Picture Books for Preschoolers and Older

There are so many wonderful picture books that any list feels like a drop in the proverbial bucket. So, feel free to look at this list and exclaim "What!? My favorite author is not even represented here!" I know. Many of my favorite authors are not here either. Still, I hope you will enjoy the books that are on this list. Many are perfectly wonderful read-alouds for a group of children and others are great for poring over on a lap.



Travelling to Tondo by Aardema
The Fortunetellers by Alexander
Mom’s Best Friend by Alexander
How A Book Is Made by Aliki
The Stupids by Allard
Dawn by Bang
The Sailor Dog by Brown
The Tub People by Conrad
Miss Rumphius by Cooney
Growing Vegetable Soup by Ehlert
The Letter Jesters by Falwell
Wilfrid Gordon MacDonald Partridge by Fox
Millions of Cats by Gag
Jamaica and Brianna by Havill
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Heide
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Henkes
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Hopkinson
All About Alfie by Hughes
Mama Don’t Allow by Hurd
Brave Horace by Keller
Tales of a Gambling Grandma by Khalsa
All Pigs Are Beautiful by King-Smith
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Kuskin
Zelda and Ivy by Kvasnosky
Pearl Moscowitz’s Last Stand by Levine
Johnny Appleseed by Lindbergh
The Story of Imelda Who Was Small by Lurie
Every Time I Climb a Tree by McCord
Roxaboxen by McLerran
Night of the Pufflings by McMillan
The Great White Man Eating Shark by Mahy
The Cut-Ups Cut Loose by Marshall
Sophie and Lou by Mather
Martha Speaks by Meddaugh
Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Paterson
Home Lovely by Perkins
Alvin Ailey by Pinkney
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Rathmann
Cowboys by Rounds
Under the Table by Russo
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Rylant
Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener by Schwartz
Caps For Sale by Slobodkin
Doctor DeSoto by Steig
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by Steptoe
Mailing May by Tunnell
Bearsie Bear and the Sleep Over Party by Waber
Max’s Dragon Shirt by Wells
Three Days on the River in a Red Canoe by Williams
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Williams
Crow Boy by Yashima
Roses Sing on New Snow by Yee
The Hating Book by Zolotow