Reading to children before they reach school age is critical to their success as
future readers. Knowing this, the Plymouth Canton Community Schools has
teamed with both the Canton Public Library and the Plymouth District Library to
generate a list of "100 Picture Books Everyone Should Read" to get you started...

Author	Title
Aardema, Verna	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Andreae, Giles	K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo
Bang, Molly	Ten, Nine, Eight
Barrett, Judi	Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
Barton, Byron	The Three Bears
Barton, Byron	The Little Red Hen
Base, Graeme	Animalia
Bemelmans, Ludwig	Madeline
Boynton, Sandra	Moo, Baa, La-La-La
Brett, Jan	The Mitten
Briggs, Raymond	The Snowman
Brown, Margaret Wise	The Runaway Bunny
Brown, Margaret Wise	Goodnight Moon
Burningham, John	Mr Gumpy's Outing
Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Christelow, Ellen	Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Crews, Donald	Freight Train
DePaola, Tomie	Strega Nona
Dr. Seuss	One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Dunrea, Olivier	Peedie
Egielski, Richard	Buz
Ehlert, Lois	Planting a Rainbow
Emberley, Ed	Go Away, Big Green Monster
Falconer, Ian	Olivia
Feiffer, Jules	Bark, George
Flack, Marjorie	Ask Mr. Bear
Fleming, Denise	Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
Fox, Mem	The Magic Hat
Freeman, Don	Corduroy
Galdone, Paul	Three Billy Goats Gruff
Greene, Rhonda G.	Barnyard Song
Henkes, Kevin	Kitten's First Full Moon
Henkes, Kevin	Owen
Hest, Amy	Kiss Good Night
Hoban, Tana	Shapes and Things
Hudson, Cheryl	Hands Can
Hutchins, Pat	Rosie's Walk
Jenkins, Steve	What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
Johnson, Crockette	Harold and the Purple Crayon
Jonas, Ann	Round Trip
Kasza, Keiko	Wolf's Chicken Stew
Katz, Alan	Take Me Out of the Bathtub
Keats, Ezra Jack	The Snowy Day
Keats, Ezra Jack	Whistle for Willie
Kraus, Robert	Leo the Late Bloomer
Krauss, Ruth	The Carrot Seed
Leaf, Munro	The Story of Ferdinand
Lester, Helen	Tacky the Penguin
Lionni, Leo	Swimmy
Martin Jr., Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Martin Jr., Bill	Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom
Mayer, Mercer	There's a Nightmare in My Closet
Mayer, Mercer	A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog
McBratney, Sam	Guess How Much I Love You?
McCloskey, Robert	Blueberries for Sal
McPhail, David	Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!
Morris, Ann	Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
Murphy, Jill	Five Minutes Peace
Neitzel, Shirley	The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
Noble, Trinka H.	The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Numeroff, Laura	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Opie, Iona	My Very First Mother Goose
Piper, Watty	The Little Engine That Could
Polacco, Patricia	Oh, Look!
Rathmann, Peggy	Good Night, Gorilla
Rathmann, Peggy	The Day the Babies Crawled Away
Rohmann, Eric	My Friend Rabbit
Rosen, Michael	We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Seeger, Pete	Abiyoyo
Sendak, Maurice	Where the Wild Things Are
Shannon, David	Duck on a Bike
Shannon, David	Alice the Fairy
Shannon, David	No, David
Shaw, Charles	It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Shaw, Nancy	Sheep in a Jeep
Simmons, Jane	Come Along, Daisy
Slobodkina, Esphyr	Caps for Sale
Stevens, Janet	Tortoise and the Hare
Taback, Simms	There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Taback, Simms	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Tafuri, Nancy	Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tales
Teague, Mark	Pigsty
Trapani, Iza	Itsy Bitsy Spider
VanAllsburg, Chris	The Z Was Zapped
Viorst, Judith	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Waddell, Martin	Owl Babies
Walsh, Ellen	Mouse Paint
Weeks, Sarah	If I Were a Lion
Wells, Rosemary	Noisy Nora
Wheeler, Lisa	One Dark Night
Wiesner, David	Tuesday
Willems, Mo	Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
Williams, Sue	I Went Walking
Wilson, Karma	A Frog in the Bog
Wilson, Karma	Bear Snores On
Wood, Audrey	King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
Wood, Audrey	The Napping House
Yolen, Jane	How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Young, Ed	Seven Blind Mice
Zion, Gene	Harry the Dirty Dog
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