Best Kids Books (Pre-K to Kindergarten)

March 1 kicks off National Reading Month. Reading picture books is one of our favorite activities, in addition to kids craft kits, of course!

For the last 6 years (since I was pregnant with my first), I have been on the hunt for kids books that would engage, entertain, and delight my children. Reading is a “must” for us at bedtime – it helps calm our kids and get them ready for slumber. It is also a “must” for us when we need some peace in quiet in our chaotic house :). Because we have three kids, we don’t get to leave the house as often as I would like with nap times, etc., so books are a great way to see the world without leaving your house!

This is a list of the 40 best kids books that I love and are also popular with other parents. For those of you who need some gift ideas for the children in your life, or are looking for some fresh reading ideas, see below.

Best Kids Books (Pre-K to Grade 2)

Are You My Mother?	Bear Wants More	Green Hat, Blue Hat	Blueberries for Sal
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	The Cat in the Hat	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Clifford the Big Red Dog
Curious George	Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!	Down by the Bay	The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set
George and Martha	A Giraffe and a Half	The Giving Tree	The Going to Bed Book
Green Eggs and Ham	Harold and the Purple Crayon	Horton Hatches the Egg	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Kipper's A to Z	Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse	The Little Engine That Could	The Little Prince
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge	The Mitten	Mouse Paint	No, David!
Olivia	One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish	Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?	Pat the Bunny
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young	Rolie Polie Olie	Stellaluna	The Story of Ferdinand
Two Little Trains	What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?	When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth	Where the Wild Things Are