Picture Books Every Child Should Know

 

 

• Ask Mr. Bear  by Marjorie Flack
• Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Caps for Sale  by Esphyr Slobodkina
• Corduroy  by Don Freeman
• Curious George  by H.A. Rey
• Eloise  by Kay Thompson
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed  by Eileen Christelow
• Freight Train  by Donald Crews
• George and Martha  by James Marshall
• Goodnight Moon  by Margaret Wise Brown
  Harold and the Purple Crayon  by Crockett Johnson
• Harry, the Dirty Dog  by Gene Zion
• Horton Hears a Who!  by Dr. Seuss
• The Little Engine That Could  by Watty Piper
• The Little House  by Virginia Lee Burton
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
• Madeline  by Ludwig Bemelmans
• Make Way for Ducklings  by Robert McCloskey
• May I Bring A Friend?  by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel  by Virginia Lee Burton
• Millions of Cats  by Wanda Gag
• Mr. Gumpy’s Outing  by John Burningham
• The Mitten  by Alvin R. Tresselt
• Moonbear Series  by Frank Asch
• The Napping House  by Audrey Wood
• Peter’s Chair  by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Runaway Bunny  by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Snowy Day  by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant  by Jean de Brunhoff
• The Story of Ferdinand  by Munro Leaf
• Swimmy  by Leo Lionni
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble  by William Steig
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit  by Beatrix Potter
• The Teddy Bears’ Picnic  by Jimmy Kennedy
• There’s a Nightmare in My Closet  by Mercer Mayer
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar  by Eric Carle
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt  by Michael Rosen
• Where the Wild Things Are  by Maurice Sendak