Because you asked, here is a sampling of books I have on my little girl's shelf. These titles are specifically suited for age three: lots of repetition, predictable format (animals in threes), songs and nursery rhymes. Some of these books were the first ones my older children "read" (memorized). Our little girl started this for the first time today - retelling the story of Three Billy Goats Gruff at the dinner table. Precious!
I also have storage boxes in the basement set aside for age four and another box for age five. I'll post those eventually if you really want me to, but how about after I finally finish my Circle Time plans? I now have my new 2010-11 planner so I can revise the plans for next year.
But for now - the three year old list:
Richard Scarry - Best First Book Ever, Best Storybook Ever
Szekeres - I Love My Busy Book
Beskow - The Tale of the Little Little Old Woman
McClintock - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Galdone - Three Little Kittens
Goldman - Three Little Pigs
Paparone - Five Little Ducks
Carstrom - Jesse Bear books
Udry - A Tree is Nice
Hall Ets - Play With Me
Hillenbrand - Down By the Station
Tranpani - Itsy Bitsy Spider
Child's Play - There Was an Old Lady
Cauley - Clap Your Hands
Hunter - Humphrey's Corner
dePaola - Favorite Nursery Tales
The Real Mother GooseLindvall - Read Aloud Bible Stories
Zolotow - Over and Over
Palazzo - Who's Who at the Zoo
Ormerod - When We Went to the Zoo
Degen - Jamberry
Leuck - Teeny Tiny Mouse
Lewison - Going to Sleep on the Farm
Berger - Grandfather Twillight
Gag - Millions of Cats
Numeroff/Bond - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Pig a Pancake, Moose a Muffin
Hobermann - The Seven Silly Eaters
Lenski - The Little Train, Fire Engine, Airplane
Gramatky - Little Toot
Eloise Wilkin StoriesFlack - Ask Mr. Bear, Angus Lost
Brown - The Runaway Bunny
Lear/Jan Brett - The Owl and the Pussycat
Zion - Harry the Dirty Dog
Rosen/Oxenbury - We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Golden Book - The Little Red Hen
Usborne - Farmyard Tales
Wilkin - My Little Golden Book About God
Puppet Story Books (can be found on Ebay)
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If I could only buy one book for my three year old, hands down I would get the Read-Aloud Treasury. My sister gave me the copy her daughters loved and each of my children have loved it book too. I have spent hours on the sofa reading this to little ones I almost have the whole thing memorized. The book is a collection of nursery rhymes, poems, short stories, a rebus and finger-plays. There is something about the illustrations kids absolutely love. They point to the pictures and demand, "Read this one." I have been reading this book to the Little Princess before naptime and bedtime. She demands her two favorites (Three Billy Goats Gruff and Little Red Riding Hood) and then I have to convince her to let me read one new story.
