Books Written for Preschoolers (infant – 5 yrs)

Title: A Violin for Elva Author: Mary Lyn Ray Illustrator: Tricia Tusa Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 2015 ISBN: 978-0152254834 Audience: 4-7 years old Summary: Watching through a hedge, Elva heard a violin being played at a garden...

Title: Tidy Author: Emily Gravett Illustrator: Emily Gravett Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 2016 ISBN: 978-1-4814-8019-2 Audience: Ages 4-7 Summary: Pete is a badger who likes for everything to be neat and tidy.  Pete learns the hard way...

Title: Say Hello, Sophie! Author: Rosemary Wells Illustrator: Rosemary Wells Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN: 978-1101999257 Audience: Preschool and up.  (not very far up.) Summary: Sophie, a toddler mouse, can’t seem to say words...

Name of Book: A Cat Named Swan Author: Holly Hobbie Illustrator: Holly Hobbie Publisher: Random House Publication Date: 2017 ISBN: 9780553537444 Audience:  4-7 years Summary:  “Then he was alone.” With that opening sentence, Holly Hobbie begins her tale of an abandon little gray...

Title: The Tree Author:  Neal Layton Illustrator:  Neal Layton Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763689520 Audience: 2-5 years Summary: In only sixty words, Neal Layton tells the story of a small ecosystem: a tall tree, the animals which live happily on, in, and under it, and...

Name of Book:  Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Day Author:  Emily Pearson Illustrator: Fumi Kosaka Publisher: Gibbs Smith ISBN: 9780879059781 Audience:  Ages 4 – 8 Summary: One young girl, Mary, finds some blueberries along her way one morning and shares them with others. The...

Title: What Will Grow? Author: Jennifer Ward Illustrator: Susie Ghahremani Publisher: Bloomsbbury USA Childrens Publication Date: February 14, 2017 ISBN: 978-1681190303 Audience: 3 – 6 years Summary:  The bright cover, dominated by green fields and a giant sunflower opens to...

Name of Book: Thunder Boy, Jr. Author: Sherman Alexie Illustrator: Yuyi Morales Publisher: Little Brown Publication Date: 2016 ISBN: 9780316013727 Audience:  4-7 years Summary: Sherman Alexie set out to write a children’s book featuring a non-white child. He did that and more in...

Name of Book:  Horrible Bear! Author:  Ame Dyckman Illustrator: Zachariah OHora Publisher: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN: 978-0-316-28283-3 Audience:  Early primary (Would be appropriate for 4-5 year olds also.) Summary: A young girl finds herself feeling very angry when her...