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The Best Books for Kids Ages 3-5

Looking for the best books for three- to five-year-olds?
Curated by Bookroo: The Children's Book Experts

Our mission is to help children find their next favorite book. As J.K. Rowling once said, “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” In our collection of the best books for three- to five-year-olds, you'll find everything from new 2020 books to classic favorites, from funny award-winning books to interactive titles your reader will love. Whether your reader reads books for themselves or you want a book to read aloud together, in our collection you're sure to find a book that becomes a favorite.

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Papillon: The Very Fluffy Kitty book
Papillon: The Very Fluffy Kitty (Book #1)
Anna Kang
Picture book
5.3
sillycatsmaking friendsaction and adventurecostumespetsleaving home
And Away We Go! book
And Away We Go!
Migy England
Picture book
5.3
transportationfriendshipsharinghot air balloonsaction and adventurefoxesanimals

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Creature Features book
Creature Features
Natasha Durley
Picture book
5.3
animals
The Stray book
The Stray
Molly Ruttan
Picture book
4.8
petsaliens

Bookroo's Top Recommended 3- to 5-Year-Olds Books

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The Little I Who Lost His Dot book
The Little I Who Lost His Dot
Kimberlee Gard, Sandie Sonke
Picture book
6.5
problem solvingalphabet (ABCs)school
One Thousand Things book
One Thousand Things
Anna Kovecses
Picture book
6.5
Book Collections
Friendship
To the Sea book
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend book
Sunk! book
The Snatchabook book
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse book
Blue Chameleon book
Book Collections
Vehicles
Old MacDonald Had a Truck book
Little Blue Truck book
Farm (Wheels at Work) book
Supertruck book
Charlie Rides book
Little Excavator book
Book Collections
Female Role Models
Madeline book
This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer book
This Little Explorer book
Amelia Earhart book
Coco Chanel book
The Worst Princess book

Bestselling Books for 3- to 5-Year-Olds

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If Animals Kissed Good Night book
If Animals Kissed Good Night
Ann Whitford Paul, David Walker
Board book
5.4
parentsvalentinesanimalsbedtimebedtime and dreamsfamilykisses
Grumpy Monkey book
Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang
Picture book
4.8
social themesgood behaviorapes and monkeysangerfeelings and emotionsfriendshipanimals
Giraffes Can't Dance book
Giraffes Can't Dance
Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees
Board book
5.8
giraffesconfidenceanimalsindividualityself-esteemself-esteem and self-reliancesocial themesdance
The Wonky Donkey book
The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley
Select type book
donkeysanimals
The Wonderful Things You Will Be book
The Wonderful Things You Will Be
Emily Winfield Martin
Picture book
6.1
growing upbraveryinnovationfollowing your dreams
Little Blue Truck book
Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry
Board book
6.1
vehiclesteamworkhelping othersfarmscars and truckstransportationfarm animalstrucksfriendship
Kindergarten, Here I Come! book
Kindergarten, Here I Come!
D.J. Steinberg, Mark Chambers
Picture book
4.8
making friendsstarting schoolschool
The Easter Egg book
The Easter Egg
Jan Brett
Picture book
5.0
Eastersocial themesbunnies and rabbitsvalues and virtuesbirdskindnesseggsspring
Tomorrow Most Likely book
Tomorrow Most Likely
Dave Eggers, Lane Smith
Picture book
5.3
dreamsimagination and playAfrican Americansbedtime and dreamsbedtimeaction and adventureimagination
The Day the Crayons Quit book
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers
Picture book
5.8
sillycolorsartfirst conceptsbeing yourself
There's a Bear on My Chair book
There's a Bear on My Chair
Ross Collins
Board book
4.5
bearsmicesharingmice, hamster, guinea pigs, etc.
Are You My Mother? book
Are You My Mother?
P. D. Eastman
Picture book
5.3
birdsaction and adventurefamily
Book Series
I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books Series
Green Eggs and Ham book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish book
The Cat in the Hat book
Dr. Seuss's ABC book
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back! book
Fox in Socks book
Book Series
Harry and the Dinosaurs Series
Harry and the Dinosaurs Say "Raahh!" book
Harry And The Robots book
Harry and Dinosaurs and the Bucketful of Stories book
Harry and the Dinosaurs Go To School book
Pocket Puffin Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs book
Harry and the Dinosaurs Go Wild book
Book Series
Old Possum Picture Books Series
Macavity: The Mystery Cat book
Mr. Mistoffelees: The Conjuring Cat book
Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat book
Macavity's Not There! book
Jellicle Cats book
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer book

Classic Books

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Lesser-Known Gems for 3- to 5-Year-Olds

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Before After book
Before After
Anne-Margot Ramstein, Matthias Aregui
Picture book
6.3
Piglette book
Piglette
Katelyn Aronson, Eva Byrne
Picture book
5.5
Parispigsfamilybeing differentanimalsaction and adventure
Pelle's New Suit book
Pelle's New Suit
Elsa Beskow
Picture book
6.3
Opposite Surprise book
Opposite Surprise
Agnese Baruzzi
Board book
6.3
first conceptsopposites
Book Types
Board Books
If Animals Kissed Good Night book
Giraffes Can't Dance book
Little Blue Truck book
There's a Bear on My Chair book
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way book
The Going-To-Bed Book book
Book Types
Picture Books
Grumpy Monkey book
The Wonderful Things You Will Be book
Kindergarten, Here I Come! book
The Easter Egg book
Tomorrow Most Likely book
The Day the Crayons Quit book
Book Types
Chapter Books
Can I Play Too? book
I Am Invited to a Party! book
Rumple Buttercup book
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! book
I Broke My Trunk! book
Today I Will Fly! book

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The Serious Goose book
The Serious Goose
Jimmy Kimmel
Picture book
I Am Love book
I Am Love
Susan Verde, Peter H. Reynolds
Picture book
3.5
lovesocial themesfeelings and emotions
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story book
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Kevin Noble Maillard, Juana Martinez-Neal
Picture book
cooking and foodfamily lifefamily
For Kids
Ages 0-2
Little Green Frog Chunky Lift-a-Flap Board Book (Babies Love) book
Silly Lullaby book
Rumple Buttercup book
I Love You, Little Pookie book
Moo: Peek-a-Flap Children's Board Book book
Good Night, God Chunky Lift-a-Flap Book book
For Kids
Ages 6-8
How to Babysit a Grandma book
Elephants Cannot Dance! book
Can I Play Too? book
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book
I Am Invited to a Party! book
Rumple Buttercup book
For Kids
Ages 9-12
Rumple Buttercup book
Coat of Many Colors book
Michael Rosen's Sad Book book
The Heart of a Boy book
Color Dog book
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! book

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