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GVPL’s 100 Picture Books to Read Before Kindergarten
Did you know? Experts say that children need to hear at least 1,000 stories before they begin to learn to read. GVPL’s Children and Family Literacy Librarians have selected a list of one hundred exceptional picture books which will entertain, educate and inspire young children again and again. Make time to snuggle up and share these books with the children in your life. We hope our list will inspire you to create your own list of favourite books.
To find any of the books on the list below, click on the title below the book's image or click here.
GVPL is pleased to offer a limited number of ‘GVPL’s 100 Picture Books to Read Before Kindergarten’ posters (PDF - preview only), which are perfect for classrooms and places where kids and parents gather. Ask for a copy at your local branch while supplies last. Brochures are also available at all branches, or download the GVPL's 100 Picture Book brochure PDF.
Thank you to the Times-Colonist Raise-a-Reader fund for generously funding GVPL’s 100.
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Bonny Becker |
Arthur Dorros |
Steve Jenkins |
Jules Feiffer |
Karma Wilson |
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David Larochelle |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr. |
Rosemary Wells |
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business Esphyr Slobokina |
Marie-Louise Gay |
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Ruth Krauss |
Julia Donaldson |
Melanie Watt |
Bill Martin Jr. |
Ed Emberley; Rebecca Emberley |
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin |
The Complete Adventures of the Mole Sisters Roslyn Schwartz |
Don Freeman |
Jackie French |
Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus Mo Willems |
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David Shannon |
Eddie's Garden: And How to Make THings Grow Sarah Garland |
David McKee |
David Rochelle |
Coleen Salley |
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Jane O'Connor |
Peter Sis |
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow |
Jonathon London |
James Marshall |
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Ed Emberley |
Peggy Rathmann |
Margaret Wise Brown |
Julia Donaldson |
Jeremy Tankard |
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Chih-Yuan Chen |
Crockett Johnson |
Gene Zion |
Norton Juster |
Paul Geraghty |
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Melinda Long |
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato Lauren Child |
Laura Joffe Numeroff |
April Pulley Sayre |
Jonathan Allen |
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Andrew Larsen |
Margriet Ruurs |
John Burningham |
Kenneth Oppel |
Audrey Penn |
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Kevin Henkes |
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Mo Willems |
Jacky Davis; David Soman |
Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
Kenvin Henkes |
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Anna Dewdney |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
Peter Sis |
Keiko Kasza |
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Virginia Lee Burton |
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Karma WIlson |
John Burningham |
Candace Fleming |
Eric Rohmann |
Kevin Henkes |
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Karen Beaumont |
David Shannon |
Ian Falconer |
Marthe Jocelyn |
Martin Waddell |
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Anne Isaacs |
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Eric Carle |
Robert Munsch |
Catherine Friend |
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes Eric Litwin |
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Cornelia Funke |
Manya Stojic |
Pat Hutchins |
Melanie Watt |
Petr Horacek |
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Judy Schachner |
Ezra Jack Kets |
Jez Alborough |
Linda Bailey |
Marie-Louise Gay |
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Munro Leaf |
Tomie dePaola |
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig |
Helen Lester |
Beatrix Potter |
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David Wiesner |
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka |
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Pam Adams |
David Wiesner |
Eric Carle |
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Wheels on the Bus: A Book with Parts That Move Paul o. Zelinsky |
Mem Fox |
Maurice Sendak |
Eric HIll |
Rosemary Wells |
