During the preschool years it is important to provide children with many different language and reading experiences that are playful and fun. Including nursery rhymes and simple stories will expose youngsters to the sounds of our language. It is also important that at this stage young children observe their parents reading and learn why reading is so important.
by Lauren Child
Charlie's little sister Lola does not eat a lot of things - and she absolutely will not ever never eat a tomato - until one d... Click here for more details
by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Deborah Niland
Max's baby sister, Daisy, is gorgeous! But when is she going to talk?
'Say moo,' s... Click here for more details
by Lachie Hume
Clancy belongs to a herd of Belted Galloways, but he doesn't have a belt. He is totally black. The other cows are mean to him.... Click here for more details
by Rod Campbell
When a small boy writes to the zoo to ask for a pet he is in for many surprises.
For its 25th anniversary, Dear zo... Click here for more details
by Jackie French, illustrated by Bruce Whatley
She sleeps. She eats. She scratches. She is training humans to become better pets. She is Moth... Click here for more details
by Polly Dunbar
What Bertie wants more than anything in the whole wide world is a dog. A blue dog! But then he meets a beautiful spotty black... Click here for more details
by Mo Willems
When the driver leaves the bus temporarily, he gives the reader just one instruction: "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!" But... Click here for more details
by Meredith Costain, illustrated by Pamela Allen
Here's a book of giggly, wiggly, squiggly poems. You can munch them for breakfast. You can c... Click here for more details
by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
A poem on each page gives the clue to what is hiding in the picture opposite, so young children can follow the rhy... Click here for more details
by Kes Gray
It was dinner time again and Daisy just knew what her mum was going to say, even before she said it. "Eat your peas, " said Mum. ... Click here for more details
by Lyn Lee, illustrated by Kim Gamble
Timmy and Eight, a plush toy octopus, have been friends for as long as Timmy can remember. Eight and Ti... Click here for more details
by Lee Fox, illustrated by Cathy Wilcox
Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair. She hides in the cupboard and under the stair, she roars at her m... Click here for more details
by Jane O'Conner, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
Nancy thinks butterflies are simply exquisite. And that is why she can't wait to go to ... Click here for more details
by Rod Campbell
This charming book has lots of baby animals to see and count, sturdy pages, rounded corners and fluffy chicks to reall... Click here for more details
