Positive and Fun Books to Read Together

• Because by Mo Willems

• Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave by Jessica Hische

• All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold

• High Five by Adam Rubin

• Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett

• Kevin the Unicorn: It’s Not All Rainbows by Jessika von Innerebner

• Happy by Nicola Edwards, illustrated by Katie Hickey

• The Monster at the End of this Book (Sesame Street) by Jon Stone

• Rex Wrecks It!by Ben Clanton

Books About Me

•  I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carlson

• I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow 

• The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle

•  My Five Senses by Aliki

• Owen by Kevin Henkes

• When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer

• The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken

• All by Myself (Little Critter) by Mercer Mayer

• Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor

Family Stories

•  Just Me Books by Mercer Mayer

• Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse

• Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers

Rhyming Books

•  Curious George by H. A. Rey

• Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg 

• The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone

• Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat

• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

• Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág 

• What’s in Fox’s Sack? by Paul Galdone 

• Poetree by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds

• The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle

Beginning, Middle, and End Concept 

• Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole 

• A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen 

• Love You Forever by Robert Munsch 

• Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins 

• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown 

Color and Counting Books 

•  Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti Jr. 

• Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert 

• Frog Counts to Ten by John Liebler 

• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni 

• Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? by Tana Hoban 

• Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert 

• Ten Bears in My Bed: A Goodnight Countdown by 

• Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood 

• 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban