Read to Me:
Recommended Literature for Children Ages Two Through Seven
Property of California Department of Education
Copyright 1992, Published 1992
My First Look at Home.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm.
Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.
Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears.
Ackerman, Karen. Song and Dance Man.
Ada, Alma Flor. Aserrín, Aserrán.
Adler, David A. Picture Book of George Washington, A.
Adoff, Arnold. Black Is Brown Is Tan.
Agard, John. Calypso Alphabet, The.
Ahlberg, Allan. Each Peach Pear Plum: An I-Spy Story.
Ahlberg, Janet and Allan. Starting School.
Albert, Burton. Where Does the Trail Lead?
Alexander, Martha. Blackboard Bear.
Alexander, Martha. How My Library Grew, By Dinah.
Alexander, Martha. My Outrageous Friend Charlie.
Alexander, Martha. Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister.
Aliki. My Five Senses.
Aliki. Two of Them, The.
Aliki. We Are Best Friends.
Allen, Jeffrey. Mary Alice, Operator Number 9.
Allen, Pamela. Fancy That!
Anderson, Peggy Perry. Time for Bed, the Baby-sitter Said.
Arnold, Tedd. No Jumping on the Bed!
Asch, Frank. Bear Shadow.
Asch, Frank. Happy Birthday, Moon.
Asch, Frank. Here Comes the Cat!
Baer, Gene. Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat.
Baker, Keith. Magic Fan, The.
Baker, Leslie. Third-Story Cat, The.
Bang, Molly. Paper Crane, The.
Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight.
Bang, Molly. Wiley and the Hairy Man.
Barton, Byron. Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs.
Baum, Louis. One More Time.
Bayer, Jane. A, My Name Is Alice.
Baylor, Byrd. Desert Is Theirs, The.
Baylor, Byrd. Everybody Needs a Rock.
Baylor, Byrd. I'm in Charge of Celebrations.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline.
Berger, Barbara. Grandfather Twilight.
Blaustein, Muriel. Play Ball, Zachary!
Blocksma, Mary. Manzano! Manzano!
Blocksma, Mary. Todos Mis Juguetes (All My Toys).
Blood, Charles L. and Martin Link. Goat in the Rug, The.
Bowden, Joan Chase. Why the Tides Ebb and Flow.
Breinburg, Petronella. Shawn Goes to School.
Brightman, Alan. Like Me.
Brown, Margaret Wise. Big Red Barn.
Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon.
Brown, Margaret Wise. Runaway Bunny, The.
Brown, Ruth. Our Cat Flossie.
Brown, Tricia. Hello, Amigos!
Browne, Anthony. Things I Like.
Bucknall, Caroline. One Bear All Alone: A Counting Book.
Bunting, Eve. Wednesday Surprise, The.
Burningham, John. Bebe, El.
Burningham, John. Mr. Gumpy's Outing.
Burningham, John. Would You Rather . . . ?
Butler, Dorothy. My Brown Bear Barney.
Butterworth, Nick. Just Like Jasper!
Caines, Jeannette. I Need a Lunch Box.
Caines, Jeannette. Just Us Women.
Carle, Eric. Grouchy Ladybug, The.
Carle, Eric. Very Hungry Caterpillar, The.
Carlson, Nancy. Harriet's Recital.
Carlson, Natalie Savage. Runaway Mary Louise.
Carlstrom, Nancy White. Graham Cracker Animals 1-2-3.
Carlstrom, Nancy White. Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
Cazet, Denys. Mother Night.
Cazet, Denys. Never Spit on Your Shoes.
Charles, Donald. Cuenta con Gato Galano.
Charlip, Remy. Fortunately!
Chorao, Kay. Baby's Lap Book, The.
Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Goodbye.
Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Nine Month Long.
Cohen, Barbara. Molly's Pilgrim.
Cohen, Miriam. Will I Have a Friend?
Cooney, Barbara and others. Tortillitas para Mamá and Other Nursery Rhymes in Spanish and English.
Cooney, Nancy Evans. Umbrella Day, The.
Craft, Ruth. Day of the Rainbow, The.
Crews, Donald. Freight Train.
Crews, Donald. Harbor.
Crowe, Robert L. Clyde Monster.
Crowe, Robert L. Tyler Toad and the Thunder.
Daly, Niki. Not So Fast, Songololo.
De Paola, Tomie. Art Lesson, The.
De Paola, Tomie. Charlie Needs a Cloak.
De Paola, Tomie. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs.
De Paola, Tomie. Strega Nona.
De Paola, Tomie. Tomie de Paola's Mother Goose.
De Paola, Tomie. Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup.
De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems.
De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk and Irene Haas. Little House of Your Own, A.
Delacre, Lulu and Elena Paz. Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America.
Demi. Empty Pot, The.
Demi. Opposites: An Animal Game Book.
Deming, A. G. Who Is Tapping at My Window?
Downing, Julie. White Snow, Blue Feather.
Dragonwagon, Crescent. Home Place.
Dragonwagon, Crescent. This Is the Bread I Baked for Ned.
Duvoisin, Roger. Petunia.
Eastman, P. D. Are You My Mother?
Ehlert, Lois. Color Zoo.
Ehlert, Lois. Eating the Alphabet.
Ehlert, Lois. Feathers for Lunch.
Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow.
Emberley, Barbara. Drummer Hoff.
Ets, Marie Hall. Gilberto and the Wind.
Ets, Marie Hall. In the Forest.
Feelings, Muriel. Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book.
Feelings, Muriel. Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book.
Feeney, Stephanie. Hawaii Is a Rainbow.
Flack, Marjorie. Angus and the Cat.
Flack, Marjorie. Angus and the Ducks.
Flournoy, Valerie. Patchwork Quilt, The.
Foreman, Michael. Ben's Baby.
Fox, Mem. Hattie and the Fox.
Fox, Mem. Koala Lou, I'll Always Love You.
Fox, Mem. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge.
Freeman, Donald. Corduroy.
Freeman, Donald. Dandelion.
Galdone, Paul. Gingerbread Boy, The.
Galdone, Paul. Little Red Hen, The.
Galdone, Paul. Three Little Kittens, The.
Garland, Michael. My Cousin Katie.
Gibbons, Gail. Catch the Wind! All About Kites.
Gibbons, Gail. Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, The.
Gibbons, Gail. Thanksgiving Day.
Ginsburg, Mirra. Good Morning, Chick.
Goennel, Heidi. Seasons.
Goennel, Heidi. Sometimes I Like to Be Alone.
Goennel, Heidi. When I Grow Up . . . .
Goffstein, M. B. Brookie and Her Lamb.
Goffstein, M. B. Goldie the Dollmaker.
Goffstein, M. B. Natural History.
Goode, Diane. I Hear a Noise.
Graham, John. I Love You, Mouse.
Greenfield, Eloise. Africa Dream.
Greenfield, Eloise. Honey, I Love And Other Love Poems.
Greenfield, Eloise. She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl.
Grifalconi, Ann. Darkness and the Butterfly.
Grossman, Virginia. Ten Little Rabbits.
Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama?
Gustafson, Scott. Animal Orchestra.
Hadithi, Mwenye. Greedy Zebra.
Hague, Kathleen. Out of the Nursery, into the Night.
Hardendorff, Jeanne. Bed Just So, The.
Harper, Wilhelmina. Gunniwolf.
Hart, Jane. Singing Bee! A Collection of Favorite Children's Songs.
Havill, Juanita. Jamaica's Find.
Hayes, Sarah. Eat up, Gemma!
Heller, Ruth. Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns, A.
Henkes, Kevin. Chester's Way.
Hidaka, Masako. Girl from the Snow Country.
Highwater, Jamake. Moonsong Lullaby.
Hill, Eric. Where's Spot?
Hilleary, Jane Kopper. Fletcher and the Great Big Dog.
Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Don't Worry, I'll Find You.
Hirschi, Ron. Winter.
Hoban, Julia. Amy Loves the Rain.
Hoban, Russell. Bread and Jam for Frances.
Hoban, Tana. Look Again!
Hoban, Tana. Of Colors and Things.
Hoban, Tana. Twenty-Six Letters and Ninety-Nine Cents.
Hoberman, Mary Ann. House Is a House for Me, A.
Hofstrand, Mary. By the Sea.
Hogrogrian, Nonny. One Fine Day.
Hoguet, Susan Ramsey. I Unpacked My Grandmother's Trunk.
Hong, Lily Toy. How the Ox Star Fell from Heaven.
Hooper, Meredith. Seven Eggs.
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Side by Side: Poems to Read Together.
Horenstein, Henry. Sam Goes Trucking.
Hughes, Shirley. Alfie's Feet.
Hughes, Shirley. Dogger.
Humphrey, Margo. River That Gave Gifts, The.
Hutchins, Pat. Changes, Changes.
Hutchins, Pat. Doorbell Rang, The.
Hutchins, Pat. Good-Night, Owl!
Hutchins, Pat. Happy Birthday, Sam.
Hutchins, Pat. Rosie's Walk.
Ipcar, Dahlov. Calico Jungle, The.
Isadora, Rachel. City Seen from A to Z.
Isadora, Rachel. I Hear.
Ivimey, John W. Complete Story of the Three Blind Mice, The.
Ivimey, John W. Three Blind Mice, The Complete Story of the.
Jensen, Virginia Allen. Sara and the Door.
Jernigan, Gisela. One Green Mesquite Tree.
Johnson, Angela. Do Like Kyla.
Johnson, Angela. Tell Me a Story, Mama.
Johnston, Tony. Quilt Story, The.
Johnston, Tony. Yonder.
Jonas, Ann. Color Dance.
Jonas, Ann. Holes and Peeks.
Jonas, Ann. Now We Can Go.
Jonas, Ann. Round Trip.
Jonas, Ann. Trek, The.
Jones, Carol (Illustrator). This Old Man.
Joose, Barbara M. Mama, Do You Love Me?
Kalan, Robert. Jump, Frog, Jump!
Kantrowitz, Mildred. Willy Bear.
Kasza, Keiko. Wolf's Chicken Stew, The.
Keats, Ezra Jack. Jennie's Hat.
Keats, Ezra Jack. Peter's Chair.
Keats, Ezra Jack. Snowy Day, The.
Keats, Ezra Jack. Whistle for Willie.
Keller, Holly. Goodbye, Max.
Kennedy, Jimmy. Teddy Bears' Picnic, The.
King, Deborah. Cloudy.
Kipling, Rudyard. Elephant's Child, The.
Konigsburg, E. L. Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors.
Kraus, Robert. Another Mouse to Feed.
Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer.
Kraus, Robert. Whose Mouse Are You?
Krauss, Ruth. Carrot Seed, The.
Krauss, Ruth and Maurice Sendak. Very Special House, A.
Krementz, Jill. Taryn Goes to the Dentist.
Lester, Alison. Clive Eats Alligators.
Lester, Alison. Imagine.
Levine, Ellen. I Hate English!
Levinson, Riki. I Go with My Family to Grandma's.
Levinson, Riki. Our Home Is the Sea.
Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out.
Lewin, Hugh. Jafta.
Lillegard, Dee. Sitting in My Box.
Lindbergh, Reeve. Midnight Farm, The.
Lindgren, Astrid. Tomten, The.
Lionni, Leo. Frederick.
Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch.
Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow.
Lionni, Leo. Swimmy.
Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Together.
Lobel, Arnold. Mouse Tales.
Lobel, Arnold. On Market Street.
Loh, Morag. Tucking Mommy In.
Lomas Garza, Carmen. Family Pictures.
Lyon, George-Ella. Together.
Maass, Robert. When Autumn Comes.
Marshall, James. George and Martha.
Marshall, James. Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Marshall, James. Red Riding Hood.
Marshall, James. Three Little Pigs, The.
Marshall, Janet Perry. My Camera: At the Aquarium.
Marshall, Janet Perry. My Camera: At the Zoo.
Martin, Jr., Bill. Barn Dance!
Martin, Jr., Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Martin, Jr., Bill and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
Martin, Jr., Bill and John Archambault. Here Are My Hands.
Martin, Jr., Bill and John Archembault. Listen to the Rain.
Martinez i Vendrell, María. Noche, La.
Martinez i Vendrell, María. Un Hermano para Celia.
Marzollo, Jean. Pretend You're a Cat.
Mayer, Mercer. There's a Nightmare in My Closet.
McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal.
McDermott, Gerald. Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti.
McKissack, Patricia C. Flossie and the Fox.
McKissack, Patricia C. Mirandy and Brother Wind.
McMillan, Bruce. One Sun: A Book of Terse Verse.
McMillan, Bruce. Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle, The.
McPhail, David. David McPhail's Animals A to Z.
McPhail, David. Fix-It.
McPhail, David. Something Special.
Merriam, Eve. Blackberry Ink.
Merriam, Eve. Where Is Everybody? An Animal Alphabet.
Merriam, Eve. You Be Good and I'll Be Night: Jump-on-the-Bed Poems.
Miller, Jane. Farm Noises.
Miller, Margaret. Whose Hat?
Miller, Montzalee. My Grandmother's Cookie Jar.
Minarik, Else Holmelund. Little Bear.
Moore, Inga. Fifty Red Night-Caps.
Morgan, Pierr (Illustrator). Turnip: An Old Russian Folktale.
Morris, Ann. Bread, Bread, Bread.
Morris, Ann. Hats, Hats, Hats.
Morris, Ann. Loving.
Mosel, Arlene. Funny Little Woman, The.
Most, Bernard. Cow That Went Oink, The.
Munsch, Robert N. Paper Bag Princess, The.
Murphy, Jill. Five Minutes' Peace.
Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
O'Donnell, Elizabeth. I Can't Get My Turtle to Move.
Ormerod, Jan. Our Ollie.
Ormerod, Jan. Silly Goose.
Ormerod, Jan. Young Joe.
Oxenbury, Helen. Checkup, The.
Oxenbury, Helen. Say Goodnight.
Oxenbury, Helen. Tom and Pippo Go for a Walk.
Paek, Min. Aekyung's Dream.
Parramón, José María. Al Zoo.
Parramón, José María. Vida Bajo la Tierra, La.
Parramón, José María and Asun Balsola. Primavera, La.
Parramón, José María and J. J. Puig. Gusto, El.
Parramón, José María and Carme Sole Vendrell. Padres, Los.
Parramón, José María and Carme Sole Vendrell. Tierra, La.
Peek, Merle. Mary Wore Her Red Dress, and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers.
Peet, Bill. Kweeks of Kookatumdee, The.
Peters, Lisa Westberg. Sun, the Wind, and the Rain.
Pfanner, Louise. Louise Builds a Boat.
Piper, Watty. Little Engine That Could, The.
Polacco, Patricia. Keeping Quilt, The.
Polacco, Patricia. Rechenka's Eggs.
Pomerantz, Charlotte. All Asleep.
Potter, Beatrix. Tale of Peter Rabbit, The.
Pryor, Bonnie. Greenbrook Farm.
Pryor, Bonnie. House on Maple Street, The.
Radin, Ruth Yaffe. High in the Mountains.
Reeves, Mona Rabun. I Had a Cat.
Rey, H. A. Curious George.
Rice, Eve. Oh, Lewis!
Ringgold, Faith. Tar Beach.
Rius, María and José María Parramón. Ciudad, La.
Rockwell, Anne. Bear Child's Book of Special Days.
Rogers, Jean. Runaway Mittens.
Romanova, Natalia. Once There Was a Tree.
Rosen, Michael. We're Going on a Bear Hunt.
Russo, Marisabina. Line Up Book, The.
Ryder, Joanne. Chipmunk Song.
Ryder, Joanne. Snail's Spell, The.
Ryder, Joanne. Step into the Night.
Ryder, Joanne. Under the Moon.
Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Griggs's Work.
Rylant, Cynthia. Relatives Came, The.
Rylant, Cynthia. When I Was Young in the Mountains.
Samuels, Barbara. Duncan and Dolores.
Sawyer, Ruth. Journey Cake, Ho!
Say, Allen. Chino, El.
Scholes, Katherine. Peace Begins with You.
Schwartz, Amy. Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner.
Scott, Ann Herbert. On Mother's Lap.
Segal, Lore. Tell Me a Mitzi.
Selsam, Millicent and Joyce Hunt. Keep Looking!
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
Shannon, George. Dance Away!
Shannon, George. Lizard's Song.
Shaw, Nancy. Sheep in a Jeep.
Shelby, Anne. Potluck.
Shulevitz, Uri. Dawn.
Shulevitz, Uri. One Monday Morning.
Simon, Norman. All Kinds of Families.
Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale.
Smucker, Anna Egan. No Star Nights.
Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk. Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth.
Soya, Kiyoshi. House of Leaves, A.
Spier, Peter. People.
Spier, Peter. Peter Spier's Rain.
Steig, William. Brave Irene.
Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
Steptoe, John. Baby Says.
Steptoe, John. Stevie.
Stevens, Janet. Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Stevens, Janet. Three Billy Goats Gruff, The.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Block City.
Stinson, Kathy. Red Is Best.
Surat, Michele Maria. Angel Child, Dragon Child.
Suyeoka, George. Momotaro: Peach Boy.
Szilagyi, Mary. Thunderstorm.
Tafuri, Nancy. Have You Seen My Duckling?
Tafuri, Nancy. Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails.
Takeshita, Fumiko. Park Bench, The.
Teague, Kati. Faces.
Tejima, Keizaburo. Fox's Dream.
Titherington, Jeanne. Place for Ben, A.
Titherington, Jeanne. Pumpkin, Pumpkin.
Tresselt, Alvin. Mitten, The.
Troughton, Joanna. How the Birds Changed Their Feathers.
Tsutsui, Yoriko. Before the Picnic.
Van Laan, Nancy. Big Fat Worm, The.
Varley, Susan. Badger's Parting Gifts.
Vincent, Gabrielle. Smile, Ernest and Celestine.
Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Viorst, Judith. Tenth Good Thing About Barney, The.
Viza, Montserrat. Noche, La.
Waber, Bernard. Funny, Funny Lyle.
Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over.
Waddell, Martin. Alice the Artist.
Wahl, Jan. Humphrey's Bear.
Wall, Lina Mao. Judge Rabbit and the Tree Spirit.
Walsh, Ellen. Mouse Paint.
Ward, Lynd. Biggest Bear, The.
Watanabe, Shigeo. Daddy, Play with Me!
Watanabe, Shigeo. How Do I Put It On?
Watson, Clyde. Catch Me and Kiss Me and Say It Again.
Weiss, Nicki. Where Does the Brown Bear Go?
Wellington, Monica. Molly Chelsea and Her Calico Cat.
Wells, Rosemary. Max's Chocolate Chicken.
Wells, Rosemary. Max's First Word.
Wells, Rosemary. Noisy Nora.
Wells, Rosemary. Peabody.
Westcott, Nadine Bernard. Lady with the Alligator Purse, The.
Wildsmith, Brian. Squirrels.
Wilhelm, Hans. I'll Always Love You.
Wilhelm, Hans. Oh, What a Mess!
Williams, Barbara. Kevin's Grandma.
Williams, Sue. I Went Walking.
Williams, Vera. "More, More, More," said the Baby.
Williams, Vera. Chair for My Mother, A.
Williams, Vera B. Cherries and Cherry Pits.
Wilner, Isabel. Garden Alphabet, A.
Wilson, Sarah. Uncle Albert's Flying Birthday.
Winter, Paula. Bear and the Fly, The.
Winthrop, Elizabeth. Shoes.
Wolff, Ashley. Come with Me.
Wolkstein, Diane. Banza, The.
Wood, Audrey. Elbert's Bad Word.
Wood, Audrey. King Bidgood's in the Bathtub.
Wood, Audrey. Napping House, The.
Wright, Blanche Fisher (Illustrator). Real Mother Goose, The.
Wylie, Joanne. Un Cuento de un Pez Grande.
Xiong, Blia. Nine-in-One, Grr! Grr!
Yolen, Jane. Emperor and the Kite, The.
Yolen, Jane. No Bath Tonight.
Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.
Yolen, Jane. Three Bears Rhyme Book, The.
Young, Ed. Lon Po Po.
Zemach, Harve. Mommy, Buy Me a China Doll.
Zemach, Margot. Hush, Little Baby.
Zemach, Margot. It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folktale.
Ziefert, Harriet. New Coat for Anna, A.
Zolotow, Charlotte. My Grandson, Lew.
Zolotow, Charlotte. William's Doll.
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