Preschool Great Reads
The following titles are suggested books to read with children aged under 5 years.
Download the Preschool Great Reads List (PDF 385 KB), print it and take it to your local library.
Many of the books listed below have been recommended by the Australian Booksellers Association.
For more titles check out this year’s Kids Reading Guide and ask your friendly library staff!
Author: Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Illustrator: Sally Morgan
Illustrator: Sally Morgan
Author: Matthew Carthew
Illustrator: Anil Tortop
Illustrator: Anil Tortop
Author: Sally Morgan
Illustrator: Kathy Arbon
Illustrator: Kathy Arbon
Author: Children of Rawa Community School
Illustrator: Alison Lester & Jane Godwin
Illustrator: Alison Lester & Jane Godwin
Author: Cecil Brasher
Illustrator: Jim Medway
Illustrator: Jim Medway
Author: Agnese Baruzzi
Author: Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Author: Tania McCartney
Author: Jackie French
Illustrator: Bruce Whatley
Illustrator: Bruce Whatley
Author: Gregg Dreise
Author: Dashka Slater
Illustrator: Terry Fan & Eric Fan
Illustrator: Terry Fan & Eric Fan
Author: Gwyn Perkins
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Tricia Tusa
Illustrator: Tricia Tusa
Author: Mike Snyder
Illustrator: Mister Hope
Illustrator: Mister Hope
Author: Thyra Heder
Author: Lachlan Creagh
Author: Sheena Knowles
Illustrator: Rod Clement
Illustrator: Rod Clement
Author: Maurice Sendak
Author: Eric Carle
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Julie Vivas
Illustrator: Julie Vivas
Author: Elizabeth Honey
Author: Bronwyn Bancroft
Author: Laura Bunting
Illustrator: Phillip Bunting
Illustrator: Phillip Bunting
After you have read these titles, why not help your young reader send a book review to the SRC Member Book Raves section of this website.
Don’t forget to check out what books are being recommended by other young readers from across the country!