100 + Picture Books To Add To Your Children's Library

I remember sitting on the floor with my mom when I was five as she read Laura Ingall's prairie adventures to me. Reading moved me in a way that I returned to over and over again. And I'm far from alone in this feeling. 

I asked some of you to tell me your favorite children's stories & I enjoyed the responses I got because some of these titles I'd forgotten about, or never even heard of. I shared my own extensive list, too.


Thank you for sharing!

100+ Books For Your Library

Picture Books I Love

For Littler Ones...

Madeline
Miss Rumphius
The Happy Lion
The Lyle Crocodile Series
Toot & Puddle Series
A Visitor for Bear (the whole series)
Zagazoo (Quentin Blake is England's Doctor Seuss)
Olivia Series
Oh No, Gotta Go! 
The Library Lion
Otto the Book Bear
Dragons Love Tacos
RoboSauce
This Moose Belongs to Me
Velveteen Rabbit
Ferdinand the Bull
How to be Famous
Ike's Incredible Ink
Don't Let the Pigeon... Series
Amanda and Her Alligator
Beatrix Potter books
Ace Dragon Ltd.
Rosie's Magic Horse
Bark, George
Extra Yarn
A Ball for Daisy
Meet Wild Boars & Wild Boars Cook
My Dad is so Big and Strong but..
Julia, Child
This is not my Hat
Little Red
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown
Tell Me My Story, Mama
Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School
Iggy Peck, Architect
Rosie Revere, Engineer

Elephant and Piggie Series
The Adventure of Beekle: An Unimaginary Friend
The Queen's Hat
Barnacle is Bored
A Bear and His Boy
Alfie's Lost Sharkie
Everyone Loves Bacon
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Doctor De Soto
The Book with No Pictures
The First Slodge
Bog Baby
Mr. Peek's Zoo (series)
And the Cars Go..
Spoon
Mr. Gumpy's Outing
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Roxaboxen

Corduroy

Curious George

Go Dog, Go!

Green Eggs N' Ham
The Giving Tree

Are You My Mother?

Angelina Ballerina

The Hug Machine

And for those a little older...

Betsy-Tacy series- my absolute favorite.

Island of The Blue Dolphins
The BFG
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch!
James & the Giant Peach

Little House on the Prairie series

The Giver

The Hobbit

Boxcar Children series

Ballet Shoes

James & The Giant Peach

The Indian & the Cupboard

Pippy Longstocking

Little Women

Anne of Green Gables series

Favorite Authors:
Bernard Waber
Ludwig Bemelmans
Holly Hobbie
Bonny Becker
Quentin Blake
Mo Willems

Books you recommended.

For Littler Ones...

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Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
Make Way for Ducklings
Town Mouse
Country Mouse

The Little Engine That Could

Giraffes Can't Dance

My Monster Mama Loves me So

My Heart is Like a Zoo

Dr. Seuss's ABCs

You Are My Miracle

Stellaluna

The Rainbow Fish

You Are Special

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Love You Forever
Everyone Poops
The Monster at the End of this Book

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

The Giving Tree

The Very Quiet Cricket

From Head to Toe

Goodnight Moon

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Clifton

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Lorax

The Berenstein Bears

The Jolly Postman and Other People's Letters

And For Older Ones...

Charlotte's Web

The Narnia series

The Hardy Brothers series
Skippy Jon Jones

Authors You Love

Sandra Boynton

Eric Carle

Michael Waite
Shel Siverstein

Happy Reading!