Suggested reading for 3- to 5-year-olds
(based around units in the Parents as Teachers Born to Learn Curriculum 3 Years to Kindergarten Entry)

Note: these books are suggestions only. They may not always be available from your favorite book source. However, they may be titles you'll find through book sharing groups, used books outlets, and even garage sales! If it's new books you want, we urge you to use the Amazon.com link on the home page of this Web site since all purchases made through that link indirectly fund scholarships for our parent educators. Thank you for your support...and happy reading!

Specialized Plans

• Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Williams
• We All Sing in the Same Voice by J. Phillip Miller and Sheppard Greene
• Donkey, Donkey by Roger Duvoisin
• How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
• You and Me Together by Barbara Kerley
• Fluffy and Baron  by Laura Rankin
• Greetings, Sun! By Phyllis and David Gershator
• I Love You All Day Long by Francesca Rusackas
• My First Day at Nursery School by Becky Edwards
• I Am Too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren Child
• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Art Unit

• A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
• I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont
• To Be an Artist by Maya Ajmera and John Ivando
• A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert
• Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola
• A Closer Look by Mary McCarthy
• Hands: Growing Up to Be an Artist by Lois Ehlert

Construction Unit

• Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Flemming
• I Love Tools by Philemon Sturges
• Changes, Changes Pat Hutchins
• One Big Building: A Counting Book About
• Construction by Michael Dahl

Games Unit

• My First Amazing Game Board Book by Shreene Gertle Rutman
• Come Out and Play by John D. Ivanko
• What Games Shall We Play? By Pat Hutchins

 Literacy Unit

• Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gavett
• Here’s a Little Poem by Jane Yolen, Andrew Peters and Polly Dunbar
• City Signs by Zoran Milich

Math Unit

• Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuri Morles
• Counting By Twos by Esther Sarfatti
• Shapes: Circles, Squares, Triangles (3 books) by Esther Sarfatti
• Big is Big by J. Patrick Lewis and Bob Bamer

Motor Unit

• The Great Doughnut Parade by Rebecca Bond
• Doing the Animal Bop Book and CD by Jan Omerod and Lindsey Gardner
• My Senses/Mis Sentidos by Gladys Rosa-Mendoza and Laura Merer

Music Unit

• Whole World by Christopher Corr and Fred Penner
• Woobie Discovers Music by Arnold de Gartog and Mies Strelitski
• Pretend Play Unit
• Just What Mama Needs by Sharlee Glenn
• Puff the Magic Dragon  Book and CE by Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, and Eric Puybaret

Science Unit

• Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle
• Round Like a Ball by Lisa Ernst
• All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle

Social-Emotional Unit

• My Friend is Sad by Mo Williams
• I Love My Hair by Natasha Tarpley
• Every Year on Your Birthday by Rose Lewis and Jane Dyer