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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)
A.N. Kang
Picture book
5.3
leaving homemaking friendscostumespetscats
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And Away We Go! book
And Away We Go!
Migy England
Picture book
5.2
friendshipsharinghot air balloonsfoxesanimalstransportation
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This Is a Book of Shapes book
This Is a Book of Shapes
Kenneth Kraegel
Picture book
4.7
animals shapes first concepts
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This Is the Path the Wolf Took book
This Is the Path the Wolf Took
Laura Farina, Elina Ellis
Picture book
4.8
writing siblings
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Bookroo's Top Recommended 3- to 5-Year-Olds Books

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Book Collections
Vehicles
Little Blue Truck book
Old MacDonald Had a Truck book
Charlie Rides book
Farm (Wheels at Work) book
Supertruck book
Little Excavator book
Book Collections
Friendship
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse book
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend book
To the Sea book
Little Blue Truck book
The Snatchabook book
Sunk! book
Book Collections
Female Role Models
This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer book
This Little Explorer book
Amelia Earhart book
Coco Chanel book
The Worst Princess book
When Jackie Saved Grand Central 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
5.3
valentineskissesbedtimeanimalsbedtime and dreamsfamilyparents
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Giraffes Can't Dance book
Giraffes Can't Dance
Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees
Board book
5.8
confidencedanceanimalsself-esteemself-esteem and self-reliancesocial themesgiraffesindividualityperforming arts
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I Love You to the Moon and Back book
I Love You to the Moon and Back
Amelia Hepworth, Tim Warnes
Board book
4.3
bearsanimalsfamily
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Kindergarten, Here I Come! book
Kindergarten, Here I Come!
D.J. Steinberg, Mark Chambers
Picture book
4.8
making friendsstarting schoolschool
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The Wonky Donkey book
The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley
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donkeysanimalssongs
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The Wonderful Things You Will Be book
The Wonderful Things You Will Be
Emily Winfield Martin
Picture book
6.1
innovationgrowing upfollowing your dreamsbraveryfamily
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The Rainbow Fish book
The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister
Picture book
4.8
sharingfishfriendshipvalues and virtuessocial themeshomeschoolingbeautyindividuality
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The King of Kindergarten book
The King of Kindergarten
Derrick Barnes, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Picture book
5.0
inclusivitystarting schoolschoolself-esteem and self-reliancesocial themesself-esteemthe first day of schoolconfidence
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When God Made You book
When God Made You
Matthew Paul Turner, David Catrow
Picture book
social issuesself-esteem and self-reliancesocial themesindividualityself-esteemfamilylove
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Skin Like Mine book
Skin Like Mine (Book #2)
Board book
skinself-esteem and self-reliancegirls and womensocial themesself-esteemidentity
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Name Jar book
Name Jar
Yangsook Choi
Picture book
new experiencessocial themesplaces and regionsschoolnamesimmigration and emigrationidentityculture
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The World Needs More Purple People book
The World Needs More Purple People
Benjamin Hart, Kristen Bell, Daniel Wiseman
Picture book
5.1
social themesself-esteemself-esteem and self-reliancefeelings and emotions
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Book Series
I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books Series
Green Eggs and Ham book
The Cat in the Hat book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish 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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Black Beauty book
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell, Ruth Brown
Picture book
horses inspired by classic literature animals
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The Velveteen Rabbit book
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams, William Nicholson
Picture book
5.7
stuffed animal friends Easter bunnies and rabbits toys
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Are You My Mother? book
Are You My Mother?
P. D. Eastman
Picture book
5.3
family birds mother and child moms
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An Illustrated Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales book
An Illustrated Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen, Anastasiya Archipova
Picture book
3.8
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Caps for Sale book
Caps for Sale
Esphyr Slobodkina
Picture book
5.1
entrepreneurship apes and monkeys clothing hats
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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
science and nature
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Pelle's New Suit book
Pelle's New Suit
Elsa Beskow
Picture book
6.3
clothing
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Opposite Surprise book
Opposite Surprise
Agnese Baruzzi
Board book
6.3
opposites first concepts
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Crab and Whale book
Crab and Whale
Mark Pallis, Christiane Kerr, James Cottell
Picture book
5.8
helping others mindfulness imagination and play
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Book Types
Board Books
If Animals Kissed Good Night book
Giraffes Can't Dance book
I Love You to the Moon and Back book
Skin Like Mine book
The Going-To-Bed Book book
Press Here book
Book Types
Picture Books
Kindergarten, Here I Come! book
The Wonderful Things You Will Be book
The Rainbow Fish book
The King of Kindergarten book
When God Made You book
Name Jar book
Book Types
Chapter Books
Can I Play Too? book
I Broke My Trunk! book
I Am Invited to a Party! book
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! book
Today I Will Fly! book
Rumple Buttercup book

New & Coming Soon

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My Brother the Duck book
My Brother the Duck
Pat Zietlow Miller, Daniel Wiseman
Picture book
5.6
ducks science new sibling family siblings babies new babies
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For Kids
Ages 0-2
Antiracist Baby Picture Book book
Little Green Frog: Pond Lift-a-Flap book
Silly Lullaby book
Good Night, God Chunky Lift-a-Flap Book book
"More More More," Said the Baby book
Moo: Peek-a-Flap book
For Kids
Ages 6-8
Skin Like Mine book
Beautiful Oops! book
How to Babysit a Grandma book
The Kissing Hand book
How Full Is Your Bucket? for Kids book
Can I Play Too? book
For Kids
Ages 9-12
Skin Like Mine book
Coat of Many Colors book
Rumple Buttercup book
Go Get 'Em, Tiger! book
The Heart of a Boy book
The Sky Is the Limit: A Celebration of All the Things You Can Do book

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