Great reads
The following titles are suggested books to read with children aged under 5 years. Why not print the list and take to the library next time you visit? Visit your local public library and speak to the staff about books, resources, activities and programs that they have available for you and your child as part of the Summer Reading Club and throughout the year.
To find your closest public library, check the directories below.
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Great Reads – 0-1 Year Olds
- Baby Gets Dressed – Katrina Germain
- Baby Says Peekaboo – Dawn Sirett
- Busy Diggers – Christiane Gunzi
- Clap Hands – Helen Oxenbury
- Dear Zoo – Rod Campbell
- Does a Kangaroo have a Mother too? – Eric Carle
- Feely Bugs – David A Carter
- Hand Hand Fingers Thumb – Al Perkins
- Hug – Jez Alborough
- Hugs and Kisses – Chrisophe Loupy
- Hush Baby Hush – Sally Rippin
- I Took the Moon for a Walk – Carolyn Curtis
- Mesmerised – Katey Love
- My First ABC – New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
- My New Baby – Jeannette Rowe
- Noni the Pony – Alison Lester
- Peepo Baby! – Georgie Birkett
- Pete the Cat – James Dean
- The Foot Book – Dr Seuss
- Toot Toot, Beep Beep – Emma Garcia
- Touch and Feel Tractor – Dorling Kindersley
- Whose Baby Am I? – John Butler
- Yellow is My Favourite Colour – Judy Horacek
Great Reads – 2-3 Year Olds
- Boom Bah – Phil Cummings
- Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose – Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt
- Dazzling Diggers – Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
- Giraffes Can’t Dance – Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
- Guess How Much I Love You – Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
- Hairy Maclary, Sit! – Lynley Dodd
- Hugaboo, I Love You – Hans Wilhelm
- I Do It – Andrew Daddo
- I’ve Lost My Kisses – Trudie Trewin and Nick Bland
- Meg and Mog – Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski
- My dad – Anthony Browne
- Old Hat New Hat – Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Olivia Helps With Christmas – Ian Falconer
- Pete the Sheep – Jackie French
- Piglet and Mama – Margaret Wild
- Pirate Pete – Nick Sharratt
- Shhhh! Little Mouse – Pamela Allen
- Shoe Baby – Joyce and Polly Dunbar
- Silly Suzy Goose – Peter Horacek
- Spot Goes to the Farm – Eric Hill
- Tall – Jez Alborough
- The Naked Penguin – Kim Lardner
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
- Where Is the Green Sheep? – Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Great Reads – 4-5 Year Olds
- Boris Monster Scared of Nothing – Sofie Laguna and Ben Redlich
- Clifford’s First Christmas – Norman Bridwell
- Commotion in the Ocean – Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz
- Cuddly Dudley – Jez Alborough
- Dear Baby: Letters from Your Big Brother – Sarah Sullivan and Paul Meisel
- Donald Loves Drumming – Nick Bland
- Edward the Emu/Edwina the Emu – Sheena Knowles and Rod Clement
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – Lynley Dodd
- I’m Green and I’m Grumpy – Alison Lester
- Inside Mary Elizabeth’s House – Pamela Allen
- It’s a Book – Lane Smith
- Jeremy’s Tail – Duncan Ball and Donna Rawlins
- Jim and the Beanstalk – Raymond Briggs
- Night Noises – Mem Fox and Terry Denton
- Once Upon a Tide – Tony Mitton and Selina Young
- One Blue Sock – Emily Ballou and Stephen Michael King
- Owl babies – Martin Waddell
- Penguin – Polly Dunbar
- Roaring Rockets - Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
- Shutting The Chooks In – Libby Gleeson and Ann James
- Silly Opposites – Dr Seuss
- Some Dogs Do – Jez Alborough
- Splat the Cat – Rob Scotton
- The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster – David Conway and Melanie Williamson
- The Tiger Who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr
