Letter of the Week Book List

Preschool Age 3
Compiled by Katrina Lybbert

You might like to choose one book to read for the whole week, or a
different book for each day.

Letter A
(short vowel sound)

Ten Apples up on Top! by Dr. Seuss

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman

Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett

Letter B
The Berenstains' B Book

B is for Books! by Annie Cobb

The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr

 The Little Ballerina by Katharine Ross

The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard

Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

Cowgirl Rosie and Her Five Baby Bison by Stephen Gulbis

The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie

Letter C

The Berenstains' C Book(C is for Clown)

The Usborne Book of Castle Tales

Calico Cows by Arlene Dubanevich

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Clickety Clack by Rob and Amy Spence

The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet

Cars! Cars! Cars! by Grace Maccarone

Letter D
 One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

Ducks Disappearing by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman

Duncan the Dancing Duck by Syd Hoff

Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff

Dominic by William Steig

Letter E
(short vowel sound)

The Elves and the Shoemaker(Fairy Tale)

The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

Emma's Eggs by Margriet Ruurs

Eggday by Joyce Dunbar

The Empty Pot by Demi

Letter F
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Forest by Laura Godwin

Feathers Like a Rainbow by Flora

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

 Down on the Funny Farm by P.E. King

The Firebird retold by Selina Hastings ( or the version by Demi)

The Biggest Fish by Sheila Keenan

Fritzi Fox Flew in From Florida by Leah Komaiko

A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer

Letter G
Giving by Shirley Hughes

Good Night by Claire Masurel & Marie H. Henry

The Golden Goose retold by Uri Shulevitz

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Letter H
Old Hat New Hat by Stan and Jan Berenstain

The Big Honey Huntby Stanley and Janice Berenstain

Hector's Hiccups by Lee Wardlaw

My Hands by Aliki

The Happy Hedgehog Band by Jill Barton

Ho for a Hat! by William Jay Smith

 Little Toby and the Big Hair by Kim and Eugene Fernandes

Letter I
(short vowel sound)

The Iguana Brothers by Tony Johnston

The Igloo by Charlotte & David Yue

Inspector Hopper by Doug Cushman

If You Lived with the Sioux Indians by Ann McGovern

It's a Good Thing There are Insects by Allan Fowler

Inside Outside Upside Down by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Inch by Inch, The Garden Song by David Mallett

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

Letter J
Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Bumper to Bumper: A Traffic Jam by Jakki Wood

The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord

 Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

Orange Juice by Betsey Chessen & Pamela Chanko

Letter K

The Korean Cinderella by Shirley Climo

The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? by Eric Carle

Clifford's Kitten by Norman Bridwell

A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

The Kitten Book by Jan Pfloog

The King, the Mice and the Cheese by Nancy & Eric Gurney

The Frog Who Would Be King by Kate Walker

Letter L
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

Eli by Bill Peet

Tawny Scrawny Lion by Kathryn Jackson

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde
H. Swift
 Ladybug, Ladybug by Ruth Brown

The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard

Mama Loves by Molly Goode

Letter M

The Mitten by Jan Brett

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Milk and Cookies by Frank Asch

And if the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks

Marshmallow by Clare T. Newberry

Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

Letter N
The Best Nest by P.D. Eastman

What Newt Could Do for Turtle by Johnathan London

The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood

Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern

Noah's Ark by Linda Hayward

 Letter O
(short vowel sound)

Oscar Otter by Nathaniel Benchley

I Have an Olive Tree by Eve Bunting

Emily and the Ostriches by Dan Bernstein

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

An Octopus Followed Me Home by Dan Yaccarino

Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox by Patsy Jensen

Letter P
The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey

The Teddy Bear's Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy

Barney Says, "Please and Thank You" by Stephen White

Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper

Curious George at the Parade by Margret and H.A. Rey

Blaze and the Grey Spotted Pony by C.W. Anderson

Letter Q
 Quick, Quack, Quick! by Marsha Arnold

The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr

Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood

Letter R
Rain by Robert Kalan

Round Robin by Jack Kent

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

Little Red Riding Hood retold by Harriet Ziefert

Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale by Lisa Campbell

Ernst

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Letter S
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Sand Castle by Brenda Shannon Yea

The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow

Snow by Roy McKie & P.D. Eastman

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Yellow Sled by Maj Lindman

 Letter T
Freight Train by Donald Crews

The Teddy Bear's Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy

Stop, Train, Stop! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story by Owain Bell
(Illustrator)

A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe

Big Truck and Little Truck by Jan Carr

The Legend of the Teddy Bear by Frank Murphy

Letter U
(short vowel sound)

Great Day For Up by Dr. Seuss

The Umbrella Day by Nancy Evans Cooney

The Favorite Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

Umbrella by Taro Yashima

Letter V
Silly Tilly's Valentine by Lillian Hoban

Valentine Mice! by Bethany Roberts

The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting

 The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner

Volcanoes: Mountains That Blow Their Tops by Nicholas Nirgiotis

VeggieTales Books

Letter W
Wiggle Waggle by Jonathan London

I Went Walking by Sue Williams

The Wall That Did Not Fall by Marilyn Lashbrook

Wings on Things by Marc Brown

The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets

I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Theo. LeSieg

Letter X
A Fox: The Sound of X by Alice K. Flanagan

Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox

The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca

 The Taxi that Hurried a Golden Book

The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf

Letter Y

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and The Yellow Sled by Maj Lindman

Yard Sale by Mitra Modarressi

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

See the Yak Yak by Charles Ghingna

The Yak Who Yelled Yuck by Carol Pugliano-Martin

This Next New Year by Janet S. Wong

The Big Yawn by Keith Faulkner

Letter Z
Zella, Zack and Zodiak by Bill Peet

If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo by Mary Jean Hendrick

If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss

Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire

The Zebra-Striped Whale with the Polka-Dot Tail by Shari F.

Donahue
 Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon by Dan Yaccarino

Long A
From Acorn to Oak Tree by Jan Kottke

The Tiniest Acorn: A Story to Grow By by Marsha T. Danzig

Dot & Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery by Ellen Stoll Walsh

The Escape of Marvin the Ape by Caralyn and Mark Buehner

Cassandra's Angel by Gina Otto

Long E
The Ear Book by Al Perkins

The Eagle & the Wren: A Fable by Jane Goodall

Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles

Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles

A Tale for Easter by Tasha Tudor

Peter's First Easter by Walter Wangerin Jr.

Long I

The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg

The Little Island by Golden MacDonald

 Curious George Goes to an Ice Cream Shop by Margret & H.A. Rey

Isaac the Ice-Cream Truck by Scott Santoro

Ice Cream by Elisha Cooper

Angelina Ice Skates by Katharine Holabird

Iron Horses by Verla Kay

Squeak's Good Idea by Max Eilenberg

The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish by Jacqueline Briggs
Martin

Long O

The Earth is Mostly Ocean by Allan Fowler

Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats

The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt

Old MacDonald by Amy Schwartz

Long U
The Dragon and the Unicorn by Lynne Cherry

Nobody Rides the Unicorn by Adrian Mitchell

The Bird's Gift: A Ukrainian Easter Story by Eric A. Kimmel

 Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco

The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale by Jan Brett