Great Books for Toddlers and Young Children

By  Laurie Hunter
Updated September 29, 2025

Here are some of my favorite books for babies, toddlers, PreK, and Kindergarten students with links to Amazon.com:

Good books for babies and toddlers:

Wheels on the Bus – Interactive finger puppet book

Itsy Bitsy Spider – interactive finger puppet book 

Opposites by Susan Boynton

There Were 10 in the Bed

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Good books with SEL (social emotional learning) topics for toddlers and PreK:

How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

Grumpy Monkey

Frog and Toad Are Friends 

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And you can never go wrong with the Dr. Seuss books I list below:

Dr. Seuss Beginner Boxed Set:

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Hop on Pop 

The Cat and the Hat 

Green Eggs, and Ham 

Fox in Socks

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Other great beginner books by Dr. Seuss:

1 2 3

A B C An Amazing Alphabet Book!

The Foot Book 

Are You My Mother?

There’s a Wocket in My Pocket