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Books for Preschoolers from Multcolib Every Child

[updated 2/2026] Did you know that five simple activities will help prepare your child for success in reading, school and life? Let these books inspire you to read, talk, sing, write and play with your three to five year old!

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  • [Play] Play with rhymes as a pair of siblings create an inventive story together. You can create your own rhyming story too.
    Book, 2024New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. — jE ABED 2024
  • [Talk] Can you measure kindness? Can you measure knowledge? Each page of this book prompts a conversation on the measurement of things that are hard to define with a ruler.
    Book, 2023San Francisco : Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books, [2023] — jE ALEXANDER 2023
  • [Talk] Talk to nature and consider what it says back.
    Book, 2025New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2025. — jE ARCHER 2025
  • [Talk] Mabel loves Monday because it’s garbage day. Talk about why she’s so excited.
    Book, 2025New York, New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2025] — jE AWAN 2025
  • [Play] Pretend play turns the rug into an ocean in this book. What can your living room become with a little imagination?
    Book, 2024New York : Anne Schwartz Books, [2024] — jE BLACKALL 2024
  • [Play] Use your imagination to turn ordinary items into something to play with, just as the children do in this story.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Minerva, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] — jE CONRAD 2024
  • [Play] Play sometimes includes science! A little girl and her mom experiment with objects they can play catch with.
    Book, 2025Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2025. — jE Toddler COOKE 2025
  • [Write] Find the words in bold font and try writing some of your own favorite words.
    Book, 2025New York : Random House Studio, 2025. — jE FERRY 2025
  • [Read] Repeat the refrain "Come! Haagú!" as you read and wonder "Daa sáyú? What could it be?" A story to snuggle up with and share any time of the year.
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — jE GOADE 2025
  • [Sing] Neighbors create community while singing and playing music together from their balconies.
    Book, 2024Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — jE GOPAL 2024
  • [Read] This hilarious book is ‘read’ by a kangaroo who shares things children will of course love, encouraging them to keep turning the pages.
    Book, 2024New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024. — jE JOHN 2024
  • [Sing] Rhyming verse invites singing, wordplay, and discussion of bannocks as well as other childhood favorite foods.
    Book, 2024Iqaluit, NU ; Toronto, Ontario : Inhabit Media Inc., [2024] — jE KELLY 2024
  • [Sing] Gathering on their porch at sunset, a family is joined by desert animals to sing, buzz, howl, and warble.
    Book, 2024New York : Neal Porter Books / Holiday House, [2024] — jE KEMP 2024
  • [Read] Silly rhymes and predictable text make this book both great for new readers and as a readaloud.
    Book, 2024Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow Inc., [2024] — jE LYNAS 2024
  • More Than Words

    So Many Ways to Say What We Mean

    MacLean, Roz,
    [Write] Use your finger to underline the words that look different on the pages.
    Book, 2023New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023. — jE MACLEAN 2023
  • [Sing] This rhyming garden story features repetition, counting and teamwork. Sing and count along with your fingers!
    Book, 2025New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2025. — jE MATTHIES 2025
  • [Write] Two children, who live in apartment buildings across from each other, discover that they can communicate and play by passing a drawing across the clothesline.
    Book, 2024New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — jE MORRIS 2024
  • [Read} Celebrate books and reading by sharing this book. Then read your favorite book again!
    Book, 2024Brooklyn : Red Comet Press, 2024. — jE PARK 2024
  • [Write] Gripping the flaps to open them strengthens finger muscles and helps with hand coordination.
    Book, 2025New York : Atheneum Books For Young Readers, 2025. — jE Toddler RIM 2025
  • [Read] A universal story about the challenges of big siblinghood introduces the reader to key Cherokee vocabulary and culturally specific English vocabulary.
    Book, 2024Montclair : Levine Querido, 2024. — jE ROGERS 2024