This is a list of my very favorite stories. For many of these authors, I love everything they’ve done, but these are my very, very favorite books of theirs. I hope you’ll discover something new here–some of these I enjoyed as a child first and have since shared them with my own kids, others are newer creations that I’m sure my grandkids will love too.
Children’s Picture Book Apps
Bartleby’s Book of Buttons, Vol. 1: The Faraway Island by Octopus Kite
Food Fight! by Glenn Melenhorst
Nash Smasher! by Bill Doyle, illustrations by Troy Cummings
The Legend of Spookley, the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano, illustrations by Susan Banta
Little Blue Robot by Joanna Emmanuel, illustrations by Evan Toh
Lula’s Brew by Elizabeth O. Dulemba
Children’s Picture Books/Early Readers in Print
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
God Bless the Gargoyles by Dav Pilkey
the Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
Parts by Tedd Arnold
No Jumping on the Bed! by Tedd Arnold
The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
Lyle Finds His Mother by Bernard Waber
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Sky Dog by Brinton Turkle
“I Can’t” Said the Ant by Polly Cameron
Clickety Clack by Robert and Amy Spence
Corduroy by Don Freeman
A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
Bearymore by Don Freeman
Olivia by Ian Falconer
Olivia and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth by Jamie Lee Curtis
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
Max Cleans Up by Rosemary Wells
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Monsters by Russell Hoban
Moose, Goose and Little Nobody by Ellen Raskin
Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake
The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
Mercer Mayer’s Little Monster series
Elizabite by H.A. Rey
