PICTURE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN - Kindergarten Lessons

If you’re looking for picture books for children that keep their attention, the following have been a hit over and over with children throughout the years. Kids love the rhythms of great stories accompanied by bright, colourful illustrations.

Children enjoy responding to literature by creating story characters, then acting out the stories, both of which add to reading comprehension. Reading picture books to children builds listening skills, vocabulary, memory, language skills, imagination and creativity. They learn information about their world, social skills and gain self-confidence.

Use the picture books below to direct the children’s attention to the skills of listening and speaking, phonemic awareness, reading and writing.

The links below will take you to Amazon.com.

Shopping from Canada? Go to Amazon.ca to find the books below.

Goodnight Moon by Wanda Gag is a great book for teaching rhyme.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin and John Archambault is a fun book for teaching the alphabet.
Make your own tree with construction paper and then use alphabet sponges to paint on the letters

Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)
by Crockett Johnson

The Story about Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese .
Use this story to instigate discussions on past and diverse cultures.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

Where the Wild Things Are

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Blueberries for Sal (Book + CD) by Robert McCloskey

Make Way for Ducklings (Viking Kestrel picture books) by Robert McCloskey

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle

Red is Best

by Kathy Stinson and Robin Baird Lewis

The Paper Bag Princess (Classic Munsch) by Robert Munsch