Year 0 Books
Winnie the Pooh series by AA Milne and Ernest H. Shepard (Winnie-The-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six). Accept no substitutes for the original stories!
Beatrix Potter series (Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, etc,)
The Little House by Virginia Burton
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney
Stone Soup and other folk tale retellings by Marcia Brown
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (CM idea of duty in bringing beauty to the world)
The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman or other retelling of the Sambo story with more appropriate illustrations
Brer Rabbit books by Joel Chandler Harris, read the online etext
Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha Alexander
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (illustrated by Eulalie, Jessie Wilcox Smith, or Alice and Martin Provenson)
The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff. (Joseph Jacob's versions online here and here)
A good collection of Aesop's Fables, such as the one illustrated by Milo Winter
A nice Mother Goose collection, such as The Real Mother Goose illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright
Mama Goose, a collection by Edelen Wille, or versions such as those by Rojankovsky, Marguerite De Angeli or Tasha Tudor, or Lavender's Blue, a collection of nursery rhymes compiled by Kathleen Lines, illustrated by Harold Jones
Illustrated classic poetry such as Poems for Young Children compiled by Caroline Royds
A good collection of classic children's poetry such as A Child's Book of Poems by Gyo Fujikawa;
The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry selected by Louis Untermeyer;
The Oxford Book of Children's Verse edited by Peter Opie
If space/cost is an issue, there are also story collections online:
Nursery Tales Told to Children by Amy Steedman includes classics such as The Three Bears and Sleeping Beauty
For the Children's Hour by Carolyn S. Bailey "A choice collection of stories for the preschool child, carefully selected, adapted, and arranged by two veteran kindergarten teachers."
Children's Nursey An online library of classic 19th century illustrated children's books, including Lang's fairy books, Beatrix Potter, Peter Pan, The Water Babies...
Nursery Tales Told to Children by Amy Steedman includes classics such as The Three Bears and Sleeping Beauty
For the Children's Hour by Carolyn S. Bailey "A choice collection of stories for the preschool child, carefully selected, adapted, and arranged by two veteran kindergarten teachers."
Children's Nursey An online library of classic 19th century illustrated children's books, including Lang's fairy books, Beatrix Potter, Peter Pan, The Water Babies...
The Rosetta Project: An online site with lots of illustrated vintage picture books
Advisory Favorites
The Church Mice and others in this series by Graham Oakley. These are delightful.
Hiawatha by Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers
Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Ted Rand
Picture books depicting Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, such as The Elephant's Child
Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney
The Tale of Three Trees illustrated by Angela Elwell Hunt
Wynken, Blynken and Nod illustrated by either Susan Jeffers or Barbara Cooney
Hiawatha by Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers
Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Ted Rand
Picture books depicting Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, such as The Elephant's Child
Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney
The Tale of Three Trees illustrated by Angela Elwell Hunt
Wynken, Blynken and Nod illustrated by either Susan Jeffers or Barbara Cooney
Board Books for Toddlers
Books illustrated by Beatrix Potter (Meet Peter Rabbit and others)
My Little Book About God illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Felicia Bond
Mother Goose for Kids illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Poems to Read to the Very Young pictures by Eloise Wilkin
single-poem books illustrated by Dianne O'Quinn Burke, such as Wee Willie Winkie
Mother Goose illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
A Child's Garden of Verses compiled by Cooper Edens with a Jessie Willcox Smith picture on the cover
Any other books on this page that become available in board editions :-)
My First Bible in Pictures by Kenneth Taylor, with reverent, non-cartoonish color drawings by Richard and Francis Hook
My Little Book About God illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Felicia Bond
Mother Goose for Kids illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith
Poems to Read to the Very Young pictures by Eloise Wilkin
single-poem books illustrated by Dianne O'Quinn Burke, such as Wee Willie Winkie
Mother Goose illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
A Child's Garden of Verses compiled by Cooper Edens with a Jessie Willcox Smith picture on the cover
Any other books on this page that become available in board editions :-)
My First Bible in Pictures by Kenneth Taylor, with reverent, non-cartoonish color drawings by Richard and Francis Hook
Beginning First Readers
most children will be beginning to read in Year 1, but these are included here for children who start earlier
Frog and Toad readers by Arnold Lobel
Little Bear readers by Else Holmelund Minarek
George and Martha series by James Marshall
Frances books by Russell Hoban
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Free online beginning readers by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
Little Bear readers by Else Holmelund Minarek
George and Martha series by James Marshall
Frances books by Russell Hoban
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Free online beginning readers by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
Are you curious to have a look at which children's books are on the shelves of some of the Advisory members that didn't make it to the "official" AO booklist? See a list of Advisory favorites.
Mister Rogers Neighborhood isn't on in most cities anymore, but you can watch 26 videos online at PBS's Mister Rogers webpage. There are a few more on PBS's video page, which has other PBS kids shows; you have to look for Mister Rogers in the box on the right.
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