There are just some books every child should have. Following on from our top ten book for babies and then toddlers, these are our top picks for preschoolers. No bookshelf is complete without them!



Animalia by Graeme Base
The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Lavender’s Blue by Kathleen Lines
Let’s Get A Pup! by Bob Graham
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
The Story of the Little Mole Who New it was None of his Business by Werner Holzwarth
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
These stories, and the rhymes in Lavender’s Blue, are tailor made to delight the 3 to 5′s and with a range of local and international authors, there is something to suit every taste.





