50 All-Time Favorites for Preschoolers

Verna Aardema, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Harry Allard, Miss Nelson is Missing!

Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline

Marc Brown, Arthur's Nose

Marcia Brown, Stone Soup

Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon

John Burningham, Mr. Gumpy's Outing

Virginia Burton, The Little House

Janell Cannon, Stellaluna

Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Catepillar

James Daugherty, Andy and the Lion

Tomie DePaola, Strega Nona

Marjorie Flack, The Story About Ping

Don Freeman, Corduroy

Mirra Ginsburg, Mushroom in the Rain

Kevin Henkes, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

Russell Hoban, A Bargain for Frances

Katherine Holabird, Angelina Ballerina

Pat Hutchins, Good-Night, Owl!

Crockett Johnson, Harold and the Purple Crayon

Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day

Jack Kent, The Fat Cat

Leo Lionni, Swimmy

Robert McCloskey, Blueberries for Sal

James Marshall, George and Martha

Bill Martin, Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

Mercer Mayer, There's a Nightmare in My Closet

Evaline Ness, Sam, Bangs and Moonshine

Trinka Nobel, The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Laura Joffe Numeroff, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Marcus Pfister, The Rainbow Fish

Patricia Polacco, Chicken Sunday

Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Peggy Rathmann, Officer Buckle and Gloria

Mary Rayner, Mr. & Mrs. Pig's Evening Out

H. A. Rey, Curious George

Cynthia Rylant, The Relatives Came

Marilyn Sadler, Alistair's Elephant

John Scieszka, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

John Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

Dr. Seuss, Green Eggs and Ham

Marjorie Sharmat, Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

Charles Shaw, It Looked Like Spilled Milk

Esphyr Slobodkina, Caps For Sale

William Steig, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Bernard Waber, Ira Sleeps Over

Lynd Ward, The Biggest Bear

Dare Wright, The Lonely Doll

Gene Zion, Harry, the Dirty Dog