Picture Book Classics

Reading picture books together is a great way to end the day and a great way to get your preschooler ready to read. Here is a list of some of my favorite classic picture books that are still popular today. I Some of these were read to me by my mother, and some I remember being read on TV during the mornings I spent watching the Ray Rayner Show before school on WGN Channel 9 during the 1970's. You may recognize some of them. They are all available at the Matteson Public Library. Share them and your childhood favorites with your child today.

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

The Story of Babar by Jean du Brunhoff

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virgina Burton

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Corduroy by Don Freedman

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag

Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

George and Martha by James Marshall

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Rikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel

The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Curious George by H. A. Rey

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

It Looked like Spilled Milk by Charles Shaw

Caps for Sale by Louis Slobodkin

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion