For the love of kids' lit: ages 0-3

Possibly the best thing about being a teacher at any level is all the books I get to sample and share with my students. Today's post is a list of my favorite read-aloud books for toddlers and preschoolers-though some of these classics are books you'll want to keep around for years after the kids stop requesting them. Happy reading!

10 Little Rubber Ducks (Eric Carle)

Alphabet City (Stephen T Johnson)

Big Little (Leslie Patricelli)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr)

Caps for Sale (Esphyr Slobodkina)

Cars and Trucks and Things That Go (Richard Scarry)

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Bill Martin Jr)

Click, Clack, Moo! Cows That Type (Doreen Cronin)

Clifford the Big Red Dog (Norman Bridwell)

Corduroy (Don Freeman)

Curious George (Margret and H.A. Rey)

Dear Zoo (Rod Campbell)

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? (Eric Carle)

Dr Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! (Dr Seuss)

Duck and Goose (Tad Hills)

Elephant and Piggie (Mo Williams)

Farmyard Beat (Lindsay Craig)

Five Little Monkeys (Eileen Christelow)

From Head to Toe (Eric Carle)

Giraffes Can’t Dance (Giles Andreae)

Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site (Sherri Dusker Rinker)

Green Eggs and Ham (Dr Seuss)

Harold and the Purple Crayon (Crockett Johnson)

I’ll Love You Forever (Roger Knapp)

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Laura Numeroff)

Llama Llama Red Pajama (Anna Dewdney)

Make Way For Ducklings (Robert McCloskey)

Moo, Baa, La, La, La! (Sandra Boynton)

Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? (Dr Seuss)

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Dr Seuss)

Pat the Bunny (Dorothy Kundhardt)

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons (Eric Litwin)

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Eric Litwin)

Please, Mr Panda (Steve Antony)

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (Bill Martin Jr)

Quiet Loud (Leslie Patricelli)

The Cat in the Hat (Dr Seuss)

The Foot Book (Dr Seuss)

The Rainbow Fish (Marcus Pfister)

The Tiny Seed (Eric Carle)

The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams)

The Very Busy Spider (Eric Carle)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)

The Very Quiet Cricket (Eric Carle)

Walking Through the Jungle (Julie Lacome)

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt! (Michael Rosen)

Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? (Karen Katz)

Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)

Yummy Yucky (Leslie Patricelli)