A reader asked me to make a summer reading list of picture books for pre-readers that included good variety. I hope you and your kids like the list! 🙂
Summer Picture Book Reading List
SUMMER READING: Read Aloud Favorites
- The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak
- You’re Finally Here by Melanie Watt
- Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
- The Bear’s Song by Benjamin Chaud
- Pacho Nacho by Silvia Lopez
- Unstoppable by Adam Rex
- The Camping Trip by Jennifer K. Mann
- Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
- Silly Sally by Audrey Woods
SUMMER READING: Funny Picture Books
- Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
- 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
- The Bear Who Wasn’t There by LeUyen Pham
- You Will Be My Friend by Peter Brown
- King Hugo’s Huge Ego by Chris Van Dusen
- I Can Only Draw Worms by Will Mabbitt
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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
SUMMER READING: Picture Books with Lessons
- Molly’s Moon Mission by Duncan Beedie
- The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, illustrated by Dan Hanna
- You’re Mean, Lily Jean! by Frieda Wishinsky
- When Charley Met Emma by Amy Webb, illustrated by Merrilee Liddiard
- Kaia and the Bees by Maribeth Boelts
- The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
- Hippos Can’t Swim and Other Fun Facts by Laura Lyn DiSiena and Hannah Eliot, illustrated by Pete Oswald
- Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond between a Soldier and his Service Dog by Former Captain Luis Carlos Montalvan, USA with Bret Witter, photographs by Dan Dion
- Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- One of These Is Not Like the Others by Barney Saltzberg
- Pigeon Math by Asia Citro, illustrated by Richard Watson
- The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
Do you have older children who need really awesome, totally engaging summer book ideas? Visit my summer reading book lists for kids ages 6 – 18.
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Jolie says
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