25 Beloved Picture Books for Kids Ages 4-8
We absolutely love reading. This is a book I compiled one summer of the books our family loves! Just click on the picture or link below to print out the list.
25 Beloved Books for 4-8 Year Olds (In no particular order) These are affiliate links.
- Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
- Miss Nelson Is Missing!by Harry Allard
- Strega Nona: Book & CD by Tomie De Paola
- The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
- Stellaluna and Crickwing by Janell Cannon
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (and any of his books!)
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
- Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
- Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
- Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema
- Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
- I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
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