Books and More for Preschoolers

What's Good?

Recommended Books--check out these lists of books on different topics!

More Recommended Reads--sign up for an email newsletter recommending great picture books every month!

What's New?

New Picture Books

New CDs 

New DVDs

What's Online?

 

BookFlix has fiction and nonfiction books online that you can read along with or listen to over and over again!

 

The Early World of Learning has stories, games, and more to help you learn new things! Explore Trek's World and learn fun facts, too!

 

TumbleBook Library has talking picture books, audiobooks, and read-along books. It even has some books in other languages!

 

Award Winning Books!

Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Nominees

Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Winners

Get Every Child Ready to Read!

• Narrative Skills: Encourage your child to describe things and events in books. Help them to pretend and be a storyteller.
• Letter Knowledge: Show your child that letters are different from each other, they have different names and sounds.
• Print Awareness: Help your child to notice print everywhere. Help them to hold a book, turn pages, and follow the words on a page.
• Vocabulary: Teach your child the specific names of things. What kind of vegetable, what kind of dog, what kind of flower, etc.
• Print Motivation: Find books with pictures and words that appeal to your child. Pictures with children, moveable, texture, bright colors, etc.
• Phonological Awareness: Help your child hear the smaller sounds in words. Through songs, rhymes, and games, help them break down the words.

This information is from a joint project of the American Library Association and the Public Library Association. For more information, visit Every Child Ready to Read.