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Now that I am back in the classroom teaching I see firsthand how useful blogs like mine and so many others are for early childhood educators who are planning lessons. With that in mind, I decided to bring together my top books every preschool class must have. I would have loved for this list to be a perfect catchy number like 50 or 75 but my list ended at 58 when I published this in 2015,  and I have since added 8 more great preschool books. It was hard to break it down to such a small list of my personal must-have books. I know that you will have many titles to add so feel free to leave a comment with the titles you use in your preschool class.

Alphabet Books

Animalia by Graham Base

Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert

Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Anniversary Edition by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

Learn The Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art

Awesome Read Aloud Books

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman

Lovely by Jess Hong

Zoom! by Robert Munsch

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

I Love You Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt

Mortimerby Robert Munsch

A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O'Leary

Mary Had A Little Glam by Tammi Sauer

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Press Here by Herve Tullet

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!by Mo Willems

Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

Books About Colors

Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Elhert

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.

Pink Is For Boys by Robb Pearlman

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Counting Books

Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Granny Went to Market by Stella Blackstone

Goodnight Moon 123 by Margaret Wise Brown

Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Elhert

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Books About Emotions, Separation Anxiety and Social Learning

The Way I Feel by Janan Cain

Keisha Ann Can! By Daniel Kirk

It's Mine! by Leo Lionni

Elmer by David McKee

It's Okay To Be Different by Todd Parr

The Kissing Hand by Audry Penn

No, David! by David Shannon

Dinosaur vs. the Potty by Bob Shea

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Rhyming Books

(many other books included in other sections also rhyme)

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont

How Big Is a Pig? by Claire Beaton

My Truck is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis

One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

Shape Books

City Shapes by Diana Murray

My Heart Is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall

Perfect Square by Michael Hall

Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Thematic Books

(There are so many more books but these are my favorites)

On the Launch Pad: A Counting Book About Rockets by Michael Dahl (space/counting)

Dinosaurs, Dinosaursby Byron Barton (dinosaurs)

The Mitten by Jan Brett (winter)

Big Red Barnby Margaret Wise Brown (farm)

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle (sea life/months of the year)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (days of the week, nutrition, bugs)

Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino (animals/families)

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (weather/winter)

Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn

Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers and Marla Frazee (families)

The Family Book by Todd Parr (families)

From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer (spring/pond life/life cycles)

Our Stars by Anne Rockwell (space)

Dinosaur Roar! Board Bookby Paul and Henrietta Stickland (dinosaurs/opposites)

Leaves by David Ezra Stein (fall)

I Love Bugs!by Philemon Sturges (bugs)

Firefighter Frank by Monica Wellington (fire safety/community helpers)

Big Earth, Little Me by Thom Wiley (Earth day/nature)

Not Norman! by Kelly Bennet ( Pets/ Friendship)

Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha (community helpers)

If you teach preschool you will LOVE my preschool lesson plans! Click here to see the whole library

Source: https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/03/58-books-every-preschool-class-must-have.html

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