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It’s Tuesday and time for a new 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Post. We have done a post previously on great books, but I wanted to do a longer list broken down into varying age groups. Summer is right around the corner, so now is the perfect time to add more books to your list in case you haven’t started already.

1. Planes by Byron Barton
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
3. Corduroy by Don Freeman
4. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
5. I’ll Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
6. Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus by Mo Willems
7.  I Love Trucks by Margaret Miller
8. Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
9.  No, David! by David Shannon
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
11. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
12. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
13. Baby Says “Moo!” by JoAnn Early Macken
14. Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr. Suess
15. The Loudest Roar by Thomas Taylor
16. Color Dance by Ann Jonas
17. Mix it Up!  by Herve Tullet
18. Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
19. My Many Colored Days by Dr. Suess
20. Is Your Mama A Llama by Deborah Guarino
21. Goodnight Gorilla  by Peggy Rathman
22. “More, More, More,” Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
23. Giraffe Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
24. From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
25. Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
26. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DeWalt
27. Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
28. The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak
29. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
30. You Are (not) Small by Anna Kang
31. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
32. The Story of Ferdinand 
33. Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
34. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff
35. Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
36. Hop On Pop by Dr. Suess
37. Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
38. Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
39. Jamberry by Bruce Degen
40. We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenberry
41. The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood
42. Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
43. Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
44. Freight Train by Donald Crews
45. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
46. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
47. Piggies by Audrey Wood
48. On The Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
49. The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
50. The Pout-Pout Fish  by Deborah Deisen

Natasha Brown

Love of impromptu dance parties, 80’s cartoons, and horizontal life pauses (aka naps); Natasha Brown is a stay at home mom of 4 kids, and wife to one lucky guy! In her spare time, she is co-editor of Grits & Grace, as well as editor for The Mother Hustler Blog and Creative Director for the Mother Hustler podcast.

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