created by alessandra MCCARTHY | The Montessori Club

Booklist for Children (ages 0-6+)

If you’d like insight into how the books below were chosen, and how parents and teachers might choose great books of their own, visit How to Choose Books For Children.

• 100 years ago by Donna Marriot

• A Charm of Goldfinches and other wild gatherings by Matt Sewell

• A Day at the Seashore by Kathryn Jackson (Little Golden Book)

• About Parrots - A Guide for children by Cathryn Sill (there are numerous ones by her that are great, such as ‘About Amphibians’, ‘About Mammals’, and many more

• Adele and Simon by Barbara McClintock

• Adele and Simon in America by Barbara McClintock

• All about winter by Kathryn Clay

• Alphabetimals by Tricia Choi

• Animal BFFs - Five Minute True Stories Scholastic

• Animal Tracks - A Folding Pocket Guide to the Tracks and Signs of Familiar species by Kavanaugh/Leung

• Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell

• Around the World From a to z by Christine Cheung and Han Tran

• At the beach by Anne Rockwell

• At the supermarket by Anne Rockwell

• Australia and Oceania by Baby Professor

• Australia for Kids - People, Places and Cultures by Baby Professor

• Baby Animals Black and White by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes

• Baby Feelings by Rourke Educational Media

• Beach Feet (Being in the World) by Konagaya Kiyomi

• Beaks! by Sneed B. Collard III

• Bedtime by Gwyneth Swain - Small World Lerner

• Big Tracks, Little Tracks by Millicent E. Salsam

• Big Wheels by Anne Rockwell

• Black and White by Tana Hoban

• Boats by Anne Rockwell

• Bread Bread Bread by Ann Morris

• Building Our House by Jonathan Bean

• Children’s Tea Etiquette by Dorothea Johnson, John Harney and Ann Noyes

• Cities Around the World - A Global Search and Find Book by Lucy Menzies

• City Signs by Zoran Milich

• Cloud Dance by Thomas Locker

• Colors: a first art books by Lucy Micklethwait

• Country Road Abc: An Illustrated Journey Through America's Farmland by Arthur Geisert

• Crocodiles Need Kisses Too by Rebecca Colby

• Degas and the Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt (Part of: Anholt’s Artists)

• Eating by Gwyneth Swain - Small World Lerner

• Eating the Rainbow by Babies Everywhere TM Star Bright Books

• Erika-san by Allen Say

• Every Day Birds by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

• Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers

• Flamingos by Jodie Shepherd

• Flower Garden by Bunting

• Follow the Signs by John Serrano

• From Grass to Milk by Stacy Taus-Bolstad (this one is part of a series called "From Start to Finish", can be purchased individually)

• From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

• Get Dressed! by Gwyneth Swain - Small World Lerner

• Global Babies by The Global Fund for Children

• Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak

• Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak

• Green Bean! Green Bean! by Patricia Thomas

• Hands Can by Cheryl Willis Hudson

• Happy by Rourke Educational Media

• Harvest Time by Erika L. Shores

• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes by Child’s Play

• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Dual Language - English/Spanish) by Child’s Play

• Hiking Day by Anne Rockwell

• Horse by Malachi Doyle

• How a House is Built by Gail Gibbons

• How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara

• I know It Is Living by Sheila Rivera

• I know It Is Nonliving by Sheila Rivera

• I Love you All Year Through by Stephanie Stansbie

• I Love You Mom with the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

• I Spy - Transport in Art by Lucy Micklethwait

• I Want to be a Doctor by Firefly Books

• I Want to be a Firefighter by Firefly Books

• I want to be a Police Officer by Firefly Books (“I want to be a ___” (all the rest of the books in this series)

• Introducing Antarctica by Anita Ganeri

• Introducing North America by Chris Oxlade

• Is It Living or Nonliving? by Sheila Rivera

• Let’s Go To The Hardware Store by Anne Rockwell

• Library Day by Anne Rockwell

• Life-Sized Animal Tracks by John Townsend

• Lift the Flap - Walk this Wild World by Sam Brewster

• Monster Trucks! by Susan E. Goodman and Michael Doolittle

• Montessori abc’s by Christina Clemer

• Music Everywhere by Maya Ajmera

• My Spring Robin by Anne Rockwell

• My Very First Our World Book by Usborne

• Nadia The Girl Who Could’t Sit Still by Karlin Gray

• Next Stop: Mexico by Ginger McDonnell

• On the Go by Ann Morris

• Over And Under The Snow by Kate Messner

• Pelle’s New Suit by Elsa Beskow

• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles by Design Line - Big Picture Press

• Potluck by Anne Shelby

• Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood

• Reptiles for Kids - A Junior Scientist Guide by Michael G. Starkey

• Roadwork by Sally Sutton

• Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Greenfield Thong

• Seasons by Emily Bone

• Secrets of Animal Camouflage by Carron Brown and Wesley Robins

• Seed to Plant by National Geographic Kids

• Tanya and Emily in a Dance for Two by Patricia Lee Gauch

• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox

• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Spanish and English) by Mem Fox

• Thankful by Eileen Spinelli

• The Babies and Doggies Book by John and Molly

• The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies

• The Egg by Gallimard Jeunesse and Pascale de Bourgoing

• The First Snowfall by Anne Rockwell

• The Fruits We Eat by Gail Gibbons

• The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotov

• The Toolbox by Anne Rockwell

• The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons

• Tools by Ann Morris

• Touch and Explore Jungle by Marie Mazas

• Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee

• Trucks by National Geographic Kids

• Umbrella by Taro Yashima

• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner

• Usborn Look Inside - Animal Homes by Emily Bone

• 199 Birds, 199 Zoo Animals, 199 Things In The Garden, 199 Things on the Road, 199 Things on the Farm, 199 Things at the Seaside, 199 Things That Go, 199 Things Under the Sea all by Usborne

• Usborne - Flags sticker book by Usborne

• Wake up, World! by Beatrice Hollyer

• Wash Up! by Gwenyth Swain - Small World Lerner

• Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World by Christy Hale

• What Can You Do With a Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller

• What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World by Maya Ajmera

• Where Do I Sleep? A Pacific Northwest Lullaby by Jennifer Blomgren

• Where is the Green Sheep? Donde Esta La Oveja Verde? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek

• Wonders of Nature by Little Golden Book

• Your Best Friend is Coming by Nikki Hogue

• Zoo Day by Anne Rockwell

*No money is made from the purchase of any of these books. They are included here purely for their value to young children and to us children at heart. -Alessandra & Jesse McCarthy