50 Favorite Picture Books
for Children, Ages 3-6

Where's My Teddy? by Alborough

Baby Bird's First Nest by Asch

The Hat by Brett

Book! Book! Book! by Bruss

Stellaluna by Cannon

It Was You, Blue Kangaroo! by Chinchester Clark

Big Al by Clements

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Cronin

The Library Dragon by Deedy

Planting a Rainbow by Ehlert

Go Away, Big Green Monster by Emberly

Olivia by Falconer

Bark, George by Feiffer

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Fleming

Tough Boris by Fox

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook by Garland

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Henkes

Toot & Puddle by Hobbie

A Mother for Choco by Kasza

Blabber Mouse by Kelley

Tacky the Penguin by Lester

Froggy Gets Dressed by London

How I Became a Pirate by Long

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

The Baby BeeBee Bird by Massie

Martha Speaks by Meddaugh

Baseball Saved Us by Mochizuki

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Noble

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Numeroff

The Perfect Pet by Palatini

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Polacco

10 Minutes Till Bedtime by Rathmann

In November by Rylant

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Scieszka

Abiyoyo by Seeger

Duck on a Bike by Shannon

Sheep in a Jeep by Shaw

Wild About Books by Sierra

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Slate

And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Stevens

Minerva Louise and the Red Truck by Stoeke

Jumanji by Van Allsburg

Owl Babies by Waddell

Mouse Paint by Walsh

Bunny Party by Wells

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Willems

A Chair for My Mother by Williams

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Yolen

Hey, Al! by Yorinks

Trashy Town by Zimmerman

These books were chosen by the Santa Clara County Children's Librarians as favorite titles published since 1980. Many of the authors have written other picture books that you may also enjoy.

Santa Clara County Library
Children's Services
2006

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