleming
ISBN: 0805068481
Check the Catalog »

ABC NYC: A Book About Seeing New York book jacket ABC NYC : a book about seeing New York
by Joanne Dugan
ISBN: 0810958546
Check the Catalog »

Humorous stories

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale book jacket Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
by Mo Willems
ISBN: 0786818700
Check the Catalog »

Bark, George book jacket Bark, George
by Jules Fieffer
ISBN: 0062051857
Check the Catalog »

Stories about familiar things and situations

I Stink book jacket I Stink
by Kate & Jim McMullan
ISBN: 0060298480
Check the Catalog »

The Snowy Day book jacket The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
ISBN: 0670867330
Check the Catalog »

Sure-fire favorites

Kitten's First Full Moon book jacket Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes
ISBN: 0060588284
Check the Catalog »

Wild About Books book jacket Wild About Books
by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown
ISBN: 037582538X
Check the Catalog »

Choose books YOU like, since you will be reading again and again.

  • Come browse the library for many more.
  • Ask your librarian for other suggestions.

View the Early Literacy website link list for parents and caregivers.

First Five Years Homepage | Brooklyn Public Library | Credits & Sponsors | Contact
© Brooklyn Public Library