Summer Picture Book Reading List for Pre-Readers

A reader asked me to make a summer reading list of picture books for pre-readers that included good variety, from lesser-known authors, were well-written and highly recommended. I loved the challenge. I hope you and your kids like the list! 🙂

(Scroll down to see all three categories of picture books.)

Summer Picture Book Reading List for Pre-Readers

• The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
• Fairly Fairy Tales by Esme Raji Codell
• You’re Finally Here by Melanie Watt
• Doodleday by Ross Collins
• Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
• Edwin Speaks Up by April Stevens and Sophie Blackall
• Captain Buckleboots on the Naughty Step by Jonathan Emmett, illustrated by Poly Bernatene
• Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson
• Captain Buckleboots on the Naughty Step by Mark Sperring
• The Bear’s Song by Benjamin Chaud

Summer Reading: Funny Picture Books

• There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz
• Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
• Guess Again! by Mac Barnett
• The Butt Book by  Artie Bennett
• Here Comes the Big Mean Dust Bunny by Jan Thomas
• This Is a Moose by Richard T. Morris, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
• It’s All About Me-Ow by Hudson Talbott
• You Will Be My Friend by Peter Brown
• King Hugo’s Huge Ego by Chris Van Dusen
• Very Little Red Riding Hood by Heapy & Heap
• Sophie’s Fish by A.E. Cannon, illustrated by Lee White
• No Bears by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Leila Rudge
• Z for Moose by Kelly Bingham, illustrated by Paul O. Zeliinsky
• Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
• Those Darn Squirrels by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
• Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett, illustrated by Matt Myers

Summer Reading: Picture Books with Life Lessons