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Choosing books    babies |  toddlers  |  PRESCHOOLERS Types of books for preschoolers:       (click book cover to request)     updated September 2007 Lift-the-flap A, B, See! by Marilyn Janovitz Cluck Cluck James Mayhew Duck's Key by Jez Alborough In the Fiddle Is a Song by Durga Bernhard Inside Freight Train by Donald Crews Mixed Up Fairy Tales by Robinson & Sharratt Ribbit! by Bender The Silly Book of Shapes by Todd Parr Songs Catalina Magdalena by Tedd Arnold The Eensy Weensy Spider by Hoberman Five Green & Speckled Frogs by P. Burris I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Beaumont Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain by Emmett Shoe Fly! by Iza Trapani There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed     Some Snow by Lucille Colandro Concept ABC Kids by Laura Williams B Is for Bulldozer by June Sobel Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberley Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Grossman One Guinea Pig Is Not Enough by Kate Duke Too Big, Too Small, Just Right by Minters Rhyming Bill Grogan's Goat by M.A. Hoberman Dinnertime! by Sue Williams I Knew Two Who Said Moo by Judi Barrett My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Grossman My Truck is Stuck by Kevin Lewis Pants by Giles Andreae Pigs Ahoy! by David McPhail Smelly Bill by Daniel Postgate Repeated words The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Massie Don't Rock the Boat by Sally Grindley The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins Eat Cried Little Pig by Jonathan London The Grumpalump by Sarah Hayes Let's Play in the Forest by Rueda One-Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark      by Geist Print recognition Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus      by Mo Willems "I'm Not Cute!" by Jonathan Allen Roller Coaster by Marla Frazee Smile a Lot! by Nancy Carlson The Squeaky Door by Margaret MacDonald Wow! City! by Robert Neubecker Yikes! by Robert Florczak en Español El Gran Granero Rojo by Brown The Empanadas That Abuela Made      by DeLange Froggy se Viste by Jonathan London La Gallina Hambrienta by Richard Waring Jaja, Jiji, Cuac by Doreen Cronin Margaret and Margarita by Lynn Reiser Rooster=Gallo by Jorge Lujan Siesta by Ginger Guy Classics The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel      by Virginia Lee Burton The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Where the Wild Things Are      by Maurice Sendak Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats Folk & fairy tales Anansi the Spider Beautiful Blackbird The Bunyans The Gigantic Turnip The Hare and the Tortoise The Little Red Hen The Princess and the Pea Tops & Bottoms MORE books for preschoolers: Favorites for Preschoolers list by author