Greater Victoria Public Library s 100 Picture Books to Read Before, During or After Kindergarten! Did you know? Experts say that children need to hear at least 1,000 stories before they begin to learn to read. GVPL s Children and Family Literacy Librarians have selected a list of one hundred exceptional picture books which will entertain, educate and inspire young children again and again. Make time to snuggle up and share these books with the children in your life. Generously funded by a Times Colonist Raise-a-Reader grant. A Visitor For Bear Bonny Becker Abuela Arthur Dorros Actual Size Steve Jenkins Bark, George Jules Feiffer Bear Snores On Karma Wilson The Best Pet of All David Larochelle Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr. Bunny Cakes Rosemary Wells Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business Esphyr Slobokina Caramba Marie-Louise Gay
The Carrot Seed Ruth Krauss Charlie Cook's Favourite Book Julia Donaldson Chester Melanie Watt Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr. Chicken Little Ed Emberley; Rebecca Emberley Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin The Complete Adventures of the Mole Sisters Roslyn Schwartz Corduroy Don Freeman Diary of a Wombat Jackie French Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus Mo Willems
Duck on a Bike David Shannon Eddie's Garden: And How to Make THings Grow Elmer David McKee The End David Rochelle Epossumondas Coleen Salley Sarah Garland Fancy Nancy Jane O'Connor Fire Truck Peter Sis Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow Froggy Gets Dressed Jonathon London George and Martha James Marshall
Go Away, BigGreen Monster! Ed Emberley Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown The Gruffalo's Child Julia Donaldson Grumpy Bird Jeremy Tankard Guji Guji Chih-Yuan Chen Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson Harry the Dirty Dog Gene Zion The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster The Hoppameleon Paul Geraghty
How I Became a Pirate Melinda Long I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato Lauren Child If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff If You're Hoppy April Pulley Sayre I'm Not Cute! Jonathan Allen The Imaginary Garden Andrew Larsen In My Backyard Margriet Ruurs It's a Secret! John Burningham The King's Taster Kenneth Oppel The Kissing Hand Audrey Penn
Kitten's First Full Moon Kevin Henkes Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Mo Willems Ladybug Girl Jacky Davis; David Soman Lemons Are Not Red Laura Vaccaro Seeger Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Kenvin Henkes Llama, Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans Madlenka Peter Sis The Mightiest Keiko Kasza Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Virginia Lee Burton
Moose Tracks! Karma WIlson Mr. Gumpy's Outing John Burningham Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Candace Fleming My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann My Garden Kevin Henkes No Sleep for the Sheep! Karen Beaumont No, David! David Shannon Olivia Ian Falconer One Some Many Marthe Jocelyn Owl Babies Martin Waddell
Pancakes for Supper! Anne Isaacs Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Eric Carle The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch The Perfect Nest Catherine Friend Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes Eric Litwin Princess Pigsty Rain Rosie's Walk Scaredy Squirrel Silly Suzy Goose Cornelia Funke Manya Stojic Pat Hutchins Melanie Watt Petr Horacek Skippyjon Jones Judy Schachner The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Kets Some Dogs Do Jez Alborough Stanely's Party Linda Bailey Stella, Star of the Sea Marie-Louise Gay
The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf Strega Nona: Her Story Tomie depaola Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig Tacky the Penguin Helen Lester The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter The Three Pigs David Wiesner The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Pam Adams Tuesday David Wiesner The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
Wheels on the Bus: A Book with Parts That Move Paul o. Zelinsky Where Is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak Where's Spot? Eric HIll Yoko Rosemary Wells