book log for children ages 3-5

[motherhubbard]

I have an assignment that I think will be so much fun. I have to make a book log of great books for children ages 3-5. There is a lot to it and I expect the project will end up taking me about six weeks to complete.

I wanted to know what books my fellow litneters remember from their early childhood or what they enjoy reading to young children now and why. I’m looking for books from every genre that address every topic. I hope everyone has something to recommend!

Thanks!

[TheFifthElement]

Cool thread motherhubbard :)

My daughter has just turned 5 and we're starting to read her longer stories now. So at the moment we're reading Finn Family Moomintroll which is really good, very imaginative and a little bit strange. But she is really enjoying it. My son, at a similar age, enjoyed the Thomas the Tank Engine stories and Mr. Men.

At an earlier age they both enjoyed most picture books, but particularly The Gruffalo and The Smartest Giant in Town, both by Julia Donaldson. They particularly enjoyed stories that rhymed or were particularly rhythmical like Commotion in the Ocean or Rumble in the Jungle by the guy who is otherwise known as Purple Ronnie but who's name I can't remember right now (do you know Purple Ronnie?).

Um, there are doubtless some more. I may have to scan the bookcase and come back to this...

Emily Brown and the Thing!

[motherhubbard]

I dont' know Purple Ronnie. Please scan your bookcase and come back.

There are so many and I'm afraid I will forget and leave out some of my favorites.

[Scheherazade]

You might find this interesting:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3670595/100-books-every-child-should-read---Pt-1.html

Don't read Telegraph but found the list while doing a research not so long ago.

[motherhubbard]

You might find this interesting:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3670595/100-books-every-child-should-read---Pt-1.html

Don't read Telegraph but found the list while doing a research not so long ago.

That's so great! I made a list today at amazon of 100 books. I may do a little switching around yet. I'm going to send this list you posted to my friend who is also in this same class. THen I'm going to study over the list and see what I need to add. Thanks so much!

[Whifflingpin]

The Park in the Dark - Martin Waddell & Barbara Firth
Room on the Broom - Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Mr Men & Little Miss series - Hargreaves

currently the favourites of a couple of under-fives I know.

[annatak]

Mo Willems is a family favorite - the entire Pigeon series (staring with Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus through the latest The Pigeon Wants a Puppy) is hysterical and very interactive. Leonardo the Terrible Monster and Knuffle Bunny are also great!

Sounds like a fun project!

[TheFifthElement]

Commotion in the Ocean and Rumble in the Jungle were written by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz.

Emily Brown and the Thing and This Rabbit belongs to Emily Brown were written by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton

And some others:

Paddington Bear - Michael Bond
Hairy McClary series and Slinky Malinki series - Lynley Dodd

of course Roald Dahl (that list Scher gave is great) though I wouldn't have put The Twits as a 3-5 year old book, but would definitely include The Enormous Crocodile (which is brilliant) and The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me.

I also endorse Room on the Broom which my son loved but my daughter finds a bit scary (I think it's when I do my scary dragon voice ;) )

Dr Seuss (how could I forget!) and Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus is pretty cool too.

[1n50mn14]

Sammy the Seal- Syd Hoff

[Allannah]

I loved Milly Molly Mandy and Enid Blyton! They were awesome =D
I also liked stuff like La Comtesse de Segur and Jip en Janneke.
I may have also started reading Sweet Valley Twins and Babysitters' Club Books around about-ish that age.
There's Roald Dhal. My favourites of his were Matilda, The Witches, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, and George's Marvellous Medicine.
Some of Jacqueline Wilson's books would be suitable for five year olds.

[LostPrincess13]

Roald Dahl!:D absolutely loved his works...:D also Dr. Seuss...:D

[motherhubbard]

these are the 100 books I have selected. Keep in mind, some three year olds walk into their first day of preschool having never been read to.

A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (Author), Ray Cruz (Illustrator)
All the Places to Love by Patricia Maclachlan (Author), Michael Wimmer (Illustrator) Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki (Author), Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. (Author), Eric Carle Can You See the Wind? (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler (Author) Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom) by Bill Martin Jr (Author), et al. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. (Author), et al.
Classic Fairy Tales by Scott Gustafson (Illustrator)
Counting Kisses: A Kiss & Read Book by Karen Katz (Illustrator) 
Don't Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability by Pat Thomas (Author), Lesley Harker (Illustrator)
Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss (Author)
Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert (Author)  Eric Carle's ABC (The World of Eric Carle) by Eric Carle (Author) 
Eric Carle's Opposites (The World of Eric Carle) by Eric Carle (Author)  Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose by Scott Gustafson (Illustrator)  Fireflies (Reading Rainbow) by Julie Brinckloe (Illustrator) 
First Pink Light by Eloise Greenfield (Author), Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator) Flotsam (Caldecott Medal Book) by David Wiesner (Author) 
Fox in Socks (Beginner Books) by Dr. Seuss (Author), Theodore Geisel (Author)  Freight Train/Tren de carga (Spanish Edition) by Donald Crews (Author)  From Seed to Plant (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler (Author)  Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Anne Miranda (Author), Ed Emberley (Author)  Gone Wild (Caldecott Honor Book) by David McLimans (Illustrator)  Good Enough to Eat: A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition by Lizzy Rockwell  Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Clement Hurd (Illustrator)  Grandfather's Journey (Caldecott Medal Book) by Allen Say (Author)  Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Reading Rainbow) by Mitchell Sharmat (Author), et al. Growing Vegetable Soup (Voyager Books) by Lois Ehlert (Author) 
How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller (Author)
How Do You Know It's Spring? (Rookie Read About Science Series) by Allan Fowler How Do You Know It's Summer? (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler  How Do You Know It's Winter (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler 
I Can Do It Myself by Valerie Nelson (Author), Kyra Kendall (Illustrator) 
I Don't Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. Kitze (Author)
I'll Always Love You by Hans Wilhelm (Author)
I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem by Jamie Lee Curtis (Author), Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
I'm Like You, You're Like Me: A Child's Book About Understanding and Celebrating Each Other by Cindy Gainer (Author)
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (Author)
Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis (Author), Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino (Author), Steve Kellogg (Illustrator) It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel by Jamie Lee Curtis (Author), Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Medal Book) by Simms Taback (Author) Leaf Man (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) by Lois Ehlert Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni (Illustrator
Little Tree: A Story for Children With Serious Medical Illness by Joyce C. Mills (Author), Brian Sebern (Illustrator)
Me on the Map (Dragonfly Books) by Joan Sweeney (Author), Annette Cable (Illustrator)
Mom and Me Cookbook by Annabel Karmel (Author
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh (Author
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh (Author)
My Friend Isabelle by Eliza Woloson (Author), Bryan Gough (Illustrator)  My Very First Book of Colors by Eric Carle (Illustrator)
My Very First Book of Numbers by Eric Carle (Illustrator)  
My Very First Book of Shapes by Eric Carle (Illustrator)  
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself) by Dr. Seuss (Author), Theodor Seuss Geisel (Author)
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J Pinczes (Author), et al. 
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel (Author), David Catrow (Illustrator)
Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale by Karen Katz (Illustrator) 
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki (Author), Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Peek-A Who? by Nina Laden (Author)
Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money (Aladdin Picture Books) by Amy Axelrod (Author), Sharon McGinley-Nally (Illustrator)
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert (Author)
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschoolers & Up by Mollie Katzen (Author), Ann Henderson (Author)
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw (Author), Margot Apple (Illustrator)  Snowballs by Lois Ehlert (Author)
Spaghetti And Meatballs For All! (Scholastic Bookshelf: Math Skills) by Marilyn Burns (Author)
Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis (Author), Tony Ross (Author) 
Teammates (A Voyager/Hbj Book) by Peter Golenbock (Author), Paul Bacon (Illustrator)
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis (Author), Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews (Illustrator)
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs (Picture Puffins) by Paul Stickland (Illustrator)  The Boy of the Three-Year Nap (Caldecott Honor Books) by Dianne Snyder (Author), Allen Say (Illustrator)
The Boy Who Lived with the Bears: And Other Iroquois Stories (Parabola Storytime series) by Joseph Bruchac (Author), Murv Jacob (Illustrator) 
The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide to Fitness (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards)) by Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrator)
The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year) (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss (Author), Theodor Seuss Geisel (Author)
The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables by Don Daily (Author) 
The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams (Author) 
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm (Author)  The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (Author), Lily Owens (Author)
The Five Chinese Brothers (Paperstar) by Claire Huchet Bishop (Author), Kurt Wiese (Illustrator)
The Girl Who Married the Moon: Tales from Native North America by Joseph Bruchac (Author), Gayle Ross (Author)
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster (Author), Christopher Raschka (Illustrator)
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (Author)
The Red Book (Caldecott Honor Book) by Barbara Lehman (Author) 
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant (Author), Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Author)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Caldecott Honor Book) by Simms Taback (Author)
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (Adapter), Blair Lent (Illustrator) 
Was It the Chocolate Pudding?: A Story For Little Kids About Divorce by Sandra Levins (Author), Bryan Langdo (Author)
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (Caldecott Honor Book) by Robin Page (Author), Steve Jenkins (Author)
What I Do Best by Allia Nolan (Author), Miki Sakamoto (Author) 
What's the Weather Today? (Rookie Read-About Science) by Allan Fowler (Author) Wheels on the Bus (Pudgy Board Book) by Jerry Smith (Author)
When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth by Jamie Lee Curtis (Author), Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz (Illustrator) 
Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Author)
Who Says Quack? (Pudgy Board Book) by Jerry Smith (Author) 
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (Public Television Storytime Books) by Mem Fox (Author), Julie Vivas (Illustrator)
You Are Healthy by Todd Snow (Author), Melodee Strong (Illustrator)

[Niamh]

Oh! there is a book i think its called look what blew into the zoo by fiona Teirney. Its hilarious!
Nightie says the Gruffalo

[LadyWentworth]

Anything from the Berenstain Bears collection. These are good for that age group. They deal with everything from school to chores to family to telling the truth to everything! I loved them. The stories are told in a way that I think really keeps a kid's attention. I always liked the drawings so much when I was a kid. There is always the plus of there being the moral at the end, too. :)
http://www.berenstainbears.com/

Yes, I was a Berenstain Bear fanatic when I was a kid. :D I still own all of my books, and believe me when I say that it kills me that I was never able to keep up with the collection. I am missing so many of them. :(