Are you and your child participating in the 1000 Books Before School programme? If you’re not, we’d love it if you joined in 😉
We’ve pulled together some short lists of books that we highly recommend for your tamariki. We’ve grouped them by age group, from one to five years old.
Suggested reading for one-year old's:
- Hop on Pop by Dr Seuss
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
- Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
- Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
- Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Suggested reading for two-year old's:
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Harry Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd
- But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton
- The Napping House by Audrey Wood
- The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr.
- Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Suggested reading for three-year old's:
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
- Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
- Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
- Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Suggested reading for four-year old's:
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
- Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
- Elephant & Piggie Series by Mo WIllems
Suggested reading for five-year old's: