Picture Book Classics
The following books are popular choices for preschoolers and primary-grade children.
Many of these authors have written other appealing picture books. Click on the title to
see if the book is available.
| Barrett, Judi |
Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs. |
| Bemelmans, Ludwig |
Madeline. |
| Bishop, Claire |
Five Chinese Brothers. |
| Brett, Jan |
The Mitten. |
| Briggs, Raymond |
The Snowman. |
| Bright, Robert |
Georgie. |
| Brown, Marcia |
Stone
Soup. |
| Brown, Margaret Wise |
Goodnight
Moon. |
| Brown, Margaret Wise |
Runaway Bunny. |
| Burningham, John |
Mr.
Gumpy's Motor Car. |
| Burton, Virginia |
The
Little House. |
| Burton, Virginia |
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. |
| Carle, Erict |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar. |
| Crews, Donald |
Freight Train. |
| Daugherty, James |
Andy and the Lion. |
| De Brunhoff, Jean |
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant. |
| DePaola, Tomie |
Strega
Nona. |
| Duvoisin, Roger |
Petunia. |
| Ets, Marie Hall |
Gilberto and the Wind. |
| Fatio, Louise |
The Happy Lion. |
| Flack, Marjorie |
Angus and the Ducks. |
| Flack, Marjorie |
Ask
Mr. Bear. |
| Flack, Marjorie |
The Story About Ping. |
| Freeman, Don |
Corduroy. |
| Freeman, Don |
Norman the Doorman. |
| Gag, Wanda |
Millions of Cats. |
| Galdone, Paul |
The Three Billy Goats Gruff. |
| Ginsburg, Mirra |
Mushroom
in the Rain. |
| Gramatky, Hardie |
Little
Toot. |
| Hader, Berta |
The Big Snow. |
| Hoban, Russell |
Bedtime for Frances. |
| Hoban, Russell |
Bread
and Jam for Frances. |
| Hutchins, Pat |
Happy Birthday, Sam! |
| Hutchins, Pat |
Rosie’s Walk. |
| Johnson, Crockett |
Harold and the Purple Crayon. |
| Kahl, Virginia |
The
Duchess Bakes a Cake. |
| Keats, Ezra Jack |
The Snowy Day. |
| Kellogg, Steven |
The
Mysterious Tadpole. |
| Kraus, Robert |
Leo the Late Bloomer. |
| Kraus, Robert |
Milton the Early Riser. |
| Krauss, Ruth |
The Carrot Seed. |
| Lamorisse, Albert |
The Red Balloon. |
| Leaf, Munro |
The
Story of Ferdinand. |
| Lionni, Leo |
Alexander
and the Wind-Up Mouse. |
| Lionni, Leo |
Little Blue and Little Yellow. |
| Lionni, Leo |
Swimmy. |
| Lobel, Arnold |
The
Great Blueness and Other Predicaments. |
| Lobel, Arnold |
On Market Street. |
| Marshall, James |
George
and Martha. |
| Martin, Bill |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
| McCloskey, Robert |
Blueberries For Sal. |
| McCloskey, Robert |
Lentil. |
| McCloskey, Robert |
Make
Way for Ducklings. |
| McDermott, Gerald |
Arrow to the Sun. |
| Mosel, Arlene |
Tikki Tikki Tembo. |
| Payne, Emmy |
Katy
No-Pocket. |
| Peet, Bill |
The
Caboose Who Got Loose. |
| Petersham, Maud |
The Circus Baby. |
| Piper, Watty |
The
Little Engine that Could. |
| Potter, Beatrix |
The Tale of Peter Rabbit. |
| Rey, H. A. |
Curious
George. |
| Sendak, Maurice |
Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months. |
| Sendak, Maurice |
Where
the Wild Things Are. |
| Seuss, Dr. |
Horton
Hatches the Egg. |
| Seuss, Dr. |
McElligot’s Pool. |
| Slobodkina, Esphyr |
Caps
for Sale. |
| Steig, William |
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. |
| Thompson, Kay |
Eloise: The Absolutely Essential Edition. |
| Ungerer, Tomi |
Crictor. |
| Viorst, Judith |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day. |
| Waber, Bernard |
Ira Sleeps Over. |
| Waber, Ira |
Lyle,
Lyle, Crocodile. |
| Ward, Lynd |
The
Biggest Bear. |
| Zion, Gene |
Harry
the Dirty Dog. |
| Zolotow, Charlotte |
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. |
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