Best Books for Kids: Early Childhood Educators Share Their Top Children's Book Picks Books Early Childhood Education

Donna John

March 22, 2018

What do early childhood education teachers read to their students? 30Seconds® contributor Mike Prochaska (and now Bill Ellis!) have been interviewing these amazing people and found out. If you're an ECE teacher and have a book to add to the list, please tell us in the comments section. Be sure to read all the amazing interviews in our Early Childhood Education category.

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"The Scarecrows' Wedding" $15

"Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy" $2

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" $7

"Little Tree" $14

"Oi Frog!" $7

"The Giving Tree" $13

Books By Mem Fox $3 & Up

"The Day the Crayons Quit" $12

"The Very Silly Sheep" $2

"Don't Wake Up the Bear!" $5

"The Ravenous Beast" $2 & Up

"The Gruffalo" $8

"Where Is the Green Sheep?" $5

Books By Shaun Tan $4 & Up

"Tadpole's Promise" $13

"The Sad Book" $14

Books by William Joyce $4 & Up

"Koala Lou" $6

Comments (8)

Meredith Schneider

Love this! These would be great for my 6yr old.

Donna John

Awesome list! Great to know what teachers are reading to our kids. More coming soon, too!

Elisa Schmitz

I love this! I wish I'd had these recos when my kids were little. So wonderful! Donna John Mike Prochaska Bill Ellis

Mike Prochaska

Mine personally is the ghost of sifty sifty sam and laughing with my kids when you see the ghost that mean at the beginning doing the dishes at the end with a belly full of food

Mike Prochaska

Also love nightmare in my closet because now my daughter can read it to me

Mike Prochaska

And where the wild things are!! Because my kindergarten son almost read the enltre book to me

Ann Marie G. Halstead

Great list. Donna John ! I personally love books that have lessons related to social-emotional learning. They're important for kids of all ages, but it's certainly important that our little ones get a strong foundation in social emotional learning.

Abraham Alarcon

Awesome list! Thanks for sharing!

Best Books for Kids: Early Childhood Educators Share Their Top Children's Book Picks Books Early Childhood Education

"The Scarecrows' Wedding" $15

"Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy" $2

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" $7

"Little Tree" $14

"Oi Frog!" $7

"The Giving Tree" $13

Books By Mem Fox $3 & Up

"The Day the Crayons Quit" $12

"The Very Silly Sheep" $2

"Don't Wake Up the Bear!" $5

"The Ravenous Beast" $2 & Up

"The Gruffalo" $8

"Where Is the Green Sheep?" $5

Books By Shaun Tan $4 & Up

"Tadpole's Promise" $13

"The Sad Book" $14

Books by William Joyce $4 & Up

"Koala Lou" $6

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