Pre-K Books

Three- and four-year-olds are learning to sit with a book, follow a story, and fall in love with the rhythm of language. These books are built for that work — bold illustrations, repetitive text, and stories short enough to finish before anyone wiggles off the carpet.

9,528 books for ages 3–5

Cover of The Ugly Pumpkin
The Ugly Pumpkin
Dave Horowitz
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Worst Witch All at Sea
The Worst Witch #4
The Worst Witch All at Sea
Jill Murphy
Ages 4–11
Cover of Olive On Stage
Olive the Octopus #1
Olive On Stage
D. C. Whittingslow
Ages 3–7
Cover of Peninsulas
Peninsulas
Ellen S. Niz
Ages 4–11
Cover of The State Governor
The State Governor
Martha Elizabeth Hillman Rustad
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Fairy Tale #1
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mac Barnett
Ages 3–7
Cover of Penina Levine Is a Hard-boiled Egg
Penina Levine Is a Hard-boiled Egg
Rebecca O'Connell
Ages 4–11
Cover of Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Tomie dePaola
Ages 4–11
Cover of Katie and the Haunted Museum
Katie #1
Katie and the Haunted Museum
Fran Manushkin
Ages 4–11
Cover of It's Raining Cats and Dogs All Kinds of Weather and why We Have it
It's Raining Cats and Dogs All Kinds of Weather and why We Have it
Franklyn Mansfield Branley
Ages 4–11
Cover of Mighty Monty More First-Grade Adventures
Mighty Monty More First-Grade Adventures
Johanna Hurwitz
Ages 4–11
Cover of The American Alligator
The American Alligator
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Ages 4–11
Cover of The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
The House by the Lake: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It Home
Thomas Harding
Ages 4–11
Cover of Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood
Born to Dance #1
Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood
Jordan Matter
Ages 4–11
Cover of Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
Kathryn Lasky
Ages 4–11
Cover of Into the Forest
Into the Forest
Anthony Browne
Ages 4–11
Cover of Ten Little Beasties
Ten Little Beasties
Ed Emberley, Rebecca Emberley
Ages 4–11
Cover of Your Amazing Digestion from Mouth through Intestine
Your Amazing Digestion from Mouth through Intestine
Joanne Settel
Ages 4–11
Cover of I Am Anne Frank
Ordinary People Change the World #22
I Am Anne Frank
Brad Meltzer
Ages 3–7
Cover of The Garden of Lost Secrets
The Garden of Lost Secrets
A. M. Howell
Ages 4–11
Cover of Frightful's Mountain
Frightful's Mountain #2
Frightful's Mountain
Jean Craighead George
Ages 4–11
Cover of Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp
Carol Diggory Shields
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Young Puffin Read Aloud
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter
Ages 4–11
Cover of Tiddler
Tiddler #1
Tiddler
Julia Donaldson
Ages 4–8